Anran Li

This course is available on the CEMS Exchange, Global MSc in Management, Global MSc in Management (CEMS MIM), Global MSc in Management (MBA Exchange), MBA Exchange, MSc in Management (1 Year Programme) and MSc in Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

This course is available as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit.

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Supply chain management is concerned with matching supply with demand. Excess supply is too costly, inadequate supply adversely impacts both current revenue and future demand.  The course will cover the following key topics: supply chain inventory management, demand forecast and information sharing in supply chain, the manufacturer-retailer supply chain, centralised vs decentralised supply chains, sourcing policy and the buyer-supplier relationship, global sourcing and supplier management, supply chain network design. The course will also discuss tools for managing supply chains, re-engineering the supply chain, and the role of IT in supply chain integration.

18 hours of lectures and 12 hours of seminars in the WT.

Students will be expected to produce 6 exercises in the WT.

Six exercises in the last six weeks of the course.

• “Fast, Global, and Entrepreneurial: Supply Chain Management, Hong Kong Style (An interview with Victor Fung)”
• “Sorenson Research Company, Abridged,” Harvard Business School, Case 9-677-257.
• The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains. H.L. Lee, V. Padmanabhan, & S. Whang, Sloan Management Review, Spring 1997.
• “Sport Obermeyer Ltd.” Harvard Business School, Case 695022
• “Northco (A),” Harvard Business School, Case 9-697-017.
• “Barilla SpA (A)”, Harvard Business School, Case 9-694-046.

Essay (50%, 3000 words), presentation (20%), continuous assessment (20%) and class participation (10%) in the WT.

The presentation will be completed in groups of no more than three students per group.