Supply Chain Design

Catalog description

This course is designed to equip and prepare the student with the understanding, management tools, and strategies for supply chain design and management in a global supplier environment. Using analytical techniques, modeling, and industrial scenarios, this course looks in depth at development and manufacturing processes, quality management infrastructure logistics strategies, and culture necessary in evaluating and selecting suppliers for various degrees of added value. These are modeled using simulation of this chain, permitting an analyst to design the supply chain and to predict its performance. Students are taught to create discrete simulation models that will reflect the actual performance of a supply chain, prior to committing investments in inventory, procurement and fabrication.