BADM 565

Credit: 4 hours.

This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the impact that sourcing and supply management have on the success and profitability of firms in today's business environment. We will look at some of the factors that need to be considered when making sourcing and supplier management decisions (make or buy, in-sourcing, and outsourcing; quality; quantity and inventory; prices; costs; supplier selection; supplier evaluation; globalization), and discuss the influence that sourcing and supply management have on other functional activities, such as product design, inventory management, etc.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. Credit is not given for BADM 565 and BADM 590, Section STS.