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Supply Chain Analytics

3-0-9 units · Graduate

See description under subject 15.762[J] .

Spring 2011 · Supply Chain Planning

15.762J Supply Chain Planning focuses on effective supply chain strategies for companies that operate globally, with an emphasis on how to plan and integrate supply chain components into a coordinated system. Students are exposed to concepts and models important in supply chain planning with emphasis on key tradeoffs and phenomena. The course introduces and utilizes key tactics such as risk pooling and inventory placement, integrated planning and collaboration, and information sharing. Lectures, computer exercises, and case discussions introduce various models and methods for supply chain analysis and optimization.

Readings

  • [SKS] = Simchi-Levi, David, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain . McGraw Hill/Irwin, 2007. ISBN: 9780073341521.
    Listed reading
  • “Introduction to Supply Chain Management.” Chapter 1 in [SKS], pp. 1-17.
    Listed reading
  • Chopra, Sunil, and Peter Meindl. “Understanding the Supply Chain.” Chapter 1 in Supply Chain Management . 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2006, pp. 3-26. ISBN: 9780131730427.
    Recommended
  • “Inventory Management and Risk Pooling.” Chapter 2.1-2.4 in [SKS], pp. 30-51.
    Recommended
  • Nahmias, Steven. “Inventory Control Subject to Uncertain Demand.” Chapter 5 in Production and Operations Analysis . McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000, pp. 265-313. ISBN: 9780072417418.
    Recommended
  • Hopp, Wallace, and Mark Spearman. “Inventory Control: From EOQ to ROP.” Chapter 2 in Factory Physics . 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 9780256247954.
    Recommended
  • Chopra, Sunil, and Peter Meindl. “Planning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain.” Part IV in Supply Chain Management . 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2006, pp. 249-383. ISBN: 9780131730427.
    Recommended
  • Kimball, George E. “General Principles of Inventory Control.” Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management 1, no. 1 (1988): 119–130.
    Recommended
  • 4 · Supply chain inventory models · “Inventory Positioning and Logistics Coordination.” Chapter 3.3 in [SKS], pp. 95-103.
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  • “The Value of Information.” Chapter 5 in [SKS] pp. 143-178.
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  • 6 · Supply contracts I · “Supply Contracts.” Chapter 4 in [SKS], pp. 123-139.
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  • 7 · Supply contracts II and procurement strategies · “Procurement and Outsourcing Strategies.” Chapter 9 in [SKS], pp. 267-308.
    Recommended
  • 8 · Supply chain integration I · “Supply Chain Integration.” Chapter 6 in [SKS], pp. 179-208.
    Recommended
  • 9 · Supply chain and product design · “Coordinated Product and Supply Chain Design.” Chapter 11 in [SKS], pp. 331-364.
    Recommended
  • Billington, Corey Gianpalolo Callioni, Barrett Crane, John D. Ruark, Julie Unruh Rapp, Trace White, and Sean P. Willems. “Accelerating the Profitability of Hewlett-Packard’s Supply Chains.” Interfaces 34, no. 1 (2004): 59-72.
    Recommended
  • Simchi-Levi, David, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain . McGraw Hill/Irwin, 2007. ISBN: 9780073341521.
    Listed reading
  • Buy at MIT Press Simchi-Levi, David. Operations Rules . MIT Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780262014748. ↗
    Listed reading
  • Hopp, Wallace, and Mark Spearman. Factory Physics . 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 9780256247954.
    Listed reading
  • Hopp, Wallace. Supply Chain Science . McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2007. ISBN: 9780073403328.
    Listed reading
  • Nahmias, Steven. Production and Operations Analysis . McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 9780072417418.
    Listed reading
  • Chopra, Sunil, and Peter Meindl. Supply Chain Management . 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN: 9780131730427.
    Listed reading
  • Shapiro, Jeremy F. Modeling the Supply Chain . Southwestern College Pub, 2000. ISBN: 9780534373634.
    Listed reading
  • Silver, Edward A., David F. Pyke, and Rein Peterson. Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling . 3rd ed. Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 9780471119470.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as 15.762[J] , IDS.735[J] Prereq: 15.761 or SCM.260[J] G (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-0-9 units

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