Supply Chain Management

Curriculum Guide

Below are the topics discussed in our programs courses, the official descriptions can be found on the program catalog page.

MAN 4504 Operations and Supply Chain Management

Topics: Quality management and quality improvement methods, capacity planning, independent and dependent demand theory, process design and analysis, fuzzy data sets, reliability, process selection and layout, location planning and analysis, quality control, JIT and lean operations, project management, case studies, forecasting, optimization.

SCM 3005: Supply Chain Management (GCPC-Global Citizens Project Course)

Topics: Management of financial, technology/information, and product/service flows, financial analysis within the supply chain, cash to cash cycles, bullwhip effect, sales and operations planning, supply chain collaboration , forecasting/planning supply and demand, systems analysis and network design, SCOR model of supply chain, customer service and satisfaction, problem sets, ERP, CPM and CPFR, Collaboration and Coordination, Mercury Gate, Metrics, Order processing and fulfillment, Datex WMS technology training, supply chain resilience and antifragility, project management, contracting and negotiation, global end-to-end supply chain (Additionally, this course may be taken as a part of the business study abroad program—required for business honors students).

SCM 3144: Global Sourcing

Topics: Purchasing process and transactional issues, structures to meet customer and competitive needs, socially responsible sourcing, risk management and mitigation, analysis and sourcing strategy development, outsourcing and offshoring, assessing supplier financial health, strategic cost management, electronic sourcing, negotiations, contract and relationship management, buyer-supplier relationships and value co-creation, buyer-supplier integration, innovations in purchasing.

SCM 4120: Global Commerce

Topics: Growth and direction of international trade, regional agreements affecting trade, planning and preparation for export, export channels and distribution, international logistics, risk, and insurance, pricing of international trade, sales contracts, export controls and licenses, freight calculations and trade documents, methods of payment, import regulations, trade intermediaries, and services, entry processes for imports, import relief to domestic industry, intellectual property rights, U.S. specific import rules and regulations, presentations, project management.

SCM 4210: Logistics and Physical Distribution Management

Topics: Integrated operations planning, manufacturing, procurement, inventory, transportation, warehousing, materials handling, packaging, global supply chains, performance measurement, innovations and trends, project management, case analysis, problem sets.

SCM 4420: Supply Chain Analytics

Topics: Hands-on SAP Logistics Modules technology training, Tableau training for data visualizations, financial analysis and performance measurement, transportation management, hands-on MercuryGate Transportation Management Systems (TMS) technology training, hands-on Datex Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) technology training, omnichannel supply chain, product design, process analysis, warehousing, manufacturing, supply chain design, relationships, information technology, materials management, inventory planning, project management, problem sets.

SCM 4941: Supply Chain Management Internship (Required-High Impact Practice)

Topics: Students must receive approval on the structure and deliverables of the internship/co-op engagement to register, pharmaceutical, defense, logistics, healthcare, procurement, manufacturing, freight.

SCM 4950: Supply Chain Management Capstone Project

Topics: Students apply all accumulated knowledge on a real-life supply chain management project with a company/organization, forecasting, project management, sustainability, procurement, distribution, acquisition, hands-on Tableau (Data Citizens/Tableau certification training, applied case studies.