Program Overview

ME2065 Operations and Supply Chain Strategy

The course ME2065 Operations and Supply Chain Strategy is a 6.0 credit course that focuses on the strategic management of operations and supply chains in different types of industrial and technology-based firms. Manufacturing plays an important role in the Swedish economy and has increasingly been viewed as a source of competitive advantage. The course aims to give students the knowledge and tools needed to systematically and scientifically approach challenges within this topic.

Course Description

The lectures are based on current research in operations and supply chain management and are connected to cases and guest lectures. The purpose of the course is to provide participants with comprehensive knowledge on the strategic management of operations and supply chains. After passing the course, students should be able to analyze industrial systems, participate in, improve, and lead change efforts in their respective technological areas.

Information per Course Offering

• Termin: Autumn 2025
• Start: 27 Oct 2025
• Duration: 27 Oct 2025 - 12 Jan 2026
• Periods: Autumn 2025: P2 (6 hp)
• Pace of study: 33%
• Application code: 52106
• Form of study: Normal Daytime
• Language of instruction: English
• Target group: Only open for TINEM1
• Part of programme: Master's Programme, Industrial Management, year 1, Mandatory

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus is available in an accessible format on the course page. It outlines the course contents, learning outcomes, and examination details.

Content and Learning Outcomes

Course Contents

The course covers the strategic management of industrial activities and supply chains in different types of industry and technology companies. It includes lectures based on current research and development in production and supply chains, connected to case studies and guest lectures.

Intended Learning Outcomes

After passing the course, the student should be able to:

1. Analyse and evaluate how production activities and supply chains can be designed to increase competitiveness in modern technology companies.
2. Apply relevant concepts and theories such as servicification, digital ecosystems, and flexible production, and evaluate implications of their use in the value chain.
3. Critically analyse and discuss supply chains, based on technical, economical, sustainability, and organisational perspectives.

Literature and Preparations

Specific Prerequisites

Registered participant in ME2501 Perspectives on Industrial Management.

Literature

Information about course literature can be found in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and Completion

Grading Scale

A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

• TENB: Examination, 5.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• SEM3: Seminars, 1.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

The examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disabilities. The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students. If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Further Information

Course Room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas.

Offered by

ITM/Industrial Economics and Management

Main Field of Study

Industrial Management

Education Cycle

Second cycle

Supplementary Information

Course with similar/overlapping content is ME2013. Students can only take one of them. The course is not open for exchange students.