Online MBA Degree

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

Electives

6 credits are required as electives, and may be recognized from other approved institutions and organizations allowing for complete customization according to your career goals. Electives can include evidence-based research in health management, global population health, healthcare supply chain management, executive coaching and mentoring, disaster planning, pandemic and crisis management, corporate social responsibility in healthcare and more.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BASC 514 Supply Chain Management

Prerequisite
MBA Core

The central theme of this module is using the organization’s supply chain to create value and to build competitive advantages. The module will focus on a full range of activities, including supplier management and procurement planning, outsourcing, supply chain information systems, distribution, globalization, and strategic supplier alliances.

The module has three objectives. First, expose students to the various aspects of the supply chain network within a variety of industries. Examples from service, manufacturing and retail sectors are used. Second, allow students to develop an understanding of how management of the supply chain can contribute to the competitive position of the firm. The role of supply chain management within corporate strategy will be examined. Third, enhance the student’s ability to define and analyze problems, and develop, communicate and implement a plan of action. Case studies are used extensively to illustrate problems and issues faced by managers with respect to their supply chain.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

BASC 580A Topics in Supply Chain Management: Case Studies on China

Prerequisite
MBA Core

In the past 20 years, consumer products in China have evolved from a supplier’s market to a consumer’s market. Product variety proliferates, and product life is shortened. Globalization means that products made in China (or any other part of the world) are often assembled from the parts made all over the world and is sold all over the world. The firm seeks competitive advantage not only through cost, but also through speed and flexibility. The success of a single firm (even a dominating firm) may depend on the well-being of its ecosystem, comprised of all the firms in its supply chain. All these make the supply chain management ever more important. This course covers business cases on some of the best known Chinese companies. We learn through business cases (1) how supply chain strategy aligns with corporate strategy; (2) benefits from horizontal aggregation; (3) supply chain incentives and coordination; (4) selection and operation of third party logistics; (5) supplier management; and (6) risk management in a supply chain.

The class format is mostly case discussions, complemented with some short lectures and guest speakers.

Sauder School of Business > University of British Columbia

COMM 442 E-Business and Supply Chain Management

Logistics, transportation, inventory, operations scheduling and sourcing management are basic to the delivery of goods and services. The integrated management of these activities within an organization and across the organization’s upstream and downstream business associates, is Supply Chain Management (SCM) .

The advent of doing business over the Internet (”e-Business”) provides radical new opportunities to improve a company’s management of its supply chain activities. This holds true for service providers as well as goods producers. It holds true for those that sell over the Internet as well as those that sell through traditional channels.

Operations

The Doctoral Program in Operations Management (OM) at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario is designed to prepare students for a career in research and teaching in leading schools of business administration. It includes an understanding of the design and implementation of model-based systems for planning, controlling, and improving operations and the use of analytical aids for managerial decision-making in such areas as new technology, management of scarce resources, productivity, quality assurance, and workforce management. Operations concepts are equally applicable to the service sector.

The program is designed to develop an understanding of current theory, research, and practice within the two themes. Students take the full spectrum of PhD Foundation and Area special field offerings. Other aspects of the program are tailored to fit the student’s own research, teaching and professional interests.

Operations Management PhD Courses

Business 805 a/b Operations Special Field I: The first fields seminar surveys various operations management topics segmented within three main topic areas: (a) manufacturing, planning and control systems, (b) facility design and (c) supply chain management. The predominant methodology is model-based, although several empirical research studies are included.

Business 815 a/b Operations Special Field II: The second seminar complements the topics and issues covered in Business 805. The first two sessions establish a broad overview of the operations management field, its history and dominant methodologies. Much of the remainder of the course emphasizes four broad topic areas: (a) foundational streams that build operations strategy, (b) operations strategy, (c) simulation and (d) technology. Other sessions will focus on specific topics such as sustainable development, learning curves, project management and international issues. As the course is topic-driven, a variety of research methodologies are considered as the topic is explored.

Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University

The Ph.D. specialization in Operations Management is typically characterized by a blend of theoretical and applied research. In addition to the Management Science Research Center of McGill, the area members are affiliated with two main inter-University research centers, GÉRAD and CIRRELT.

These three Centers host activities in management science and operations management, promote research exchanges and seminars, and encourage research collaboration with business, industry, and government.
Current Area Research Topics
Capacity expansion and technology choice
Data envelopment analysis
Industry and firm level technology policy
Logistics and inventory management
Operations risk
Production and distribution systems
Scheduling and control of manufacturing operations
Supply chain management
Transportation
Product recovery and recycling
Revenue management
Healthcare management

Specialization Requirements

A typical set of course requirements includes six to seven graduate-level courses suited to the candidate’s research specialization and needs, and might include doctoral seminars as well as other graduate courses - including MMM electives - to complement the specialization requirements.

Courses

Other graduate level courses are open to PhD students in the departments of Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics and the Faculty of Engineering.
Stochastic Processes and Applications
Operations Management Seminar
Management Research Statistics
Dynamic Optimization in Management
Distributique

SNU Business School at Seoul National University
Supply Chain Management
This course focuses on the management and improvement of supply chain processes. Students will begin with the following supply chain basics: what are the important supply chain metrics; what are the primary cost tradeoffs; and what are the key features of the transportation industry? Students will next consider supply chain incentive conflicts and possible solutions to those conflicts. Several recent and influential innovations will then be discussed: Accurate Response, Continuous Product Replenishment, cross docking, Efficient Consumer Response, Postponement, Quick Response, Rapid Delivery, and Vendor Managed Inventories. Students will investigate supplier management and the outsourcing decision, and also touch upon International supply chains. The course will conclude with a broad discussion of the impact of electronic commerce on supply chains.

MGT731 Supply Chain Management

Nowadays, the use of Information Technology (IT) in Supply Chain Management is inevitable to maximize the efficiency of management. This course provides the techniques of Supply Chain Management and the Implementation Strategy & Methodologies of CALS.

Elective Course for Marketing Programme Graduate School of Management

GSM 5242: Supply Chain Management (3 Credits)
This course addresses managing the processes of getting products and service to market. It focuses on strategic and tactical management of the supply chain and distribution channels as value-adding networks. Topics include assessing the value creation potential of network members (suppliers, producers, distributors, dealers, and retailers), which of them should make key decisions and how they relate to each other.
Pre-requisite(s): GSM 5200: Marketing Management