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Program Requirements
The 15-credit Graduate Certificate in Integrated Supply Networks program focuses on the specialized, strategic-level competencies of the highly volatile supply networks space in which automation and AI-based solutions are now integrated into supply chain logistics and processes. The program includes key topics on: the evolution of the digital supply network landscape; design considerations for ensuring that supply networks are environmentally sound, socially responsible, and well governed; dynamic modelling; sustainable management of materials; and strategies for managing clients and services in an online setting.
Co-Requisite Course (3 credits)
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CMS2 500 Mathematics for Management (3 credits) *
Overview
Management Science (CCE) : 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
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Comeau, Vincent (Fall) Kamali, Vahid (Winter)
Prerequisite: CMSC 000
Note: "Mathematics for Management" must be completed in the first semester of the Diploma in Management program.
* or the Exemption by Examination Test
Required Courses (9 credits)
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CSNM 615 Integrated Production and
Operations Management
(3 credits)
Overview
CSNM : Examination of the requirements for the use of products and services, procedures, and practices in logistics and supply network management. Focus on performance measures, optimization models, and simulation techniques. Technical review of dynamic modeling in network transportation systems, optimization of schedules, fleet assignment, routing, ordering, and irregular operations.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken CMS2 515.
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CSNM 635 ESG in Integrated Supply Networks (3 credits)
Overview
CSNM : Consideration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) frameworks for enabling companies to ensure that supply networks are environmentally sound, socially responsible, and well-governed. Topics include design of socially responsible supply networks, governance best practices, and sustainable sourcing.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
- CSNM 650 Integrated Supply Networks Field Project. (3 credits)
Complementary Courses
6 credits from:
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CSNM 605 Dynamic Supply Networks Transformation (3 credits)
Overview
CSNM : Evolution of the digital supply management landscape and the design and development of appropriate value benefits. Analysis of digital supply management transformation and drivers, including the impact of artificial intelligence, the metaverse, robotics, and climate change on the supply network.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: CMS2 500
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CSNM 610 Principles of Dynamic Supply Networks (3 credits)
Overview
CSNM : Examination of the underlying principles of supply networks and the associated performance measures. An introduction to best practices in the design of dynamic supply networks, and an overview of current trends in supply networks technologies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: CMS2 500
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CSNM 630 Global Supply Management and International Logistics
(3 credits)
Overview
CSNM : In-depth analysis of the sourcing and distribution practices of global business from an integrated supply network perspective. Topics include the sustainable management of materials, transportation and logistics strategies, and the development of transportation policies in alignment with production and marketing strategies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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CSNM 640 Six-Sigma and Supply
Networks
(3 credits)
Overview
CSNM : Examination of the Define, Measure, Analyze, Design, and Verify (DMADV) approach in transforming supply networks. Competencies such as digital dexterity and systems technology literacy that address advanced optimization and other analytical and automation solutions needed to design and operate resilient supply networks. Examining best practices in building the relationship between Lean and Six Sigma.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Wallace, Janet (Winter)
Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken CMS2 540.
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CSNM 690 Special Topics in Supply Networks (3 credits)
Overview
CSNM : Selected topics in supply network management.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
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Or another 600-level course approved by the program adviser or academic unit.
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