MGMT 2400 - Business Logistics

4.5 Credits

Students learn the essential concepts of logistics and its importance within the framework of supply chain management. This course will prepare students by helping them to understand how logistics interfaces with business operations, production, sales and strategy. Students will practice logistics management techniques and focus on current and emerging trends within logistics management. Topics covered include information technology in logistics, strategic and financial logistics, supply chain management concepts, procurement, demand management, order management, customer service quality, inventory management, plant spatial strategies, warehousing management, packaging and materials handling and transportation.

Recommended: MGMT 1300

Lecture Hours: 4.5
Lab Hours: 0.0
Internship Hours: 0.0
Clinical or Practicum Hours: 0.0

Course Objectives

Identify how the operations managers effectively work within the organization
Describe the importance of quality and productivity within a strategic framework
Illustrate the connections between inventory and managerial processes
Apply inventory management practices
Identify how the various planning practices, enterprise resource planning (ERP), material resource planning (MRP), scheduling, capacity planning, project planning, scheduling and aggregate planning process align to support strategic business operations
Identify and describe the relationship between a business strategy and sales & operations planning (S&OP) cascaded down business operations
Explain total quality management (TQM), lean operations, six-sigma and its importance with respect to effectiveness, efficiency and strategy within the firm
Examine supply chain management through the lens of sales, production and operations

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