Introduction to Supply Chain Management

Course content

1. 1What a supply chain isComing
2. 2Supply chain strategy and customer serviceComing
3. 3Demand and the bullwhip effectComing
4. 4Planning and forecastingComing
5. 5Sourcing and suppliersComing
6. 6Making: production and operationsComing
7. 7Moving: transportationComing
8. 8Storing: warehouses and inventoryComing
9. 9Returns and reverse logisticsComing
10. 10Information and technologyComing
11. 11Measuring supply chain performanceComing
12. 12Case study: mapping a real supply chainComing

Requirements

• BUS-230 Operations Management

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.

Description

How products get from raw materials to customers: planning, sourcing, making, moving, storing and returning, and how the pieces fit together.

Part of the Business stream, typically taken in year 2.