Undergraduate Course: Supply Chain Management 4 (MAEE10002)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Management (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course focuses mainly on the materials management topics of operations management. Its goal is to help students become effective managers in today's competitive, global environment. This is because many of the students who take this course will progress to become managers in manufacturing (and service) organisations in a variety of functional areas. Students should gain an understanding of what material managers do and realise that materials management involves many business functions. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
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Thursday |
Friday |
| King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 09:00 - 09:50 | | | | | King's Buildings | Lecture | | 1-11 | | | | 10:00 - 12:00 | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 1:30 | | | | Resit Exam Diet (August) | | 1:30 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
On completion of the module, students should be able to:
1. Understand how different companies operate different strategies (make-to-order, make-to-stock, assemble-to-order, etc.) in the same market and how to link these manufacturing strategy;
2. Distinguish between the different types of inventory and be able to calculate some of the cost and service trade-offs involved in reaching materials management decisions;
3. Develop policies for both continuous review and periodic review inventory control systems;
4. Describe how aggregate planning relates to a company's long-term and short-term plans, and be able to calculate different types of reactive and aggressive alternatives and calculate the advantages and limitations of each;
5. Distinguish between dependent and independent demand and their differences when planning for the replenishment of materials;
6. Discuss the importance of the MPS and the nature of the information that can be derived from it, and develop an MPS (for a make-to-stock environment) and compute the ATP and MPS quantities for end items;
7. Explain the logic, and perform the necessary calculations, of MRP, identifying the key inputs (and their source) and outputs (and where and how they are used);
8. Identify the characteristics of JIT that enable the realisation of the JIT philosophy, how JIT can facilitate continuous improvement, the strategic advantages of JIT and the issues associated with implementation;
9. Explain how to link marketing strategy to operations strategy through the use of competitive priorities;.
10. Explain how operations management (and specifically materials management) can be used as a competitive weapon. |
Assessment Information
| Final Examination 100% |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Harwood
Tel:
Email: stephen.harwood@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Kathryn Nicol
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: kathryn.nicol@ed.ac.uk |
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