Supply Chain Strategy

Department
  • Master's Program Industrial Engineering & Management
Course unit code
  • WIW_MAS_21_3_4
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 3.0
Name of lecturer(s)
  • Dr. Sauer Philipp, Dr.-Ing. Dallasega Patrick
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Recommended or required reading
  • Chopra, S., Meindl, P. (2013). Supply chain management: strategy, planning and operation. 5th edition. Pearson Education.
    Chopra, S., Meindl, P. (2007). Supply chain management: strategy, planning and operation. 5th edition. Pearson Education.
    Grün, O., Jammernegg, W. (2009). Grundzüge der Beschaffung, Produktion und Logistik. 4. Auflage. Pearson Deutschland GmbH.
    Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., Simchi-Levi, E., & Shankar, R. (2008). Designing and managing the supply chain: concepts, strategies and case studies. Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
    Dallasega, P., Rojas, R. A., Bruno, G., Rauch, E. (2019). An agile scheduling and control approach in ETO construction supply chains. Computers in Industry, 112, 103122. DOI 10.1016/j.compind.2019.08.003
    Dallasega, P., Rauch, E. (2017). Sustainable construction supply chains through synchronized production planning and control in engineer-to-order enterprises. Sustainability, 9(10), 1888.
    Alzoubi, H., Ahmed, G., Al-Gasaymeh, A., & Kurdi, B. (2020). Empirical study on sustainable supply chain strategies and its impact on competitive priorities: The mediating role of supply chain collaboration. Management Science Letters, 10(3), 703-708.
    Fatorachian, H., & Kazemi, H. (2021). Impact of Industry 4.0 on supply chain performance. Production Planning & Control, 32(1), 63-81.
    Seuring, S. and Müller, M. (2008), "From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management", Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 16, No. 15, pp. 1699-1710.
Level of course unit
  • Master
Year of study
  • Fall 2025
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 3
Language of instruction
  • English
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • The students
    - Develop an awareness of dangers and risks in manufacturing companies that operate globally and are embedded in value chains.
    - Can name the "megatrends of logistics" (e.g. volatility and responsiveness, increasing digitalization (Industry 4.0), as well as multi-channeling in trade) and derive supply chain strategies.
    - Apply methods to select a production location. Through this and accompanied by case studies, they learn about influencing factors for site selection.
    - Can identify, assess and mitigate risks in supply chains
Course contents
  • - Supply chain strategies (e.g. agile and flexible, lean)
    - Dealing with internal and external risks in the supply chain
    - Integrated supply chain design
    - Concepts, methods, relevance, context and impact of location decisions
    - Sustainability in the context of environment, economy, social and ethical responsibility
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Work placement(s)
  • none

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