BUS 441: PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

This course is intended for upper-division business students, primarily those studying marketing and management programs. The course is an update to what might have been called a physical distribution course, in years past, and has strategic and operational topics from the area of operations management incorporated into it. The major thrust of the course is the conceptual background of managing the supply chain, supported by quantitative decision making algorithms and software to help students develop the analytical skills required in the field. Topics in the course include business logistics and supply chain strategy and management, customer service, transportation and location theory and modeling, inventory management procedures, forecasting procedures, and simulation procedures.