LSCM 4100 - Global Supply Chain Management

Description

A course introducing the theories and practices of global supply chain management, exploring how resources and information are used to create and deliver products globally. Inter-firm systems and industry supply chain are also explored from customer, producer, and employee perspectives.

Learning Objectives

• Examine the changing nature of the global economy.
• Differentiate between all of the national political, economic, and legal systems.
• Compare/Contrast theories explaining trade flows between nations.
• Distinguish the policy instruments used by governments to influence international trade flows.
• Distinguish the different global strategies for competing in the marketplace.
• Weigh the promises and risks associated with exporting.
• Examine why global production and supply chain management decisions are of central importance to many global companies.
• Identify the factors that influence a firm's decision of whether to source supplies from within the company or from foreign suppliers.
• Examine the functions of logistics and purchasing within global supply chains.
• Determine what is required to efficiently manage a global supply chain.