LOG 501 Managing the Supply Chain
Supply Chain Management (SCM) deals with managing the flow of goods, services and information along a supply chain to include the business strategy, information flow and systems capability. This course looks at the fundamental skills and knowledge required for successful supply chain management. It examines the various areas of supply chain management, including supply chain design, production scheduling, and distribution considerations. Specifically it will look at the network of facilities and distribution options that perform the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products, and the distribution of these finished products to customers. Prerequisite: ETH 501