Supply Chain Management enables an organization to look very closely at all possible avenues both intra and inter-company, of reducing costs from all functions and processes; keeping always, the customer in focus. Effective supply chain management uncovers waste in all its forms at all the levels, addresses squarely the bottlenecks and inefficiencies and comes up with responsive and low cost solutions. It is today’s “Strategic Tool for Cost Reduction”. Successful global businesses like Wal-Mart, Toyota and Dell Computers have established nearly unassailable positions in the world markets through Supply Chain excellence.

This course is designed to expose students to the challenges involved in managing supply chains and enable them to understand the complexity of inter-firm and intra-firm coordination.