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This course is designed to provide the student with the foundational knowledge pertaining to inventory and its management, including the acquisition, distribution, and interpretation of information as the primary drivers for decision making in the supply chain. Students will explore how inventory management is a key component throughout the supply chain organization, and understand the importance and role of inventory serving as a driver for all business activities. Additional topics will address the necessity for information systems within supply chain models of being accurate, timely, shared with stakeholders, and how they will learn to apply this knowledge to drive decisions that impacts future business activities such as warehousing, transportation, and materials handling.

This course will cover the acquisition, distribution, and interpretation of information as the primary drivers for decision making in the supply chain. Students will understand the importance of this information being accurate, timely, shared with stqkeholders, and they will learn to apply this knowledge to drive decisions.

This course presents an analysis of selected contemporary issues, problems, and trends facing various segments of the supply chain management industry (mining, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, and retailing). Students apply previously learned principles to practical problems in the supply chain management industry.

Multimodal transportation involves the use of two or more modes of transportation in moving a shipment from origin to destination, primarily through the use of a container. this multimodal service combines the advantages of each mode used. The growth of multimodal transportation has been aided by deregulation in the U.S. and by growth in global business. Intermodal operations are the junctions where containers are transferred from one mode to another. Students will study the administrative and managerial; aspects of these intermodal facilities.

This internship is designed to provide students with the opportunity for supervised, practical experience within an administrate setting of participating businesses, industries and governmental organizations within the field of Supply Chain Management. Students may be eligible to complete an internship with their current employer, with prior approval from the course instructor. The internship must be arranged during the semester prior to enrollment, the student must complete the Internship Proposal Form by the appropriate deadline, and the proposal must be accepted by the Program Director.