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George Mason University
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2016-2017 University Catalog 
  
2016-2017 University Catalog

OR 690 - Optimization of Supply Chains

Credits: 3
Not Repeatable for Credit
Offered by Systems Engineering and Operations Research  
Focuses on both supply chain optimization from an enterprise-wide perspective, and supply chain optimization from a business-to-business e-commerce concern. Concerned with optimizing the value of goods and services and assuring a reasonable return on such sales. Describes both heuristic and exact algorithms for scheduling, production, inventory management, logistics, and distribution. New software that enables such optimization is presented, as are manufacturing and service examples from the public and private sectors. New techniques to handle risk, quality of data, and robustness of solutions are presented. Students perform case studies using state-of-the-art software.

Prerequisite(s): Graduate standing, mathematics through linear algebra, and STAT 344.
Schedule Type: LEC
Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0