4QX3 - Winter 2013 - 1 of 7 Commerce 4QX3 Introduction to Supply Chain Management Winter 2013 Course Outline Area of Operations Management DeGroote School of Business McMaster University COURSE OBJECTIVE Introduce the general framework of supply chain management, and analyze the key drivers of supply chain performance: facility, inventory, transportation, sourcing, information and pricing, with emphasis on o interactions between supply chain management and marketing o interactions between supply chain management and information systems o interactions between supply chain management and new product development o sourcing structures and their influences on supply chain management o e-business models and their influences on supply chain management Integrate the supply chain management concepts and techniques in a term long group project INSTRUCTOR AND COURSE INFORMATION Section 1 Wednesday 2:30-5:20p.m. TSH/512 Dr. Kai Huang Amirmohsen Golmohammadi TA (SAP) golmoha@mcmaster.ca Office: TBA Office Hours: TBA Liufang Yao TA (Course) yaol8@mcmaster.ca Office: TBA Office Hours: TBA Tel: (905) 525-9140 TBA Tel: (905) 525-9140 TBA Instructor khuang@mcmaster.ca Office: DSB 404 Office Hours: before class (1:302:30p.m.) Tel: (905) 525-9140 x23449 Course Website: http://avenue.mcmaster.ca/ COURSE ELEMENTS Credit Value: Avenue: Participation: Evidence-based: 3 Yes Yes Yes Leadership: Ethics: Innovation: Experiential: Yes No Yes No IT skills: Numeracy: Group work: Final Exam: www.degroote.mcmaster.ca Yes Yes Yes No Global view: Written skills: Oral skills: Guest speaker: Yes Yes Yes Yes 4QX3 - Winter 2013 - 2 of 7 COURSE DESCRIPTION Supply chain, the network of materials, information and money, has become a key dimension in business competition. Look around us, Apple, Wal-mart, IKEA, FedEx are the examples of extremely successful supply chain management, which helps them prevail in their own industries. In this course, we will present the basic concepts and techniques in supply chain management, and integrate them in a large-scale simulation called LINKS SIMULATION. In this term-long project, we will learn how to manage a supply chain by ourselves. Teams will compete with each other to succeed in a virtual business world. Between simulation rounds, we will have lectures to discuss the key drivers in supply chain management, and learn the success and failure stories of supply chain management. LEARNING OUTCOMES Upon completion of this course, students will be able to complete the following tasks: Understand the basic concepts and key drivers in supply chain management Understand the relationships between supply chain management and marketing, information, new product development, e-business and sourcing Synthesize the knowledge and techniques in the term long group project REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS AND READINGS Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007 The text book is not mandatory. EVALUATION Components and Weights Components Weights Quizzes 20% Presentations 20% SAP assignments 10% Course participation 10% Group project report 40% Total 100% NOTE: The use of a McMaster standard calculator (Casio FX-991) is allowed during quizzes/examinations in this course. See McMaster calculator policy at the following URL: www.degroote.mcmaster.ca 4QX3 - Winter 2013 - 3 of 7 http://www.mcmaster.ca/senate/academic/calculat.htm. Conversion At the end of the course your overall percentage grade will be converted to your letter grade in accordance with the following conversion scheme. LETTER GRADE A+ A AB+ B B- PERCENT 92 - 100 87 -91 82 - 86 77 - 81 73 - 76 70 - 72 LETTER GRADE C+ C CD+ D DF PERCENT 67 - 69 63 - 66 60 - 62 57 - 59 53 - 56 50 - 52 00 – 49 Note: if the first decimal place is greater than or equal to 5 then the score will be rounded up, otherwise it will be rounded down. Communication and Feedback Students that are uncomfortable in directly approaching an instructor regarding a course concern may choose to send a confidential and anonymous email to the respective Area Chair at: http://www.degroote.mcmaster.ca/curr/emailchairs.aspx Students who wish to correspond with instructors directly via email must send messages that originate from their official McMaster University email account. This protects the confidentiality and sensitivity of information as well as confirms the identity of the student. Instructors should conduct an informal course review with students by Week 4 to allow time for modifications in curriculum delivery. Quizzes A quiz will take 30~60 minutes and is in class. Each quiz is worth 10 percent of the score. The content of a quiz includes lecture slides/notes and reading materials. The form of a quiz includes multiple choices, true/false choices, completion, and short answers. There are three quizzes in total. Two best quizzes will be counted and the quiz with the lowest score will be ignored. Presentations Each student will make two presentations in the course. One is on a topic assigned by the instructor, which will take about 20 minutes (by an individual), and the other is on the group project, which will take about 40 minutes (by a group). When the presentation is given by a group of students, the work load must be evenly distributed among students in the group. The evaluation may include three parts: contents of the slides, structure of the slides and the presentation. www.degroote.mcmaster.ca 4QX3 - Winter 2013 - 4 of 7 Course Participation Students will be evaluated according to their course participation, which includes the attendance of lectures, class discussions and office hours for the group project. SAP Assignments This course is part of the SAP certificate program. The students will finish SAP assignments under the guidance of Mr. Amir Golmohammadi (TA). Group Project Report Each group of students must complete a report on the project. In the report, the students must analyze the project in details (including calculation), answer questions arising from the project, or given