Operations and Supply Chain Management Capstone: Simulation and AI

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This graduate capstone synthesizes operations and supply chain management with lean and quality systems. Students convert demand signals into capacity plans, design pull systems, and tune schedules and changeovers. Weekly AI-assisted labs use human-in-the-loop reviews to stress-test forecasts, WAPE diagnostics, kanban sizing, WIP limits, takt time, and EPEI. A term-long Marketplace Live project places teams in reseller or supplier roles to negotiate across the channel, execute quarterly decisions, and report results on a Balanced Scorecard. Emphasis is on quantitative evidence, reproducible spreadsheets, ethical use of AI assistants, and board-ready communication of cost, service, quality, and risk.