Strategic Supply Chain Management in Turbulent Times

This module introduces the course structure, expectations, and the Technical University of Munich, providing essential information for course navigation and completion.

This module covers fundamental concepts of supply chain management, competitive strategy alignment, and the cost-responsiveness efficient frontier, using real-world examples like IKEA.

This module explores logistical and cross-functional supply chain drivers, planning processes, the bullwhip effect, and strategic alliances in supply chain coordination.

This module focuses on financial measures of supply chain performance, including return on assets, inventory turns, and cash-to-cash cycle, with case studies of Tiffany and Blue Nile.

This module covers the Newsvendor Model, normally distributed demand, optimal order quantities, and target in-stock probability for single-period inventory management.

This module explores continuous review inventory models, including Economic Order Quantity, reorder levels, lead time demand, and safety stock calculations.

This module covers reactive capacity, double marginalization, buy-back contracts, and strategies for sharing profits and reducing risks in supply chain partnerships.

This module explores how new technologies like automated guided vehicles, robots, AI, machine learning, and drones can improve supply chain resilience.

This concluding module provides final course wrap-up and guidance for next steps, including course review and professional networking suggestions.