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OTM 737

GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

2 credits.

Strategies, techniques, and best practices of global supply chain management through the lens of recent supply chain disruptions. Topics include global logistics strategy, supply chain risk management, international transportation methods, international terms of commerce, outsourcing strategy, and supply chain IT systems.

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Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of fundamental global supply chain principles and fluency in the language of supply chain management. Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate business challenges related to recent supply chain disruptions and relate strategies and frameworks from the course to address these challenges. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe key management functions performed by supply chain practitioners including establishing a global logistics strategy, setting supply chain metrics, assessing and building supplier resilience, managing global transportation systems, and establishing outsourcing relationships. Audience: Graduate 4. Utilize an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to execute global supply chain business processes while analyzing appropriate data and information as a means to make measurable improvements in the performance of a business. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify country-specific aspects of this country’s supply chain infrastructure and logistics service providers. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate understanding of fundamental global supply chain principles and fluency in the language of supply chain management. Audience: Graduate 2. Articulate business challenges related to recent supply chain disruptions and relate strategies and frameworks from the course to address these challenges. Audience: Graduate 3. Describe key management functions performed by supply chain practitioners including establishing a global logistics strategy, setting supply chain metrics, assessing and building supplier resilience, managing global transportation systems, and establishing outsourcing relationships. Audience: Graduate 4. Utilize an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to execute global supply chain business processes while analyzing appropriate data and information as a means to make measurable improvements in the performance of a business. Audience: Graduate 5. Identify country-specific aspects of this country’s supply chain infrastructure and logistics service providers. Audience: Graduate

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