Global Supply Chain

Examines global supply chain management strategies, techniques, and best practices through recent disruptions, covering logistics, risk, transportation, commerce terms, outsourcing, and IT systems.

offering recorded2 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Demonstrate understanding of fundamental global supply chain principles and fluency in the language of supply chain management.

  • Articulate business challenges related to recent supply chain disruptions and relate strategies and frameworks from the course to address these challenges.

  • Describe key management functions performed by supply chain practitioners including establishing a global logistics strategy, setting supply chain metrics, assessing and building supplier resilience, managing global transportation systems, and establishing outsourcing relationships.

  • Utilize an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to execute global supply chain business processes while analyzing appropriate data and information as a means to make measurable improvements in the performance of a business.

  • Identify country-specific aspects of this country’s supply chain infrastructure and logistics service providers.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2026: 3.88 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=12 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Global logistics strategy and supply chain risk management
  • International transportation methods and terms of commerce
  • Outsourcing strategy and supply chain IT systems
  • Recent supply chain disruptions

Skills

  • Global logistics strategy, supply chain risk management, international transportation, outsourcing, and supply chain IT systems.
  • Fundamental global supply chain principles and terminology.
  • Analyzing business challenges from recent supply chain disruptions using course frameworks.
  • Using ERP systems for global supply chain processes and data analysis for performance improvement.
  • Identifying country-specific supply chain infrastructure and logistics service providers.

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OTM 737 · Spring 2027

Global Supply Chain

Recorded 2026-10-14
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