Operations and Supply Chain Management

Code:

2GE04

Acronym:

OSCM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Management Studies

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIM	42	Bologna Official Syllabus	1	-	3,5	27	94,5

Teaching language

English

Objectives

As goods and services are produced and distributed, they move through a set of interrelated operation and processes. The design of these operations for gaining a strategic advantage, investments in improving their efficacy, and controlling these operations to meet performance objectives is the domain of Operations and Supply Chain Management. This course leads students to practical and conceptual aspects of operations and supply chain management. Students will gain a strong understanding of logistics management and supply chain planning methods. Case studies and examples will be employed throughout the course to promote discussion and support the application of logistics concepts to real-life issues.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the course each student is supposed to handle, discuss and apply the basic concepts of operations and supply chain management analysis.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Introduction to O&SCM

2. Planning the chain. Main SC decisions

3. Inventory and Warehouse Management

4. Transportation and Distribution Management

5. Facility Location

Mandatory literature

Slack, Nigel; Operations management. ISBN: 978-0-273-73046-0
Donald Waters ; Logistics – An Introduction to Supply Chain Management, Palgrave Macmillan , 2003

Complementary Bibliography

Ronald H. Ballou ; Business Logistic/Supply Chain Management: Planning, Organizing, and Controlling the Supply Chain, Prentice Hall, 2004

Teaching methods and learning activities

In room classes with discussion of theoretical concepts supported by discussion and evaluation of real life examples and cases.

Software

Microsoft Office Excel

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	10,00
Teste	60,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	56,50
Frequência das aulas	18,00
Trabalho de campo	10,00
Trabalho escrito	10,00
Total:	94,50

Eligibility for exams

Assessment regime without final exam with the components:
(1) team work with a weight of 30% of the final grade (15% for the report, 15% for the presentation)

(2) final test with a weight of 60% of the final grade to take place in the end of the course (but during the semester)

(3) cases' discussion and participation in classes with a weight of 10% of the final grade

Calculation formula of final grade

Assessment regime without final exam with the components:
(1) team work with a weight of 30% of the final grade (15% for the report, 15% for the presentation),

(2) final test with a weight of 60% of the final grade to take place in the end of the course (but during the semester),

(3) cases' discussion and participation in classes with a weight of 10% of the final grade.

Final test is open notes (laptops, i-pads/i-phones, mobile phones or similar communication devices are not allowed). Students should bring their calculators.

Students may do the final test in the day of the "Época de recurso" exam, but only for improvement purposes or if the student did not take it during semester with a  well-founded reason (agreed with the teacher).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

In accordance with FEP's evaluation regulations.

Classification improvement

Only the weight corresponding to the Final test and in the day of the "Época de recurso" exam.