PART 3 • Supply chain management
Section outline
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Students mustMark as done
Read all the materials.
Agenda:
1. Differences between goods and services
2. What is a Supply Chain and SCM Supply Chain Management?
3. Activities in the Logistical Channel
4. Main categories of costs in a logistics system
5. Just in Time and Lean Management
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Students mustMark as done
Read the article and think about:
innovations and types of innovations (technological and organizational) that can faster deliveries and improve the quality of logistics processes.
Start a discussion in small working groups. Write your idea using Mentimeter or Jamboard.
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Students mustMark as done
Watch the movie
and think about the answers:
- Is a system approach critical in logistics management?
- Do you know any examples from business practices of the butterfly effect in logistics?
Start a discussion.
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Students mustMark as done
Read two papers:
1. Gutierrez-Gutierrez L., de Leeuw S., Dubbers R., Logistics services and Lean Six Sigma implementation: a case study, International Journal of Lean Six Sigma Vol. 7 No. 3, 2016, pp. 324-342, DOI 10.1108/IJLSS-05-2015-0019;
2. Pepper M.P.J., Spedding T.A., The evolution of lean Six Sigma, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Vol. 27 No. 2, 2010, pp. 138-155, DOI 10.1108/02656711011014276. -
Students mustMark as done
Analyze the case study carefully
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