MN4490 Topics in Special Supply Chain Networks

This course focuses on conceptual understanding of the Special Supply Chain Networks for decision-making. The course builds the knowledge for identifying distribution and transportation networks and to optimize it using advanced analytical tools. To incorporate the bigger picture of network optimization problem, the course includes real applications in private sector as well as in military and non-governmental organizations. The course objective is to build the knowledge and analytical tools for operational issues such as inventory, transportation, distribution and the other issues such as strategies in logistics as well as competency and capability of the key players in the supply chain.

Lecture Hours

4

Lab Hours

0

Course Learning Outcomes

Our students will be able to:

• Construct and analyze methodological framework such as mathematical modeling for conceptualizing and capturing the operational and strategic issues in Logistics.
• Analyze topics of Humanitarian Logistics through response supply chain in comparison with traditional supply chain. 
• Explore the capabilities and competencies of organizations involved in supply chains.
• Examine possible solutions to problems of evacuation, prepositioning, resource allocation and facility location.