Raupers, Cory, Business Ed

State College Area School District

Supply Chain Management

Course Syllabus

Instructor: Mr. Cory Raupers

                      Email: cjr24@scasd.org

                      Phone: (814) 272-3188

Department: Career and Technical Center – Marketing & Supply Chain Management

Course Number: S778:1

Course Title:  Supply Chain Management 2

Prerequisites: None

Catalog Description:

Supply Chain Management provides students an introduction to the career area of Supply Chain Management (SCM).  This course will assist students to understand the characteristic elements of integrated business logistics, the role and application of logistics principles to supply/demand/value chain management, the application of a selection of inventory management / analytical tools in solving logistics problems, aspects of strategic integrated logistics management and global integrated logistics activities.

Goals & objectives for the course:

Students will learn the following:

·      History of the supply chain industry

·      Importance of supply chain management

·      How SCM can benefit businesses

·      The importance of logistics in private and public organizations

·      How logistics affects the economy

·      Value added logistics

·      Responsibilities of a logistics manager

·      How logistics affect the economy and marketing

·      The difference between materials management and physical distribution

·      Nodes vs. links

·      The difference between purchasing, procurement, and strategic sourcing

·      Item procurement importance matrix

·      How procurement price is determined

·      Total Cost of Ownership

·      E-sourcing and e-procurement

·      Different models of e-commerce

·      Distribution tradeoffs

·      Efforts that go into managing a fulfillment center

·      Different warehousing options

·      Distribution ownership types

·      Different types of materials handling equipment

·      Challenges in transportation

·      Different modes of transportation

·      Intermodal transportation

·      Customer Relationship Management

·      Order- cash replenishment cycles

·      Different elements of customer service

·      Differences between stockout and backorder

Job Shadow:  Students are responsible to set up and complete a job shadow with a company in the field of Supply Chain.  The assignments will be posted on Google Classroom, with the presentation beginning the week of May 16^th 2016

Evaluation Procedures:

Students will be evaluated in several different forms of assessment. They will be expected to take written exams, complete homework, participate in class discussions as well as group projects and simulations.

Attendance:

Attendance in this class is essential in order for the students to be successful as well as to learn the material. When a student is absent they should email the instructor to see what was missed in class. If a student is absent on a due date, they are responsible for getting the work to the instructor on that day regardless if they are in class or not.

Grading Scale:

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