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SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY

MARKETNG/OTM 726
Course Description

Focuses on strategic issues and current theory and practice in supply chain management. Effective design and management of supply chain resources is a key source of competitive advantage for organizations. Supply chain management is a cross-functional discipline that concentrates on the management of goods, services, and information among all links in the value chain.

Prerequisties

(MARKETNG 300 and OTM 300 ) or (MARKETNG 700 and OTM 700 ) and graduate/professional standing, or declared in graduate Business Exchange program

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

3

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average
3.63

-4.36% from Historical

Completion Rate
100%

No change from Historical

A Rate
47.83%

-27.89% from Historical

Class Size
23

11.48% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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