ISyE 3103 Introduction to Supply Chain Modeling:

Logistics

Spring 2004

 

Instructor: Spyros Reveliotis

Room #: ISyE 316

Phone #: 894-6608

e-mail: spyros@isye.gatech.edu

Homepage: www.isye.gatech.edu/~spyros

 

Office Hours: 10:00-11:00am MWF or by appointment

 

Course GTA�s and their Office Hours:

�Siddhartha Maheshwary: 

�Chayakrit Charoensiriwath: MW 2-3:30pm at the 1st Floor of the Dupree Building

 

 

 

Course Objective

This course is an introduction to the problems underlying the design and operation of contemporary supply chains, with a special emphasis on the logistical issues relating to the material and the information flow in these systems.

 

More specifically, the primary objectives sought by the course are as follows:

�         A systematic description of the operations taking place in contemporary supply chains, and of the underlying design, planning and control problems.

�         Familiarization of the student with the mathematical models and techniques that can support the systematic analysis of the identified problems.

�         An introduction of some basic computational tools that can support the implementation of the presented analytical methodologies (mainly through the homework assignments).

 

A Tentative Course Outline

1.       Introduction: Course Objectives, Context, and Outline

2.       Supply Chain Structure and Operations

3.       Linking Supply Chain Management (SCM) to Corporate Strategy

4.       The primary levers of Supply Chain Strategy: The major role of Facilities, Transportation, Inventory and Information

5.       Market characterization: the role of (demand) forecasting in SCM and the prevailing forecasting techniques

6.       Transportation-related issues and models

7.       Facility-related problems

8.       Information Technology issues and Supply Chain Coordination

9.       E-Business models and issues

 

Course Policies

 

Homework: The homework will consist of conceptual, theoretical and computationally-oriented problems and projects / case studies. Collaboration towards its solution is allowed, but each student must turn in his/her work; photocopies will not be accepted. Homework must be turned in on the specified due date.

 

Exams: There will be 2 midterms and a final exam. Tentative exam dates are as follows:

�         Midterm I: Monday, February 16

�         Midterm II: Monday, March 29

�         Final: TBA

 

Exams will be closed-book, with 2 pages of notes allowed. Furthermore, it is expected that your Academic Honor Code will be respected. Make-up exams and incompletes will be given only in case of emergencies, and only after officially documented proof is provided.

 

Grading:

�         Homework: 25%

�         Midterm I: 20%

�         Midterm II: 20%

�         Final: 35%

 

Course Reading Material

 

�         Textbook: S. Chopra and P. Meindl, Supply Chaim Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, Prentice Hall, 2001.

�         Material posted at my homepage and/or the library (electronic) reserves site

 

Other useful references:

 

1.       Any other introductory book on Supply Chain Management and Logistics; e.g.,

�         Ballou, R., �Business Logistics Management�, 4th ed., Prentice Hall, 1998.

�         Johnson, J., Wood, D., Wardlow, D. and Murphy, Jr., P., �Contemporary Logistics�, 7th ed., Prentice Hall, 1999. (a nice exposition of supply chain operations and the underlying issues)

 

2.       Journals and Magazines:

�         IIE Solutions

�         Interfaces

�         International Journal of Production Research

�         Journal of Production and Operations Management

�         IIE Transactions

�         Operations Research

�         Management Science