Total Product Integration Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)

For students aspiring to be product development executives and leaders in research and education. Advanced methods and tools beyond the material covered in 217: quality design across global supply chain, robust product architecture for market variety and technology advances, product development risk management. Small teams or individuals conduct a practical project that produces a case study or enhancement to produce development methods and tools.

Supply Chain Management (Management Science & Engineering)

Definition of a supply chain; coordination difficulties; pitfalls and opportunities in supply chain management; inventory/service tradeoffs; performance measurement and incentives. Global supply chain management; mass customization; supplier management. Design and redesign of products and processes for supply chain management; tools for analysis; industrial applications; current industry initiatives.

Supply Chain Logistics (Management Science & Engineering)

Student teams redesign the manufacturing and distribution system of a medium-sized manufacturer. Focus is on the transportation system, inventory policies for a regional warehouse, design of a national distribution system, improvements of workflow, and layout of the manufacturing plant. The redesign is at a detailed operational level consistent with a strategy of integrating the functions of manufacturing and distribution. Analytical and game software is used. Knowledge of inventory theory, linear/integer programming, economic analysis, and applied probability is required. Emphasis is on group learning.

Global Project Coordination (Management Science & Engineering)

Students engage in projects that are global in nature, and related to the planning, design, and operations of supply chains, marketing, manufacturing, and product development. Project teams from Stanford and an overseas university work on common projects using telephones, faxes, email, Internet, video conferences, and face-to-face meetings. As part of the project, students travel to Hong Kong. Applications due in November.