The course held in six sessions structured as follows:

1. From Logistics to Supply Chain Management
2. Bull Whip Effect, Inventory Management and SCOR Model
3. Supply Chain Strategy and Network Design
4. Globalization and Integration of World Trade Today
5. Assessing and Managing the Environment of Global Supply Chains
6. Presentation of Group Works and In-class Case Study

Order of sessions enlisted above may change subject to availability of lecturers.

At the end of this course, students should

• have acquired an understanding about the topics of international logistics and supply chain management, and how they impact business strategy and operations.
• have an in-depth knowledge of key concepts of supply chain management and their practical implementation.
• have the skills and competence to analyze and evaluate how globalization and integration of world trade today impacts international logistics as well as to identify and discuss recent developments therein.

Attendance of minimum 80% (or 5/6 sessions) is mandatory for this course.

As this course in also offered in the framework of engage.EU, teaching will be in synchronous hybrid mode: a mixture of class room teaching and remote online sessions (via ZOOM) in parallel.

Assessment of the performance of the students takes place through

• Remote Take Home Exam (60%) in form of an integrated case study along with specific questions
• Group assignment with Management Summary (20%) and a Pre-recorded Presentation in class (20%).
  Grading is based on completeness and quality of content.

Grading scale is as follows:

    Excellent (1):     90.0% - 100.0%
    Good (2):           75.0% - <90.0%
    Satisfactory (3): 62.5% - <75.0%
    Sufficient (4):    50.0% - <62.5%
    Fail (5):             <50.0%

Prerequisite for passing the course is a minimum performance of 60% in the Remote Take Home Exam.

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