Operations Management (OM) is an area of business concerned with the production of goods and services. It involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient in terms of using as little resource as needed, and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements. The course covers five major OM topics: process analysis, process variability, quality management, inventory management, and supply chain management. The course aims to provide a working knowledge of the vocabulary of OM, to help students develop an ability to design, improve, and manage processes by answering the questions: What are the components of a process? How should various process parameters such as capacities, output, and work-in-process inventories be calculated? What are the major opportunities for improving a process? The students get familiar with key issues (cost, quality, delivery, and flexibility) and problems (e.g., variability) facing an operations manager. At the end of the course, the students analyze operational strengths and weaknesses of a local firm, suggest some improvements of its operations and present the results.

SCOM 36100 Operations Management

Operations Management

This course focuses on data-driven and rigorous decision-making in supply chain management. It is a complete problem-solving and decision-making process, and integrates a broad set of analytical methodologies (data analysis, optimization, and simulation). Students will implement these methodologies in both Excel and in Python, and they will learn how to use AI to augment and support their coding abilities. Basic Calculus, Statistics, and Excel literacy are required.

SCOM 46300 Supply Chain Analytics

Supply Chain Analytics

The course familiarizes students with main concepts and models of business logistics management. Through the course, students develop an ability to design, improve, and manage logistics operations such as Inventory, Transportation, Warehousing, and Logistics Network Design. Since logistics decisions often require certain trade-offs to be made, students develop necessary quantitative and qualitative analytical skills to improve their decision-making. At the end of the course, students should be able to analyze logistics strategy of a firm, identify problems and tradeoffs in different logistics functions, formulate the corresponding models, identify quantitative methods to solve it, obtain results and interpret them for small-size problems using standard spreadsheet software, communicate the results to a broader audience using business language, discuss issues and challenges in same-day delivery, humanitarian logistics, physical internet.

SCOM 46400 Logistics: Concepts And Models

Logistics: Concepts And Models

This elective course will serve as an important complement to the existing OM modules (e.g., MGMT 36100 Operations Management) to introduce more in-depth knowledge about supply chain management to undergraduate students, especially those major in SC&OM, focusing on strategic sourcing and procurement operations which are the building blocks for supply chain operations. More specifically, this course will introduce procure-to-pay process, category management, supplier selection and evaluation, supplier relationship management, vertical integration, global sourcing, outsourcing, auctioning, supply contract design and negotiation,  business ethics, legal and compliance issues, etc. Sourcing and procurement is the major job title for supply chain operations jobs in the industry and our course can also help students to get the professional certificate of sourcing and procurement. Hence, it may also help senior students prepare for the job placements.

SCOM 46501 Strategic Sourcing And Procurement Operations Analytics

Strategic Sourcing And Procurement Operations Analytics

The course seeks to introduce students to the different phases of PM from conception to termination with particular emphasis on quantitative tools for planning, scheduling, resource allocation, monitoring, and control. During the course, students get the opportunity to apply new knowledge for a real project. Students will learn how to manage project schedules and recourse, to create reports and dashboards, and to track progress and monitor a project using MS Project and MS Excel.

SCOM 46600 Project Management

Project Management

This experiential, project-based course equips students with practical problem-solving skills in supply chain and operations analytics. Leveraging emerging technologies like generative AI, students apply data-driven approaches to real-world supply chain challenges using a consulting framework. Through partnerships with leading companies (e.g., Wabash, Corteva, Rolls Royce) and Purdue alumni advisors, students gain hands-on experience, engage with industry experts, and present findings to leadership teams. The course emphasizes stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and project management, providing a unique learning experience that bridges academia and industry.

SCOM 46900 Supply Chain & Operations Analytics Consulting

Supply Chain & Operations Analytics Consulting

This course will cover the theory, implementation, and analysis of simulation. The topics covered include queueing, inventory, and discrete event simulation, and all of these will be practiced in Python/Anylogic. Students will complete an extensive semester long simulation project.

SCOM 47000 Simulation

Simulation

Manufacturing plays a central role in the global economy. Recent advances driven by Artificial Intelligence and Industry 4.0 have been rapidly transforming how products are designed and produced. These changes highlight the importance of understanding analytics and modern manufacturing settings. This course offers an introduction to the core tools used to design, analyze, and improve manufacturing processes and product quality. Key topics include process management, multiproduct operations, material requirements planning, value stream mapping, statistical process control, lean manufacturing, additive manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and AI applications in manufacturing.

SCOM 56000 Intelligent Manufacturing Management

Intelligent Manufacturing Management

Examines the distribution and delivery functions in a manufacturing or service industry. Topics include inventory control in distribution, transportation planning, distribution requirements planning, analysis of waiting lines, distribution system design and facility location and layout analysis.

SCOM 56100 Logistics

Logistics

Emphasizes the use of PC-based project management software and its applications, particularly in manufacturing organizations and especially new product development projects. Extensive use is made of several case studies to illustrate the planning and monitoring of a project. Class is held in a computer lab.

SCOM 56200 Project Management

This course will address the process of procurement including terminology, metric, and decision-making. Additionally, we will investigate the best practices and processes for managing the relationships with suppliers and their performance. We will also explore the sourcing decision and the strategic ramifications of producing/ providing goods and services internally or purchasing them from external organizations. Prerequisites: Students are expected to have taken a basic course on operations (such as the masters core class MGMT 66000: Introduction to Operations Management) and a basic course on supply chain management (such as the masters elective MGMT 66400: Supply Chain Management).

SCOM 56500 Strategic Sourcing And Procurement

Strategic Sourcing And Procurement

This course will integrate issues from marketing (channels of distribution), logistics, and operations management to develop a broad understanding of a supply chain in a global context. Students will learn how different factors, including exchange rate risk, custom duty and trading policies, geographic distribution of resources and demand, availability and reliability of local supplier, and characteristics of consumer, affect the design and execution of global supply chain strategies. Prerequisites: Students are expected to have taken a basic course on operations (such as the masters core class MGMT 66000: Introduction to Operations Management) and a basic course on supply chain management (such as the masters elective MGMT 66400: Supply Chain Management). Exposure to a course on optimization is also preferred, but not required. The course requires logical and analytical thinking.

SCOM 56600 Global Supply Chain Management

Global Supply Chain Management

As goods and services are produced and distributed, they move through a set of interrelated operations or processes in order to match supply with demand. The design of these operations for strategic advantage, investment in improving their efficiency and effectiveness, and controlling these operations to meet performance objectives is the domain of Operations Management. The primary objective of the course is to provide an overview of this important functional area of business.

SCOM 66000 Introduction To Operations Management

Introduction To Operations Management

A project course in which students are exposed to a variety of operations problems as they arise in a real-world setting. The focus of the course is problem formulation, analysis, and proposal(s) of an implementable scheme for their resolution.

SCOM 66100 Experiential Learning In Supply Chain Management

Experiential Learning In Supply Chain Management

Advanced graduate-level variable-title course emphasizing research and strategic SCM applications. Topics may include advanced modeling, sustainability, or emerging operational practices. Permission of instructor required.

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