Republic of the Philippines

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MBA Revised Curriculum 2022

College of Business Administration First Semester AY 2022-2023
Graduate Studies

Course Title: Supply Chain Management

Course Code: MBA604
Course Credit: 3 Units
Prerequisite/s:

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course aims to equip students with the managerial skills necessary to ensure that the supply chain operations and strategies support the attainment of the organization’s overall
objectives. This encompasses the different fields of application in supply chain management (SCM) along with the value chain, phases and technology integration, e-commerce as well
as challenges, issues and opportunities in the global supply chain.

Institutional Learning Outcomes Program Outcomes Course Objectives

1. Demonstrate leadership and organizational skills and advanced
1. Creative and Critical Thinking knowledge and skills in specialized, interdisciplinary, or multidisciplinary field At the end of the Course the students should be able to:
of study for organization/industry professional practice
2. Effective Communication
3. Strong Service Orientation 1. Understand the supply chain operations and
2. Conduct self-directed research that addresses the national and global
4. Community Engagement strategies
business challenges
2. Analyze how supply chain management works
5. Adept and Responsible Use or in monitoring and controlling the production
Development of Technology 3. Exemplify lifelong learning with a highly substantial degree of
independence and resiliency that involves individual work or interdisciplinary processes, information flows, and financial
6. Passion for Life-Long Learning or multidisciplinary experts in business organizations/industries flows along the value chain
7. Personal and Professional Ethics 3. Apply the supply chain management regardless
8. Resilience and Agility 4. Application of the skills and competencies in research, professional, or of phase (strategic, operational and tactical)
9. National and Global Responsiveness creative work to remain responsive to the ever-changing needs of the 4. Evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of a
national and global organization or business supply chain management practice as well as
Utilize suitable business information technology, connect business data and the technology being utilized by the
concepts with core business knowledge to make critical, tactical and organization.
strategic business choices 5. Create a supply chain strategic plan

5. Observe, recognize, and respond to ethical challenges that arise in the

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 course of business practice and integrate ethical considerations when
making business decisions

6. Communicate business decisions effectively

COURSE PLAN
WEEK TOPIC LEARNING OUTCOMES METHODOLOGY RESOURCES ASSESSMENT

 Laptop Reaction Paper

Supply Chain Manager Discuss the the nature of Individual reporting  LCD Projector
the Supply Chain PowerPoint  The Philippine Skills Framework Case Analysis
* Job Description Manager’s duties and presentation Supply Chain and Logistics V
* Job Specifications responsibilities and the Discussion 1.0 by the Department of Trade Oral Examination
1-2 qualifications needed to and Industry
effectively perform the  Article: “12 Best Supply Chain
job. companies in 2020” , Hugo Britt,
August 2020
Skills Framework for Supply Chain and Illustrate and Discuss the (www.thomasnet.com/insights/best-
Logistics Career Map Philippine Skills supply-chain-companies/)
Framework for Supply
Chain and Logistics *Best Supply Chain Management
Career Map Software
(www.selecthub.com/supply-chain-
management-software/)
Supply Chain Management (SCM) Discuss the definition and
Definition scope of Supply Chain
Goals Management

Supply Chain Management: Best Practices Assess the supply chain

management best
practices and the unique
approach of different
multinational companies

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 Top Supply Chain Solutions Providers Critically assess the
Supply Chain Solutions/
Top Supply Chain Management Companies platforms that different
/ Consultants companies offer

The Three Fields of Application of

Supply Chain Management (SCM) o Individual  Laptop Reaction Paper
1. reporting  LCD Projector
* Product Flow 2. Explain the product’s o PowerPoint  Article: Supply chain Case Analysis
journey from the raw presentation management (SCM): what is it
1. Purchasing o Discussion and what does it do? (www.digiital Oral Examination
material suppliers to
3-5 2. Logistics Operations in Supply guideionos.com)
Chain Management manufacturing and to the
 Logistics Management, 1st Edition
3. The Role of Freight end consumer and
by David Grant, 2012
Forwarders (via air/sea/land) in discuss how can they  Logistics Management and
Logistics Operations manage the product flow Strategy: Competing Through the
4. Import and Export Procedures of deliveries and returns. Supply Chain, 4th ed. By
5. International Trade Harrison and Hoek, Business
6. Reverse Logistics Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011

* Information Flow

Communication Infrastructure in Supply Critically assess supply

Chain Operations chain information and
communications
technology (ICT)
infrastructure in
determining customer
buying behavior, transport
routes that leads to
effective management of

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 supply flows.

