Online Course Schedule for Spring 2022
Cost & Financial Analysis
This course challenges students to consider the linkages between supply chain management and corporate finance. Students learn to anticipate how supply chain decisions affect various stakeholders, both inside and outside the company, including how supply chain decisions create value for shareholders. Topics include accounting fundamentals, cost allocations, standard costing, activity-based costing, transfer pricing, working capital management, KPIs and dashboards, Total Cost of Ownership, and cash flow projections. This course also covers the fundamentals of supply chain finance, including topics such as payables discounting, reverse factoring, lease versus buy, and trade credits. Finally, the course introduces students to a variety of global supply chain and global trade topics, including duty and quotas, taxes, hedging, currency issues, and the mechanics of global joint ventures.
Note: This course is completed asynchronously online.
- Course #: MPSC-530-101
- CRN: 40944
- Instructor: Wells, R.
- Dates: Jan 12 – May 14, 2022
Distrib Strat & Logistics Mgt
This course introduces the various options for logistics management (1PL, 2PL, 3PL, etc.) and outlines the pros (including access to a global warehouse network, ability to focus company resources on core competencies, and shipping and risk mitigation) and cons (including cost and loss of control) of various distribution strategies. Students learn about methodologies for optimization, managing logistics, transportation regulations that impact logistics, types of logistics software, and methods to select distribution partners and network configuration.
Note: This course is completed asynchronously online.
- Course #: MPSC-800-101
- CRN: 40948
- Instructor: Spulick, S.
- Dates: Jan 12 – May 14, 2022
Global Supply Chain Management
This course introduces students to the rules governing international trade and to global trade considerations. Topics include International Commercial Terms or Incoterms, frameworks for international expansion, regulatory and country reporting requirements, analysis of offshoring and outsourcing, and the evaluation of trade barriers and risks.
Note: This course is completed asynchronously online.
- Course #: MPSC-850-101
- CRN: 42979
- Instructor: Wells, R.
- Dates: Jan 12 – May 14, 2022
Intro. to Ops & SCM
This course introduces students to operations and supply chain management and orients them to the curricular areas of emphasis: Planning, Procurement Management, and Logistics & Fulfillment Management. Students will be introduced to a variety of tools, techniques, concepts, and theories. Topics will include demand planning, process design and improvement, quality evaluation, procurement, capacity analysis, logistics management and inventory management. This course will employ simulations, guest speakers, and case studies to immerse students in the world of supply chain management and help them understand essential terminology and current challenges.
Note: This course is completed asynchronously online.
- Course #: MPSC-520-101
- CRN: 40491
- Instructor: Hofe, G.
- Dates: Jan 12 – May 14, 2022