Courses: Supply Chain Management (SCM)College: C. T. Bauer College of Business

Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].

SCM 3301: Service and Manufacturing Operations (formerly DISC 3301)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MATH 1313. Operations Management concepts and techniques: operations management strategy, total quality management, location and layout, forecasting, aggregate planning, materials management, just-in-time systems, scheduling, and project management in small and multinational manufacturing and service organizations.

SCM 3399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: approval of department chair and the Bauer College's Office of Undergraduate Business Programs.

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SCM 4301: Logistics Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, minimum grade of C+ in SCM 3301 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4330 or approved equivalent. Introduction to the primary concepts and principal tools/methods used in logistics management. Topics include customer service, transportation, inventory, warehouse management, demand forecasting, facility types/layout and emerging trends in logistics.

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SCM 4301: Supply Chain Management (formerly SCM 4361)`
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and SCM 3301. Theory, concepts, and practices of supply chain management for efficient integration of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to produce goods and services.

SCM 4302: Energy Supply Chain (formerly SCM 4390)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and SCM 3301. Overview of the physical supply chain that brings energy (oil, natural gas, electricity, nuclear, and alternative forms) from sources to customers, including operations and information management requirements.

SCM 4303: Global Supply Chain Operations (formerly SCM 4387)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and SCM 3301. International issues in supply chain operations management.

SCM 4304: Production and Logistics for Small Business (formerly SCM 4388)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and SCM 3301. Application of production and logistics management principles for small businesses.

SCM 4311: Project Operations (formerly SCM 4370)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and SCM 3301. Management of one-time complex projects.

SCM 4312: Project Management for Energy Industries
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: SCM 4301 or 4302. Project management roles and environments in oil and gas, refining and petrochemicals.

SCM 4320: Competitive Quality  (formerly SCM 4367)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: SCM 4301 or 4302. Development, design, and management of contemporary organizational quality systems for manufacturing enterprises and service firms in today's competitive environment.

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SCM 4330: Business Modeling and Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4301.  Application of spreadsheet tools to develop models, analyze the relevant information, and recommend solutions to business problems. Includes problems of optimization, data analysis, and forecasting.

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SCM 4330: Business Modeling and Decision Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: SCM 3301 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in either SCM 4301 or  SCM 4302.  Application of spreadsheet tools to develop models, analyze the relevant information, and recommend solutions to business problems. Includes problems of optimization, data analysis, and forecasting.

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SCM 4350: Strategic Supply Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, SCM 3301 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4301. Strategic supply management process, focusing on how effective strategic supply chain management provides a competitive advantage. Outsourcing, early supplier involvement, negotiation, supply contracts, supply management performance, and e-procurement.

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SCM 4350: Strategic Supply Management (formerly SCM 4371)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: junior standing, SCM 4301 or 4302.  Strategic supply management process, focusing on how effective strategic supply chain management provides a competitive advantage. Outsourcing, early supplier involvement, negotiation, supply contracts, supply management performance, and e-procurement.

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SCM 4351: Strategic Sourcing and Spend Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and SCM 4350. Seven-step strategic sourcing process. Topics include spend analysis, supplier rationalization, leveraged spend, maverick spend and spend leakage, cost analytic models, and Kraljic's portfolio matrix.

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Effective through end of Summer 2013 (see also listing above):
SCM 4351: Strategic Sourcing and Spend Analysis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: junior standing and either SCM 4301 or 4302.  Seven-step strategic sourcing process. Topics include spend analysis, supplier rationalization, leveraged spend, maverick spend and spend leakage, cost analytic models, and Kraljic's portfolio matrix.

SCM 4360: Business Forecasting (formerly SCM 4365)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: junior standing and either SCM 4301 or 4302. Examination of analytical business thinking while building and applying forecasting models to sales, inventory, earnings and other variables widely encountered in business enterprises.

SCM 4361: Distribution and Inventory Management (formerly SCM 4366)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: junior standing and either SCM 4301 or 4302. Theory, concepts, and practices in integrated distribution and inventory management. Effective coordination of inventory and distribution decisions.

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SCM 4362: Demand and Supply Integration
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: SCM 4301. Strategies for demand and supply integration. Topics include: planning and control systems, forecasting, portponement, rapid replenishment, Toyota production system, seasonal planning, requirements and distribution system design, and information technology applications.

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SCM 4362: Supply Chain Control Systems  (formerly SCM 4368)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: credit for or concurrent enrollment in either SCM 4301 or 4302. Design of supply chain control systems: typical tasks performed by the SCC system, key components of the SCC system, and product and process issues that affect the SCC system.

SCM 4366: Distribution and Inventory Management (formerly DISC 4366)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: SCM 3301 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4361. Theory, concepts, and practices in integrated distribution and inventory management. Effective coordination of inventory and distribution decisions has a significant impact on overall supply chain profitability in the management of complex, global supply chains.

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SCM 4367: Managing Productivity and Quality  
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: SCM 4330. Application of process design, measurement, analysis and improvement techniques to enhance the operating capabilities of organizations in both service and manufacturing environments, and managing process change within those organizations.

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SCM 4367: Competitive Quality (formerly DISC 4367)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: SCM 3301 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4361. Principles of quality control including Juran and Deming approaches, control charts, IL STD 105D, and Dodge-Roming acceptance sampling plans and reliability testing.

SCM 4370: Operations in Service Industries (formerly SCM 4363)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4301. Operations management in service industries such as hospitals, banks, utilities, and other public systems.

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SCM 4380: Enterprise Resource Planning
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, SCM 4301, 4330 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4362. Theory, concepts, and practices associated with ERP systems, which integrate business processes to support decision making. Provides hands-on experience using SAP R/3 and business intelligence tools.

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Effective through end of Summer 2013 (see also listing above):
SCM 4380: Enterprise Resource Planning (formerly SCM 4362)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: junior standing and either SCM 4301 or 4302. Theory, concepts, and practices associated with ERP systems, which integrate business processes to support decision making. Provides hands-on experience using SAP R/3 and business intelligence tools.

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SCM 4390: Supply Chain Strategy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing, SCM 4350 and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4362. Examines how supply chain strategy supports and enhances an organization's integrated value chain. Develops an understanding of how to build, implement and sustain supply chains in rapidly evolving global environments.

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SCM 4390: Supply Chain Strategy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: junior standing and credit for or concurrent enrollment in SCM 4301, and approval of area coordinator. Practicum in strategic sourcing, manufacturing or distribution management.

SCM 4396: Supply Chain Management Internship (formerly SCM 4369)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: SCM 4301 or 4302. Working aspects and functions in plant and multi-plant system operations from an executive and managerial perspective. Focuses on using critical success measures to be proactive towards emergent problems.

SCM 4397: Selected Topics in Supply Chain Management
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and approval of department chair or program director. May be repeated when topics vary.

SCM 4398: Independent Study
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: junior standing and approval of department chair. May not be repeated for credit.

SCM 4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: approval of department chair and the Bauer College's Office of Undergraduate Business.

 

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Catalog Publish Date: August 22, 2012
This Page Last Updated: April 17, 2013