Identify or define : The set of decisions that operations managers make, The trends and challenges facing operations management, The customer-supplier relationships between processes, to understand the escalating importance of international logistics as competitiveness becomes increasingly dependent on cost efficiency, to learn about materials management and physical distribution, both part of international logistics ; to learn why international logistics is more complex than domestic logistics ; to see how the transportation infrastructure in host countries often dictates the options open to the international manager ; to learn why inventory management is crucial for international success ; to assess distribution performance through inventory management policy , to learn using indicators for that purpose, to learn how to use main distribution policy available for a company worldwide, a global company, small to medium size and large company ;
to identify main distribution channels worldwide and the way to weigh them
Describe or explain : Operations in terms of inputs, processes, outputs, information flows, suppliers and customers, the importance of taking a process view to operations in a firm, Operations as a function alongside finance, accounting, marketing, management information systems, and human resources; how operations can be used as a competitive weapon
This class enables students to know the basics of exporting.
Exporting has become an important component in company strategy: the fact that markets may stagnate, international competition, the world being shared between those who have the knowledge, those who have low-cost manpower, and those who have the purchasing power, the search for profitability are all pushing companies to hunt for other markets abroad.
Import management in the same way includes however an increased responsibility to ensure supply chain resilience.
- Enseignant: Gauthier Frederic
- Enseignant: Gauthier Frederic