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    Green Supply Chain Management

    Green Supply Chain Management

    The half-semester graduate course in Green Supply Chain Management will focus on the fundamental strategies, tools and techniques required to analyze and design environmentally sustainable supply chain systems. Topics covered include: Closed-loop supply chains, reverse logistics systems, carbon footprinting, life-cycle analysis and supply chain sustainability strategy. Class sessions will combine presentations, case discussions and guest speakers. All students will work on a course-long team project that critically evaluates the environmental supply chain strategy of an industry or a publicly traded company. Grades will be based on class participation, case study assignments and the team project.

    Subjects:
    Logistics and Industrial and Systems Engineering
    Keywords:
    Business logistics Industrial management
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    D-Lab: Supply Chains

    D-Lab: Supply Chains

    This course introduces concepts of supply chain design and operations with a focus on supply chains for products destined to improve quality of life in developing countries. Topics include demand estimation, capacity planning and process analysis, inventory management, and supply chain coordination and performance. We also cover issues specific to emerging markets, such as sustainable supply chains, how to couple product design with supply chain design and operation, and how to account for the value-adding role of a supply chain. A major aspect of class is the student projects on supply chain design or improvement.

    Subjects:
    Logistics
    Keywords:
    Business logistics
    Resource Type:
    Courseware
     
  • Courseware 
    Principles of Macroeconomics

    Principles of Macroeconomics

    This course provides an overview of macroeconomic issues: the determination of output, employment, unemployment, interest rates, and inflation. Monetary and fiscal policies are discussed. Important policy debates such as, the sub-prime crisis, social security, the public debt, and international economic issues are critically explored. The course introduces basic models of macroeconomics and illustrates principles with the experience of the U.S. and foreign economies.

    Subjects:
    Economics
    Keywords:
    Macroeconomics
    Resource Type:
    Courseware