8/25/2021
Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning,
and Operation
Seventh Edition
Chapter 1
Understanding the Supply
Chain
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OPIM-262-01:
Global Supply Chain Management
•Text: Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning
and Operation by Sunil Chopra, Pearson, 7
th
ed.
•Your instructor: Bharat Kaku
•Office: Hariri 542
•Contact: bkk2@georgetown.edu
Bharat Kaku: Background
•B.E. (Mechanical)
•MBA
•Ph.D. in Operations Management, Carnegie Mellon University
•Business and Industry Experience:
•Production Engineer in a forge shop in India
•Internal Consultant to the Commercial Directorate of the Algerian National
Electric and Electronics Company (SONELEC)
•Process Specialist with Digital Commerce Corporation
Learning Objectives
1. Discuss the goal of a supply chain and explain the
impact of supply chain decisions on the success of a
firm.
2. Identify the three key supply chain decision phases
and explain the significance of each one.
3. Describe the cycle and push/pull views of a supply
chain.
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