ARNOLD, MARYLAND
Course Information:
Course Name:
Supply Chain Management
Course Number:
BPA 237
Credit Hours:
3
School:
Business, Computing and Technical Studies
Department:
Business Management
Catalog Description:
BPA 237 Supply Chain Management
3 Credit Hours --- Three hours weekly; one term
Introduces students to the global supply chain with an emphasis on supply sources,
distribution, production planning, information systems, customer service, inventory
management, warehouse management, supply chain relationships and challenges facing
managers today. Students completing the course will understand supply chain
management systems and relationships, and will be able to integrate information regarding
the flow of materials across the supply chain.
Prerequisite: BPA235 or permission of department chair.
Division Of Subject Matter:
Lecture
Hours
Main Topics
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
6.0
7.0
8.0
9.0
10.0
11.0
12.0
13.0
14.0
Introduction to Supply Chain Management
Purchasing and Supply Management and Operations
Integrated Logistics Management and Quality Customer Service
The Customs Broker Process
The Forwarder Process
Service Response Logistics
Domestic Transportation and Transportation Management
Inventory Management and Scheduling
Warehouse Management and Materials Handling and Packaging
Reverse Logistics and Organized Integrated Logistics
Informational Issues in Integrated Logistics and Integrated Logistics Accounting
Strategic Logistics Management
Cases in Supply Chain Management
Future Challenges in Supply Chain Management
Testing
Total
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
45
Detailed Course Outline
Main Topic
Lecture
Hours
1.0
Introduction to Supply Chain Management
1.1
Introduction to the Supply Chain Management Concept
1.2
Elements and Evolution of Supply Chain Management
3
2.0
Purchasing and Supply Management and Operations
2.1
Importance of Purchasing
2.2
The Purchasing Process
2.3
Purchasing and Other Functions
2.4
Types of Purchases
2.5
Supplier Selections, Evaluation and Measurement
2.6
Materials Sourcing and Just-in-time Purchasing
2.7
Overview of Basic Operations
2.8
Overall Systems
2.9
Aggregate Planning/Workforce Planning
2.10
Production Scheduling
2.11
Shop Floor Control
3
3.0
Integrated Logistics Management and Quality Customer Service
3.1
Introduction to the Integrated Logistics Model
3.2
Integrated Logistics Activities
3.3
The Integrated Logistics Value-Added Concept
3.4
Financial Impact Integrated Logistics
3.5
Integrated Logistics Interfaces Within the Firm
3.6
Emerging Concepts
3.7
Customer Service
3.8
Channels of Distribution
3.9
Security: Current Issues and Considerations
3
4.0
The Customs Broker Process
4.1
Pre-Clearance Planning and Procedures
4.2
Entry Types
4.3
Duty Favored and Exam Avoidance Programs
4.4
Compliance
4.5
Link of Export Documents to Import Clearance
4.6
Inward Transportation Coordination
3
5.0
The Forwarder Process
5.1
Quotations
5.2
Carrier Determination and Characteristics
5.3
Cargo Advice and Preparation
5.4
Insurance and Banking
5.5
Export Regulations
5.6
Destination Country Documentation and Collaboration
3
6.0
Service Response Logistics
6.1
Products vs. Services
6.2
Equipment- and People-based Services
6.3
Primary Service Response Logistics Activities
6.4
Service Response Logistics Functions and Models
6.5
Intermediaries in Service Response Logistics
3
7.0
Domestic Transportation and Transportation Management
7.1
Transportation Regulation Overview
7.2
Transportation Market Structures
7.3
Transportation Cost Structures
7.4
Traffic and Transportation Strategy
7.5
Modal Characteristics and Selection
7.6
Carrier Characteristics and Selecting
7.7
Terminal Operations
7.8
Third-party vs. In-House Transportation
7.9
Transportation Manager Activities and Management Opportunities
3
8.0
Inventory Management and Scheduling
8.1
Rationale for Having Inventory
8.2
Inventory in the Logistics Pipeline
8.3
Symptoms of Poor Inventory Management
8.4
Financial Impact of Inventory and Inventory Costs
8.5
Classifying Inventory
8.6
Inventory Management Models
8.7
Scheduling
8.8
Scheduling Concepts and Sales
8.9
Materials Requirements Planning
8.10
Distribution Requirements Planning
8.11
Just in Time Manufacturing
3
9.0
Warehouse Management and Materials Handling and Packaging
9.1
Warehouses vs. Distribution Centers
9.2
The Role of Warehousing and the Rationale
9.3
Functions of Warehouse and Basic Components
9.4
Types of Warehouses
9.5
Warehouse Design and Productivity
9.6
Warehouse Information Systems
9.7
Materials Handling
9.8
Materials Packaging
3
10.0
Reverse Logistics and Organized Integrated Logistics
10.1
Recycling
10.2
Customer Returns of New and Used Products
10.3 Outsourcing Reverse Logistics Requirements
10.4
Green Marketing and Life-Cycle Analysis
10.5 Handling of Environmentally Sensitive Materials
10.6 Organizational Structures in Integrated Logistics
10.7
Integrated Logistics Control
10.8 Mediating Factors in Organizational Design
3
11.0
Informational Issues in Integrated Logistics and Integrated Logistics Accounting
11.1
Integrated Logistics Information Systems
11.2
E-Commerce
11.3
Logistics Accounting
11.4 Break-even Analysis
11.5
Activity-based Management
11.6
Activity-based Costing
3
12.0
Strategic Logistics Management
12.1 Key Issues in Strategic Integrated Logistics Management
12.2
Evolution of Strategic Integrated Logistics Management
12.3
Integrated Logistics Quality
12.4
Integrated Logistics Benchmarking
13.0
14.0
3
Cases in Supply Chain Management
Future Challenges in Supply Chain Management
14.1
The Global Market Issues and Considerations
14.2
Local Issues and Considerations.
3
3
Testing
3
45
Total Hours
Textbooks (Originally Identified)
Title
Author
Publisher
Yr of Publication
ISBN
Logistics
Bloomberg,
LeMay and
Hanna
Prentice Hall
2002
0-13-010194-x
Title
Author
Publisher
Yr of Publication
ISBN
Supply Chain
Logistics
Management, 2nd
Edition
Bowersox,
Closs, and
Cooper
McGraw Hill
2006
13: 9780071254144
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