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May 13, 2024
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Catalog 2014-2015 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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TLM 415 Supply Chain Management and Technologies5 credits
This course acquaints students with the global supply chain, with an emphasis on supply sources, distribution, production planning, information systems, customer service, inventory management, warehouse management, supply chain relationships and challenges facing managers today. Students completing the course will be able to understand supply chain management concepts and strategies that help firms become more responsive in today’s changing global markets and provide a key source of competitive advantage. They will learn strategies for outsourcing, distribution, production planning, customer service, inventory management, warehouse management, and the use of 3PL and 4PL providers in the supply chain. In addition, the class acquaints students to currently applicable technologies and how firms gain competitive advantages by embracing and adapting RFID, bar coding, sorting, picking, and track and trace technologies into their supply chains. Uses examples from retail, pharmaceutical, defense, manufacturing, and logistics industries.
Prerequisites: TLM 301 and admission to the BASTLM program.
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