UG Course Descriptions

In today’s modern economy, something as simple as a razor might be manufactured in multiple countries with each part coming from a different supplier. This course will teach you how businesses manage this increasing complexity behind the scenes through efficient sourcing of suppliers and operations. You will have the opportunity to apply this knowledge by conducting a real-world case study of a product of your choosing. This online class has optional live sessions.

This course presents a framework for achieving sustainable competitive advantage through progressive supply management leadership approaches. It presents the need for supply leadership, the organizational enablers that must be in place, and the strategies and approaches that leading organizations pursue to achieve competitive in price and cost, quality, cycle time, technology, flexibility, and end customer responsiveness. Special attention is given to a wide range of price, cost and risk management techniques.

Planning, management and analysis of business operations to create effective and efficient production and distribution of goods and services. Analysis and design of effectiveness through analytical and decision making techniques for operations management, business process design, Total Quality Management, Lean, and Six Sigma.

This course covers the major relevant supply chain technologies and systems. In this course you’ll survey the systems that enable the supply chain in best-in-class supply chain organizations. Understanding of how information flows throughout the supply chain is critical to managing a supply chain and this will be the main focus in this course. By the end of this course, you will have gained a basic understanding of how supply chain systems work and how they make the supply chain more efficient and effective. This online class has optional live sessions.

This course focuses on how inventory and information are moved in a global economy. A primary objective of this course is to examine how international logistics decisions are made which have an impact on functional areas of an organization trying to achieve efficiency and effectiveness. Discussions will consist of export-import procedures, multinational logistics strategy, international payment processes, review and selection of transportation modes, and risk management will be reviewed.

Everything from the best concert you saw, to your Covid-19 vaccine relies on the existence of effective supply chains. In this course, you’ll learn about the application of supply chain systems to vital real-world functions. By the end of this class, you’ll have a much better understanding of why supply chain management is vitally important, how it intersects with business, national and global interest, and how supply chains literally save the world. This online class has optional live sessions.

This course facilitates the integration of the concepts, processes, and strategies of global supply chain management to ensure the optimization of business practices from the original suppliers through consumer and users. Students learn how to trade off and procurement, inventory, and distribution activities, improve forecasts and develop customer relationships. This course requires student participation in a distribution facility tour or virtual tour and a supply chain simulation.

This culminating course prepares students for the real challenges of working in supply chain management. An internship experience will provide an opportunity to combine actual field experience with classroom knowledge in an area of special interest. The course also provides the opportunity to re-examine learning objectives at the program level. Instructor permission required.

This culminating course prepares students for the real challenges of working in supply chain management. An internship experience will provide an opportunity to combine actual field experience with classroom knowledge in an area of special interest. The course also provides the opportunity to re-examine learning objectives at the program level. Instructor permission required.