Supply Chain Management in a World of E-commerce (on campus)

About

This course provides the essential business skills and understanding of various concepts of SCM supported through practical Case Study exercises with a focus on e-commerce.

Course leader

Sven-Eric Bertelsen Sven has 30 years of experience in Logistics and Supply chain management. Currently, he is a Program Director at the Copenhagen Business Academy for logistics management program coordinating teaching activities.

Target group

Young professionals and university students with intermediary level of English

Course aim

Acquired skills:

Understand the opportunities and challenges that the Internet and information technology brings to supply chain management.
Understand and explore the role that the Internet and information play in supply chain synchronization and in the development of relationships with suppliers and customers.
Apply supply chain management concepts to the design, analysis, and improvement of e-business.

Schedule
Day 1
The E-shop and the context of logistics
Day 2
Integrating the supply chain – information management
Day 3
Logistics strategy for the e-shop
Day 4
Procurement – and location
Day 5
Material and information flow
Day 6
Sourcing strategies
Day 7
Global logistics and transports
Day 8
Inventory management
Day 9
Warehousing and material handling
Day 10
Presentations of e-shops with relevant logistical solutions

All the above mentioned days will take a point of departure in the e-shop, but will naturally also relate to “normal” businesses. Throughout the 10 days, various cases will be part of the class activities as well as work on the group assignment “creating a webshop with online purchase possibilities”.

Description
The course is an introduction to the concepts, functions, processes, and objectives of logistics and supply chain management activities in a world of e-commerce. The course covers activities involved in physically moving raw materials, inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of use or consumption. It covers the planning, organizing, and controlling of such activities, and examines the role of supply chain processes in creating sustainable competitive advantage with respect to quality, flexibility, lead time, and cost. Today this planning must also take into account the internet and the distribution of goods and services electronically. Thus, the focus of this course is on the planning and control of both physical and electronic distribution systems.

Furthermore, in this course, students will learn to strategically think about integrated supply-chain, procurement, and service management strategies for organizations that rely, at least partially, on Internet and information technology to transact with suppliers and end consumers. To accomplish this objective, fundamentals from business areas of supply chain management and information management will serve to establish the course’s theoretical underpinnings. Along with this foundation, applied concepts, and practical insights, students will develop the knowledge and necessary skills to plan, organize, operate, and control a variety of processes, resources, services, and relationships in supply chains via the Internet and information technology.

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