Course Name: Supply Chain Analytics Course Code: BBA652LC
Total number of Hrs: 60 Credits: 4
Course Description: Supply chains in order to function properly, must focus on the opportunity that
exists in their analytics. Supply chains are complex systems involving multiple businesses and
organizations with different goals and objectives. Many different analytical methods and techniques are
used by researchers and practitioners alike to better design and manage their supply chains. Supply
chain management is becoming increasingly data driven. This course aims at giving students the
overview and the way in which the supply chain analytics help in improving the logistics industry.
Course Objectives
● To explain the importance of supply chain analytics and its role in optimization of the process.
● To analyse the level of uncertainty associated with the supply of products and services and
justify the choice of a suitable supply chain strategy.
● To explain the role and applications of descriptive analytics in a supply chain system.
Course Learning Outcomes: On having completed this course student should be able to:
CLO 1 Demonstrate the aspects of supply chain analytics and its role in optimization of the process.
CLO2 Analyse the data associated with the supply chain operations
CLO 3 Examine the application of supply chain analytics at different stages of supply chain.
CLO4 Evaluate the uncertainties involved in a supply chain context and articulate it
quantitatively using excel
Pedagogy: This course uses multiple pedagogies like interactive lecture, case-based problems,
discussion, presentations, supply chain analytics using excel/ solver applications.
UNIT – I: Introduction to Supply Chain Management. 4 Hrs
An overview of Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Issues- Infrastructure related, Upstream and
downstream Partners related, Demand and Supply Uncertainty related, Technology and Security
related
Unit – II: Understanding Supply Chain Analytics 6 Hrs
Supply Chain analytics- Descriptive, Predictive and Prescriptive; Understanding data at different stages
of Supply chain; Supply chain big data – Sources and opportunities, SCOR Model
Unit – III: Supply Chain Analytics- Planning Stage 8 Hrs
Supply chain demand planning- Demand forecasting methods- moving average, exponential
smoothing, autoregressive, explosion techniques and data mining; Make or Buy Decision
Unit – IV: Supply Chain Analytics- Sourcing Stage 10 Hrs
Supplier selection and evaluation- Linear point method, Rating method, Ranking method,
Clustering, Goal programming, Multi-criteria decision modelling techniques; Price negotiation
Unit – V: Supply Chain Analytics- Manufacturing Stage 14 Hrs
Production Planning Control and Scheduling, Inventory Planning- Inventory classification, Inventory
costs, EOQ Model, Discount Model, EOQ model with shortage, EBQ model, Multiple items inventory
model, Master production schedule (MPS), Materials Requirement planning (MRP), Aggregate
production planning (APP)
Unit – VI: Supply Chain Analytics- Delivery Stage 12 Hrs
Logistics Management, - Transportation modeling- Total cost model, Max-Min and Min-Max
models, Maximum flow model, shortest path model and Minimal spanning tree model; Warehouse
location planning methods- Factor Rating, Break Even, Centre of Gravity, Ardalan Heuristic,
transportation cost model and total cost model. Warehouse Space analytics
Unit – VII: Supply Chain performance analytics 6 Hrs
Supply Chain performance measures-Qualitative, Quantitative, Financial and Non-Financial
Essential Reading:
1. Peter W. Robertson (2020) Supply Chain Analytics: Using Data to Optimise Supply Chain
Processes. Routledge.
Recommended Reading:
1. D. Simchi-Levi, P. Kaminsky, E. Simchi-Levi, and Ravi Shankar (2019) Designing and
Managing the Supply Chain concepts, Strategies and Case studies, Third Edition, Tata
McGraw Hill, New Delhi,
2. Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl, DharmVirKalra (2018), Supply Chain Management, Pearson
3. Simchi-Levi, David, Chen, Xin, Bramel, Julien (2014), “The Logic of Logistics Theory,
Algorithms, and Applications for Logistics Management”, Third Edition, Springer, ISBN- 978-
14614-9149-1
4. Jeremy F. Shapiro (2006). Modeling the Supply Chain. Duxbury Thomson Learning
5. HamdyTaha (2019) Operations Research, Pearson, 10th edition
