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Bachelor of Commerce Co-op COMM3407 Logistics & Supply Chain Management Winter, 2021

RECOGNITION OF MI’KMAQ TERRITORY Dalhousie University is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq. We are all Treaty people. The Elders in Residence program provides students with access to First Nations Elders for guidance, counsel and support. Visit the office in the Indigenous Student Centre, 1321 Edward Street, or email [email protected]. Instructor: Office: Telephone: E-mail Class time & location: Office hours: Course Website:

Prof. Dr. M. Ali Ülkü Rowe Building, Room 4062 (902) 494 4098 [email protected] (The professor will only reply to emails sent to this account, within two business days.) Online - asynchronous Via Teams during 10am-11am (AST) on Jan. 11 & 25, Feb. 8 & 22, March 8, 22 & 29, and April 5. Brightspace Dr. M. Ali Ülkü is a Full Professor at the Rowe School of Business (also cross-appointed with the Department of Industrial Engineering and the School for Resource and Environmental Studies). He is the Director of the Centre for Research in Sustainable Supply Chain Analytics ( CRSSCA ) at Dalhousie University. For about two decades. Dr. Ülkü has taught Operations Management, Supply Chain and Logistics Management, and Business Analytics courses both at the MBA and undergraduate levels at various universities in Canada, Turkey and the USA. He believes in the “science of better” and avidly supports students interested in applied research. Dr. Ülkü’s research streams include the analysis of manufacturing and service systems, optimization models for sustainable supply chains and the development of practical green logistics policies, and interdisciplinary topics such as behavioural issues in operations management, responsible consumption, and the mathematical modelling of societal problems. He has published in such leading scholarly journals as Int. J. of Production Economics, J. of Business Research, J. of Cleaner Production and Service Science. Dr. Ülkü had the honour of receiving the 2019 Distinguished Professor Award from the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society International. His recent co-edited book is entitled Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management: Theory and Application (CRC Press). This link has more information about him and his research team.

Pre-Requisites for Course: COMM2401 Course Description: An examination of the decisions faced by managers within the supply chain: the channels of distribution, the transportation a nd storage of products/services, and the communications and data processing systems, in order to minimize the total cost of these activities and satisfy the marketing requirements of the firm and its customers. Topics include the integrated logistics & supply chain management concept, customer service, transportation, distribution centers, inventory management, materials management, packaging, purchasing, order processing and information systems, financial control, logistics organization, international logistics, reverse distribution and recycling, and the strategic logistics supply chain plan.

Learning Outcomes: By the end of the course, the student should have a basic understanding of the methods and tools used by today’s logistics and supply chain managers. An applied, problem-solving approach will be used as the learning focus.

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Approach Taken: This is an online, asynchronous course, with set office hours (optional) for live interaction with the professor and peer engagement. The course consists of recorded lectures, online discussions, and supplementary readings and short external videos. It is highly recommended that you have a quick look at the required readings before you watch the lecture video, and then revisit the read ings and work on the given assignments. Since this course emphasizes decision-making, students will be required to participate in teamwork and (online) class discussions. Good preparation is, therefore, critical. Each class builds on material introduced in the prior lectures and (online) discussions. Examination questions will come from recorded lectures, classroom discussions, textbooks, and videos. Each student is responsible for all announcements made on the course website or sent directly by email. The course uses a combination of text/article readings, lectures, case discussions, videos, hands-on in-class problem solving, and peer learning via group activities. This course aims to help students use some quantitative methods and tools to appreciate and solve logistics issues commonly faced in supply chains and discuss qualitative issues through case studies and anecdotes from the professor’s own work experience.

Learning Materials: • •

The required text for the course: Supply Chain Logistics Management, 5th edition-2020, by Bowersox, Closs, Cooper & Bowersox, publisher McGraw Hill. ISBN: 9781260547825. The professor will share other supplementary materials on the course website (Brightspace).

Method of Evaluation Three Assignments (individual) Qualifying Exam (individual, cumulative, take-home) Case Presentation (group, during Week 12) Four Participation Questions (individual) Reflection essay (individual, due last Week 13)

30% 25% 15% 20% 10%

All students registered for this course are required to pass the average of all individual supervised work (i.e. supervised quizzes, exams, etc.) to pass the course. Assignments are to be done individually (typed in Word document), each worth 10% of the total course marks. Assignments will be shared about two weeks before their due dates (see the course schedule). Participation questions are to be responded to individually (each 5%) will be posted about one week earlier than their due dates. Case presentation will be done with groups of 4 or 5 students. The groups will be assigned randomly by the professor and will be announced after add-drop date. The qualifying exam will be cumulative and take-home. In your course reflection essay, you need to respond to the following question: “Based on all of the information you were provided over the course of the semester, including lecture and in-class notes, the readings (my teaching notes, journal articles, business stories etc.) I handed out to you, the text, self-study problems, tests, class discussions, in-class examples we developed on the spot, cases etc., what have you learned? What are main points, key ideas and techniques you are taking away? How will you apply this knowledge to your work, life, etc.? Please provide specific examples.” Be as liberal and creative as possible in your reflection write-up, focusing on the insights you gathered, while refraining from summarizing what was covered in the class.

