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CODE 90471
ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/17
LANGUAGE English
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The module aims at providing the basics on supply chain resiliency, intended as the ability of a company to protect the continuity of supply and achieve sustained operational performance in the event of global mult-tier disruptions of any type at any frequency from ongoing to catastrophic. The course will focus particularly on SCRM 2000 and on the requirements of ISO 28000, PD 25222, and ISO 31000. Modeling and simulation will be extensively used to support quantitative scenario evaluation over multi-tier, multi-product SCM.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course addresses the operational structure of the modern and global supply chain by identifying risk mitigation strategies through careful stock management, redundancy and mitigation of operational risks.

Individual study, attendance and participation in the proposed training activities will enable the student to 

- have a systemic approach in the analysis of Supply Chains

- design and manage Supply Chains, specifically by: *) forecasting the demand for products; *) sizing and designing storage systems; *) managing inventories; *) taking strategic decisions in order to mitigate disruptive events

TEACHING METHODS

The course is delivered using traditional teaching methods, i.e. face-to-face lectures with the aid of the blackboard and slides with video projector. In addition, the course includes, in parallel with the theory lessons, numerous exercises during which students will be asked to solve real problems in the design and management of Supply Chains. The presentation of the results of the exercises takes the form of a moment in which the students communicate not only the problems they have faced but also the solutions that have arisen for these problems.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Introduction 

The Beer game 

The Bullwhip Effect

Demand forecasting: Random Utility Models; Time Series: extrapolation; Regression Models

Warehouse: storage potential and handling potential

Inventory management: Deterministic and Stochastic models. Fixed order quantity (variable period); Fixed period (variable order quantity); (s,S)

Distribution systems

ICT and Logistics 

Transport Modes and last mile deliveries

Supply Chain Resiliency and simulation

 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Slides uploaded on aulaweb
  • David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky and Edith Simchi-Levi Design and managing the supply chain, 3-edition, Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2003, ISBN:978-0-0777777-298239-

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

DAVIDE GIGLIO (President)

NICOLA SACCO

ELVEZIA-MARIA CEPOLINA (President Substitute)

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral examination

 

Students with learning disorders ("Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento", DSA) will be allowed to use specific modalities and supports that will be determined on a case-by-case basis in agreement with the delegate of the Engineering courses in the Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities.

 

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The final assessment is aimed at verifying the actual learning of the topics covered during the course. 

It involves taking an oral test that will cover all the topics covered during the course and the exercises carried out in class during the course. At the end of the oral examination, the committee will award the student a mark: the student who has achieved a mark of at least 18/30 will have passed the examination.

 

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
23/12/2024 09:00 GENOVA Orale
09/01/2025 09:00 GENOVA Orale
30/01/2025 09:00 GENOVA Orale
03/06/2025 09:00 GENOVA Orale
18/06/2025 09:00 GENOVA Orale
10/07/2025 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale
12/09/2025 09:00 GENOVA Scritto + Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

Seminars and exercises as well as assignments are proposed during the semester as part of the teaching method.