Course Descriptions

SCM 502 - Operations and Supply Management               
Conceptual foundations of operational and logistic functions for all types of organizations; application of analytical methods to production problems.

SCM 520 - Strategic Procurement            
Applies the principles, philosophies, and processes of supply management to the purchasing management process on a global basis and to facilitate the continuous improvement of the purchasing management system.

SCM 532 - Supply Chain Cost and Design Issues                
Strategic design and development of supply chains. Focus on cost-management tools applied to supply chain design and supplier management.

SCM 541 - Logistics in the Supply Chain                
Critical issues for customer perception of supply chain performance, including inventory planning, transportation, warehousing, information technology, and integrated logistics service.

SCM 593 - Applied Project          
Planning, scheduling, and controlling of projects in R & D, manufacturing, construction, and services. Project selection, financial considerations, and resource management.

IEE 534 - Supply Chain Modeling/Analysis           
Techniques for modeling and analysis of supply chains. Inventory management, transportation/location models, value of information, channel alignment, risk pooling, contracts.

IEE 535 – Introduction to International Logistics Systems             
Exploratory project-oriented course that addresses domestic and international logistics practices from a high-level descriptive perspective and an analytical model-based perspective.

IEE 574 - Applied Deterministic Operations Research    
Develops advanced techniques in operations research for the solution of complex industrial systems problems. Goal programming, integer programming, heuristic methods, dynamic and nonlinear programming.

IEE 575 - Applied Stochastic Operations Research Models           
Formulate and solve industrial systems problems with stochastic components using analytical techniques. Convolution, continuous-time Markov chains, queues with batching, priorities, balking, open/closed queuing networks.

IEE 598 - Topic: Math Tools         
Introduction to the mathematical tools and techniques used in Industrial Engineering.