MEM511

Course Description

This course covers the major issues in operations and supply chain management including their individual components and their interrelationships. It is mainly focused on Capacity Planning, Procurement, COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Forecasting Demand, Production Planning, Inventory Controls, Lean Philosophy and techniques, and Transportation and Distribution in different types of organizations. It also covers the role of advances in technologies and electronic commerce in coordinating the supply chain of a product from the point of origin to the point of consumption. The course helps students develop the quantitative and analytical skills to analyze, model and solve supply chain problems. The course is based on a mixture of lectures and case discussions.

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