Supply Chain Management VTU Question Papers

Would you please get the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Supply Chain Management paper and syllabus?

[shikha]

Ya sure I will get the Supply Chain Management paper and syllabus issued by Visvesvaraya Technological University so that you can check it easily.

VTU, Supply Chain Management paper





Here is the syllabus

Unit-1
Introduction to Supply Chain, Performance of Supply Chain
What is a Supply Chain; Decision phases in a supply Chain; Process view of a SupplyChain; The importance of Supply Chain Flows; Examples of Supply Chains.Competitive and Supply Chain strategies; Achieving strategic fit; Expandingstrategic scope.

Unit-2
Supply Cain drivers and Obstacles, Designing Distribution Network
Drivers of Supply Chain Performance; A framework for structuring drivers;Facilities, Inventory, Transportation, and Information; Obstacles to achievestrategic fitThe role of distribution in the Supply Chain; factors influencing distributionnetwork design; Design options for a distribution network; the value ofdistributors in the Supply Chain; Distribution Networks in practice.

Unit-3
Network Design
The role of network design in the Supply Chain; Factorsinfluencing Network design Decisions; A framework for Network DesignDecisions; Models for facility Location and Capacity Allocation; makingNetwork Design decisions in practice.The impact of uncertainty on Network design; Discounted cash flow analysis;Representations of uncertainty; Evaluating Network Design decisions usingDecision Trees; Making Supply Chain decisions under uncertainty inpractice.

Unit-4
Demand Forecasting, Aggregate Planning
The role of forecasting in a Supply Chain; Characteristics of forecast; Components of a forecast andforecasting methods; Basic approach of Demand forecasting; Time seriesforecasting methods; Measures of forecast errors; The role of aggregateplanning in a supply Chain; The aggregate planning problem; Aggregateplanning strategies.
Part B

Unit-5
Inventory Management
The role of cycle inventory in a supply Chain;Economies of scale to exploit fixed costs, quantity discounts; Short-termdiscounting; Managing multi-echelon cycle inventory; Estimating cycleinventory related costs in practice.

Unit-6
Transportation
The role of transportation in the Supply Chain; Factorsaffecting transportation decisions; Modes of transportation and theirperformance characteristics; Design options for a transportation network;Trade-offs in transportation design; Tailored transportation; Routing andscheduling in transportation; Making transportation decisions in practice.

Unit-7
Pricing and Revenue Management, Coordination
The role of revenue management in Supply Chain; revenue management for multiple customersegments, perishable assets, seasonal demand, and bulk and spot contracts;Using revenue management in practiceLack of Supply Chain coordination and Bullwhip effect; Effect of lack ofcoordination on performance; Obstacles to coordination in the Supply Chain;managerial levers to achieve coordination; Building strategic partnershipsand trust within a supply Chain; Achieving coordination in practice.

Unit-8
IT, Internet and Supply Chain
The role of IT in the Supply Chain; TheSupply Chain IT framework; CRM; Internal SCM; Supplier RelationshipManagement; The transaction management foundation; The future if IT inSCM; Supply Chain It in practice.The role of E-Business in Supply Chain; The E-Business framework; TheB2B addition to the E-Business framework; E-Business in practice

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