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Certificates
Gain the skills you need to succeed in manufacturing supply chain environments.
Diplomas
With the ability to optimize an organization’s resources, your strategic business skills will be in high demand.
Courses & Workshops
CGM2 510 Project Management: Tools and Techniques.
(3 credits)
Winter 2019, Spring/Summer 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring/Summer 2020
Focus on main concepts and theories of project management from initiation to close-out. Topics include: project life cycle, planning, scheduling, implementing, monitoring, controlling, close-out and ethics. The concepts presented apply to projects of various sizes, types and degrees of complexity.
CMS2 500 Mathematics for Management.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring/Summer 2020
Basic mathematics needed for business applications, including graphs of functions, series summation, mathematics of finance, annuity, discounted cash flow, internal rate of return, permutations, combinations, maxima and minima of functions with business applications in optimization, introductory statistics and probability
CMS2 505 Quantitative Analysis Tools in Decision Making.
(3 credits)
This course provides applications-oriented operations research modeling tools, such as: linear programming, integer programming, network modeling, and queuing theory. Use of spreadsheet/modeling software is an integral part of this course.
CMS2 515 Operations Management.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
Introduction to decisions and trade-offs associated with production of goods and services. Topics include technology planning (production process), design of production systems (capacity and location planning), control issues (production planning and inventory control, MRP/JIT, scheduling, quality and reliability and distribution planning), design for manufacturability, management of new technology (FMS, group technology and robotics) and management of services operations.
CMS2 524 Management of Service Operations.
(3 credits)
Winter 2019, Winter 2020
The course takes an operations point of view to look at companies and industries in the services sector. It builds on conceptual frameworks and cases from a wide range of service operations, selected from health care, hospitality, internet services, transportation, retailing, financial services, humanitarian services, government services, and others.
CMS2 525 Supply Chain Management.
(3 credits)
Winter 2019, Winter 2020
This is an applications-oriented course in supply chain strategy and macro-processes of supply chain management such as supplier relations management, customer relations management, logistics and distribution. Use of operations research models and computer software will be an integral part of this course.
CMS2 527 Business Intelligence and Analytics.
(3 credits)
This course provides a managerial and technical focus on computational and business techniques which can help to identify new business opportunities and transform an organization’s future by optimizing operational and strategic decision making.
CMS2 531 Re-Engineering and Integration of Business Systems.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
Information systems used in supply chains are presented in the context of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with applications in manufacturing, retailing and distribution services sectors. Core business processes and transactions pertaining to supply chain management are identified and discussed in terms of relevant ERP modules.
CMS2 532 Lean Operations Systems.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
The course focuses on the objectives and ways of the Lean Operations System and provides descriptions of the customer-oriented lean techniques, such as, just-in-time, total quality management, problem solving, materials management and load leveling. Lean management patterns like the Deming's Plan Do Check Act wheel are highlighted.
CMS2 540 Six-Sigma Quality Management.
(3 credits)
Winter 2019, Winter 2020
The course includes a coherent and integrated description of the Six-Sigma methodology, from the problem definition phase to the control phase that demonstrates the stability of the solution. In addition, the course clarifies the relation of Six-Sigma to LEAN and summarizes the patterns to deploy Six Sigma in an organization.
CMS2 550 Supply Chain Field Project.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
This course is built around a team project involving modeling, use of lean/six sigma techniques and/or use of information systems to optimize processes across the entire enterprise/supply chain. The project could be in services (health care, banking/insurance, etc.), logistics (distribution, retailing, 3PL), or manufacturing (sourcing, production/operations planning, inventory deployment, etc).
CMSC 000 Foundations of Mathematics.
(3 credits)
First-degree equations and applied word problems, polynomials, factoring, fractions, exponents, roots and radicals, inequalities, quadratic equations and functions, composite and inverse functions, arithmetic and geometric sequences and series.
CTPT 200 Introduction to Supply Chain Management.
(3 credits)
Winter 2019, Winter 2020
This course provides an overall perspective of various functions that exist within supply chains; macro processes and drivers as well as performance indicators along a supply chain are emphasized. Coordination issues are dealt with using a simulation game involving various supply chain stakeholders.
CTPT 201 Sourcing.
(3 credits)
Winter 2019, Winter 2020
This course is a comprehensive review of sourcing, an important area of supply chain management. It covers four major components of sourcing: the in-house or outsource decisions, the supplier selection and evaluation processes, contract management and procurement processes. Case studies are used to illustrate implementation issues in sourcing.
CTPT 202 Production and Inventory Planning and Control 1.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
This course emphasizes contemporary operational issues and techniques in manufacturing and service sectors. Topics include: production and service processes, lean manufacturing methods, total quality management, project management, supply and demand planning. Real-life examples and case studies are an integral part of the course.
CTPT 206 Transportation Management and Economics.
(3 credits)
Winter 2020
This course focuses on freight transportation, with emphasis on trucking, rail and marine modes including intermodal. Furthermore, it focuses on management of the transportation function from a carrier perspective, including a basic understanding of the structure and regulation of the transportation industry and analysis of specific case examples.
CTPT 207 Transportation Law and Policy.
(3 credits)
Winter 2019
Evolution of federal transportation policy, including the primary laws and tribunals the government uses to control and structure the Canadian transportation industry in a global context: airlines, railways, marine and trucking; the Canada Transportation Act and the legal consequences of the National Transportation Policy and international transport policy.
CTPT 208 Fundamentals of Logistics.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
This course addresses the infrastructure required to support logistics activities and the flow of goods and information, including: traffic and transportation, warehousing, materials handling, inventory concepts, Logistics Information Systems, performance indicators, customer service and order processing.
CTPT 310 Production and Inventory Planning and Control 2.
(3 credits)
Winter 2019, Winter 2020
This course focuses on the study of material flow processes by which products are created and delivered to customers. Topics include: aggregate planning, master scheduling, material requirements planning, capacity management, production activity control and inventory control. Computer-aided quantitative tools for decision-making and case analyses are used in the course.
CTPT 311 Supply Chain Risk Management.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
This course focuses on the use of available risk management techniques to deal with uncertainty in supply chains, covering issues such as identification of risks, analysis of risks, responding to risks including risk control and risk financing methods, operational and financial hedging and creating resilient supply chains.
CTPT 410 International Trade and Logistics.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
Fundamentals required to successfully bring goods to market on a global scale, primarily focusing on logistics trade environment, obstacles and documentation required in international trade, with a focus on parties involved in import/export, legislative and liability, terms of trade, international cargo/cargo security and commercial documentation.
CTPT 430 Fundamentals of Integrated Business Systems.
(3 credits)
Fall 2019
This course examines supply chain information systems in the context of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems with applications in the manufacturing, retailing and distribution services sectors. Core business processes and transactions pertaining to supply chain management are identified and discussed in terms of relevant ERP modules.
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