Supply Chain Analytics/SCM 4750

Purpose: to help other instructors teaching the same course

Common Course ID:  SCM 4750
CSU Instructor Open Textbook Adoption Portrait

Abstract: This open textbook is being utilized in a Supply Chain Analytics course for undergraduate or graduate students by Dr.Ali Dehghan at San Bernardino. The open textbook provides Overall and general overview about information systems. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was the nature of the book and its price. Most student access the open textbook in online.

Supply Chain Analytics SCM 4750
Brief Description of course highlights:  Comprehensive practice of the Business Analytics process, including forecasting, data extraction and mining, analytical modeling, detailed analysis, and reporting utilizing business cases.

Formerly offered as SCM 475. Semester Prerequisite: ADMN 2100. Quarter Prerequisite: IST 274..

Student population:  Students usually come from a poor IT background, all of them from completing their undergraduates in business with various disciplines from information systems to supply chain and etc,  Most of the students are Hispanic

Learning or student outcomes: 

1..Understanding Key Concepts: Students will comprehend the fundamental concepts and principles of supply chain management and analytics.
2. Data Analysis Skills: Students will develop the ability to collect, process, and analyze supply chain data to support decision-making.
3. Analytical Tools Proficiency: Students will gain proficiency in using analytical tools and software (e.g., Excel, R, Python, SQL) to solve supply chain problems.
4. Problem-Solving Skills: Students will enhance their problem-solving abilities by applying analytical methods to real-world supply chain challenges.
5. Strategic Planning: Students will learn to create and evaluate strategic plans for supply chain optimization and efficiency improvement.
6. Risk Management: Students will understand risk management techniques and how to apply them to mitigate supply chain disruptions.
7. Performance Metrics: Students will be able to identify and use key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure and improve supply chain performance.
8. Predictive Analytics: Students will be equipped with skills to use predictive analytics for forecasting demand and supply chain trends.
9. Communication Skills: Students will improve their ability to communicate complex analytical insights to stakeholders effectively.
10  Ethical and Sustainable Practices: Students will recognize the importance of ethical considerations and sustainability in supply chain management and analytics.

Key challenges faced and how resolved: Teach them how to use technology, use eBooks, use paperless practices and the major challenge is to teach them the technical aspects of the course

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Textbook or OER/Low cost Title:  Business Driven Technology, 9e, McGraw-Hill 

Brief Description:  Unlike any other Supply Chain textbooks, Operations and Supply Chain Management, 17e covers the latest and most important issues facing operations and supply chain management (OSCM) managers while providing basic tools and techniques to promote a competitive advantage and career-readiness. It covers relevant, current OSCM issues with a focus on the global economy, analytic content that ties decisions to relevant data, and solutions to operations and supply chain-related problems. Hot topics in business today that relate to OSCM are mitigating the risk of disruptions while reducing the cost of supply chain processes, integration and collaboration with customers and suppliers, sustainability and minimizing the long-term cost of products and processes. These topics are studied in the book to clarify the "big picture" of what these topics are and why they are important to business today. The seventeenth edition supplies many examples of leading-edge companies and practices to make the book an interesting and relevant read.

Authors:  F. Robert Jacobs and Richard Chase

Student access: Students can buy it either directly from the bookstore or via the direct link

Provide the cost savings from that of a traditional textbook.
Original Price: $150  and now Reduced Price: $97 
https://connect.mheducation.com/class/a-dehghan- scm-4750

License: The materials are not openly accessible, however I struggled a lot to get a remarkable discount for CSUSB students

OER/Low Cost Adoption Process

Provide an explanation or what motivated you to use this textbook or OER/Low Cost option. This textbook has been a famous textbook for this course for many years, however after serving CSUSB students for the first time, I noticed that several of them come of weak financial backgrounds and every single dollar matter to them. Therefore, I strived a lot to reduce the price and that has made students satisfied vastly.

How did you find and select the open textbook for this course? I have taught this course for many years

Sharing Best Practices: Try to negotiate with the publishers as much as they can, get discounted versions or so. This will be a win-win situation for publishers and students.

Describe any key challenges you experienced, how they were resolved  and lessons learned. I’m accused to be so demanding as I try to advocate my students with my highest capacities. I struggle to get discount as much as I can. Also, based on my experience and in my field, open access textbooks are not so useful.

Instructor Name: Ali Dehghan
I am an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and IT at Collection of Business and Public Healthy at University of La Verne https://laverne.edu/directory/person/ali-dehghan/

Please describe the courses you teach.

IST 490
SCM 304
IST 282
IST 415
BUS 3110

Describe your teaching philosophy and any research interests related to your discipline or teaching.
My teaching approach promotes an environment that rewards hard work, curiosity for learning, and embracing new challenges. To continuously improve the classroom experience, I collect feedback throughout the semester from students. I have made several changes to my syllabus and course structure based on students' comments. For example, students requested greater opportunities for class discussion and additional time in the computer lab, and so this past semester, I integrated their suggestions.