International Supply Chain Management

Concept, Integrated Supply Chain/Value Chain, Supply Chain Strategies- Pull Based Supply Chain, Push Based Supply Chain, Push-Pull Based Supply Chain, Bullwhip Effect, Drivers of Supply Chain Management, Design and managing Supply Chain Management- Generation of requirement, sourcing, pricing, post-pricing.

Aggregated Planning in a Supply Chain, Aggregated Planning Strategies- Planning Supply Chain and Demand in a Supply Chain, Planning and managing Inventories in a Supply Chain, Planning for optimal Level of product availability, sources and source management, role of transportation on supply chain.

Concept, Measurement Systems, Supply Chain Performance Measurement Systems- (Supply Chain Balanced Scorecard, Hierarchy Based Measurement System, Function Based Measurement System, Perspectives Based Measurement System, Supply Chain Operations Reference Model, Dimension Based Measurement System, Interface Based Measurement), System Selecting Measures, IT Enabled Supply Chain Management, Electronic Commerce, Electronic Data Interchange, Bar Coding and Scanning, Data Warehouse.

Measurement systems objectives, Operational Assessment- Functional Perspective, Measuring Customer Accommodation, Determining Appropriate metrics, Supply chain Comprehensive metrics, Benchmarking, Financial Assessment- Cost-revenue analysis, strategic profit model, Requirements for financial reporting.

Introduction, Collaborative Strategies, Vendor management Inventory, Third party Logistics, Fourth Party Logistics, Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Agents, Green Supply Chain, Reverse Logistics, World Class Supply Chain, Supply Chain Risk Management
Supply Chain Risk Management/Risk Dimensions (Product Complexity risk, Regulatory Risk, Resource availability Risk, Security Risk.