Supply Chain Management

Catalog description

This course provides the analytical experience for modeling manufacturing and service systems, and the understanding of how they utilize limited resources to provide goods and services. The course introduces students to different quantitative techniques and decision-making approaches and their applications to operations management problems. The problem-solving approach also involves the use of several personal computer packages containing management science and operations research programs. Topics include forecasting, facility layout, production processes, planning, scheduling, resource allocation, inventory systems, project management, decision analysis and quality control. Recommended prerequisites: STA 501 and MIS 501 .