Supply Chain Management, autumn 2025
- Credits:
- 6 ECTS credits
- Location:
- -
- Continuous learning category:
- Business and international collaboration
- Teaching format:
- Independent learning, Blended teaching, Online teaching, Distance teaching, Contact teaching
- Price:
- 120 € (VAT 0%)
Knowledge Related:
Student will be able to
- Define theoretical perspectives and the main concepts used for describing and analyzing supply chains
- Understand the role of supply chain management in creating competitive advantage to a firm
- Analyze a supply chain strategy by selecting and applying relevant tools to develop the sourcing and logistics functions
Skills Related:
Student will be able to
- Analyze national and global supply chains in regard with the UN Sustainabale Goals
- Compare critically different supply chains from the perspective of value creation and sustainability
- Conduct analysis of mini-cases
- Develop problem solving and argumentation skills
The course develops the generic skills of leadership and development, internationality and sustainability and responsibility.
Content
Key theories and concepts of supply chain management
- Supply chain risks, challenges and opportunities
- Planning, implementation, monitor and control of supply networks
- Supply chain management and value creation
- Ethical and environmental perspective on supply chain management
- Supporting technologies and techniques in supply chain management
Study methods
Studying is independent. Academic studies require self-direction, good study skills, and planning. The course has predetermined completion dates. Retaking an exam or increasing your grade also takes place on these course-specific dates during the academic year. Pay attention to the due dates when planning your studies.
Lecture course: lectures and discussions 28 h, exam 4 h, independent study 130 h. Online exam in the course Moodle platform.
Experts in supply chain management as visiting lecturers.
Teaching will take place in the autumn of 2025, starting in week 44.
For more details on the course schedule, see the Peppi study guide.
Study Materials
List of materials given by the teacher.
Teacher
Markus Raatikainen, Lauri Paavola
Evaluation:
Written group assignment 20 %, Exam 80 %.0-5.
Teaching Language: English
Prerequisites
Introduction to Marketing/Introduction to Management/International Business and basics in accounting.
You will receive the right of study from the date of registration until the end of the academic year (July 2026). In practice, the completion takes place within the stated due dates of the course.
This is an intermediate studies level course.The course belongs to the Intermediate studies, Marketing and Retailing.
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Individual study units cost 20 e / credit and the study module costs 15 e / credit. These prices hold for the academic year 2025–2026. The study fee is paid at registration.
By paying the study fee, the student receives a temporary right to study that entitles them to attend a particular course. The right to study is course-specific, and is required to complete the course as specified in the syllabus for the term, covering both teaching and course exams. If the course is continuously open for registration, the maximum time to complete the course is from 1 August to 31 July for that academic year.
Registration for the course opens on 6 August 2025 at 9:00 a.m. and ends on 19 October 2025 at 23:59.
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