Emphasizes issues of contract administration, location, and evaluation of suppliers, total costs approach, exchange fluctuations, customs procedures, and related topics.

Summarize the history and philosophy of management systems; identify the tools of total quality management; explain customer and supplier relationships; demonstrate team building skills; and identify processes involved with continuous improvement.

Develop and implement safety program; describe cost benefit analysis; summarize the basic components of human behavior modification; apply the components of the safety audit process including record keeping requirements.

Explain various theories, processes, and functions of management; apply theories to a business environment; identify leadership roles in organizations; and describe elements of the communication process.

Marketable Skills: Operations management skills:

*Learn to apply operations planning, manufacturing resource planning, learn manufacturing, supply chainn concepts within the global environment.