Lehrinhalte
The course deals with the coordination of information and product flows in supply chains. First, interdependencies between the different stages of a supply chain are identified, and then methods for coordinating ordering, production and consumption at these stages are introduced. The focus of the course is on determining optimal production, ordering and transportation policies for supply chains. The course also discusses different contractual mechanisms for coordinating the supply chain.

Literature
Will be announced in the course.

Voraussetzungen
Students should be familiar with the contents covered in the course "Principles of Business Administration I II" as well as “Production and Supply Chain Management”, and they should be able to apply basic OR methods.

Online-Angebote
moodle

Additional Information
After the course students are able to
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[*]identify problems, which result from the inter-organizational cooperation in value chains.
[*]design the cooperation of companies.
[*]evaluate types of inter-organizational cooperations and its advantages and challenges.
[*]deduce activities to adopt the advantages of inter-organizational cooperations.
[*]adopt the theories and concepts of inter-organizational structures and its functionality.
[*]apply theoretical knowledge to an actual situation and to real problems (part of a tutorial).
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Semester: WT 2021/22