MS&E 262 Priority for oncampus* enrollment:

1. MS&E Graduate Students

a) Concentrating in Operations & Analytics
b) All other concentrations

If capacity allows:
2. Undergraduates in MS&E
3. Other Graduate Students
Fill out and submit enrollment form;
Class List on website by tomorrow noon. (Ignore initial
roster; well update it with accepted students.)
*Off-Campus: SCPD Enrollment.
Dr. Warren H. Hausman

MS&E 262 Course Objectives

Recognize and solve Supply Chain Management

problems, including:

Information Distortion
Bullwhip Effect

Collaboration
Product Transitions
SCM Metrics
Managing Variety
Managing Segmentation
Incentives
Structured Contracts
Forecasting Exercise

Optimization
SCM Analysis Tools
Vendor Managed Inventory
(VMI)
Global SC Coordination
Accurate Response

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Course Prerequisite:
Firm Prerequisite: MS&E 260 or 261 or
equivalent.

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Course Reader, TAs:

No text required for course.
Required Syllabus: MS&E 262 Course
Reader available for purchase from the
Stanford Bookstore
TAs:

Alexandra

Heeney, Joseph Chacko

See website for office hours and contact info.

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Other Course Materials:

See course website on CourseWork
I suggest you print the Course Description (9
pages) since it contains Assignments
Bring the daily lecture notes to each class
(laptop or hardcopy)

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Random Pop Quizzes:

1-minute pop quiz promptly at 2:15 p.m. to
evaluate that you have studied the case
reading (when assigned) for the day
Late quizzes and/or absences count as zero
We will drop one pop quiz (your lowest) from
your score

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Absences:
You are expected to attend all classes (except
for illness).
Send the Instructor an email explaining any
anticipated absence prior to the occurrence;
please explain unanticipated absences by
email also.

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Group Project - on-campus students:

4-person groups
Form groups by 4/1/15 (deadline: 4/6/15)
Many projects available on website see
Materials/Project for detailed information
You may also find your own projects, but you
must submit a brief description of the
proposed project to me for approval before
4/20/15

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Performance Evaluation
(in-class students):
70% by the group project (50% Written
Report, 20% Oral Report)
25% by class participation
5% by pop quizzes
Letter grades only (A, B, C, D, NC) will be
given; the Pass/No Credit option is not offered
in this course.

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Off-campus (SCPD) Students:

Project Alternatives:
A)

Company Project if 2-5 students at a company

(propose topic by 4/20/15 or earlier; project due
5/22/15)
B) Individual Paper (propose topic by 4/20/15 or
earlier; paper due 5/15/15)
C) Individual Project (propose topic by 4/20/15 or
earlier; project due 5/15/15)

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Off-campus (SCPD) Students:

Four Written Case Assignments

Due three days prior to class discussion

Any cases except Tenko case
Limit 5 PPT slides with Notes; 18/12 point font (see
Course Description for details)

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Off-campus (SCPD) Students:

Case Submission Deadlines (no late write-ups accepted):

4/3/15
4/5/15
4/17/15
5/3/15
5/17/15
5/24/15
5/29/15

Intel Product Transitions

Stanford Blood Center
Barilla
Lufthansa Cargo AG
Renault
Boeing
Zara

Performance evaluation:

60% Paper/Project
40% Four Written Case Assignments

Dr. Warren H. Hausman

Special Class 4/13/15:

Well play the Beer Game Simulation in Y2E2, Room 101,

on Monday 4/13.
If you attend, you must attend for TWO HOURS (2:15 4:15
p.m.); you cannot depart after 75 minutes.
If you have a class immediately after ours, go to it and skip
our class that day.

Dr. Warren H. Hausman