Global Supply Chain Management

3 units

Deals with the complexities, uncertainties and risks in global supply chains for goods and services. Building upon the foundational supply chain management principles in OMM 756, it develops the general management skills of planning and operating supply chains in the global arena – for example, dealing with expansion in new regional markets with demand, trade and other macroeconomic uncertainties, designing a global manufacturing and sourcing strategy, adapting the supply chain to macroeconomic and technological trends; optimizing multiple transport service types; coordination of vast out-sourcing and logistics networks for a multiplicity of production and service activities; designing organizational structures, information and communication systems that integrate the supply chain, and develop the supply chain risk management strategies and tactics for a resilient supply chain. Among the topics covered: global supply chain strategy, supply chain analytics, performance metrics, network design, supplier management, supply chain finance, integrated risk management of global operational risks, design for supply chain management, emerging technologies (blockchains, AI, Internet of things,3D printing, etc.) and their shaping of future supply chains, managing sustainable supply chains, and corporate social responsibility issues in global supply chains.