Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

GSCM 558S Purchasing and Logistics within the Food Industry

Explores the rapid transition of food industry operations through an in-depth look at food commodity production, processing, storage, and transportation; facility location and transportation network design; role of wholesalers and distributors in the food supply chain; food safety; food industry consolidation and globalization; supply chain compression; ECR and demand forecasting; and e-commerce and the food industry.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as GSCM 558 and may only be taken once for credit.

Prerequisite

BA 339
  • Up one level
  • 500