Resilient Supply Chains

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Supply chains have historically been optimized with respect to costs and other specific attributes, including the provisioning of materials, manufacturing processes, and distribution logistics. This highly optimized network of exchanges is therefore sensitive to sudden or extreme changes in demand, such as those experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic. This course introduces students to bleeding-edge techniques for making supply chains more resilient. Specific topics include methods for the identification of critical dependencies and for the evaluation, verification and restoration of properties of the supply chain.