Accreditation: As an AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accredited university, Dalhousie University’s business programs are subject to Assurance of Learning (AOL) standards. During the semester anonymous data may be collected to assess if AOL goals and objectives are being met. The data collected will be used for program improvement purposes only and will not impact nor be associated with student grades

Drop dates: Last day to add/drop classes – January 15, 2021 Last day to drop without a “W” – January 29, 2021 Last day to drop with a “W” – April 8, 2021 Other important dates

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Ground rules: 1. 2. 3. 4.

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During these trying times of the COVID-19 pandemic, our physical and mental well-being is the priority; be patient with yourself and your professor, who is here to guide you through a journey of learning together. In your email and oral correspondences, you are expected to call your professor either Dr. Ülkü or Professor Ülkü. The course content, related chapters/reading, deadlines for deliverables etc., are all given in the Course Schedule (see next page). The lecture recordings and the slides will be posted on the course website, in sequence, a week apart. The office hours provide additional opportunities to ask for further assistance from your professor and engage with your peers when possible. Participating in office hours (via MS Teams) is not mandatory and does not count towards your participation marks. Please bring with you specific questions that you jotted down after studying the prior materials posted. These Teams office hours will not be recorded. Students, too, are not allowed to record them. All the participation, assignment, qualifying exams etc., must be typed in a Word document and the cover page signed. For any request or exceptional circumstance, contact your professor via [email protected] Cheating, plagiarism, any type of discrimination towards the peers and the professor(s) will not be tolerated. Each student should put in their fair contribution to group activities such as case presentations, projects etc. All deliverables are due by 11:00 pm of the due date.

Course-specific policies: If you have concerns about this course, please contact me using any of the ways described in this syllabus so we can have a conversation. Giving constructive feedback is a valuable skill, so you should always thoughtfully complete any course feedbac k surveys, student ratings of instruction, and other opportunities to provide input. If your issue is not resolved, you can follow up with an academic advisor in the Undergraduate Advising Office by emailing [email protected] Disclaimer: These course materials are designed for use as part of the Commerce Co-op program at Dalhousie University and are the property of the instructor unless otherwise stated. Third party copyrighted materials (such as books, journal articles, music, videos, etc.) have either been licensed for use in this course or fall under an exception or limitation in Canadian Copyright law. Copying this course material for distribution (e.g. uploading material to a commercial third-party website) may lead to a violation of Copyright law.

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Course Schedule: The information contained in this course schedule is subject to change due to possible school closings and at the professor’s discretion. The students are responsible for all revisions announced in class, communicated by email, or posted on Brightspace. Topics are tentative and will be covered as time permits. Week 1

Date January 6-8

Topics Welcome!

2

January 11-15

3

January 18-22

4

January 25-29

5

February 1-5

6

February 8-12

7

February 15-19

8

February 22-26

9

March 1-5

10

March 8-12

11

March 15-19

12 13 14

March 22-26 March 29-April 2 April 5-8

Lecture 1 Supply Chains, Logistics, and IS Lecture 2 Customer Accommodation & IOP Lecture 3 Procurement and Manufacturing Lecture 4 Inventory Management Lecture 5 Transportation Lecture 6 Warehousing, MH & Packaging Lecture 7 Supply Chain Logistics Design Lecture 8 SCL Administration Lecture 9 SCL: Trends-I Lecture 9 SCL: Trends-II Qualifying Exam Case Competition Presentations Course Wrap-up (live) during Office Hour

Reading Syllabus, Handout#1 Chapters 1, 2, & 3 Chapters 4 . & 5 + Case delivery Chapter 6 Chapter 7

Notes Skim through the textbook Participation-P#1 due January 15 Groups randomly assigned Assignment-A#1 due January 25 P#2 due February 5

Chapter 8 Chapter 9

A#2 due February 15

Chapters 10, & 11 Chapters 12, & 13

P#3 due March 5

Chapter 14

A#3 due March 8

Handout #2

P#4 due March 19 Take-home, details TBA Details TBA Reflection essay due April 8

Personal Notes:

I hope that you enjoy our course and your understanding of L&SCM grows and flourishes over this term. I strongly encourage you to ask for help when you need it; I am committed to your success. Have a productive semester! - Prof. Dr. Ülkü

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APPENDIX UNIVERSITY POLICIES, STATEMENTS, GUIDELINES and RESOURCES for SUPPORT This course is governed by the academic rules and regulations set forth in the University Calendar and the Senate (University Regulations, and Academic Regulations)

Grade Scale and Definitions Grade

Grade Point Value

A+ A A-

4.30 4.00 3.70

90-100 85-89 80-84

Excellent

Considerable evidence of original thinking; demonstrated outstanding capacity to analyze and synthesize; outstanding grasp of subject matter; evidence of extensive knowledge base.

