Supply Chain Management and ERPLaajuus (5 op)

Osaamistavoitteet

After completing the course the student will be able to:
- explain the overall picture of the whole logistics chain in business

- describe the importance of efficient purchasing and material control, transportation, distribution and logistics services for the competitiveness of modern companies in global supply chain

- design a supply chain network

- plan and calculate location decisions

- prepare and optimize distribution models

- manage and improve supply chain performance

- explain the overall system framework of MPC-systems.

- describe in details how ERP system operations are done in production planning and how production planning process is linked to other functions of the company.

- design production planning process to ERP -system.

- plan and operate production planning activities in ERP -system.

- execute production activities via ERP-system.

- control and manage and improve supply chain performance.

- use ERP-system in practice

- understand the weak points of the ERP-systems and how to avoid them

- understand the main principles how to purchase and change ERP-systems

Sisältö

- Supply chain network models- role of inbound material flow, inventories, transportation and distribution in a global supply chain- impacts of location decisions to a supply chain- distribution models- supply chain performance metrics

- why and how ERP-systems are used in companies

- principles how to design, plan, and execute ERP –systems

- hands on exercises with SAP and Microsoft NAV