OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Managing operations and supply chains is about people, information, equipment, and materials and how these are combined to produce and/or deliver goods and services to customers. Emphasis is on how systems and processes can be designed, managed, and improved to achieve operations excellence and competitive advantage.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Not open to graduate/professional students Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the basics of firm strategy and determine how to align operational and strategic decisions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze a manufacturing or service process quantitatively and generate opportunities for improvement. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Manage quality statistically and describe strategies for maintaining and improving quality. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Determine effective inventory policies for various product and customer demand characteristics. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop sourcing and design strategies to mitigate risk in supply chains. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the basics of firm strategy and determine how to align operational and strategic decisions. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Analyze a manufacturing or service process quantitatively and generate opportunities for improvement. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Manage quality statistically and describe strategies for maintaining and improving quality. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Determine effective inventory policies for various product and customer demand characteristics. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop sourcing and design strategies to mitigate risk in supply chains. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027