INFO 426 - Supply Chain Analytics

3 Hour(s) Credit
Gain an understanding of the fundamental principles of supply chain management and the role of analytics in supporting and improving decision-making. Explore descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics methods, focusing on their applications at the strategic, tactical and operational levels of supply chain decision-making. Learning is facilitated through lectures, homework assignments, and case studies. Learn how to handle various data types and process them for data visualization and analysis, generate a supply chain dashboard using basic functions of MS Excel, conduct predictive analysis to forecast future demand for a business, and formulate mathematical programming models to solve a supply chain problem.
Three hours per week
Major Prerequisites Admission to Professional Program, INFO 211, INFO 281
Non-Major Prerequisites Junior standing, INFO 211, INFO 281
Spring Only