Retail Supply Chain Management

Retailers lie at the end of the supply chain, interfacing with the ultimate consumer as well as with suppliers. This course appeals to students with varied interests: retailing management, suppliers to retailers (or any business selling inventory), entrepreneurs, retail services, real estate, e-commerce, and finance. You will become familiar with all of the major decisions retailers make, including developing strategies, buying, financing, and locating stores.

Supply chain management (SCM) is an integrated approach to managing the flow of goods and services, information, and financials from the raw materials to the consumer. SCM has become increasingly important to companies as a source of competitive advantage and running effective and profitable operations. As most supply chains are global and complex with many parties, changes in demand related to macro events like pandemics is presenting challenges to companies existing supply chains and raising questions about global integrated supply chain strategy.

This course is a foundational elective designed to provide students with an integrated perspective of SCM with enough specificity to understand the components and trade-offs within SCM and use data and analytics to critically assess and make good supply chain decisions.

Learn about how organizations and their employees can successfully collect, evaluate, and apply information to become better decision makers. This course starts with basic concepts regarding business data needs and ends with hands-on experience using Business Intelligence (BI) tools. At the end of your study, you will be able to become an intelligent gatherer and user of data in your chosen field.

The purpose of this marketing and supply chain management course is to understand the nature and functions of marketing in a global context, specifically marketing to multiple countries simultaneously. The course will expose you to many different cultures and environments by exploring the materials in diverse national and geographical settings. You will analyze global market opportunities and develop global marketing strategies which leverage experience, knowledge, and investments across multiple countries. 

This course explores the ways individuals think about and practice conflict resolution. You will have a chance to learn more about your own negotiating preferences and the consequences of the choices you make. The course requires both intensive involvement in negotiation and mediation simulations/​exercises and thoughtful application of theory through class discussion and written analysis. Class materials will reflect a variety of contexts from the workplace, including interpersonal, global, and cross-cultural interactions.