物流与供应链管理课程教学大纲双语.doc

《物流与供应链管理》课程教学大纲（双语） 课程编号 课程名称：Logistics and supply chain management 课程基本情况： 1．学分：3 学 时： （Teaching：42 Practice：9） 2．课程性质：Major required course 3．适用专业：Administrative Management适用对象：Undergraduate 4．先修课程：Management principle 5．首选教材：Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations by S. Chopra and P. Meindl(CM), Prentice Hall, 2007 备选教材：Strategic Logistics Management by D.M. Lambert and J.R. Stock., Prentice Hall, 2008 6．考核形式：Open Book Exam 7．教学环境：Multimedia Classroom 一、教学目的与要求 Logistics and supply chain management is unique and, to some degree, represents a paradox because it is concerned with one of the oldest and also the most newly discovered activities of business. Supply chain system activities - communication, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and facility location - have been performed since the start of commercial activity. It is difficult to visualize any product that could reach a customer without logistical support. Yet it is only over the last few years that firms have started focusing on logistics and supply chain management as a source of competitive advantage. There is a realization that no company can do any better than its logistics system. This becomes even more important given that product life cycles are shrinking and competition is intense. Logistics and supply chain management today represents a great challenge as well as a tremendous opportunity for most firms. Another term that has appeared in the business jargon recently is demand chain. From our perspective we will use the phrases logistics management, supply chain management and demand chain management interchangeably. In this course we will view the supply chain from the point of view of a general manager. Logistics and supply chain management is all about managing the hand-offs in a supply chain - hand-offs of either information or product. The design of a logistics system is critically linked to the object