Supply Chain Management and Marketing Science 799

29:799:301 Introduction to Supply Chain Management (3) Provides an overview of supply chain management (SCM) and defines its role in the overall business strategy of a firm. It provides students with a comprehensive overview of the business processes and activities of a supply chain including sourcing, procurement, sales and operations planning, distribution, and demand management. The emphasis of this course is on identifying the SCM-related business processes, problems encountered in practice, and the new challenges facing SCM practitioners. It combines SCM business knowledge with analytical thinking and problem solving. The course serves as a road map to subsequent in-depth courses on SCM related topics. Prerequisite: 21:355:102 or 104 or 01:355:101.

29:799:305 Global Procurement and Sourcing Strategies (3) All companies in today's competitive global marketplace face unprecedented pressures to create both shareholder and customer value. A superior procurement and strategic sourcing process can increase shareholder returns by up to 15 percent while improving the level of service to the customer. The course material will focus on the fundamental tools, techniques, sourcing strategies, and processes used by world-class firms. Case studies are introduced to connect the course materials to the practices. Students who take this course will be thoroughly prepared for procurement and sourcing positions at global firms. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:310 Demand Planning and Fulfillment (3) This course focuses on important planning strategies and tools that are commonly used in business practices. The major topics include demand forecasting, sales and operations planning (S&OP), inventory management, material requirement planning (MRP), and revenue management and pricing strategies. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:320 Fundamentals of Supply Chain Solutions with SAP (3) Provides a foundation for understanding the process integration of businesswide functions supported by Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems; examines the benefits of implementing ERP; investigates the guidelines for ERP system implementation and application; introduces SAP ECC 6.0 to illustrate the basic concepts, capabilities, and advantages of ERP. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:330 Business Logistics and Transportation (3) An introduction to the fundamentals of logistics and transportation. Course coverage includes the design of channels of distribution, management of inventory, evaluation of transportation alternatives, information flows, facility location, outsourcing, and the rapidly expanding field of logistics information technology.
Open to supply chain majors. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:380 Project Management (3) Introduction to the classical foundations of project management. Explore modern real-life project problems and learn key concepts of initiating, planning, organizing, controlling, and running a project. Particular emphasis on projects in the area of supply chain management. Extensive use of case studies. This course follows accepted project management guidelines and applies these concepts to actual projects in the classroom. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:410 Service Management (3) Introduction to both the operational and marketing perspectives of service management. Explore the nature of services in the real business world and learn key concepts of designing, managing, and supporting a service enterprise. Case studies and field trips are involved. Prerequisites: 29:799:301 and 29:630:301.

29:799:420 SCMS Industry Client Projects (3) The purpose of this course is to give students a thorough understanding of, firsthand knowledge of, and solid working experience in real-life industry supply chain management projects. Working closely with Rutgers' industry client contacts, projects are assigned to teams, and the team works directly with industry client to deliver required objectives. In addition to the projects, the course is supplemented with guest lectures by distinguished executives and faculty on recent best practices and new challenges in the supply chain management field. Prerequisites: 29:799:301 and 29:799:320.

29:799:421 Co-op in Supply Chain Management (3) Provides students with a solid working experience at a company within the supply chain management function. Students will work on a full-time basis, for up to six continuous months, in compliance with the RBS co-op policies and guidelines. The work will be in the area of supply chain with predefined objectives agreed to by both the client company and the faculty adviser. Students will gain practical hands-on experience that will supplement their academic learning in the area of supply chain. By arrangement with the Career Development Center and an RBS career management specialist. Prerequisites: 29:010:203, 29:010:204, 29:390:329, 29:620:301, 29:623:220, 29:630:301, and 29:799:301.

29:799:430 Supply Chain Risk and Disruption Management (3) Properly addressing risks and facing possible disruptions are of primary importance to supply chains. With the wake of high consequence disruptive events, risk identification, and disruption, response activities have become ever more critical. The objective of the course is to provide an overview of key supply chain risk areas, particularly with the proliferation of outsourcing, use of technology, and global logistics. Equally important is how companies are managing the preparation, mitigation, and response strategies to major disruptive events. Topics covered include vulnerability and threat assessments, resources and capabilities identification/integration, basic crisis management, contingency planning, disaster recovery, and business continuity in supply chain settings. Scenario-based experiments (table-top exercises) will provide mock situations where students will make decisions on how to handle supply chain disruptions. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:440 Supply Chain Environmental Management/Green Purchasing (3) There are global experiences and examples that show how comprehensive organizational environmental sustainability and archaeological criteria integrated into the supply chain management/procurement process and decision making of public and private agencies, organizations, and corporate entities can improve financial and environmental performance, while addressing ethics, social regeneration, resource/waste impacts, and economic development concerns. This course will allow students to participate in applied research projects that include designing supply chain management and procurement systems and products, which address environmental, social, and ethical considerations in organizational and corporate policy, program, and reporting. Prerequisites: 29:799:301.

29:799:460 Introduction to Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing (3) This course provides fundamentals of six sigma, lean manufacturing, and other important tools and strategies to improve the performance of business processes. Through case studies, team exercises, and simulations, students will practice solving business problems and improving processes using these powerful tools.  Topics covered will include: six sigma improvement methodology and tools, lean thinking tools and approaches, process mapping, dashboards, and other business improvement techniques. Students will also gain an understanding of the strategic importance of business improvement, the need for fact-based management, and how to deploy these tools in different parts of the value chain. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:470 Business Intelligence for Supply Chains and Marketing (3) An overview of business intelligence in the field of supply chain management and marketing. Addresses how to leverage business intelligence systems to define key performance indicators (KPIs), sharpen the accuracy of forecasting and planning, track business activities, and deliver dashboards, scorecards, strategic reporting, and operational/real-time reporting to enhance decision making for supply chain and marketing. SAP business intelligence solution is introduced to illustrate the concepts. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:480 Supply Chain Finance (3) The purpose of the internship is to give students a solid working experience at a company within the supply chain management function. Students will work on a part-time basis for up to four continuous months, in compliance with the RBS internship policies and guidelines. The work will be in the area of supply chain with predefined objectives agreed to by both the client company and the faculty adviser. Students will gain practical hands-on experience that will supplement their academic learning in the area of supply chain. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:490, 491, 492 Special Topics: Supply Chain Management (3) The topics in this course sequence vary semester by semester. Sample topics include supply chain marketing and finance interfaces and supply chain management strategies in health care and pharmaceutical industries. Prerequisite: 29:799:301.

29:799:493 Internship in Supply Chain Management (1-3) The purpose of the internship is to give students a solid working experience at a company within the supply chain management function. Students will work on a part-time basis for up to four continuous months, in compliance with the RBS internship policies and guidelines. The work will be in the area of supply chain with predefined objectives agreed to by both the client company and the faculty adviser. Students will gain practical hands-on experience that will supplement their academic learning in the area of supply chain.
By arrangement with the Career Development Center and an RBS career management specialist. Prerequisites: 29:010:203, 29:010:204, 29:390:329, 29:620:301, 29:623:220, 29:630:301, and 29:799:301.