Supply Chain Management I Engineering Management I

Identify the main challenges and solution approaches in integrated Supply Chain Management, including the application of Information Systems. Establish the most appropriate manufacturing planning and control systems for the various types of companies. Application of the Lean approach in the design and operation of the productive and logistic systems, and compare them with alternative approaches. Apply investment project evaluation and financial Project Management methods and techniques. Understand the opportunities and implications of the internationalization process.

* Introduction * Operations and supply chain strategies, within the framework of the overall business strategy * Product and process design. Innovation ** Integrated design and management of materials, infrastructures, teams, people and information ** Strategic management of R&D&I. Technological capital and competitiveness ** Frugal design ** Service processes ** Push vs. Pull, Just In Time, Lean Systems, Theory of Constraints * Information Systems in the Supply Chain * Advanced Project and Operations Management. Methods and tools ** Advanced Project Management ** Investment project evaluation ** Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems (MPCS) ** Inventory management under uncertainty ** Warehouse design and operation ** Distribution * Current challenges in Supply Chain Management ** Quantitative and Qualitative techniques and tools in Supply Chain Management ** Digital manufacturing. Additive manufacturing ** Internationalization. Offshoring, Reshoring ** Lean Management

Lectures, exercises, practical sessions, cases and assignments to be carried out by the students and discussed during the sessions, readings assigned by the instructor or identified by the students.