The course provides the basics of supply chain riskmanagement with applications to different supply chain management problems. Thetopics to be covered include:

• basics of risk management process
• risk measures such as value at risk, conditional value atrisk, and mean-deviation rules
• including risks in strategic network decisions
• operational mitigation strategies for dealing with supplydisruptions

Attendance is required in all sessions. Absence in one session is tolerated if a reasonable excuse is given before the session. 

• Lectures with discussions
• Literature reviews
• Case studies

There will be a total of 6 assignments.

• Group assignments (45%)
• Individual assignments (55%)

Grading scale:

(1) Excellent: 90% - 100%

(2) Good: 80% - <90%

(3) Satisfactory: 70% - <80%

(4) Sufficient: 60% - <70%

(5) Fail: <60%

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