24044 - The Global Supply Chain Management course introduces principles, techniques, and practices of corporate supply chain management. The focus is on strategic coordination and information management that integrates supplier selection, purchasing, transportation, inventory and warehousing, channel planning and configuration, production and distribution from procurement of raw material to customer satisfaction. Business decision models and techniques for facility location, production, inventory, transportation, and other operational issues are presented. Currently available software will be surveyed and cases of successful implementations will be analyzed.  Please note: Attendance is optional.  While attendance is encouraged, it is optional.  Sessions will be recorded and made available on Blackboard after each class in the form of a Panopto file.  

24041- Course instruction is online. All assignments, quizzes, and tests are also online. Online courses eliminate geography as a factor. The textbook for this class is OER (Open Educational Resources) at: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/leading-with-cultural-intelligence Email the instructor with any additional questions at: margarita.burciaga@austincc.edu MANDATORY Visit the Blackboard Support for Students page at https://tled.austincc.edu/blackboard-student-help/ to make sure you have everything you need before the class starts.