Discuss the different Article:The Types of Financial Flow

in Supply Chain Management
* Financial Flow financial flows in SCM
(www.oxobio.org/the-different-types-
and the importance of of-financial-flow-in-supply-chain-
Types of Financial Flow in Supply Chain control and optimization of management)
Management financial flows essential
for SCM in order to
Financial Ratios and Return-on- reduce costs and increase Logistics Management and
Investment (ROI) Drivers Strategy: Competing Through the
profits
Supply Chain, 4th ed. By
Supply Chain Financial Model
Linking Supply Chain Management to Harrison and Hoek, Business
Balanced Scorecard Pearson Prentice Hall, 2011.

Supply Chain Management along the Explain the importance of  Individual Reaction paper
Value Chain ensuring that suitable reporting Article: Supply Chain management
suppliers and  PowerPoint (SCM): what is it and what does it Case Analysis
* Product Development manufacturers are presentation
> Customer Relationship identified and put together  Discussion do? (www.digiital guideionos.com) Oral Examination
Management (CRM) during the early stage of
6-8 > Customer-centric Supply Chain product development

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Planning enabling the organizations Logistics Management and
to address the demands Strategy: Competing Through the
for product quality and Supply Chain, 4th ed. By Harrison
cost efficiency and Hoek, Business Pearson
Prentice Hall, 2011.

* Procurement Discuss how to make

material procurement and Article: Customer-Centric Supply
1. Definition of purchasing and storage as seamless and Chain Planning: The Difference is in
procurement cost-effective as possible, the Details,
2. Nature of purchasing and the and the essence of an blog.arkieva.com/customer-centric-
development of procurement organized logistics, supply-chain-planning-detail-
3. Purchasing process purchasing, and differentiation/
4. Purchasing costs and total costs of management concepts for
ownership (TCO) suppliers, manufacturers, Logistics Management, 1st Edition
5. Vendor-managed inventory and and customers. by David Grant, 2012
supplier-managed inventory
6. E-procurement
The Importance of Strategic
* Production Supplier Partnership in Supply
Chain Management in Enhancing
1. Concept of operations and Assess quality Product Quality Performance and
materials Management requirements for Business Performance by Mackbul,
2. Objectives and functions of materials, production, 2008 (www.researchgate.net)
materials management packaging, and services,
3. Operations and materials that optimizes the flow of
handling and planning approaches goods through
4. Inventory Management transparency and the
(benefits and functions) evaluation of results.
5. Types of inventory
management methods and
forecasting
6. Just-in-time (JIT) and Total
Quality Management (TQM)
7. Lean, Agile and Leagile

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 * Distribution Evaluate an optimal
1. Warehousing (definition, general warehousing, supplier
purpose and functions) partnership, and efficient
2. Types of warehouses transport routes to find the
3. Criteria and principles in designing a best possible goods
warehouse routes from production to
4. Push versus pull system the consumer.
5. Warehouse location
6. Strategic Supplier-Partnership

Week 9 Mid-term Exam

 Laptop Reaction Paper
Phases of Supply Chain Management Identify and discuss the  Individual  LCD Projector
specifics of Supply Chain reporting  Article: Supply chain Case Analysis
Strategic, operational and  PowerPoint management (SCM): what is
10-11 tactical decisions presentation it and what does it do? Oral Examination
Discussion (www.digiital
* Strategic decisions in supply chain Discuss the long-term guideionos.com)
decisions company  Logistics Management, 1st
makes over months and Edition by David Grant, 2012
years to optimize and  Logistics Management and
stabilize the logistics Strategy: Competing

