Supply Chain Management

Master International Management · 1st semester · Winter semester 2026/27

Hochschule RheinMain · Prof. Dr. Thomas Kirschstein

Course reader

The companion textbook with all chapters, derivations and the running case example SushiFresh GmbH. Please read the relevant chapter before each session.

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Lecture slides

The slides of all eight lecture units in one complete edition.

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Case studies

  1. Strategic Design of Supply Chains Werner & Mertz and the Frosch brand – circular economy as a competitive strategy
  2. Qualitative and Continuous Facility Location Planning A distribution hub for Latin America – AHP and the Steiner–Weber model
  3. Discrete Facility Location and Network Planning Battery logistics for the automotive industry in northern Germany and Benelux
  4. Risk Pooling in E-Commerce Central or regional warehouses for a Brazilian online marketplace (Olist data)
  5. The Newsvendor Model in Practice Daily production planning at a French bakery
  6. The Bullwhip Effect Empirical measurement in US economic data and simulation of countermeasures