Challenges in Supply Chain Management

  • type: Lecture
  • chair: Professor Nickel
  • semester: SS 2015
  • place:

    BASF Ludwigshafen 
  • time:

    To be discussed
  • lecturer: Dr. Robert Blackburn
  • sws: 3
  • ects: 4.5
  • lv-no.: 2550494
  • exam: The examination assessment consists of the written project report, the final project presentation and the corresponding handout.
  • information:

    Application / Registration
    Interested students can apply until April 20th by sending an e-mail to scmp@ior.kit.edu with their current grading Report, 12-15 students will be selected by BASF and KIT, interested students will be notified by e-mail about acceptance or rejection.

    Module integration
    Integration is possible with 4.5 credits in the OR elective module "OR in Supply Chain and Health Care Mgmt." (Integration is not possible in the regular OR module.)

Ablauf

Einführungsveranstaltung am KIT am xxx 2015

  • Vormittags: Vorlesung zu "Introduction into SCM in process industry"
  • Nachmittags: Vorstellung der Case Study Themen und Teamfindung


Case Studies (Teamarbeit in Trios) bei BASF zwischen Mai und Juli 2015

  • Teams arbeiten in Projekten bei der BASF in Ludwigshafen in Zusammenarbeit mit den jeweiligen Projektleitern
  • Koordination der Case Studies durch BASF


Präsentationen / Abschlusstermin am xxx ganztägig bei der BASF

  • Abschlusspräsentationen im BASF-Boardroom
  • Unternehmensbesichtigung 

Inhalt

The course aims at the presentation, critical evaluation and exemplary discussion of recent questions in supply chain management. The focus lies on future challenges and trends, also with regard to their applicability in practical cases (especially in the chemical industry). The main part of the course is working on a project together with BASF in Ludwigshafen.

The students get in touch with scientific working: The in-depth work with a special scientific topic makes the students familiar with scientific literature research and argumentation methods. As a further aspect of scientific work, especially for Master students the emphasis is put on a critical discussion of the project topic.

This course will include working on cutting edge supply chain topics like Industry 4.0 / “Internet of Everything in production”, supply chain analytics, SCM research in Asia, risk management, procurement and production in SCM.  The team essays / project reports will be linked to industry-related challenges as well as to upcoming theoretical concepts, e.g. behavioral SCM or supply chain analytics.

The topics of the practical seminar will be announced at the beginning of the term in a preliminary meeting.