Will you please give me eligibility and entrance exam detail for admission in advanced program in Supply Chain Management (APSCM) course offered at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta???

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM Calcutta or IIMC) is a public business school and was the first Indian Institute of Management to be established

Eligibility for Advanced program in Supply Chain Management (APSCM)
-Must be Graduates (10+2+3 or equivalent)/Post Graduates in any discipline with 55% marks
-Working experience of at least 3 years in a supply chain management role is required.

Entrance Exam for Advanced program in Supply Chain Management (APSCM)
Students would be selected on the basis of their performance in the Program Aptitude Test to be conducted by NIIT Imperia, together with assessment of background and motivation based on the application form submitted.
Program Details

Course content of Advanced program in Supply Chain Management (APSCM)

A. Introduction to Operations Management
An Overview of Operations Management
Process Analysis
Business Forecasting
Efficient Planning for Operations

B. Logistics – Concepts & Practices
Warehousing Decisions
Transportation Decisions
Third Party Logistics
Logistics Engineering
Reverse Logistics
Global Logistics

C. Understanding Supply Chain Management
Introduction and definitions
Inventory Management – Different Policies, Levers, Echelon Inventory
Uncertainty and risk analysis
Supply Chain Performance Measures
Service Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management in India
Entrepreneurship and Supply Chain

D. Designing & Managing Channel Partners – Distribution
Role of Distribution Channels
Product Life Cycle and Distribution Challenges
Managing Customer Relationships
Measuring Channel Performance
Managing Channel Conflict

E. Procurement and Sourcing Management
Development of Supply Strategies
Purchasing Performance Evaluation
Supplier Price & Cost Analysis, Value Analysis
Purchasing & Supply Negotiations
Contract Administration & Management
Legal Aspects of Purchasing, Sourcing & Contracts

F. Supply Chain Modeling
Overview of optimization modeling and techniques
Distribution Center Location Models
Supply Chain Network Optimization Models
Vehicle Routing Models
Inventory Deployment Models
Risk Management of Supply Chains
Project Management: PERT and CPM
Simulation
Decision Tree Applications

G. Supply Network Strategy
Introduction & Strategic Sourcing
Supply Contracts
Supply Chain Coordination
Supply Chain Innovation
Supply Chain Resilience

H. Special Topics in SCM
Quality Management, Six sigma & Lean Management Concepts
E-commerce
ERP
RFID & Recent Advances in Technology
Taxation & supply chains

I. Topics in Fundamentals of Management Theory

Finance –
Conceptual framework of financial reporting; Corporate Financial Statements: Balance Sheet; Profit and Loss Statement; Cash Flow Statement Analyzing Financial Statements; Financial Ratios;

Marketing –
Core Concepts of Marketing
Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning Decisions Elements of Marketing Mix: Product Decisions, Price Decisions, Placement Decisions and Promotion Decisions

Strategy –
Strategy & Strategic management process
Evaluating firms’ external and internal environments Business-level & Corporate strategies
Organization Structure and design

Microeconomics concepts:
Demand-supply Analysis
Elasticity
Opportunity Cost
Production Costs
Firm Behavior
Perfect Competition
Monopoly
Pricing Strategies

International Trade:
Theories of international trade
Trade pattern across the world- trade and investment linkage through production networks Trade policy instruments-tariff, quota and other measures WTO and Trade Blocks

Human Resource Management (6 hours):
HRM Strategy/Policy Choices of Recruitment, Work Organization, Training, Compensation, Performance Appraisals, and Rewards

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IIM Calcutta
Diamond Harbour Road, Joka,
Kolkata, West Bengal 700104 ‎
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