Global Supply Chain Management

MANGMT 4010: OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

This course provides a foundation of the concepts, principles, and managerial issues of the operations function in manufacturing and service organizations. Emphasis is on the planning, scheduling, and controlling of operations, including the application of quantitative methods to the solution of strategic, tactical, and operational level problems.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: MANGMT 3000, MANGMT 3000H, MANGMT 3000HW, or MANGMT 3000W
• Course offered in the Fall, Spring, and Summer semesters

ISE 4350: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS ANALYSIS

Quantitative methods for forecasting, scheduling, and production control in manufacturing and service systems. Use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. 

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisites: ISE 4210 and ISE 4230. Restricted to ISE students or by Departmental consent.
• ISE students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.

MANGMT 4070: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

An examination of the concepts, processes and institutions that are fundamental to an understanding of supply chain management in a global environment. 

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisite: N/A
• Course offered in the Fall and Spring semesters

MANGMT 4060: PROJECT MANAGEMENT FUNDAMENTALS

Application of predictive and agile project management methods and techniques for project breakdown, scheduling, resource allocation, and evaluation of project performance.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: MANGMT 3000, MANGMT 3000H, MANGMT 3000HW, or MANGMT 3000W
• Students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.

MANGMT 4080: MANAGING GLOBAL TRADE

International trade is the exchange of goods and services between countries giving rise to a world economy that is affected by global events. This course will focus on global trade management issues, procedures, requirements, and strategies. The implementation of international market strategy, global supply chains, and trade finance will also be explored. These topics will be examined by exploring trade factors that influence organizations and trade relations such as different cultural norms, government regulations, technology, resources, and logistics.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisite: N/A
• Students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.

MANGMT 4090: PURCHASING AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT

This course examines the critical role of the procurement function within the organization. The objective is to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the purchasing/sourcing function, key issues and developments in purchasing and supply management within the context of SCM, and to identify ways that purchasing can make a positive contribution to the competitiveness of the firm. Topics include an intro to the field/role in SCM; developing global sourcing strategies using commodity/channel/category management; make-or-buy decisions; supplier identification and selection; contract and pricing practices; negotiation; spend analytics including value analysis for services; contract performance monitoring; traditional verse collaborative supplier development; cross-functional relationship management, and ethics.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisite: MANGMT 4010
• Students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.

MANGMT 4210: MANAGEMENT ANALYTICS AND SPREADSHEET MODELING

This course deals with decision support using spreadsheets, including what-if analysis; financial, statistical and time/date functions; graphical presentation of data; organizing, sorting, querying and extracting information from spreadsheet and external databases; cross-tabulation of data; data tables; use of analytical tools to recommend optimal solutions to business problems in areas such as human resources, marketing, finance. accounting, manufacturing, and logistics.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisites or Co-requisites: MANGMT 3300 or ACCTCY 2258
• Students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.

ISE 4330: MATERIAL FLOW AND LOGISTICS SYSTEM DESIGN

Modeling and analysis of structural and operational issues associated with material-flow system design including facility location, warehouse/inventory systems, and distribution/transportation systems.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisites: ISE 4210 and ISE 4280
• ISE students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.

ISE 4360: SUPPLY CHAIN ENGINEERING

Modeling and analysis of supply chain network design and management issues including integration of production, inventory control, supplier selection, risk management and logistics network design.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisite: ISE 4350
• ISE students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.

ISE 4370: SERVICE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

Service systems contribute to more than 75% of US GDP and provide close to 80% employment. This course introduces students to service system engineering and management and will discuss models, concepts and solution methods important in the design, control, and operation of service systems. In addition, this course will provide students the ability to apply industrial engineering and operations research tools for analyzing service enterprises, including supply chain engineering, financial engineering and revenue management.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisite: ISE 4210 or instructor's consent
• ISE students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.

ISE 4380: SIX SIGMA METHODOLOGY

An overview of the Six Sigma DMAIC methodology for analyzing and improving processes. Requires completing a Six Sigma Green Belt project.

• 3 Credit Hours
• Pre-requisites: Grade of C or better in ISE 2110 or ISE 4110 or STAT 4710
• ISE students should check with their advisor on when this course is offered.