Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in management, professional focus in global supply chain management | 5 crédits | |||
| Extra courses intended for exchange students (Erasmus, ...) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
This course puts into practice the main models and techniques used to optimize logistics processes in direct relation to the organization's overall strategy, enabling them to be managed over the short, medium and long term, with a view to permanently creating sustainable value for its stakeholders.
It focuses, on the one hand, on modeling the internal and strategic functioning of an organization and, on the other hand, on modeling its logistics processes and setting up a high-performance control system capable of optimizing these processes and adapted to the organization's configuration.
It includes 4 consecutive and complementary topics:
The first is dedicated to modeling the business model and the functioning of a company and its supply chain.
The second is dedicated to the principles of supply chain optimization in an industrial context.
The third is dedicated to the principles of Supply Chain Optimization in an international context.
Finally, the fourth is devoted to the principles of optimizing a sustainable supply chain.
These topics are first treated at a theoretical level and then put into practice through the design and development of an efficient and sustainable supply chain adapted to a new product or concept proposed and developed in groups of 4 students. As they progress through the various stages of the course, these groups design, structure and then defend an original entrepreneurial project, structured on the basis of the models seen in the course and integrating the basic principles of Frugal Innovation in a circular economy logic.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
The Intended Learning Outcomes addressed by the course are :
- Strengthening knowledge and understanding of basic management disciplines in order to use them to perform a rigorous analysis of a management situation and provide pertinent solutions, including the appraisal of information flows.
- Gaining the knowledge and understanding of the following fields: management control systems, business information systems and risk managementapplied to logistical processes and being able to mobilize them in order to solve concrete management problems or cases.
- Capacity to research autonomously and methodically the information needed to solve a complex, transversal management problem linked to information flows and their impact on performance, to perform a rigorous analysis of it and to suggest pertinent solutions
- Understanding and being capable of using modelization methods in the fields of business information modelling, performance management and risk management when seeking a solution for a concrete management problem
- Providing concrete solutions to a management problem, integrating a dimension of technology & innovation
- Being capable of professional team work
- Developing leadership through the group work
- Developing a critical sense (arguing)
- Developing a transversal, global vision
- Creative conception of solutions
- Professional capacity for oral and written communication
- Faced with a management problem, suggesting solutions that are ethical and socially responsible and that respect the principles of good governance
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Prerequisite (basics and principles) :
- Management Accounting
- Management Control
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
The students, divided into groups of 4, will use chapters from books and scientific articles to present the concepts and tools used to implement the 4 topics mentioned above.
They will also model an efficient and sustainable logistics process for a new product or concept they have chosen and proposed, after an analysis based on the various concepts and tools seen in the course.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Further information:
The course is organized in 3-hour sessions, with presentations by the students followed by discussion.
Three compulsory group coaching sessions are organized to monitor the progress of each group's practical work.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
See the Lola Campus of HEC School of Management.
Exam(s) in session
May-June exam session
- In-person
oral exam
August-September exam session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Further information:
- Presentation of theme 1: 10 %
- Presentation of theme 2: 10 %
- Presentation of theme 3: 10 %
- Presentation of theme 4: 10 %
- Report (max. 15 pages) and presentation of your analysis about a new product or concept : 40 %
- Individual oral examination in the form of a pitch (including evaluation by other members of the group): 20 %.
Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
All necessary supports are available on the Lola platform
Contacts
Professor : Didier Van Caillie, d.vancaillie@uliege.be
Assistant : Louise Colling, louise.colling@uliege.be