44062-002 Tanai
MIS 44062 002
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Fall 2015 (Online)
Instructor: Yertai Tanai
Office: A402 BSA
Office Hours: Wednesday 11:00 a.m-2:00 p.m. or by appointment
Telephone: 330-672-1164
Email: ytanai@kent.edu (best form of contact)
Meeting times: Online
A. COURSE DESCRIPTION
The objective of this course is to introduce the student to the basic analytical tools
needed to coordinate business operations across the supply chain. The course involves
hands-on coverage of supply chain management with emphasis on supplier partnering
and development, customer relations management, strategic sourcing and pricing,
e-business, measuring supply chain performance, mass customization, planning supply
and demand, and coordinating supply chain operations.
B. COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. Students will know the major activities that are part of supply chain
management, and will be able to identify and understand the significance of
common issues and challenges associated with each activity.
2. Students will appreciate the importance of supply chain management to the
overall success of a business.
3. Students will be able to use knowledge and techniques learned in the course to
diagnose and analyze problems and recommend solutions related to a variety of
challenges that occur in supply chains
C. RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Textbook :
ISBN is 053847548X
Principles of Supply Chain Management: A Balanced Approach . Joel D. Wisner,
Keah-Choon Tan, G. Keong Leong, 3rd edition (4 th edition will do, but more expensive)
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This textbook has relatively well-developed and represents a comprehensive coverage of
supply chain issues, and includes a variety of cases, avoiding the need for a separate
course packet of cases and access codes.
Suggested supplemental journals:
Harvard Business Review
Industrial Management
International Journal of Operations and Production Management
International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Journal of Quality and Technology
Journal of Operations Management
Journal of Supply Chain Management
Management Science
Production and Operations Management
Suggested Software:
MS Word for written assignments, MS-Excel and QM for Windows (available to
download found under Course Supplemental files & docs folder in Blackboard) or any
other recommended by the instructor for quantitative assignments.
Additional required readings may be distributed in class and/or posted on
Blackboard. Suggested additional readings include articles from current business
publications that illustrate course topics in the context of real business organizations.
Class announcements and other communications will be through B lackboard to your
Kent State University e-mail account . You should monitor both this account and
the class website on a regular basis for course announcements.
D. COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
The primary teaching/learning methodologies in this course include a combination of
discussions/activities, case analyses (that is literature reviews), quizzes, homework
assignments and the term paper.
The course design allows the student to practice the common characteristics that
businesses expect in its top employees. This course requires the application of “book
learning” to solving real business problems. This is challenging and hard work. Where
the design of this course is an intentional transition from concept to application, it is
also a transition from the college environment to the world of business. Therefore, the
course has a defined schedule with firm deadlines. A ll assignments are due at the
end of the week that it is assigned. Each week’s assignment is available on the
specified week in the Blackboard.
The description of how to submit and examples of assignments are posted in the C ourse
Assignments folder in the blackboard.
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Grading Policies:
The grading for this course will be based on a contract approach. The student will be
required to discuss and report on various topics and prepare a course term paper. The
student may correct any assignment if it is deemed not to be fully satisfactory. The
following is the weighing scheme for the above-mentioned activities (your grade in this
course will be determined by your performance on the quizzes and assignments
described in the table below):
Assessment
Type
Description Points
Quiz
maximum 1-1.5
hours each quiz
There will be a series of 12 quizzes
consisting of T/F and multiple choice
questions, which measure the extent to
which you have followed and understand
the text material. 2 lowest score out of
these 12 quizzes will be dropped.
12 quizzes = 850 pts
Case
Analyses
/Literature
Reviews
There will be 4 case write-ups/literature
reviews in which you will demonstrate
your ability to apply course concepts,
models, and techniques to real-world
challenges. Each case write-up/literature
review assignment is worth 50 of your
final grade.
4 Cases = 240 pts
Homework
Assignments
On average each chapter will include a
homework assignment. Each homework
assignments is worth 10 points.
~ 14 hw =140 pts
Threaded
Discussions
Threaded Discussions are worth 15 pts
and there will be approximately 4-5
discussions
~ 5 discussions = 75 pts
Term Project
A term project based on one of the topics
found in the 14 chapters of the textbook.
See blackboard for details. The instructor
may assign these as individual
assignments or team assignments
depending on instructor and/or students’
preference.
Paper: 300 pts
Total Points 1605 pts
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Your final grade in the course will be assigned according to the following table:
Overall Percentage Final Grade
93% - 100% A
90% - 92% A-
87% - 89% B+
82% - 86% B
79% - 81% B-
75% - 78% C+
70% - 74% C
60% - 69% D
Below 60% F
E. GENERAL UNIVERSITY POLICIES:
Academic policy requirements:
1. There are generally no makeup exams in this class for undocumented reason
unless requested and approved by the instructor. In emergency situations, which
needs to be properly documented (i.e. doctor or employer's excuse-note). With
respect to make-up, the general policy is no make-up of missed work (including
exams) is allowed, and no late work will be accepted. The only exceptions are: A
prearranged situation (e.g., course field trips, athletic trips, etc.) and/or
emergency illness, death in the family, etc., in this case, the instructor should be
notified as soon as possible. Please contact the instructor early if there are any
problems or concerns. There will be no exceptions to this policy.
