Supply Chain

IQRA UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Management Sciences

Supply Chain Management

Course Code: SCM421

Pre-requisite Courses: FIN311, MKT411

WELCOME TO THE CLASS

Introduction: I look forward to have a fruitful and meaningful interaction with each one of you during the term. This will however depend on your active participation and attention during the class sessions and an active follow up afterwards.

Course Objectives:

This course has been developed to equip managers who are involved in decision-making and analysis of different facets of the supply chain, with sound conceptual and technical skills.

Course Content:

Topic 1: Purchasing

* Importance of Purchasing Today

* Purchasing Processes

* Import Procedure

* Letter of Credit

* Import Documentation

* Make – or – Buy Analysis

* Ethics in Buying

Topic 2: Logistics

* Production Control: Movement of Material within Factories

* Shipments to and from Factories

* Innovation in Logistics

Topic 3: Warehousing

* Warehousing Operations

* Methods Of Inventory Accounting

* Expediting

* Third-Party Logistics Management Providers

* E- Business and Supply Chain Management

Topic 4: Manufacturing

* Just in Time and Lean Manufacturing

* Prerequisites for JIT Manufacturing

* Elements of JIT Manufacturing

* Eliminating Waste

* People make JIT Work

* Total Quality Management

* Parallel Processing

* Kanban Production Control

* JIT Purchasing

* E-Commerce and JIT Purchasing

* Reducing Inventories through Setup Reduction

* Work toward Repetitive Manufacturing

* Benefit Of JIT Manufacturing

* Success and JIT Manufacturing

* JIT IN Service Companies

Topic 5: Production Planning

* Production- Planning Hierarchy

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