DMM 101 INVENTORY PLANNING AND CONTROL (5-0-5)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Provides the student with the knowledge and skills necessary for successful control of a company’s inventory. Emphasis will be placed on inventory methods and control systems, physical inventories, prevention of shortages, and how current technology can assist the manager in inventory planning and control. Topics include: systems, area of management attending, economic order quantities, ABC analysis, MRP, bar coding, physical inventory, and cycle counting.

DMM 102 PURCHASING (5-0-5)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
A study of the fundamental aspects of industrial and governmental purchasing. Emphasis is placed on procedures, techniques, and challenges in the field of purchasing, as well as the basic organization of purchasing capital equipment, purchasing management and organization, governmental purchasing, electronic data interchange, and ordering decisions.

DMM 105 DISTRIBUTION PRINCIPLES (4-2-5)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Provides an opportunity to study the wholesaling function and the movement and storage of goods. Emphasis is placed on the transportation, storing, and material handling functions. Topics include: historical and contemporary wholesale distribution, inbound and outbound operations, traffic operation concepts, distribution center safety and security, purchasing, inventory, financial management, and inside and outside selling.

DMM 106 MATERIALS HANDLING MANAGEMENT (9-2-10)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Provides an opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for the successful management and handling of materials. Emphasis is placed on basic functions and organization, as well as traffic management, shipping and receiving, materials identification, and storage systems. Topics include: motivation and incentives, measured standards, freeing bottlenecks, reducing handling times and travel distances, quality control, cube utilization, handling of materials, and traffic management.

DMM 107 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT CONCEPTS (5-0-5)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Familiarizes the student with the principles and concepts of leadership in quality improvement. Topics include: the history of quality improvement, quality improvement leaders, quality tools, quality improvement implementation, team building for quality improvement, and future quality tenders.

DMM 108 DISTRIBUTION OCCUPATION- BASED INSTRUCTION (0-9-3)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Introduces students to the application and reinforcement of distribution and employability principles in an actual job placement or practicum experience. Students are acquainted with occupational responsibilities through realistic work situations and are provided with insights into management applications of the job. Topics include: problem solving, adaptability to the job setting, use of proper interpersonal skills, application of distribution management techniques, and professional development. The occupation-based instruction is implemented through the use of a practicum or internship and all of the following: written individualized training plans, written performance evaluation, and a required weekly seminar.

DMM 109 DISTRIBUTION OCCUPATION-BASED INSTRUCTION (0-9-3)
Prerequisites: DMM 108, MAT 111
Continues the application and reinforcement of distribution and employability principles in an actual job placement or practicum experience. Students are acquainted with occupational responsibilities through realistic work situations and are provided with insights into management applications on the job. Topics include: problem solving, adaptability to the job setting, use of proper interpersonal skills, application of distribution management techniques, and professional development. The occupation-based instruction is implemented through the use of a practicum or internship and all of the following: written individualized training plans, written performance evaluation, and a required weekly seminar.

DMM 110 MANUFACTURING RESOURCES PLANNING/JUST-IN-TIME I (4-6-7)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Provides introductory instruction and hands-on experience in utilizing Manufacturing Resources Planning (MRP II) Just-In-Time, a fully integrated production and information management software system. Instruction moves step-by-step through system implementation and teaches how a state-of-the-art Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) system works in today’s zero inventory and Just-In-Time environment. Topics include: bills of material, MRP II logic, inventory planning, master production schedule, planning policies, statistical quality control (SQC), and quality at the source.

DMM 150 TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT (5-0-5)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Introduces the student to traffic management in industry. Topics include: freight regulations, rates, classifications, documents, principles of managing traffic operations in a distribution center environment, international distribution, and hazardous material distribution.

DMM 151 WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS (5-0-5)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission
Gives an intense managerial approach to the proper ways to organize and operate a warehouse. Topics include: warehousing principles, site selection, facility design, planning and decision making processes, and inventory control.

DMM 999A TQM/SPC (5-0-5)
Prerequisite: Provisional admission.
An introduction to the concept of Total Quality Management (TQM) Systems now being used in the American workplace. The concepts of Statistical Process Control (SPSC), also known as the Scientific  Approach, will be discussed. Topics include:Doing Business In A New Business World; The Basics of Quality Improvement; Setting The Stage For Successful Projects: Getting Underway; Building an Improvement Plan; Learning To Work together and Team Building Activities.