Universität Wien

040893 KU Supply Chain Management (MA) (2025S)

8.00 ECTS (4.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

The course language is English.

Only students who signed up for the class in univis/u:space are allowed to take the class (that means, that you have to at least be on the waiting list if you want to take this class). No exceptions possible.
Moodle
Tu 29.04. 09:45-11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

An excursion to LKW Walter is planned for 26.06.2025 9.00-13.00.

  • Monday 03.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 04.03. 08:00 - 09:30 PC-Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
  • Tuesday 04.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
    PC-Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
  • Monday 10.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 11.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 17.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 18.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 24.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 25.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 31.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 01.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 07.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 08.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 28.04. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 05.05. 08:00 - 09:30 PC-Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
    PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
  • Monday 05.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
    PC-Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
    PC-Seminarraum 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
  • Tuesday 06.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 12.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 13.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 19.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 20.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 26.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 27.05. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 02.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 03.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 10.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 16.06. 08:00 - 09:30 Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
    Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 16.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 5 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 Erdgeschoß
    Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 17.06. 08:00 - 09:30 PC-Seminarraum 2 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
    PC-Seminarraum 3 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
  • Tuesday 17.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
    PC-Seminarraum 2 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Untergeschoß
  • Monday 23.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Tuesday 24.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock
  • Monday 30.06. 09:45 - 11:15 Hörsaal 9 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 1.Stock

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the efficient management of the set of often autonomous parties involved in the design of new products and services, procuring raw materials, transforming them into semi-finished and finished products, and delivery to the end customer. This course is the base module for the Supply Chain Management major and is recommended to be taken prior to other modules of the major. Prior to attending this class on supply chain management, especially if you are not used to applying quantitative solution methods, it is highly recommended to attend the lecture "Management II - Production, Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MA)".

Assessment and permitted materials

A total of 100% can be obtained by:
- homework assignments: 20%; continuously throughout the semester; exercises to be prepared for the sessions; presentations of examples
- a written midterm exam: 30% Excel-based on 05.05.2025, 8:00-11:15 (PC Labs)
- a final exam (50%) which consists of 2 parts:
* Endterm exam 30%, 16.06.2025, 8:00-11:15
* Case study presentations 20%, end of June (23. & 24.6.2025)
The Beer Game will take place at the start as well as at the end of the semester (4.3. & 17.6.)
at least 50% have to be obtained for a positive grade. The other grades are distributed as follows:
4: 50% to <63%
3: 63% to <75%
2: 75% to <88%
1: 88% to 100%

Cheating during an examination will be sanctioned according to the university's constitution in its current form (i.e., the entire course will not be graded but marked as cheated and counted as one attempt).

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The objective is to get an overview of the basic problems, concepts and technologies of supply chain management. Especially, students will learn about quantitative decision support techniques to make decisions in centralized and decentralized value chains. Especially, the coordination of suppliers and manufacturers with the respective information and incentive alignment problems will be discussed and illustrated by experiments.
A maximum of 2 sessions may be missed.

Examination topics

The course consists of a sequence of lectures, exercise classes and case studies. Further, the participants will learn how to model and analyse supply chain design and control problems using quantitative methods. The topics cover distribution networks, decision tree analysis, real options, forecasting, inventory management, newsvendor problems, contracts, pooling, and economies of scale. Basic concepts will be illustrated using Excel-sheets (basic knowledge of the Excel Solver is required).

Reading list

- Chopra, S., Meindl, P. (2010), Supply Chain Management, 5th edition, Prentice Hall
- Cachon, G., Terwiesch, C. (2009), Matching Supply with Demand, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill
- Simchi-Levi, D., Kaminsky, P., Simchi-Levi, E. (2008), Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies and Case Studies, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill
- Dixit, A. K. and Pindyck, R. S., Investment under Uncertainty, Princeton University Press, 1994

Association in the course directory

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