Supply Chain Management

Catalog description

This course is an introduction to basic concepts of supply chain management such as inbound logistics and outbound logistics, demand forecasting, inventory management, warehousing, materials handling and transportation. The basics of supply chain modeling for the optimization and monitoring of a supply chain will be covered using mathematical programming models. Supply chain management provides training in the areas of efficient administration and control of logistical components: transportation, inventory, packaging, warehousing, and materials handling as well as customer service and their eventual integration. Lecture 3 hours per week.