Consumer goods are tangible commodities that are produced and subsequently purchased to satisfy the current wants and perceived needs of the buyer. Examples of consumer goods are automobiles, household appliances, food, beverages, clothing, and gasoline. Main research topics of OML within consumer goods sector are inventory planning, store operations, warehousing, pricing, assortment planning, forecasting, and human performance.
Within the Specialization there are 20 EC of Track Core courses.
Quarter | Code | Course | EC |
2 | 1CM40 | Retail Operations | 5 |
4 | 1CM140 | Design of Operations Planning & Control systems | 5 |
| choose 1 out of 2 | ||
2 | 1BM05 | Business Process Management | 5 |
3 | 1BM110 | Data Analytics for Business Intelligence (Replacing: Business Intelligence 1BM56) | 5 |
| choose 1 out of 2 | ||
2 | 1CM10 | Modeling & Analysis of Manufacturing Systems | 5 |
4 | 1CM100 | Multi-Echelon Inventory Management | 5 |
Besides these mandatory specialization courses, you need to choose at least 15 EC of Specialization Electives.
Quarter |
| Course | EC |
1 | 1ZM31 | Multivariate Statistics | 5 |
1 | 1CM150 | Advanced Planning and Scheduling Systems | 5 |
2 | 1BM05 | Business Process Management | 5 |
2 | 1CM10 | MAMS | |
2 | 1CM110 | Decision-making in Transport & Logistics | 5 |
2 | 1CM200 | Warehouse Operations Management | 2.5 |
2 | 1CM220 | Robust Policies for Operations Management Problems | 2.5 |
3 | 1CM22 | Integrated Financial & Operations Management | 5 |
3 | 1CM36 | Game Theory with Applications to Supply Chain Management | 5 |
3 | 1BM110 | Data Analytics for Business Intelligence | 5 |
3 | 2DI66 | Advanced Simulation | 5 |
3 | 1JM40 | Behavioral Operations Management | 5 |
4 | 1CM100 | Multi-Echelon Inventory Management | 5 |
4 | 1CM170 | Sustainable Supply Chains | 5 |
4 | 1JM21 | Designing Effective Performance Management Systems | 5 |
4 | 1BM120 | Decision Making with Artificial and Computational Intelligence | 5 |
Besides the core courses and specialization electives (of this track as well as of the other tracks), we offer two additional OML courses that can be followed as free electives:
- 1CM240 - Artificial intelligence for logistics and its interfaces, Q1
- 1BM10 - E-business, Q4
