Found of Supply Chain Mgmt

Catalog description

This course introduces a comprehensive and fundamental understanding of supply chain management (SCM) for undergraduate students. It contains analytical concepts, case studies, and recent examples in academia and industry. It covers the major issues and models practitioners concerning the related fields: inventory management, SCM network design and planning, supply chain integration and strategy, distribution strategies, procurement and outsourcing, flexibility and Toyota Production System (TPS), risk management, Sustainable supply chains, recent IT in SCM (e.g., AI, blockchain, Internet of Things, robotics), etc. Most chapters initiate with an emerging or mature case in the field. After all the learning and discussion in the chapter, one would be expected to offer the case a practical and constructive solution with grounded theories or models. Modeling and programming are not among the course objectives, while some classic models will be introduced for basic optimization understanding purposes.