OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess the alignment of operational capabilities with firm strategy and decisions made in other parts of the organization, and articulate how operations can deliver value to customers and the firm. Audience: Graduate 2. Understand key operations principles and tools, and how they can be used to support process improvement. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate an organization’s work processes to assess system capacity and responsiveness. Audience: Graduate 4. Understand the impact that variability has on process performance, and choose appropriate capacity levels to manage this impact. Audience: Graduate 5. Utilize appropriate models to identify good inventory ordering policies, and identify forces that drive inventory management decisions. Audience: Graduate 6. Work effectively in a team to solve complex operational problems. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Assess the alignment of operational capabilities with firm strategy and decisions made in other parts of the organization, and articulate how operations can deliver value to customers and the firm. Audience: Graduate 2. Understand key operations principles and tools, and how they can be used to support process improvement. Audience: Graduate 3. Evaluate an organization’s work processes to assess system capacity and responsiveness. Audience: Graduate 4. Understand the impact that variability has on process performance, and choose appropriate capacity levels to manage this impact. Audience: Graduate 5. Utilize appropriate models to identify good inventory ordering policies, and identify forces that drive inventory management decisions. Audience: Graduate 6. Work effectively in a team to solve complex operational problems. Audience: Graduate