Harokopio University
School: School of Digital Technology
Department: Informatics and Telematics
Program: Undergraduate Programme

Business Process Management in Suppply Chain

Semester: 5 ECTS: 5.0 Elective Erasmus

General

Code: ΕΠ12

Language: Greek

Delivery: Face-to-face

Prerequisites:

Workload

  • Lectures: 39.0 hours
  • Lab: 0.0 hours
  • Study: 38.0 hours
  • Project: 48.0 hours

Course Content

Lecture 1: Introduction to Business Process BP Management
Lecture 2: BP identification case studies
Lecture 3: BP modeling and redesign methodologies, case studies
Lecture 4: BP Modeling language BP Modeling Notation
Lecture 5: BP modeling diagrams, As-Is and To-Be models
Lecture 6: Introduction to Supply Chain Basics, Processes, Impact
Lecture 7: BP Analysis - KPIs, methods
Lecture 8: Case studies of analysis and redesign of supply chain processes
Lecture 9: Utilization of a BP modeling tool
Lecture 10: Hierarchical BP modeling - Case studies
Lecture 11: Quality in BP modeling
Lecture 12: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of BP
Lecture 13: BP transformation of supply chain processes utilizing state-of-the-art technologies IoT, Data analytics, AI etc.

Learning Outcomes

The course provides to students familiarity with the concepts, methodologies and tools for understanding the management of business processes, the benefits of automation and the impact of business processes on the performance and effectiveness of businesses/ organizations. The students apply in practice a language of business process modeling BPMN Business Process Modeling Notation. The course focuses on the supply chain processes, their impact, their evaluation and redesign with the purpose to improve the business operations and performance. The students will acquire the following knowledge and skills:
Understanding of business process management methodologies and practices.
Quantitative and Qualitative analysis of processes with the purpose to improve them.
Analyzing and Modeling in practice As-Is processes and Proposing and Modeling To-Be processes
Evaluation of alternative, new scenarios of business processes
Understanding of supply chain processes
Applying in Practice BPMN for business process management
Utilization of BPM tools

Skills

Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information with the use of the assorted technologies
Decision Making
Independent work
Work at an interdisciplinary framework
Project design and management
Promoting reasoning and self-improvement
Promoting free, creative and deductive reasoning