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Supply Chain
COURSE DELIVERY:
03/19/21 - 03/20/21
COURSE TITLE
Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management
DESCRIPTION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Understand how businesses achieve strategic
competitive advantage through effective supply
chain management.
2. Learn the fundamentals of supplier
management, including supplier selection and
evaluation and quality and cost management.
3. Understand the core processes for service and
manufacturing operations, purchasing, capacity
planning, and logistics.
Very few businesses have the capability to do everything
themselves, and almost all businesses rely on suppliers,
contractors, service providers and other external partners to
deliver products and services to their customers. Businesses
that optimize their supply chains and effectively manage their
suppliers as an extension of their internal operations gain
a competitive advantage that enables them to serve their
customers and maintain profitability.
Tim Rodgers has been employed at the CSU College of Business since
2014, teaching graduate-level courses in project management, agile project
management, supply chain management, quantitative business analysis, and
strategic decision making.
Tim’s career includes 25 years at Hewlett-Packard and Lockheed Missiles &
Space in a variety of roles, including management of manufacturing engineering,
international supply chain management, and quality engineering teams. He was
Director of Manufacturing and Quality at Foxconn eMS in Shenzhen, China, from
2009-2011. Tim also held positions at Eastman Kodak Co. and Advanced Energy
Industries, Inc.
Tim has a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California (Santa Cruz), and
an MBA from the University of Oregon. He is a Project Management Professional
(PMP) and a Six Sigma Black Belt. He hosts the podcast Dare to Know, which
features interviews with quality and reliability thought leaders.
Instructor: Dr. Tim Rodgers
College of Business
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