Supply Chain Management

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This course will discuss basic issues in supply chain management to answer how a company should design its supply chain and how a company should administer its operations policy to satisfy the company's business strategy. We will also examine how firms interact with other entities within the supply chain, and how one can turn the system/network of entities across the supply chain to its own advantage by capturing economic surplus effectively. Special attention will be paid to analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of supply chains from a strategic, qualitative level. At the same time, we will also learn how to make effective trade-offs in operational decisions from a tactical, quantitative level. This course may use third-party course material that is not available for individual purchase from the publisher. If so, the third-party course material will be secured and provided by the Tepper School to students enrolled in the course, and students enrolled in the course will be required to pay to the University the associated additional course materials fee for the third-party course material provided. The amount of the course materials fee is dependent on the University's cost of the particular materials provided, and typically ranges from $13 to $75. Prerequisite: 70-371