FACULTY OF BUSINESS

Department of Logistics Management

LOG 414 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name
Resource Planning Based Supply Chain Management
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
LOG 414
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
6

Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course Field work/Application
Course Coordinator
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s)
Course Objectives The objective of this course is to primarily train students theoretically on main concepts, on external / internal parties and on fundamental functions, within the scope of logistics and supply chain management in a representative business environment; and then practice them the real business experience through various applications related to logistics and supply chain management which are realized in a laboratory environment with the support of enterprise resource planning tools. Accordingly, this course aims to gain students experience on logistics modules and applications mainly at the laboratory, both theoretically and practically, by using laboratory resources.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to relate their theoretical knowledge on logistics and supply chain management with real processes.
  • Will gain pre-experience on the interrelations and interactions among related logistics functions and among internal and external parties taking part in the scope of a company’s supply chain.
  • Will be able to improve their skills on enhancing the logistics processes, realizing problems or taking necessary actions.
  • Will improve on commenting about logistics related cost items as well as logistics decisions effecting costs, on analyzing the results, on evaluating, on identifying bottlenecks and on enhancing.
  • Will be able to learn the organizational structure and main concepts practically through the applications realized as well as be informed and experienced on some key issues like management, analysis, decision making, strategy and system development.
  • Will be informed and experienced on reporting techniques and on the importance of effective and accurate reporting at all logistics processes.
  • Will be informed and experienced on various logistics modules of enterprise resource planning tools and improve their skills on identifying the existing errors as well as bottlenecks.
  • Will be able to perform main logistics processes through enterprise resource planning tools (Netsis ERP) and effectively get prepared to real business life with the help of the education given parallel to real processes by performing logistics and supply chain management business flows both with physical material flows and with enterprise resource planning software systems.
Course Description Within this course, the main parties of the business environment like suppliers, customers, operational plants, third parties as well as the main processes towards and among those parties like production planning, materials planning, purchasing, warehouse, production, quality, import, export, and shipment will be reviewed and examined through both physical implementations and ERP applications. The trainings of various modules of the enterprise resource planning software will be given like Item, Stock, Invoice, MRP, Quality, Production, Report; and all laboratory applications will be performed over those modules.

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Management Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Related Preparation
1 Main Concepts in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
2 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Introduction to GBI Company and SAP) (Applications Lab)
3 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module 1) (Applications Lab)
4 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module 1) (Applications Lab)
5 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module 2) (Applications Lab)
6 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module 2) (Applications Lab)
7 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module 3) (Applications Lab)
8 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module 3) (Applications Lab)
9 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module 4) (Applications Lab)
10 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module 4) (Applications Lab)
11 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module REVIEW) (Applications Lab)
12 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module REVIEW) (Applications Lab)
13 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module IMPLEMENTATION) (Applications Lab)
14 Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Enterprise Resource Planning (Warehouse Management Module IMPLEMENTATION) (Applications Lab)
15 Review of the Course
16 Review of the Semester  

 

Course Notes/Textbooks

Khalid Sheikh, “Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) with Introduction to ERP, SCM, CRM (Mc Graw Hill) Carol A. Ptak, Eli Schragenheim, “ERP: tools, techniques, and applications for integrating the supply chain” (St.Lucia Press) Scott Hamilton, “Maximzing your ERP System: A Practical Guide for Managers” (Mc Graw Hill)

SAP University Alliance Course Materials

Suggested Readings/Materials Training Documents of Netsis Software A.Ş.

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
15
5
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
4
40
Presentation / Jury
1
20
Project
1
15
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
Midterm
1
20
Final Exam
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
65
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
35
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Theoretical Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
0
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)
16
3
48
Study Hours Out of Class
0
Field Work
0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
0
Portfolio
0
Homework / Assignments
4
15
60
Presentation / Jury
1
10
10
Project
1
15
15
Seminar / Workshop
0
Oral Exam
0
Midterms
1
15
15
Final Exam
0
    Total
148

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to analyze complex problems in the field of logistics and supply chains

X
2

To be able to have good knowledge of sector related market leaders, professional organizations, and contemporary developments in the logistics sector and supply chains

X
3

To be able to participate in the sector-related communication networks and improve professional competencies within the business sector

X
4

To be able to use necessary software, information and communication technologies in the fields of logistics management and supply chain

X
5

To be able to understand and utilize the coordination mechanisms and supply chain integration

X
6

To be able to analyze the logistics and supply chain processes using the management science perspective and analytical approaches

X
7

To be able to design, plan and model in order to contribute to decision making within the scope of logistics and supply chains

X
8

To be able to interpret and evaluate the classical and contemporary theories in the field of logistics and supply chains

X
9

To be able to conduct projects and participate in teamwork in the field of logistics and supply chains

X
10

To be able to have an ethical perspective and social responsiveness when making and evaluating decisions.

X
11

To be able to collect data in the area of logistics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).

X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

X
13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of expertise.

X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

 


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