Supply Chain Optimization and Design

General

Course Contents

  • Concept of Supply Chain management.
  • Decisions in Supply Chain management.
  • Introduction to mathematical modeling of supply chain optimization problems.
  • Exercises and problems in modeling supply chain optimization problems.

Educational Goals

The aim of the course is to cover topics related to the planning, design and operation of the supply chain for businesses and organizations. Emphasis is put on the strategic role and modern trends in supply chain management, on optimizing the level of service, on the use of quantitative methods and applications for modeling and solving complex supply chain management problems.

Upon completion of the course students should be able to:

  • Understand the importance of logistics in a modern business.
  • Know the reasons why logistics is now so important.
  • Recognize the importance of scientific supply chain management.
  • Outline the Logistics strategy.
  • Recognize Logistics costs.
  • Demand and supply planning in a Supply Chain.
  • Applications and mathematical modeling of problems arising during logistics management.

General Skills

to be filled

Teaching Methods

  • Face to face.

Use of ICT means

  • Online guidance.
  • Slides Projection in the classroom.
  • Use of E-mail and onlne communication systems.
  • Use of e-learning system (moodle).

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures39
Fieldwork or Project30
Personal Study56
Total125

Students Evaluation

to be filled

Recommended Bibliography

ΔΙΔΑΚΤΙΚΑ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ

  1. Α. Μυγδαλάς και Γ. Μαρινάκης «Σχεδιασμός και Βελτιστοποίηση της Εφοδιαστικής Αλυσίδας». Εκδόσεις Σοφία εκδόσεις Τζίολα.
  2. Chopra S. Meindl P. ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΕΦΟΔΙΑΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΑΛΥΣΙΔΑΣ Εκδόσεις Τζιολα.

ΠΡΟΣΘΕΤΗ ΠΡΟΤΕΙΝΟΜΕΝΗ ΒΙΟΒΛΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ

  1. Shapiro, Modeling the Supply chain, Duxburry Applied Series, 1999.
  2. Σ. Παπαδημητρίου, Ο. Σχοινάς, Εισαγωγή στα logistics, εκδόσεις Σταμούλη, 2002.
  3. Α. Καρακίτσιου  «Σχεδιασμός και Βελτιστοποίηση της Εφοδιαστικής Αλυσίδας , σημειώσεις από τις παραδόσεις, Σέρρες 2012.