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  • 3.00 Credits

    Topics in science education of a timely nature, highly specialized, in response to new developments in science education, and/or topics requested by special interest groups will be presented.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a cross-functional discipline concerned with the management of flow of goods, services and information. This introductory course to SCM provides an understanding of fundamental supply chain concepts. Many functional areas of supply chain management are explored in an integrated view of procurement, manufacturing and operations management, transportation and logistics, inventory and warehousing, demand planning, scheduling, network design, collaboration and performance measurement. The course covers both the tactical and strategic perspectives of SCM, and is based on supply chain operations in the real world.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course focuses on the process of project management. Students will be expected to learn the terminology of project management and the conditions for success. Additionally, students will learn about the characteristics of different types of projects in a variety of fields, including business, technology, arts, and personal development.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course gives students knowledge of logistics principles and functions and enables them to apply this knowledge in enterprises and organizations of all types. It surveys all the fundamental elements of the supply chain and provides a framework for analysis and understanding of logistics systems. It addresses organization and functions of the elements of the supply chain, processes within the supply chain, and strategic issues, including globalization of supply chains.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course presents various analytical approaches that are often utilized by businesses to design, manage, and improve their supply chains. The optimization techniques such as linear programming (LP), integer programming (IP), mixed integer programming (MIP), and nonlinear programming are discussed in the course. The course focuses on the process of creation of analytical models and solution techniques (algorithms) in the context of supply chain management. The use of Queuing theory and simulation approaches are also explored in the course. Students use a variety of software (Spreadsheet, etc.) and algorithms for modeling and problem solving.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Global Transportation Management is a course of current concepts, theory and issues in the global supply chain context. This course is a study of the systems used to move goods and people and their role in business and the global economy. It addresses the economic and operational characteristics of the domestic and international transportation modes, intermodal operations, transportation prices and rate theory, the management of for hire and private transportation resources, the procurement of transportation -services, and regulatory and public policy issues.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The warehouse serves a trans-shipment point matching product availability to customer demand. The primary purpose of warehouse is to facilitate the movement of goods from supplier to customers, meeting demand in a timely and cost effective manner. The traditional warehouse operations focused on the economy scale and the accumulations and consolidation of inventory in order to reduce the expenses. However, as the magnified number and variety of orders and shortened lead-time of the order process, companies must be able to customize the order fulfillment promptly and accurately. The course will focus on the area that challenge today's warehouse and logistic managers. These include improving efficiency and productivity; improving quality and accuracy; the challenge of reduced lead time from customers; technological advancement; workforce availability and management; health and safety; and efforts on the environment.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides an understanding of sustainability issues and opportunities that companies face today. It also delivers a set of tools and skills to identify. evaluate, and improve the sustainability of supply chain operations. It enables students to understand core sustainability concepts of industrial and commercial activities, in this way they will be able to design sustainable supply chain management practices. The course addresses the value of sustainability in supply chain management as a new source of competitive advantage for the firm.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides an introduction to enterprise systems and discusses how typical business processes are executed in such a system. Students execute necessary transactions to complete business processes by using an enterprise system. The focus of the course is on procurement, production, inventory and warehouse management, fulfillment, and material planning processes. Students execute these processes of a case company in an enterprise system. Teams of students then participate in several rounds of a market simulation game. In this game, teams of students manage the decisions of their business in a simulated market in an enterprise system. The objective of the teams is to develop strategies to improve the profit of their business under the constraints of the simulated market. The teams have to generate appropriate reports-, analyze data, and implement decisions to complete entire cash-to-cash cycle of their business.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is an examination of the strategic importance and practical application of supply chain design, planning, and operations. It addresses the value of supply chain management as a source of competitive advantage for the firm. The course considers supply chain strategies, risk pooling, strategic partnering, and the value of information and supply chain coordination. The course emphasizes current practice and trends in developing and managing information and material flows throughout the supply chain.
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