Courses Bachelor Display 2013-2014
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| Course title | Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course code | EBC1029 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS credits | 6,5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assessment | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level | Introductory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinator |
Evelyne Vanpoucke For more information: e.vanpoucke@maastrichtuniversity.nl |
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| Language of instruction | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Goals |
Students obtain basic insight in operations and Supply Chain Management and understand relations with other functions. Students also learn basic project management skills.
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| Description |
This course is the introduction course for the business specialisation in supply chain management. Students will require a solid foundations in the topics and tools of both operations and supply chain management. While a strong internal operations function is vital to a firm’s survival, it is not sufficient. Firms must also understand how they link in with their supply chain partners. In this course, we will cover a wide range of topics such as supply chain strategy, forecasting, inventory management, purchasing, logistics, JIT/Lean, Quality and Capacity management.
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| Literature |
Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management: International Edition, 3/E, Bozarth & Handfield, 3rd edition, ISBN-10: 027377008X, ISBN-13: 9780273770084.
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| Prerequisites |
An advanced level of English
Basic Statistics |
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| Evaluation in previous academic year | For the complete evaluation of this course please click "here" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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