by the instructor, and propose and analyze strategies to improve the supply chain management. The workload should be distributed evenly among all the students in the group. ACADEMIC DISHONESTY It is the student’s responsibility to understand what constitutes academic dishonesty. Please refer to the University Senate Academic Integrity Policy at the following URL: http://www.mcmaster.ca/policy/Students-AcademicStudies/AcademicIntegrity.pdf This policy describes the responsibilities, procedures, and guidelines for students and faculty should a case of academic dishonesty arise. Academic dishonesty is defined as to knowingly act or fail to act in a way that results or could result in unearned academic credit or advantage. Please refer to the policy for a list of examples. The policy also provides faculty with procedures to follow in cases of academic dishonesty as well as general guidelines for penalties. For further information related to the policy, please refer to the Office of Academic Integrity at: http://www.mcmaster.ca/academicintegrity REQUESTING RELIEF FOR MISSED ACADEMIC WORK 1. Students may request relief from a regularly scheduled midterm, test, assignment or other course component in the following two ways: a) b) for absences from classes lasting up to five (5) days; or for absences from classes lasting more than five (5) days. a) For absences from classes lasting up to five (5) days www.degroote.mcmaster.ca 4QX3 - Winter 2013 - 5 of 7 Students must use the MSAF (McMaster Student Absence Form). This is an on-line, selfreporting tool, for which submission of medical or other types of supporting documentation is normally not required. Students may use this tool to submit a maximum of one (1) request for relief of missed academic work per term as long as the weighting of the component is worth 29% of the final grade or less. Students must follow up with their course instructors regarding the nature of the relief within two days of submitting the form. Failure to do so may negate the opportunity for relief. It is the prerogative of the instructor of the course to determine the appropriate relief for missed term work in his/her course. If the value of the component is worth 30% or more, students must report to the APO to discuss their situation and will be required to provide appropriate supporting documentation. b) For absences from classes lasting more than five (5) days Students cannot use the MSAF. They MUST report to the APO to discuss their situation and will be required to provide appropriate supporting documentation. Students who wish to submit more than one request for relief of missed academic work per term cannot use the MSAF. They must report to the APO and discuss their situation with an academic advisor. They will be required to provide supporting documentation and meet with the Director. The MSAF cannot be used during any final examination period. Students unable to write a mid-term at the posted exam time due to the following reasons: religious; work-related (for part-time students only); representing university at an academic or varsity athletic event; conflicts between two overlapping scheduled mid-term exams; or other extenuating circumstances, have the option of applying for special exam arrangements. Please see the DeGroote Missed Course Work Policy for a list of conflicts that qualify for academic accommodation (http://www.degroote.mcmaster.ca/ug/documents/MissedCourseWorkFormOct2012.pdf). Such requests must be made to the Academic Programs Office at least ten (10) working days before the scheduled exam along with acceptable documentation. Instructors cannot themselves allow students to unofficially write make-up exams/tests. Adjudication of the request must be handled by the Academic Programs Office. If a mid-term exam is missed without a valid reason, students will receive a grade of zero (0) for that component. STUDENT ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES Student Accessibility Services (SAS) offers various support services for students with disabilities. Students are required to inform SAS of accommodation needs for course work at the outset of term. Students must forward a copy of such SAS accommodation to the instructor normally, within the first three (3) weeks of classes by setting up an appointment with the www.degroote.mcmaster.ca 4QX3 - Winter 2013 - 6 of 7 instructor. If a student with a disability chooses NOT to take advantage of an SAS accommodation and chooses to sit for a regular exam, a petition for relief may not be filed after the examination is complete. The SAS website is: http://sas.mcmaster.ca POTENTIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE COURSE The instructor and university reserve the right to modify elements of the course during the term. The university may change the dates and deadlines for any or all courses in extreme circumstances. If either type of modification becomes necessary, reasonable notice and communication with the students will be given with explanation and the opportunity to comment on changes. It is the responsibility of the student to check their McMaster email and course websites weekly during the term and to note any changes. www.degroote.mcmaster.ca 4QX3 - Winter 2013 - 7 of 7 COURSE SCHEDULE Commerce 4QX3 Introduction to Supply Chain Management Winter 2013 Course Schedule WEEK TOPIC Jan. 9 C01 L1 Introduction to supply chain management Jan. 16 C01 L2 Strategic fit Jan. 23 C01 L3 Supply chain drivers Jan. 30 C01 L4 Introduction to the LINKS simulation Feb. 6 CO1 Feb. 13 C01 Feb. 20 C01 Feb. 27 C01 Mar. 6 C01 Mar. 13 C01 Mar. 20 C01 Mar. 27 C01 ASSIGNMENT L5 Supply chain network design DEADLINE Quiz 1 L6 Distribution strategies Cancelled (midterm week) L7 Information technology and supply chain Management L8 Outsourcing L9 Procurement Quiz 2 L10 Supply contracts L11 Coordinated product and supply chain design Apr.3 C01 Presentations of group projects Apr. 10 C01 Guest speaker Quiz 3, Group project report www.degroote.mcmaster.ca