CMB 8050 - Virtual Supply Chain Mgmnt

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Villanova University

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Description:

Description: This course focuses on improving the performance of the firm and its supply chain through coordination among multiple sites, functions, and economic actors (customers and suppliers). Students will know how to design and implement strategies for structure and management, both cross-functionally, with the firm, and across an industry value chain among interacting firms. These strategies include restructuring supply chain facility networks, coordinating information and materials flow, managing supplier relations, and managing customer order fulfillment processes. The theme of the course is that strategies that enhance integration throughout the supply chain can lead to improved performance (in terms of efficiency, effectiveness, quality, customer satisfaction, cost, flexibility, etc.) and thereby provide firms with a source of competitive advantage. 4.00credit(s) Prerequisites: Graduate Business level CMB 8040 Minimum Grade of C and Graduate Business level CMB 8045 Minimum Grade of C

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.villanova.edu

Phone Number:

(610) 519-4500

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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