OM 551 - Operations and Supply Chain Management

Innovation and globalization are increasing the importance of an effective operations strategy, enabling businesses to drive profitability by using the organization’s operations and supply chain as competitive weapons. In this course, students will develop an understanding of the strategic, tactical, and operational linkages and trade-offs in a firm’s operations and across its supply chain. The relationship between the firm’s operations and overall business strategy will be analyzed and explored for the purpose of developing solutions that utilize people, technology, and processes more efficiently and effectively. Students will gain insights through immediately applicable frameworks, practical examples from firms in different industrial sectors, and illustrations through cases, hands-on experiential simulation exercises, and computer-based business games.

Credits: 3