Year 2021 1. What is Intrapreneurship? An intrapreneurship is a phenomenon of empowering the employees within the organization, by valuing their ideas and converting them into a profit-making model for the business. 2. What is lifestyle firm? Lifestyle firms are those businesses which provide their owner or owners the opportunity to pursue a particular lifestyle and […]
Unit 11: Entrepreneurial Supply Chain
Chapter Covered -Introduction -Strategies Introduction Supply chain management means that management of chains of supplies for value addition. Almost all the firms try to make supply chains as a core competence to get a competitive edge. The firm is influenced by supply chain management policies on firm’s performance; the participants in the supply chain management […]
Unit 9: Planning demand and supply in supply chain
Course Covered -Characteristics and role of forecasting -Role of IT in forecasting -Role of aggregate planning with problems in supply chain -Role of IT in aggregate Planning -Inventory Planning with known and uncertain demand Characteristics and Role of Forecasting Role of Forecasting in Supply Chain Demand forecasts form the basis of all supply chain planning. […]
Unit 7: Designing the Supply Chain Network
Topic Covered in Syllabus: Role of distribution in supply chain Factors influencing distribution network design Design options for a distribution network E-business and a distribution network Role of network design in supply chain Factors influencing network design decisions Framework for network design decisions Network optimization models The capacitated plant location model Gravity location model The […]
Unit 6: Supply chain Drivers and Matrices
Cross functional drivers of supply chain performance: facility, inventory, information, transportation, sourcing and pricing.
Unit 3: Overview of Supply Chain Management
Topic Covered in Syllabus: Definition of supply chain management Functions and objectives of a supply chain Decision phases of supply chain Process view of a supply chain: cycle view and push/pull view The importance of a supply chain flows Pitfalls and opportunities in a supply chain Case studies presentations Dell Computer: Direct Marketing 7-Eleven: A […]