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 network along the value Through the Supply Chain,
chain (e.q location 4th ed. By
planning, expansion, Harrison and Hoek,
investments, outcoursing) Business Pearson Prentice
Hall, 2011

* Tactical decisions in supply chain Discuss the medium-term

decisions in supplychain
that are coordinated and
implemented within a
quarter or a year (e.g
logistical strategies,
warehousing strategies
and personnel planning)

* Operational decisions in supply Assess the short-term

chain production and delivery
decisions are made within
days or weeks (e.g.
product sales and storage
and order distribution).
12-13 Reaction Paper
Global Challenges, Issues,  Individual  Laptop
Opportunities in Supply Chain reporting  LCD Projector Case Analysis
Management  PowerPoint  Sanders, Tim. (2013). Saving
presentation the World at Work: What Oral Examination
 Discussion Companies and Individuals Can
Digital Supply Chain Transformation Do to Go Beyond Making a
Profit to Making a Difference.
* big data analytics in digital supply chain Discuss the integration of USA: Tim Sanders Publication
* cloud computing technology in streamlining
*RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) supply chain operations * 20 Supply Chain Metrics &
technologies KPIs You Need For A
* Global Top Supply Chain Solutions Successful Business

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 Providers Identify the most vital www.datapine.com/blog/supply-
* Top Supply Chain Solutions Providers in supply chain metrics chain-metrics-and-kpis/
the Philippines useful to gain valuable
insights to improve
operational and financial Reaction Paper
performance
 Individual  Laptop Case Analysis
The Global Pandemic and its impact to Identify the top supply reporting  LCD Projector
supply chain Operations chain solutions providers  PowerPoint  Lawrence, Anne T. (2014). Oral Examination
and critically assess the presentation Business and Society:
14-15 platforms used.  Discussion Stakeholders; Ethics, Public
Policy. USA: San Jose State
University Press.
Supply Chain Business Continuity Model Evaluate the integration of  Business continuity: Steps to
business continuity plan keep your supply chain
to ensure resilient and moving amid COVID-19
agile supply chain in the www.thebci.org/news/busine
midst of volatility, ss-continuity-steps-to-keep-
uncertainty, complexity your-supply-chain-moving-
and ambiguity (VUCA) in amid-covid-19.html
the business environment
 Article: “12 Best Supply
Chain companies in 2020” ,
Supply Chain Management in e-Commerce Illustrate and discuss the Hugo Britt, August 2020
The buying and selling of (www.thomasnet.com/insight
goods and services via s/best-supply-chain-
online shops and how companies/)
internet platforms can be
 Supply chain management
controlled by means of an
for small business
advanced Supply Chain
www.microsoft.com/en-
Management (SCM)
us/microsoft-365/business-
insights-
ideas/resources/supply-
Supply Chain Management for Small Critically assess the
chain-management-for-
business Supply Chain strategies
small-business
applicable for a small

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 business

16-17 Strategic and Entrepreneurial Supply Chain Create a Supply Chain * Developing your ‘connected’ Strategic paper
strategic plan Supply Chains strategy
www.learnaboutlogistics.com/develo
ping-a-connected-supply-chains-
strategy/

* How the Amazon Supply Chain

Strategy Workshttps
tinuiti.com/blog/amazon/amazon-
supply-chain/

18 FINAL EXAMINATION

Class Standing 60%

 Class Participation 20%

 Individual Reports 20%
 Written Reports 20%

Mid-term and Final Examinations 40%

(or Course Paper)
TOTAL 100%

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Prepared by: Enhanced by: Reviewed by:

CINDY F. SOLIMAN, DBA GUIILLERMO C. BUNGATO, JR.

Chairperson, Master in Business Administration Dean

Approved by:

DR. EMANUEL C. DE GUZMAN

Vice President for Academic Affairs

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