Department of Management, Marketing, and International Business

MGT 372 - Supply Chain Management

College of Business, Stephen F. Austin State University

Note: This "standard" course syllabus is only a guide. Actual requirements for a particular course and section of this course are described in the course section syllabus, which should be obtained from the course instructor at the beginning of the respective semester. Requirements listed herein are subject to change without notice.

Catalog Description:  Overview of supply chain management, a total systems approach to managing the entire flow of information, materials and services from raw materials through suppliers, operations, factories, warehouses, and distribution to the end customers. 

Prerequisite:  MGT 370 and 371 (MGT 371 may be taken concurrently)

Course Objectives: The course will provide a total systems approach to management of the supply chain.  It will enable the student to understand what a supply chain is, why it is important, and the challenges implicit in managing supply chains.  The course will aid the student in understanding the impact of supply chain management on success and profitability, and the influence of an integrated supply chain on major functional activities such as product design, information systems, manufacturing planning, inventory management, human resource development, financial planning, forecasting, sales, and quality management.  Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to define and use management concepts and terminology that apply to supply chain management, and should be able to discuss activities that lead to integration of information and material flows across multiple organizations in the supply chain including global supply chains.  In addition, the course will prepare the student for the challenges of a  total systems approach to management.

Current Textbook: Contact course coordinator for current textbook.

Supplemental articles from trade and academic journals will be used.  This is necessary due to the rapid growth of SCM and the difficulty of any text to remain totally current. 

Evaluation: Sufficient examinations should be given during the semester to provide a sound basis for evaluation of performance.  Examinations should contain a mixture of objective and subjective questions and problems from the text, lecture material, and supplemental articles.  The minimum number of exams will be a mid-term and a final.  Case studies from textbook materials as well as fieldwork case studies of actual supply chains should be employed and evaluated accordingly.  Other types of evaluation may be used at the instructor's discretion.

Course Coordinator:  Dr. Joseph G. Ormsby

Course Content:

Required Topics

• Defining, designing and understanding supply chains
• Integrated SCM environment
• Value of Information
• Information management and forecasting
• Acquisition and material flows
• Distribution strategies
• Strategic Alliances
• International and global issues
• Integrated functional activities and SCM
• Product design/redesign and SCM
• Process design.redesign and SCM
• Performance measurements and SCM
• Customer value and SCM
• Inter-organizational information systems

Optional Topics

• Cycle time applications
• Partner development
• Decision support and SCM
• Determination of information requirements
• Implementation and applications of information systems
• Supply chain relationships
• Postponement and assemble-to-order
• Mass customization and SCM

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