IN PERSON: Supply chains, a foundation of the global economy, are front page news. We are seeing disruptions that undermine them — increasingly viewed as unfair dealing — and widespread efforts to reorganize them. This course will help us understand the transformation of our economies over past decades and why the performance of supply chains affects us so fundamentally. We’ll examine the supply chain-structured global economy, how supply chains mutate, and the vitality and fragility of this new global system. The course takes a broad sweep, from Henry Ford’s determination to control all the supply chains in his new industry and the rise of multinational corporations to the transformation of the international trade and financial environments that led to the new phenomenon of outsourcing and the globalization of supply chains. Using cases of automobiles and semiconductors, we will look in detail at how this system works, including its benefits, its costs and the efforts to unwind it. | Facilitated discussion.
Max enrollment: 35.
Location: Judea Reform Congregation, 1933 W. Cornwallis Rd, Durham NC 27705
