MS in Business: Supply Chain Management

Course descriptions

Required Courses

BUSI 672 Global Supply Chain Management (2 credits)

Offers a practical blueprint for understanding, building, implementing, and sustaining supply chains in today's rapidly changing global supply chain environment. Provides a survey of the evolution of supply chain strategies, business models and technologies; current best practices in demand and supply management; and methodologies for conducting supply chain-wide diagnostic assessments and formulating process improvement plans.

BUSI 634 Operations Management (2 Credits)

Concerned with efficient and effective design and operation of business processes for delivering products and/or services. Emphasis is given to process analysis and design, capacity management and bottlenecks, waiting lines and the impact of uncertainty in process performance, quality management, lean, six-sigma, and revenue management.

BULM 744 Global Supply Chain Risk Management (3 Credits)

Explores methods to build enterprise resilience from the perspectives of the supply chain planner and supply chain manager. Addresses concerns assessing strategic and operational risks, day to day uncertainties in demand and supply, and ensuring business continuity after low probability but high impact events such as a terrorist attack or earthquake.

BULM XXX Negotiations in Supply Chain Management (2 Credits)

Develops strategies and tactics for negotiating with suppliers and customers. Course uses simulations, role playing, and game playing to outline strategies and tactics. Special emphasis is given to cross-cultural negotiations.

BULM 733 Global Trade Logistics (2 Credits)

Acquaints students with managerial issues in international logistics and transportation, and provides students with an understanding of issues related to import/export management and the global marketplace.

BULM 742 Global Supply Chain Resources Planning (3 Credits)

Provides an understanding of how firms use an advanced supply chain planning (ASCP) application as an integral part of their materials management process which includes such activities as production planning, materials requirements planning, and distribution requirements planning.

BULM XXX Executives in Supply Chain Management (3 Credits)

Designed to provide students intensive interaction with senior supply chain executives from a cross-section of industries. Executives share their insights on leading competitive supply chains in the global marketplace, while students research the competitive supply chain dynamics of each executive's industry.

BULM 730 Transportation Management (3 Credits)

An overview of the transportation field with an emphasis on freight movements from the perspective of both providers of capacity and users of freight services. Examines the characteristics of the freight modes and the role of each mode as a major component of logistics and supply chain management.

BUSI 683 Global Economic Environment (2 Credits)

Relationship between national and international economic environments. Determinants of output, interest rates, prices and exchange rates. Analysis of effect of economic policies (fiscal, monetary, trade, tax) on the firm, on supply chains, and on the economy.

BULM XXX Purchasing Management (2 Credits)

Examines purchasing strategies from both a tactical and strategic viewpoint. Special emphasis is placed on developing purchasing strategies from international suppliers and the trade-offs between outsourcing and insourcing.

BULM XXX The Green Supply Chain (2 Credits)

Analyzes the environmental impacts across supply chains. Discussions will center around the costs and benefits from reducing environmental impacts through supply chain management.

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BULM XXX Capstone Learning Projects –

Supply Chain Strategy (4 Credits)

Students are required to undertake an assessment of the supply chain strategy of a firm. The major requirement is a documented report analyzing the various aspects of the firm’s supply chain strategy, strengths and weaknesses, and recommendation for improvement.

International Study Trip (4 Credits)

Students will travel to an international destination in order to deepen their understanding of global supply chains. Destinations will vary from year to year. Major requirement will be a written report on the supply chain operations of the foreign country using specific examples from the field trip and the trade literature.