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EC.733

D-Lab: Supply Chains

3-3-6 units · Undergraduate

See description under subject 15.772[J] .

Fall 2014

Topics

  • Demand Management and Forecasting (Finish)
  • Process Analysis Case Discussion: Kristen’s Cookie Company
  • Process Analysis: In class we will conduct a hands-on line design exercise in which you will build paper airplanes.
  • Deterministic-demand Inventory Models
  • Stochastic-demand Inventory Models
  • Inventory Management Application
  • Supply Chain Game Debrief
  • Supply Chain Improvement
  • Project Presentation & Class Wrap-up

Readings

  • Most of the class material will be posted on the class web site. We do ask that you buy and read Goldratt, et al. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement . North River Press, 2014. ISBN: 9780884271956. There are 3 editions—any version is fine for our purposes.
    Listed reading
  • Simchi-Levi, David, Philips Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain . 3rd ed. McGraw Hill, 2008.
    Listed reading
  • Hopp, Wallace, and Mark Spearman. Factory Physics . 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill / Irwin, 2000. ISBN: 9780256247954.
    Listed reading
  • Hopp, Wallce. Supply Chain Science . McGraw-Hill / Irwin, 2008. ISBN: 9781121107793.
    Listed reading
  • Nahmias, Steven. Production and Operations Analysis . 4th ed. Burr Ridge, 2000. ISBN: 9780072312652.
    Listed reading
  • Chopra, Sunil, and Peter Meindl. Supply Chain Management . 3rd ed. Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN: 9780131730427.
    Listed reading
  • Shapiro, Jeremy F. Modeling the Supply Chain . South-Western College, 2006. ISBN: 9780495126096. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
    Listed reading
  • Silver, Edward A., David F. Pyke, and Rein Peterson. Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling . 3rd ed. Wiley, 1998. ISBN: 9780471119470.
    Listed reading
  • Snyder, Lawrence V., and Zuo-Jun Max Shen. Fundamentals of Supply Chain Theory . Wiley, 2011. ISBN: 9780470521304. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
    Listed reading
  • Webster, Scott. Principles of Supply Chain Management . Dynamic Ideas, 2009. ISBN: 9780975914670.
    Listed reading

Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as 2.771[J] , 15.772[J] Subject meets with 2.871 Prereq: None U (Spring) Not offered regularly; consult department 3-3-6 units

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