Additional emphasis is o n the implications of electronic commerce and emerging information technologies to supply chain management and factory operation. The texts will be supplemented with handouts and assorted papers from recent literature. Homework solutions will be either distributed in class or po sted on the web. In addition, each student will be assigned a paper for in-class presentation and critique. All students are required to provide a one-page typed summary of each presented paper.
Summaries are due the day of the corresponding presentation.
Tentative dates are March 14 and May 2, 2001. A one-page progress report is due March 14 and April 14, 2000. Each presentation should not last more than 15 minutes. An additional 5 minutes will be devoted to class discussion. In addition to summarizing the paper, presenters are responsible for providing additional background on the topic, which may require additional reading, research, or relating the paper to actual experience.