SCM199 Summer
Internship (0-0-3) |
This course is designed to provide
practical training in the student's
field of study through work experience.
Students are graded on the basis of
documented acquired learning as reported
by student and employer. Eight weeks
long; under instructor’s supervision.
Prerequisite(s): minimum 28 credit
hours, minimum cumulative GPA 2.00
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SCM120 Business Statistics (2-2-3) |
Descriptive statistics, measures of
central tendency and dispersion.
Fundamentals of probability, laws of
probability, random variables, expected
values, distributions, random sampling.
Introduction to estimation. Applications
in material management. |
SCM121 Quantitative
Methods (3-0-3) |
Introduction to Quantitative Methods,
probability concepts, distributions and
expected value, linear programming,
network models, decision making
concepts, forecasting, simulation and
queues. |
Prerequisite(s): SCM120 |
SCM230
Materials Management (3-0-3) |
Introduction of supply chain management,
supplier-buyer relationship,
outsourcing, government procurement,
logistics, vendor selection, risk
pooling.
Prerequisite(s): SCM121 |
SCM231 Supply Chain
Management (3-0-3) |
Supply chain management with emphasis on
logistics, inventory management,
decision strategies in transportation,
and warehousing.
Prerequisite(s): SCM230 |
SCM240 Inventory
Management (3-0-3) |
Forecasting techniques, inventory
control and management: economic order
quantity, inventory control models and
Just-in-Time techniques.
Prerequisite(s): SCM121 |
SCM245 Data Warehousing (3-0-3) |
Explains the quantitative business case
for data warehousing to reduce supply
chain management costs, enhance consumer
cross-selling and strengthen brand
relationships.
Align business and technical goals for
data warehousing through implementation
process, from planning and design
through development and performance
optimization.
Prerequisite(s): SCM121, CIT 141 |
SCM246
Warehouse Management (3-0-3) |
The reasons for warehousing, receiving
and put-away principles, pallet storage
and retrieval systems, case picking
systems, small item picking systems,
order picking operations, stacking,
unitizing and shipping, Documentations,
measuring and benchmarking warehouse
performance, personnel planning,
customer service management. Warehouse
layout design including space
requirement planning, material flow
planning, process location, dock design,
assigning materials to storage
locations, effect of facility layout and
product flow pattern on productivity and
handling cost.
Prerequisite(s): SCM121 |
SCM247 Safety and
Material Hazard Management (3-0-3) |
The objective of this course is to make
the students aware of causes of
accidents. Methodology of hazard
recognition is developed. Conducting
safety audits and implementing
continuous improvements are presented.
Prerequisite(s): SCM121 |
SCM251 Purchasing and Supply Management
(3-0-3) |
Study of purchasing function,
organization, policies, legal aspects,
ethics, source of supply, quality
concepts, and quantity and pricing
determinations.
Prerequisite(s): SCM121 |
SCM253 Transportation
and Logistics (3-0-3) |
An introduction to the factors governing
the classification of freight, freight
rate construction, pricing theory,
freight tariffs, shipping documentation,
freight claims, negotiation,
international shipping, and special
freight services and their relative
importance one to the other.
Prerequisite(s): SCM121 |
SCM255
Negotiations and Contracts (3-0-3) |
A course designed to familiarize the
student with the principles of contract
law which govern purchasing transactions
and to assist the student in developing
negotiation skills needed in the
contract formation process.
Prerequisite(s): BA 221 |
SCM256
Quality Control (3-0-3) |
Concepts of variability, statistical
process control tools (big seven),
control charts for variables and
attributes, process citability,
instrument citability, acceptance
sampling, quality assurance, continuous
improvement. Inspection sampling.
Prerequisite(s): SCM121 |