Supply Chain Digitization

By Prof. Priyanka Verma, Prof. Sushmita Narayana, Prof. Debabrata Das | Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai

Learners enrolled: 3054 | Exam registration: 778

ABOUT THE COURSE:
Supply chains are increasingly becoming digital with the easy availability of data related to operations and purchases, payments getting digitized, and the advent of the platform economy. While data visibility helps streamline operations, supply chains face complexities due to variabilities that span industries, markets, and geographies. This course aims to equip students with an introduction the potential of digitalization in supply chains and the opportunities that it provides.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Students and industry professionals interested in operations and supply chain management.

PREREQUISITES: Undergraduate level Mathematics courses, Statistics Courses.

INDUSTRY RECOGNITION OF THIS COURSE – LIST OF INDUSTRIES THAT MAY VALUE THIS ONLINE COURSE: FMCG, E-Commerce, Automobile, Transportation & Logistics, Pharmaceuticals, Public Distribution, etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Management Studies Operations
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jan 2024
End Date :	12 Apr 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Feb 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Feb 2024
Exam Date :	27 Apr 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Module 1 - Introduction to Supply Chain Management :
• Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management

Week 2: Module 1 - Introduction to Supply Chain Management :
• Supply Chain Segmentation

Week 3: Module 1 - Introduction to Supply Chain Management :
• Supply Chain Design & Operations Strategies (Supply Portfolios, Postponement, etc.)

Week 4: Module 2 - Role of Digital Business in Supply Chains :
• Introduction to Platform Economy
• Channel Structures in the Supply Chain (Decentralized vs Centralized)

Week 5: Module 2 - Role of Digital Business in Supply Chains :
• Channel Structures in the Supply Chain (Dual Channels, Brick & Mortar, Multi-Channels, Omni Channels)

Week 6: Module 3 - Analytics in Supply Chain Management :
• Introduction to Descriptive, Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics

Week 7: Module 3 - Analytics in Supply Chain Management :
• Application of AI/ML in Forecasting & Demand Analytics

Week 8: Module 3 - Analytics in Supply Chain Management :
• Supply Chain Network Optimization

Week 9: Module 3 - Analytics in Supply Chain Management :
• Intelligent Decision Tool Development in Supply Chains

Week 10: Module 4 - Digital Infrastructure for Supply Chains :
• Product Tracking & Traceability
• Information Systems (ERP, WMS, TMS, etc.)

Week 11: Module 4 - Digital Infrastructure for Supply Chains :
• Digital Twins & Control Towers

Week 12: Module 4 - Digital Infrastructure for Supply Chains :
• Industry 4.0
• Blockchains and Digital Payments

Books and references

1. Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., & Simchi-Levi, E. (1999). Designing and managing the supply chain: Concepts, strategies, and cases. New York: McGraw-hill.

2. Chopra, S., & Meindl, P. (2001). Strategy, planning, and operation. Supply Chain Management, 13-17.

3. Ivanov D. (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020) Supply Chain Simulation and Optimization with anyLogistix

Instructor bio

Prof. Priyanka Verma

Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai

Prof. Priyanka Verma is an Associate Professor in the Operations and Supply Chain Management area at the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai. She has completed her M. Tech and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in Industrial and Management Engineering (IME), before which she did her B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering, BIT, Durg). Her teaching and research interests include Supply Chain Network Design, Supply Chain Risk and Resilience, Quantitative Modeling, Facilities Planning, and Manufacturing Strategy modeling. She has also presented/ published her work at different national/ international conferences/ journals of repute viz - International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Computers and Industrial Engineering, Production Planning and Control. So far she has guided 6 Ph.D. candidates and over 30+ master’s students. She is regularly involved in industry-based consultancy services and training for mid and senior-level managers of reputed organizations.

Prof. Sushmita Narayana

Prof. Sushmita Narayana is an Associate Professor in the Operations & Supply Chain Management Area at the Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai. Sushmita completed the Fellow Programme in Management (PhD) from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, prior to which she completed her B.E. (Industrial Production Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad). During her doctoral studies, she was also a Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute Research Intern at HEC Montreal, Canada. At NITIE, she teaches subjects such as Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, Statistics, Quantitative Methods and System Dynamics and has carried out various executive training and consultancy assignments across domains such as Public Procurement, Supplier Capability Assessment, Inventory Management and Supply Chain Management in industries such as Railways, Port Logistics, Aviation Optimization, Telecommunications, Fibre Cables, etc. She headed the research and outreach activities for the Centre for Supply Chain Management at NITIE (2018-19). Currently, she is also a Short-Term Consultant with the World Bank for a project on “Technology-enabled textbook supply chains in Nagaland”. Her research interests lie in the field of sustainable supply chains, reverse logistics, packaging and e-commerce, healthcare supply chains, systems thinking, analytical modelling and game theory applications in operations management. Her research has appeared in international journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Benchmarking – An International Journal, and the International Journal of Logistics Management.

Prof. Debabrata Das

Prof. Debabrata Das is an Associate Professor in the area of Analytics and Data Science at Indian Institute of Management, Mumbai, India. Prior to this, he was Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Kashipur. He did his Ph.D from SJM School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. Before embarking into Ph.D, he completed his Master’s degree from Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and also worked as a Risk Analyst for two years in Citi Group Global Services Ltd. His research and teaching interests are in the area of Supply Chain Modelling and Optimization, Multi-Objective Optimization, Industrial System Dynamics and Simulation, Closed-loop Supply Chain. He has published his works in reputed international journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Multi‐Criteria Decision Analysis. He actively engages himself in industrial training and consultancy projects.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.

The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).

Date and Time of Exams: 27 April 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.

Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.

The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.

Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Bombay .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team