B+ B B-

3.30 3.00 2.70

77-79 73-76 70-72

Good

Evidence of grasp of subject matter, some evidence of critical capacity and analytical ability; reasonable understanding of relevant issues; evidence of familiarity with the literature.

C+ C C-

2.30 2.00 1.70

65-69 60-64 55-59

Satisfactory

Evidence of some understanding of the subject matter; ability to develop solutions to simple problems; benefitting from his/her university experience.

D

1.00

50-54

Marginal Pass

Evidence of minimally acceptable familiarity with subject matter, critical and analytical skills (except in programs where a minimum grade of "C" or "C+" is required).

F

0.00

0-49.9

Inadequate

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Definition

Insufficient evidence of understanding of the subject matter; weakness in critical and analytical skills; limited or irrelevant use of the literature.

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INC

0.00

Incomplete

W

Neutral and no credit obtained

Withdrew after deadline

ILL

Neutral and no credit obtained

Compassionate reasons, illness

P

Neutral

Pass

TR

Neutral

Transfer credit on admission

Pending (PND)

Neutral

Grade not reported

University Policies to Highlight: • • •

The Grading Practices Policy outlines the university's commitment and professors' responsibilities on how grading will be achieved. The policy applies to all credit-bearing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at the university. Information on Appealing Regulations and Grades Sexualized Violence Policy

Missed or Late Academic Requirements due to Student Absence: Dalhousie students are asked to take responsibility for their own short-term absences (3 days or less) by contacting their instructor by phone or email prior to the academic requirement deadline or scheduled time AND by submitting a completed Student Declaration of Absence form to their instructor in case of missed or late academic requirements. Only two (2) separate Student Declaration of Absence forms may be submitted per course during a term (note: faculty, college, school, instructor or course-specific guidelines may set a lower maximum).

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The submission of the form does not guarantee accommodations, or provide an automatic exemption, from any academic requirements that were missed or late during an absence. Any alternate coursework arrangements for missed or late academic requirements are at the discretion of individual course instructor(s). Students who experience recurring short-term or long-term absences are strongly encouraged to meet with their Academic Advisor ([email protected]). Click here for further information.

Standard Citation Style: The Bachelor of Commerce Co-op Program uses APA as its standard citation style (unless otherwise indicated by your professor). Please use APA style in your assignments to briefly identify (cite) other people’s ideas and information and to indicate the sources of these citations in the References list at the end of your assignment. For more information on APA style, consult Dalhousie Library website at https://libraries.dal.ca/help/style-guides.html or consult the Frequently Asked Questions about APA

Academic Integrity: At Dalhousie University, we are guided in all of our work by the values of academic integrity: honesty, trust, fairness, responsibility and respect (The center for Academic Integrity, Duke University, 1999). As a student, you are required to demonstrate these values in all f the work you do. The University provides policies and procedures that every member of the university community is required to follow to ensure academic integrity. In general: The commitment of the Faculty of Management is to graduate future leaders of business, government and civil society who manage with integrity and get things done. This is non-negotiable in our community and it starts with your first class at Dalhousie University. So, when you submit any work for evaluation in this course or any other, please ensure that you are familiar with your obligations under the Faculty of Management’s Academic Integrity Policies and that you understand where to go for help and advice in livi ng up to our standards. You should be familiar with the Faculty of Management Professor and Student Contract on Academic Integrity, and it is your responsibility to ask questions if there is anything you do not understand. Dalhousie offers many ways to learn about academic writing and presentations so that all members of the University community may acknowledge the intellectual property of others. Knowing how to find, evaluate, select, synthesize and cite information for use in assignments is called being “information literate”. Information literacy is taught by Dalhousie University Librarians in classes and through Dalhousie Libraries’ online Citing & Writing tutorials. Do not plagiarize any materials for this course. For further guidance on what constitutes plagiarism, how to avoid it, and proper methods for attributing sources, please consult the University Secretariat’s Academic Integrity page. Please note that Dalhousie subscribes to a plagiarism detection software that checks for originality in submitted papers. Any paper submitted by a student at Dalhousie University may be checked for originality to confirm that the student has not plagiarized from other sources. Plagiarism is considered a very serious academic offence that may lead to loss of credit, suspension or expulsion from the University, or even the revocation of a degree. It is essential that there be correct attribution of authorities from which facts and opinions have been derived. At Dalhousie, there are University Regulations which deal with plagiarism and, prior to submitting any paper in a course; students should read the Policy on Intellectual Honesty contained in the Calendar. Furthermore the University’s Senate has affirmed the right of any instructor to require that student assignments be submitted in both written and computer readable format, e.g.: a text file or as an email attachment, and to submit any paper to a check such as that performed by the plagiarism detection software. As a student in this class, you are to keep an electronic copy of any paper you submit, and the course instructor may require you to submit that electronic copy on demand. Use of third-party originality checking software does not preclude instructor use of alternate means to ident...