Supply Chain Management - Global

The aerospace global supply chain management course focuses on the movement of goods, information, and finances through the entire commercial aviation supply chain, from suppliers to finished product planning, and includes the movement of raw materials, semi-finished goods, and packaging materials. Students will be introduced to aerospace supply chain design, trends, decision making, and risk management. The lab portion of this course will focus on aerospace specific case studies and the practical knowledge required by aerospace and commercial aviation professionals.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: AERO8010 AND AERO8020
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

The automotive supply chain course focuses on the movement of goods, information, and finances through the entire automotive supply chain, from suppliers to finished vehicle logistics, and includes the movement of raw materials, semi-finished goods and packaging materials.

The course is composed of lectures and labs. In the lectures, the students will be introduced to automotive supply chain design, trends, decision making, and risk management. The lab portion will focus on automotive specific case studies and the practical knowledge required by automotive professionals.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: AUTO8010 AND AUTO8020
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course focuses on strategic issues and operational problems that are relevant to companies that source, produce, distribute and sell products and services in multiple countries and compete in the global arena. Key topics include sourcing and supplier management, service supply chain management, supply chain risk management and sustainable supply chains.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course focuses on the movement of goods, information, and finances through the entire supply chain, from suppliers to finished product planning, and includes the movement of raw materials, semi-finished goods, and packaging materials. Students will be introduced to warehouse supply chain design, trends, decision making, and risk management. The lab portion of this course focuses on specific case studies and the practical knowledge required by warehouse and logistics professionals.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: WHLG8010 AND WHLG8020
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

Climate change and environmental degradation transformed sustainability into a strategic priority for all industries. The Aerospace Sustainability course aims to prepare students to be ready to deal with the most crucial social and environmental issues faced by the aerospace industry. Through the completion of hands-on assignments, quizzes, authentic case studies, and group project(s), you will be equipped with the competencies and knowledge to become an effective social and environmental leader and make effective sustainable business decisions. You will learn how to lead the shift away from the negative ramifications of outdated, purely economic-driven managerial decision-making in the aerospace industry.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: AERO8000 AND AERO8020
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

Climate change and environmental degradation transformed sustainability into a strategic priority for automotive organizations. The Automotive Sustainability course aims to prepare students to be ready to deal with the most crucial social and environmental issues faced by the automotive industry. The course uses real-life case studies of social and environmental leadership to demonstrate the efficacy of good sustainable business decisions, and illustrates the negative ramifications of outdated, purely economic-driven managerial decision-making in the automotive industry.

The course provides students with comprehensive and balanced frameworks, tools, and methods to integrate sustainable business policies into all automotive core business functions and processes including leadership, finance, accounting, risk management, marketing, supply chain management, and operation.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: AUTO8000 AND AUTO8020
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

Climate change and environmental degradation transformed sustainability into a strategic priority for all industries. The Warehouse and logistics Sustainability course aims to prepare students to be ready to deal with the most crucial social and environmental issues faced by the warehouse and logistics industry. Through the completion of hands-on assignments, quizzes, authentic case studies, and group project(s), you will be equipped with the competencies and knowledge to become an effective social and environmental leader and make effective sustainable business decisions. You will learn how to lead the shift away from the negative ramifications of outdated, purely economic-driven managerial decision-making in the warehouse and logistics industry.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: WHLG8000 AND WHLG8020
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course is focused on providing the training and expertise required for careers with commercial aviation and aerospace industry manufacturers, tier-one suppliers, and other industry employers. The theme of supply chain management is used as a unifying theme for aerospace quality improvement. Students will be introduced to the philosophies of quality management including Deming, Juran, and Crosby, the cost of quality, the quality benchmarking process, the quality function deployment, supplier development, the implementation of quality projects and the dynamics of the quality teams and quality certification standards such as ISO/TS 1694. In the applied portion of the course, students will learn to continuously improve and optimize commercial aviation and aerospace industry manufacturers operations through the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) principles. They will apply quality tools and techniques to address special cause and common cause variation by using 8D, SPC, and Lean Six Sigma.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: AERO8000 AND AERO8010
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

The Automotive Quality course is focused on providing the training and expertise required for careers with vehicle manufacturers, tier-one suppliers, and other industry employers. The global supply chain management is used as a unifying theme for automotive continuous improvement.In the lecture portion of the course, the students will be introduced to the philosophies of quality management including Deming, Juran, and Crosby, the cost of automotive quality, the automotive quality benchmarking process, the quality function deployment, automotive supplier development, the implementation of quality projects, the dynamics of the quality teams, and quality certification standards such as ISO/TS 1694 in the automotive industry. In the applied portion of the course, the students will learn to continuously improve and optimize automotive industry service and manufacturing operations through the application of automotive quality tools and techniques to address special cause and common cause variation by using 8D, SPC, Lean Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: AUTO8000 AND AUTO8010
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

In this course students will learn to continuously improve and optimize service and manufacturing operations through the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) principles, and using Lean Six Sigma tools and techniques, including Value Stream Mapping. Students will also practice innovative thinking to develop cost reduction ideas, which will add value to products or services in a global context while maintaining or improving quality and reliability.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required

This course is focused on providing the training and expertise required for careers with warehouse and logistics providers and other industry employers. The theme of supply chain management is used as a unifying theme for warehouse and logistics quality improvement. Students will be introduced to the philosophies of quality management including Deming, Juran, and Crosby, the cost of quality, the quality benchmarking process, the quality function deployment, supplier development, the implementation of quality projects and the dynamics of the quality teams and quality certification standards such as ISO/TS 1694. In the applied portion of the course, students will learn to continuously improve and optimize warehouse and logistics providers operations through the application of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Theory of Constraints (TOC) principles. They will apply quality tools and techniques to address special cause and common cause variation by using 8D, SPC, and Lean Six Sigma.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites: WHLG8000 AND WHLG8010
• Estimated resource cost: No resources required