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Apr 20, 2024
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SCM 309 - Supply Chain Analytics and Decision Making3 Credit Hours
This course builds upon basic supply chain management concepts from previous coursework, and it introduces more advanced decision-making criteria and approaches in the field of supply chain management. The course includes basic analytical methods and techniques used in supply chain management and generates quantitative experience in solving relevant supply chain and logistics problems. The course content includes an emphasis on the use of Microsoft Excel functions to develop modeling skills including decision analysis, integer and linear programming, and simulation for supply chain and logistics decision-making. A balanced view of logistics, distribution, operations and purchasing is covered in the course, along with the advantage of integration among supply chain members. Context areas for problem solving include supply chain network design, inventory management, manufacturing scheduling, outsourcing, transportation management, purchasing, and demand forecasting. Each student will be required to demonstrate the ability to understand the fundamentals of the field and to stretch this understanding to comprehend and apply the analytical methods needed by managers to solve more quantitative problems.
(RE) Prerequisite(s): BUAD 331 .
Registration Restriction(s): Majors in the Haslam College of Business.
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