2. For face-to-face sections only: There are no excused absences, late arrivals, or
early departures, but I appreciate notice if you know you will be missing a class
and/or arriving late or departing early.
3. Cheating in any form will result in an automatic grade of F for the course.
4. Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly enrolled in classes. You
are advised to review your official class schedule (using Web for Students) during
the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled in this
class and section. Should you find an error in your class schedule and if
registration errors are not corrected by the proper date and you continue to
attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are
advised now that you w ill not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester
for any class in which you are not properly registered.
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Academic Integrity:
We will follow the University Policy on Academic Integrity. Academic honesty: Cheating
means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work
(e.g., tests, quizzes, papers, projects, homework assignments) so as to get undeserved
credit. In addition, it is considered to cheating when one cooperates with someone else
in any such misrepresentation. The use of intellectual property of others without giving
them appropriate credit is a serious academic offence. It is the University’s policy that
cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade (0 points) for the work or
course. Repeat offences may result in dismissal from the University.
Course Withdrawal Dates:
Fall 2015 course withdrawal deadline is S unday, November 07, 2015. For Fall and
Spring semesters, the course withdrawal deadline is always the Sunday following the
10 th week of the semester. W ithdrawal before the deadline results in a "W" on the official
transcript; after the deadline a grade must be calculated and reported.
Enrollment/official registration:
Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisites risk being
registered from the class. Students have responsibility to ensure they are properly
enrolled in classes. You are advised to review your official class schedule (using Web for
Students) during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure you are properly enrolled
in this class and section. Should you find an error in your class schedule, you have until
Sunday, September 06, 2015 to correct the error with your advising office. If
registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and
participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that
you w ill not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester for any class in which you
are not properly registered.
Students with disabilities:
University policy 3342-3-01.3 requires that students with disabilities be provided
reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have a
documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the
beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments.
Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these accommodations through
Student Accessibility Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit
http://www.kent.edu/sas/index.cfm for more information on registration procedures).
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F. DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE :
(Please check the Assignments Folder and Weekly Tabs in Blackboard for
exact course requirements and due dates. Many examples for format of
each type of assignment are listed in the Assignments folder)
Date
2015
Topics/Activities
Assignments Due
(Sunday, 12PM). Please
check assignments and
weekly tabs for precise
requirements as they may
vary from this list.
Week 1 - 2
Due Sept 13
Chapter 1 Introduction to Supply
Chain Management
Chapter 2 Purchasing Management
Practice Test,
Quiz Chapter 1,
Quiz Chapter 2,
HW Weeks 1 & 2
Weeks 3 - 4
Due Sept 27
Chapter 3 Creating and Managing
Supplier Relationships
HW Weeks 3&4
Quiz Chapter 3,
Literature Review Weeks 3&4
Weeks 5 - 6
Due Oct 11
Chapter 4 Ethical and Sustainable
Sourcing
Chapter 5 Demand Forecasting
HW Weeks 5&6
Quiz Chapter 4,
Quiz Chapter 5,
Threaded Discussion 1
Weeks 7 - 8
Due Oct 25
Chapter 6 Resource Planning
Systems
Chapter 7 Inventory Management
HW Weeks 7&8
Quiz Chapter 6,
Quiz Chapter 7,
Literature Review Weeks 7&8
Weeks 9 - 10
Due Nov 8
Chapter 8 Process Management –
Lean and Six Sigma
Chapter 9 Domestic U.S. and
Global Logistics
HW Weeks 9&10,
Quiz Chapter 8,
Quiz Chapter 9,
Topic for Group/Individual
Paper
Weeks 11 - 12
Due Nov 22
Chapter 10 Customer Relationship
Management
Chapter 11 Global Location
Decisions
HW Weeks 11&12,
Quiz Chapter 10,
Quiz Chapter 11,
Threaded Discussion 2,
Literature Review 3
Week 13-14
Due Dec 6
Chapter 12 Service Response
Logistics
HW Weeks 13&14,
Quiz Chapter 12,
Quiz Chapter 13
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Chapter 13 Supply Chain Process
Integration
Week 15
Due Dec 13
Chapter 14 Performance
Measurement Along the Supply Chain
HW Weeks 14,
Quiz Chapter 14,
Threaded Discussion 3,
Literature Review 4
Week
16/Finals
Dec 14-20
FINAL PROJECT DUE
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