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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Maria Dolors Celma Benaiges

Trimester: First term

Credits: 4

Teaching staff: 

Jose Luis Torres Soto

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 3

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Catalan

The subject will be taught in Catalan. Students will be able to address the teacher in the language they are most comfortable with. Some content, transparencies and bibliography will be in Spanish or English.

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Specific skills

  • Demostrar capacitat per comunicar de manera fluida en llengua espanyola, catalana i anglesa de forma oral i escrita en l'entorn de la logística i els negocis marítims

  • Show knowledge and skills for the coordination of the departments of purchasing, supply, production and distribution of a product to any company, analyzing different types of techniques

Presentation of the subject

The course aims to study the elements of the supply chain and their importance through the analysis of decision-making, limitations, risks and future trends.

The classroom (physical or virtual) is a safe space, free of sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory attitudes, either towards students or teachers. We trust that together we can create a safe space where we can make mistakes and learn without having to suffer the prejudices of others.

Contents

Topic 1: What is the supply chain
Topic 2: Supply Chain Performance: How to Achieve Strategic Adjustment and Scope
Topic 3: Supply chain controllers and metrics
Topic 4: Demand forecasting in a supply chain
Topic 5: Aggregate planning in a supply chain
Topic 6: Sales and operations planning: supply and demand planning in a supply chain
Topic 7: Coordination in a supply chain
Item 8: Management of economies of scale in a supply chain: cycle inventory

Activities and evaluation system

The assessment will consist of a grade obtained from the continuous assessment, attendance and exams according to the following percentages:

  • Activities, exercises and practical cases: 40%
  • Subject exam: 60%

The submissions of exercises and practical activities, to be taken into account in the evaluation of the subject, must be submitted before the established deadline.

The minimum grade for the exam must be 4 in order to be counted towards the rest of the assessment. Failure to achieve this grade will result in failure of the subject.

Recovery:

  • The theoretical part of the subject can be retaken as long as and when the student has taken the theory assessment exam in regular call. The maximum grade of the recovery test for the theoretical part is limited to 5.
  • Continuous assessment activities (exercises, case studies and practical activities) cannot be recovered under any circumstances.

Any form of academic fraud will be sanctioned in accordance with the center's assessment regulations. If signs of fraud are detected, including the improper use of generative artificial intelligence tools, the subject's teaching staff may call the student for an individual interview with the aim of verifying their authorship.

Bibliography

Basic

Supply chain management, 5th edition. Strategy, planning and operation. By Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl. ISBN: 9786073221337

Chase, Richard B., Jacobs, F. Robert, 2013, "Operations Management : Production and Supply Chain" 13th ed. McGraw Hill.

Complementary

Mangan, J, Lalwani, C and Butcher T., Javadpour, R., 2012, “Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2nd Ed., Wiley.

Nakano, Mikihisa, 2020, "Supply chain management. Strategy and Organization". Ed. Springer, ISBN 978-981-13-8478-3