IND 4720 - Supply Chain Engineering

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits

Course Description
In this course, students learn how to apply engineering methods to supply chain related problems. This is a student directed course where the interests of the participating students will influence the content and objectives of the course. Student influenced course topics may include but are not necessarily limited to: Supply chain modeling, forecasting, negotiation strategies, methods and software tools for logistics network design, capacity planning and flexibility, make-buy, integration with product development, routing problems, dynamic lot sizing inventory models, stochastic and deterministic multi-echelon inventory systems, the bullwhip effect, pricing models, and integration problems arising in supply chain management. Industry applications and cases illustrate concepts and challenges. (prereq: IND 3810) (quarter system prereq: IE 381)

Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Apply engineering methods to supply chain problems
Model a dynamic supply chain
Forecast demand and incorporate this forecast across the supply chain model
Complete a capacity planning analysis
Implement appropriate negotiation strategies
Explain software tools and methods available for logistical network design and operation
Conduct make-versus-buy decisions and the associated cost analysis
Recognize the bullwhip effect and how dampen it

Prerequisites by Topic

Process modeling
Optimization

Course Topics

Overview of supply chain engineering related jobs
Operations research models for supply chain analysis
Multi-tier demand forecasting
Capacity planning
Negotiation strategies
Software tools and methods for logistics network design
Make-versus-buy decisions

Coordinator
Dr. Aaron Armstrong

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IND 4720 - Supply Chain Engineering