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Professional purchasing is a critical enterprise function. Procurement strategies affect corporate performance, profitability, and environmental stewardship within a complex business environment. Students gain the skills needed to source goods and services, manage supplier relationships, control...

This course provides students with a broad introduction to the fundamentals of contract law with specific reference to various facets of the supply chain. Students examine the formation of contracts, the different types of contracts, the interpretation of contracts, contractual defects, and breaches...

Effective project leadership is essential to managing supply chain and logistics operations. Students investigate how project scope, scheduling, and budgeting impact decision-making in logistics scenarios. They analyze common supply chain challenges across vendor, buyer, and carrier relationships...

This course is concerned with the design of systems to produce goods and services and the operation of those systems. It discusses relationships within the company environment, particularly with marketing and product design. Topics covered include facilities planning, total quality management (TQM)...

This course gives students experience and tools to work in a Purchasing environment. Topics include types of supplier relationships, methods of negotiation and factors involved in developing lasting supplier relationships. Students will know which supplier relationships to nurture and which to...

This course introduces students to methods for controlling inventory while developing decision-making skills for re-buying. Students learn essential vocabulary and skills for identifying and applying the basic principles of inventory management. Basic methods of planning and controlling inventory in...

This course builds on Introduction to Transportation and involves students in understanding how to minimize the costs involved in acquiring materials as well as delivering to customers. This course also introduces students to the importance of time management and capacity planning. Topics include...

Almost all supply chains are global in scope and very few companies can navigate the international intricacies on their own. This course builds on the basics and principles of freight forwarding and focuses on the issues that are inter-related to bringing the goods to market successfully. It covers...

Applying international trade procedures to the movement of commercial goods into and out of Canada is critical for building resilient global supply chains. Students examine key legislation, regulatory requirements, and essential customs documentation. Students develop technical skills in tariff...

This course provides an introduction to the knowledge, understanding and skill-sets required by a Warehouse or Distribution Manager to operate a facility that links various aspects of the supply chain – from inbound logistics, manufacturing/production control, and physical distribution to customers...