Supply Chain and Logistics Engineering.

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Fundamental concepts and theory including the principles, models, and techniques for supply chain management planning, analysis, and design. Supply chain business processes, process metrics, and common, good, and best practices in supply chain management. Multi-echelon inventory models, channel coordination, supply contracts and negotiations, supply chain disruptions/risk management, pricing, logistics network design, vehicle routing, reverse logistics, closed-loop supply chains, glob-al manufacturing & distribution, supply chain profitability optimization. Decision making under un-certainties for optimal profitability in the context of global outsourcing, international logistics, and international trade treaties. (Spring) Prerequisites:EG3394 and EG3391.