Topics in Service and Supply Chain Management

This course will focus on topics in management of supply chains and services. The course will first discuss individual trade-offs and decisions faced by business such warehousing, transportation, revenue, and network design with emphasis on how to accommodate uncertainty. Next, it will explore decisions involved in supply chains and their impact on supply chain resiliency and performance. Finally, the course will discuss operational decisions faced by marketplaces such as controlling choice and managing revenue. The course will combine analytics to address trade-offs and discussions of practical cases. There will be some overlap with MS&E 260. There is no requirement to take MS&E 260.