Designing Supply Chains

This subject is focused on the core elements of supply chain designs, including capacity, technology, facility location, coordination and the achievement of quality, flexibility and cost management. It will include treatment of the trade-offs and synergies between performance outcomes of cost, quality, delivery performance, flexibility and innovativeness, and the sustainability of supply chain design choices. It will cover the advanced technology choices associated with supply chain network design, and the international location and sourcing decisions, of offshoring and reshoring. Current opportunities of undertaking innovations in supply chain choices will be examined and evaluated.