| Wanting to pursue management studies, I keep | | | | came across a website, This site seemed to be very |
| reading different articles and blogs. Since I want to | | | | interesting since it had case studies on every |
| do specialisation in Supply Chain Management, I have | | | | managerial topic. |
| been looking for articles and blogs in this particular | | | | Case study, as one of my Professors mentioned, is |
| area. After going through few articles, I could | | | | one of the several ways of doing research others |
| understand that supply chain management is an idea | | | | being experiments, surveys, archival information etc. |
| of applying a total systems approach to managing an | | | | After visiting and going through few case studies, |
| entire flow of information, materials and services | | | | even I believe that case studies are one of the best |
| from raw material suppliers through factories and | | | | methodologies as now I have a clear idea about the |
| warehouses to the end customer. | | | | concepts which I was earlier confused about. These |
| Even though this definition of Supply Chain | | | | case studies are mainly targeted for management |
| Management is simple enough, I couldn’t get a | | | | students but others who are interested in gaining |
| real picture of the topic. So I started surfing internet | | | | knowledge on management topics can go through |
| for more information. In one of the articles, Supply | | | | this website. |
| Chain Management was defined as a combination of | | | | The organization IBSCDC has even started course |
| art and science that goes into improving the way a | | | | case mapping, a way of offering an entire course |
| company finds the raw components it needs to | | | | through case studies. With the help of these course |
| make a product or service and deliver it to | | | | case maps, one can learn the complete subject |
| customers. Supply chain management mainly deals | | | | through case studies. |
| with spanning all movement and storage of raw | | | | In one of these course case maps, I came across |
| materials, work-in-process inventory and finished | | | | case studies on supply chain management. These |
| goods from point-of-origin to point-of-consumption. | | | | case studies dealt with how these supply chain |
| Additionally, organizations find that they must rely on | | | | strategies had been implemented in companies after |
| effective supply chains to successfully compete in | | | | they realized flaws in their supply chain. The |
| the global market. | | | | companies have implemented different supply chain |
| Although my understanding of the concept seemed | | | | strategies like mass customisation, global sourcing, |
| clear, I wanted to know more as to how and where | | | | outsourcing, logistics management, value density, etc. |
| this could be applied. After searching for a while, I | | | | |