| Global Supply Chain Management | Hours: 3 0 3 |
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The main content of this course aims at delivering a thorough, applicable understanding of the fundamentals of global supply chain management and the whiplash effect. During the course, students will learn how to design and implement supply chain concepts in the context of international cooperation, process chains, workflows, and global IT systems. Specific topics include Supply chains, Supply chain lifecycle, Global Supply Chain Management, Customer Service, Warehousing, Material Handling Systems, Material Storage Systems, Inventory Management, Transportations, Logistical Packaging, Logistics Information Systems, Logistics Design for Distribution Channel, Logistics Outsourcing, Logistics type & control, Logistics costing, Quantitative Techniques. Furthermore, through practical case studies they will learn to understand outsourcing, cooperation and networking strategies; cost-benefit sharing models; and global sourcing, production and distribution strategies.
| Pre-requisites: None | Co-requisites: None |
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Hours: XYZ where X = Lecture, Y = Lab, Z = Credit
All hours are per week.
3 Lab hours constitute 1 credit hour
1 credit hour implies 1 lecture of 50mins per academic week. 16 weeks in total.
Pre-Requisite courses are courses required to be completed before this course may be taken
Co-Requisite courses are courses required to be taken along with this course
