Operations and Supply Chain Management

Mathematics
Statistics

1) Verbal Methodologies (saying), using the following pedagogical resources: Presentation, Explanation and Dialogue;
2) Active Methodologies (doing), making use of pedagogical resources: carrying out group work.

The aim is to provide students with a global vision of the logistics function: procurement, physical distribution, as well as the entire supply chain. At the end of this course, students should be able to
a. Design organisational models of the logistics function.
b. Understand the importance of Logistics and Supply Chain Management for the competitiveness of companies.
c. Understand the trade-offs between different types of costs, namely information and communication systems, stocks, transport and facilities.
d. Plan, operationalize and lead integrated planning, storage, transport and stock management solutions, at supply and distribution level
e. Plan stock levels and design logistic systems.

Supply chain: Concepts of logistics operations
Aggregate operations planning
a)Demand forecasting
b)Localization
Purchasing management
Warehouse and materials management
a)Functions, Documents and Technical data
b)Stock management
Production Resource Management (MRP)
Transport management
Lean Management

Periodic assessment

- two written tests with a weighting of 35% each one in the final evaluation

- Group work (30% weighting in the final evaluation)

Assessment by examination

Written exam (100% weighting in the final classification)

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