Every company is part of a supply network for producing products and services that satisfy customer needs. As global markets expand and competition increases, being successful increasingly requires organisations to become much more involved with their suppliers to focus on sustainable sourcing of materials and how their own and suppliers’ goods and services are designed, produced, and transported.

SCMGT564 introduces fundamental concepts of supply chain management, emphasising the purchasing and logistics and distribution function, involving the design, planning, execution, and control and monitoring of supply chain activities to create value and build a competitive infrastructure that synchronises supply with demand and measures performance globally. SCMGT564 is taught as an advanced version of SCMGT303, with heightened expectations and additional assessments.

Teaching SCMGT564 in Asynchronous FLEXI mode means some flexible aspects of this paper can be online. However, attending classes in person, if at all possible, is highly recommended to gain the most effective learning and a great campus experience.

‘Asynchronous FLEXI’ info:

Asynchronous means that no elements require students to be online at specified times.

‘FLEXI teaching and learning strategies combine independent online study with in-class engagement to achieve the complete learning experience. Videos, slideshows, and other Moodle resources help prepare students for face-to-face classroom sessions where activities offer insights that help scaffold learning. Please note that you are responsible for completing all of the online materials and tasks before ‘attending’ the classroom sessions to achieve your learning goals.

On Thursdays, the classroom session will summarise the slideshow material and the central issues, perhaps using illustrative cases and classroom exercises. On Fridays, the sessions will generally involve student-group presentations or discussions of substantive cases. Videos of the classroom sessions will be placed on Moodle to help students with a legitimate reason for not attending class in person. Regular group work is an integral part of this paper.

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The required textbook for the paper is:

Wisner, J. D., Leong, G. K., and Tan K-C. (2023): Principles of Supply Chain Management – A Balanced Approach (Sixth Edition), SOUTH-WESTERN, CENGAGE Learning.