AT1636 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

ANNA UNIVERSITY :: CHENNAI 600 025
CURRICULUM 2005 – FULL TIME MODE
M.TECH APPAREL TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

AT1636 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 3 0 0 100

1. OVERVIEW OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 5
Role of Supply Chain Management: Scope and Importance, Customer Driver Strategies, Logistics and Competitive Strategy: Systems view.

2. CO-ORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 5

Inventory, Order Processing, Purchasing, Warehousing, Materials Handling, Packaging, Customer Service Management.

3. INTERFACES WITH OTHER AREAS 5

Marketing and Supply Chain Interface, Finance and Supply Chain Interface.
4. DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT PLANNING 10

Distribution Network Planning and Warehouse Location, Integrated Supply, Production, distribution Policies and Plans.

5. INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS 10

Ocean Carrier Management, Import-Export Logistic Management.

6. DECISION MODELS 10

Decision support models of supply chain management: Transportation Systems, Warehouse Design, Distribution Inventory Policies, Transshipment, etc. Information Systems.
TOTAL : 45 Hours

TEXT BOOKS

1. Donald J. Bowersox & David J. Closs, Logistical Management, Tata McGraw-Hill Editions, New Delhi, 2000.
2. Jeremy F. Shapiro, Modelling and Supply Chain, Thomson Learning, 2001.
3. Martin Christopher, Logistics and supply chain management, Financial times management, 2000.

REFERENCES

• David Taylor and David Brunt, Manufacturing Operations and Supply Chain Management, Vikas Thomson Learning, 2001.
• Philippe - Pierre Dornier, Global operations & logistics, John Wiley & sons Inc, New York, 2002.
• Monczka / Trend / Handfiled, Purchasing and Supply chain management, Thomson south- western college publishing, 2000.
• B.S. Sahay, Supply chain management for global competitiveness, Macmillan India Ltd, Delhi, 2000.
• David Hutchins, Just in Time, Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai, 2001
• David Simchi – Levi & Philip Kaminsk, Designing and Managing the supply chain, McGraw-Hill Companies Inc., 2000.

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