Students develop their knowledge of supply chain management and its interactions with business functions and processes. Students will apply this knowledge to realistic supply chain problems in various organizational settings. Students will analyze the supply chain problems to create value for customers, markets, and society. Emphasis is placed on developing effective strategic decision-making and communication skills. Prerequisite: None
Lean Six Sigma is an application of the quantitative Six Sigma quality management techniques within a Lean Enterprise. Building on the fundamentals of Lean and Six Sigma, students will utilize important tools and strategies to improve the performance of business processes. Students will practice solving business problems and improving processes through case studies, team exercises and simulations, and self-assessments. Topics covered will include Six Sigma improvement methodology and tools, lean manufacturing tools and approaches, dashboards, hypotheses testing, and other business improvement techniques. Prerequisite: None
Students analyze current issues and strategies in transportation management and policy. Global carrier management problems and opportunities, and economic characteristics of the various modes of transportation are studied. Students micro-analyze transportation and logistics management including customer service and order fulfillment, distribution operations, purchasing or operation of transportation services, warehousing, third-party logistics providers, and network design. The course includes a focus on distribution operations, purchasing, order processing, facility design and operations, carrier selection, transportation costing, and negotiation. Prerequisite: None
Students examine sustainability criteria in the 'upstream' supply chain management and procurement process. Students evaluate how corporations can improve environmental performance while addressing ethics, social, and economic concerns (or the 'triple bottom line'). Students explore current sustainability topics in a supply chain management perspective through applied learning. Prerequisite: None
Properly addressing risks and facing disruptions are of primary concern in supply chain management. In the wake of high-consequence disruptive events, risk identification and disruption response activities have become ever more critical. The objective of the course is to provide an overview of key supply chain risk areas, particularly with the proliferation of outsourcing, the use of information technology, the transformation of the supply chain model into digital supply networks, and global logistics. Equally important is how companies manage the preparation, mitigation, and response strategies to major disruptive events. Applied learning assignments will be used to illustrate how to handle supply chain disruption and how to make decisions. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all Masters in Supply Chain Management courses; MBA 667 can be taken concurrently.
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