CTL.SC1 Supply Chain Fundamentals

Overview

This class (first offered in the Fall of 2014) provides an introduction to Supply Chain Management with an emphasis on three areas: Demand Forecasting, Inventory Management, and Transportation Planning. Course material is below.

My Notes

This class contained the most computations, calculations, and "hard" mathematical applications. As such, I ended up taking a lot of notes to summarize everything we had learned:

• Notes - Forecasting.docx
• [Notes - Inventory Management.docx](assets/sc1/Notes-Inventory Management.docx)
• Notes - Inventory Management - Summarized.docx
• EOQ Spreadsheets.xlsx

Course content

Week 0 - Course Overview & Logistics

Class Overview (pdf) Class Schedule (pdf) Key Concept Document (pdf, 88 pages, summarizes all course content)

Week 1 - Overview of Supply Chain Management & Logistics

Lesson 1 - Supply Chain Perspectives ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 1 - Lesson 1 - Supply Chain Perspectives.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Core Concepts ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 1 - Lesson 2 - Core Concepts.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 2 - Forecasting I - Introduction

Lesson 1 - Demand Forecasting ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 2 - Lesson 1 - Demand Forecasting.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Time Series Analysis ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 2 - Lesson 2 - Time Series Analysis.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 3 - Forecasting II - Exponential Smoothing

Lesson 1 - Exponential Smoothing ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 3 - Lesson 1 - Exponential Smoothing.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Exponential Smoothing and Holt Winters ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 3 - Lesson 2 - Exponential Smoothing and Holt Winters.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 4 - Forecasting III - Special Cases & Extensions

Lesson 1 - Causal Analysis ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 4 - Lesson 1 - Causal Analysis.pdf)) Lesson 2 - New Product and Intermittent Demand ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 4 - Lesson 2 - New Product and Intermittent Demand.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 5 - Inventory Management I - Deterministic Demand

Lesson 1 - Intro to Inventory Management ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 5 - Lesson 1 - Intro to Inventory Management.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Economic Order Quantity ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 5 - Lesson 2 - Economic Order Quantity.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 6 - Inventory Management II - Stock Outs & Single Period Models

Lesson 1 - Single Period Inventory Models ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 6 - Lesson 1 - Single Period Inventory Models.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Extensions to the Single Period Models ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 6 - Lesson 2 - Extensions to Single Period Models.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 7 - Inventory Management III - Multi-Period Policies

Lesson 1 - Continuous Review Policies ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 7 - Lesson 1 - Continuous Review Policies.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Periodic Review Policies ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 7 - Lesson 2 - Periodic Review Policies.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 8 - Inventory Management IV - Multiple Items & Locations and real World Challenges

Lesson 1 - Multiple Items and Locations ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 8 - Lesson 1 - Multiple Items and Locations.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Special Cases and Real World Implications ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 8 - Lesson 2 - Special Cases and Real World Implications.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 9 - Transportation Management I - Fundamentals & Mode Choice

Lesson 1 - Fundamentals of Freight Transportation ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 9 - Lesson 1 - Fundamentals of Freight Transportation.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Lead Time Variability and Model Selection ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 9 - Lesson 2 - Lead Time Variability and Mode Selection.pdf)) Supplemental Material

Week 10 - Transportation Management II - One to Many Distribution and Wrap Up

Lesson 1 - One to Many Distribution ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 10 - Lesson 1 - One to Many Distribution.pdf)) Lesson 2 - Connecting the Dots ([pdf](assets/sc1/Week 10 - Lesson 2 - Connecting the Dots.pdf)) Supplemental Material