Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics
Department of Business Administration |
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Chair of Production and
Operations Management
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Course Descripton
OverviewIntroduction (Supply Chain Matrix, Pull/Push View, Strategic Fit, Capabilities, Drivers and Metrics, Supply Chain Integration) Newsvendor revisited and extended Forecasting Demand Economies of Scale (The Role of Cycle Inventory, Exploit Fixed Costs, Exploit Quantity Discounts) Short term discounting: Trade Promotions, Safety Inventory, The Bullwhip effect and Value of Information, Beer Game Contracts (Buy-back contracts, Revenue Sharing Contracts), Risk Pooling to Reduce and Hedge uncertainty Smart Pricing and Revenue Management (Overbooking) Designing the Supply Chain Network (Distribution Networks, Facility and Capacity Allocation, Offshoring) Designing and Planning Transportation Networks (Transportation Infrastructure and Policies, Milk runs) Presentation of Term project For the excel based homework (Forecasting Demand) an introductory tutorial is offered at the beginning of the semester. Two tutorials are offered (one in English/one in German) Content of the tutorial: general introduction in excel and excel solver, preparation for the homework (Forecasting demand) Note: only the homework forecasting demand is based on excel, the other examples can be solved by using paper and pencil. Evaluation
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