Design and Management of Supply Chains

3 credit hours · Graduate

This course provides students with the fundamental tools to understand, analyze, and design the supply chain. The supply chain is a strategic driver that has enabled many well-known companies to gain and sustain competitive markets. Heightened customer expectations around product and service quality, speed of delivery, operating costs, and innovation require the careful design and management of a firm’s supply chain processes. The course also emphasizes the supply chain as a strategic asset that must be aligned with the firm’s corporate strategy.