MAN 2571 - Supply Chain Planning

College of Business

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Spring 2017 (525)

Course Description

This course requires students to relate supply chain best practices to organizational performance. Students will integrate the functional roles of sales, purchasing, supply chain, and operations in order to make tactical decisions with the objective of improving organizational performance. Students will apply theory and best practices from prerequisite courses across integrated supply chain decisions to implement a plan to achieve effective supply chain performance. Key performance indicators will be used to evaluate performance in a realistic business simulation so students can experience the results of their supply chain decisions in a practical manner.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will be able to justify the importance of supply chain decisions on an organization by:
    1. Discussing best practices used by organizations to support a value chain.
    2. Practicing roles in purchasing, operations, supply chain, or sales in a team.
    3. Translating the impact different roles have in supply chain decisions.
  2. The student will be able to investigate the impact supply chain decisions have on various key performance indicators by:
    1. Planning the implementation of supply chain decisions to support performance improvement needs.
    2. Comparing simulation performance with other teams competing within the course.
    3. Discovering issues in performance to implement improved supply chain decisions.
  3. The student will be able to measure trade-offs supply chain decisions have on performance by:
    1. Translating action items in multiple simulation rounds to improvements.
    2. Relating to the cross–functional roles of purchasing, operations, supply chain, or sales best practices.
  4. The student will be able to manage risks in the supply chain in a coordinated manner by:
    1. Identifying problems in supply chain decisions for improvements across multiple simulation rounds.
    2. Developing action items to plan cross–functional purchasing, operations, supply chain, or sales improvement needs.
    3. Implementing supply chain decision in a collaborative manner.

Criteria Performance Standard

Must achieve at least a C.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 11/20/2015, BOT Approval: 03/15/2016, Effective Term: Fall 2016 (520).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Spring 2017 (525)

Related Programs

  1. Business Administration (BUS-AS) (670) (Active)
  2. Supply Chain and Logistics (SCM-CT) (585) (Active)
  3. Sustainability Management (SUSMGT-BAS) (640) (Active)
  4. Sustainability Management (SUSMGT-TR) (670) (Active)