Course Objective:
With increasing competition and lesser product differentiation, companies are focusing on supply chain
management to achieve competitive advantage. The course aims to familiarize students of modern systems and
procedures in supply chain management. Also, to develop their closer and better understanding of logistics
activities & their criticality in managing efficient supply chain.
Use of information technology and internet will be highlighted so as to enable students to design supply chain
for competitive advantage. Best practices in Supply Chain Management will be studied across industries with
special focus on retailing sector.
Course Contents:
Module I: Supply Chain – Overview
“Soil-to-dust”Concept of supply chain. Need & importance of integrated supply chain. Building blocks of
supply chain network. , Supplier Network Development, Make-or-buy
Examination Scheme:
Components C A CT EE
Weightage (%) 10 5 15 70
• Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation: Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindel, Prentice
Hall of India, 2002
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management: G Raghuram, N Rangaraj