Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
This project module attempt to integrate the external
perspective from the course “supply chain configuration”
with the internal perspective from the course “operations,
innovation and organizational configuration” – in order to create
consistent and coherent configuration of the supply and value chain
of a manufacturing or service organization.
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Account for how to link selected parts of operations,
innovations and supply chain strategies with the aim of developing
an integrated approach to the (re)configuration of the supply chain
of an manufacturing or service organization in practice.
- Understand the role for and the deployment of technologies in
the organization’s supply chain
- Explain how to overcome real life challenges connected to the
(re)configuration of the organization’s supply chain.
- Show how to operationalize theoretical contributions to
practical settings.
Skills
- Combine insights from the literature on operations, innovation
and supply chain strategy for designing a company’s supply
chain.
- Use insights from the literature to support supply chains
management choices such as network configuration, degrees of
integration and location methods
- Analyse the role of technologies in the organizations supply
chain
- Write a well-structured project report, written with clear
arguments including the following elements:
- Develop and delimit an original formulation of the problem
being investigated,
- Critically explore and apply relevant theories and analytical
approaches to the problem under investigation,
- Assemble and process valid and reliable data, relevant to the
problem and sub-problems under scrutiny,
- Make a thorough, systematic, and comprehensive analysis of the
problem under investigation
- Evaluate of the findings and recommendations/solutions, methods
and, if relevant, considerations regarding the limitations and
generalisability of the study.
Competences
- Operationalize theoretical contributions in a practical
setting
- Work together as a team to analyse and collect data in
connection to problems that require an integration of operations,
innovation and supply chain strategy in a real life setting
- Work together with an organisation in connection to identifying
operations and/or supply chain strategies and identify different
strategic scenarios.
- Integrate considerations on the deployment of technologies into
the supply chain strategy of the organization
Type of instruction
The module is carried out as group-based, problem-oriented
project work. The group work is carried out as an independent work
process in which the students themselves organise and coordinate
their workload in collaboration with a supervisor. The project is
carried out in groups with normally no more than 6 members.
Extent and expected workload
Since it is a 15 ECTS course module the expected workload is 450
hours for the student.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Operations Management and Supply Chain Configuration – an
Integrative Approach |
Type of exam | Oral exam based on a project |
ECTS | 15 |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |