课堂观摩—CHMB5803 Supply Chain & Operations

CHEMBA, China Executive MBA 的简称，是中国教育部认定批准的第一批中外合作办学EMBA项目：中山大学与美国明尼苏达大学 (University of Minnesota, USA) 合作举办高级管理人员工商管理硕士学位EMBA教育项目。

1月13-14、20-21日将在中山大学岭南学院进行CHMB5803 Supply Chain & Operations课程，欢迎校友们回校听课。项目也同步开放旁听，欢迎有兴趣加入CHEMBA的学员预约随堂试听，感受课堂氛围。

CHMB5803 Supply Chain & Operations

Course Description

This course is designed to help you learn the fundamental body of knowledge on supply chain and operations. We will take a broad managerial decision-making perspective, emphasizing the strategic impact of supply chain and operations management and the interfaces with other functional areas of a firm. You will learn widely accepted principles for managing supply chain and operations and have an opportunity to debate how these might be applied. The course uses case studies that require class discussion. The capstone paper gives you a chance to dig deeper into a supply chain concept or investigate what you learned in class in the context of a local company.

The course will be divided into two parts: a) the first part taught by Professor Chen, and b) the second part taught by Professor Natarajan.

Overview of the Course – Part 1 

The first half of the course will concentrate on current issues faced by managers and executives in contemporary production, strategic outsourcing, chain stores management, and e-commerce logistics within Greater China. We will examine why and how production, operations, and supply chain management are strategically important to a firm’s success, as well as the difficulties, challenges, and opportunities in transforming supply chain and operations management. We will also examine these issues particularly within the context of the current stage of infrastructural reforms in China.

Overview of the Course – Part 2 

The second half of the course, taught by Professor Natarajan, will explore several key topics including supply chain and operations strategy, supply chain coordination, technology as an enabler of new supply chain and business models, supply chain risk management, and sustainable supply chain management. Specifically, we will focus on: (i) the importance of alignment between a firm’s business strategy and supply chain and operations strategy, (ii) information sharing and coordination challenges that arise in supply chains and how firms tackle those challenges, (iii) the role of technology in improving supply chain visibility and enabling new business models, (iv) managing and mitigating risks and making supply chains more resilient, and finally, (v) the emergent theme of incorporating sustainability principles into managing supply chains. 

It is envisioned that upon completion of the class sessions you will have: 1) gained a better understanding of the scope of supply chain and operations management within manufacturing and service organizations, 2) gained an understanding of the terminology and current supply chain and operations management practices at leading organizations, 3) had an opportunity to examine your own firm from the standpoint of supply chain and operations management, and 4) gained a better grasp of the kinds of questions you should explore and ask of supply chain and operations management professionals within your own organization.

Part 1

Faculty

Gang Chen

Dr. Chen’s research was funded by Natural Science Fund Committee of China, Ministry of Education of China, and Research Grants Council (HK), etc. His research papers appeared in international academic journals, such as Operations Research, Transportation Science, International Journal of Production Research, and Journal of Operational Research Society. Dr. Chen also provided consulting services to Hong Kong Logistics Development Council, Li & Fung, Zhuhai Airport, Honda (Guangzhou), 7 Days Inn, and One Country Two Systems Research Institute (HK), etc. His current interests cover airfreight shipment planning, air space resource planning, airfreight monitoring, aircraft maintenance scheduling, transshipment hub selection, logistics e-service, electronic collaboration, operations optimization in an automatic storage and retrieval system.

 

Part 2

Topics

Jan. 20  08:30-12:00  Supply Chain and Operations Strategy

Jan. 20  13:00-18:00 Supply Chain Dynamics, Coordination, and Technology - Enabled Supply Chain Innovations

Jan. 21  08:30-12:00 Supply Chain Risk, Resilience, and Disruption Management

Jan. 21  13:00-17:00 Supply Chain Sustainability, Carbon Footprints, and Reverse Logistics

Faculty

Karthik Natarajan

Associate Professor of Supply Chain and Operations

Karthik Natarajan is an associate professor of Supply Chain and Operations at the Carlson School of Management and a Fellow of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota. He joined the Carlson School in 2013 after receiving his Ph. D. in Operations from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina (UNC) Chapel Hill. At the Carlson School, Natarajan has received several recognitions for his teaching including MS in Supply Chain Management Outstanding Teacher (2023), The Full-time MBA and Management Science Core Faculty of the Year (2023), Carlson School of Management Outstanding Teaching Award (2016, 2021) and being nominated as a finalist for the Business Week Faculty of the Year Award (2019 and 2020). His comments on global health issues, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been featured in several media outlets including the New York Times, Star Tribune, PBS (Almanac), Kare11 and Fox9.

Natarajan's research interests are in the areas of social responsibility and humanitarian and non-profit operations, with a specific focus on global public health and agribusiness supply chains. He has consulted for global health agencies including USAID and also actively works with Minneapolis-based non-profits. Natarajan’s research has been published in several leading journals including Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management and Journal of Global Health. 

 

Location

中山大学（广州南校园）岭南学院MBA中心楼

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