Summary Supply Chain Management Pre-Master
&
Practise Open questions
Made by: TilburgUniversitySCM
,Table of content
Lecture notes .................................................................................................................... 3
Lecture 1 ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Lecture 2 ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
Lecture 3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Lecture 4 ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
Lecture 6 ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
Lecture 7 ...................................................................................................................................................... 33
Lecture 9 ...................................................................................................................................................... 41
Lecture 10 .................................................................................................................................................... 45
Lecture 11 .................................................................................................................................................... 49
Tutorial notes ................................................................................................................. 53
Tutorial 2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 53
Tutorial 3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 57
Practise questions ........................................................................................................... 60
Practice and answers to open questions ..................................................................................................... 60
Lecture 5 and Lecture 8 were Guest Lectures (and these will differ from year to year).
Tutorial 1 was an information lecture, so not useful for the summary.
MAIN TIP:
Practise all Open questions in the document. This seems like a lot of work but these questions are
very similar to the questions you can get in the exam. So be sure to understand all the open
questions and be sure you can do them yourself!
Goodluck!
,Lecture notes
Lecture 1
Lecture 1 – Part A
Supply chain management is a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers,
manufacturers, warehouses, and stores so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the right
quantities, to the right locations at the right time to minimize system wide cost while satisfying
service level requirements.
Other definitions:
- The design and management of seamless, value-added process across organizational
boundaries to meet the real needs of the end customer.
- Managing supply and demand, sourcing raw materials and parts, manufacturing and
assembly, warehousing and inventory tracking, order entry and order management,
distribution across all channels, and delivery to the customer.
Challenge: (a) coordination among partners to (b) match supply with demand.
The Supply chain Network
The goods – Services continuum
Key Observations
Every facility that impacts cost need to be considered
- Suppliers’ suppliers
- Customers’ customers
Efficiency and cost-effectiveness throughout the system is required
- Increased pressure for sustainability
- Increased risk/disruption require agility and resilience
Multiple levels of activitites
- Strategic – Tactical – Operational
, What activities constitute (vormen) SCM?
In this course we will focus on Strategic (capacity, sourcing, procurement, location & distribution)
and Tactical decisions.
Lecture 1 – Part B
In the beginning
Fewer channel intermediaries, sole suppliers, limited interactions, few suppliers, few distributions
channel.
Fewer Channel Intermediaries Sole suppliers Limited interactions and transactions
&
Practise Open questions
Made by: TilburgUniversitySCM
,Table of content
Lecture notes .................................................................................................................... 3
Lecture 1 ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
Lecture 2 ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
Lecture 3 ...................................................................................................................................................... 14
Lecture 4 ...................................................................................................................................................... 21
Lecture 6 ...................................................................................................................................................... 26
Lecture 7 ...................................................................................................................................................... 33
Lecture 9 ...................................................................................................................................................... 41
Lecture 10 .................................................................................................................................................... 45
Lecture 11 .................................................................................................................................................... 49
Tutorial notes ................................................................................................................. 53
Tutorial 2 ..................................................................................................................................................... 53
Tutorial 3 ..................................................................................................................................................... 57
Practise questions ........................................................................................................... 60
Practice and answers to open questions ..................................................................................................... 60
Lecture 5 and Lecture 8 were Guest Lectures (and these will differ from year to year).
Tutorial 1 was an information lecture, so not useful for the summary.
MAIN TIP:
Practise all Open questions in the document. This seems like a lot of work but these questions are
very similar to the questions you can get in the exam. So be sure to understand all the open
questions and be sure you can do them yourself!
Goodluck!
,Lecture notes
Lecture 1
Lecture 1 – Part A
Supply chain management is a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers,
manufacturers, warehouses, and stores so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the right
quantities, to the right locations at the right time to minimize system wide cost while satisfying
service level requirements.
Other definitions:
- The design and management of seamless, value-added process across organizational
boundaries to meet the real needs of the end customer.
- Managing supply and demand, sourcing raw materials and parts, manufacturing and
assembly, warehousing and inventory tracking, order entry and order management,
distribution across all channels, and delivery to the customer.
Challenge: (a) coordination among partners to (b) match supply with demand.
The Supply chain Network
The goods – Services continuum
Key Observations
Every facility that impacts cost need to be considered
- Suppliers’ suppliers
- Customers’ customers
Efficiency and cost-effectiveness throughout the system is required
- Increased pressure for sustainability
- Increased risk/disruption require agility and resilience
Multiple levels of activitites
- Strategic – Tactical – Operational
, What activities constitute (vormen) SCM?
In this course we will focus on Strategic (capacity, sourcing, procurement, location & distribution)
and Tactical decisions.
Lecture 1 – Part B
In the beginning
Fewer channel intermediaries, sole suppliers, limited interactions, few suppliers, few distributions
channel.
Fewer Channel Intermediaries Sole suppliers Limited interactions and transactions
