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Maritime and Transport Science

Supply Chain Management


Syllabus

Systemized knowledge of strategic management. Strategic supply chain management. Basics of competitive advantage. The concept of "lean" and "agile" supply chains. Innovation management. Change management. Growth strategy. Choosing the optimal strategy. Diversification of supply chain management. Strategic purchasing. The impact of globalization on supply chain management. The impact of modern technologies on the development of supply chains. Risk Management. Management of partner relationship. Design and planning of the supply chain network. Measuring the effectiveness of supply chains. Simulation and modelling of supply chains.

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Goals and competencies

Competence: Students should be able of critical evaluating literature in the field of strategic supply chain management, and of using it to solve problems in practice, and even for the development of processes and technologies that contribute to the strategic management of supply chains.

 

0bjective:

• Understanding literature on problem-solving strategic management

• understanding strategic supply chain management to develop new processes and technologies


Basic literature

  1. Palevich Robert: The lean sustainable supply chain: how to create a green infrastructure with lean technologies, New Jersey : Pearson Education, 2012, ISBN 978-0-13-283761-3.
  2. Myerson, Paul: Lean supply chain and logistics management, New York : McGraw-Hill, 2012, ISBN 978-0-07-176626-5.
  3. Reuben E. Slone, J. Paul Dittmann, John T. Mentzer: The new supply chain agenda : the new steps that drive real value, Boston : Harvard Business, cop. 2010, ISBN 978-1-4221-4936-2.
  4. John Mangan et al.: Global logistics and supply chain management, Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, cop. 20 12, ISBN 978-1-119-99884-6 (pbk).
  5. H-O. Günther, H. Meyr: Supply Chain Planning: Quantitative Decision Support and Advanced Planning Solutions, Springer, Berlin, London, 2009.
  6. R. Zanjirani Farahani, N. Asgari, H. Davarzani: Supply Chain and Logistics in National, International and Governmental Environment - Concepts and Models, Heidelberg – Physica, 2009.
  7. E. Camerinelli: Measuring the Value of the Supply Chain - Linking Financial Performance and Supply Chain Decisions, Aldershot, Ashgate, 2009.
  8. S. M. Lo, D. J. Power: Competitive Strategy in the Supply Chain - the Inter-Relationship Between Product Nature, Supply Chain Strategy and Business performance, Verlag Dr Müller, Saarbrücken, 200
  9. E. Branch: Global Supply Chain Management and International Logistics, Routledge, London, 2008. T. Skjotte-Larsen et al.: Managing the Global Supply Chain - 3rd ed., Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen, 2007.
  10. B. Donath, J. Mazel, C. Dubin, P. Patterson: The IOMA Handbook of Logistics and Inventory Management, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2002.
  11. Čater, T., Lahovnik, M., Pučko, D., Rejc Buhovac, A.: Strateški management 2, Ljubljana 2011.

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