MN52141: Supply chain analytics
[Page last updated: 15 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | School of Management |
| Credits: | 5 [equivalent to 10 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 100 |
| Level: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | EXIC 100% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Supply Chain Analytics: Exam (EXIC 100% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
- Use appropriate methodologies to design supply chain and transportation networks.
- Evaluate supply chain design decisions under uncertainty.
- Apply forecasting methodologies given historical data.
- Discuss practical approaches to improve supply chain coordination.
- Assess the appropriate level of inventory in supply chains.
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| Synopsis: | Explore the approach to several fundamental issues in supply chain management like:
- supply chain network design
- demand forecasting
- aggregate planning
- coordination
- inventory
- transportation
You will learn how to use analytical tools and techniques to effectively deal with these supply chain problems.
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| Content: | This unit covers analytical topics in:
- supply chain and transportation network design,
- forecasting,
- planning,
- coordination,
- inventory management.
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| Course availability: |
MN52141 is Compulsory on the following courses:
School of Management
- TMMN-AFM75 : MSc Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
MN52141 is Optional on the following courses:
School of Management
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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