1. Stay OrganizedMy Friends Organization is Key! o Make sure you have separate folders and notebooks for each course (MAR 255, FIN 256, SCM 265). o As basic and ideal as it sounds, you MUST have both pens and pencils ready for each class. Important to use pencils for supply chain as you are constantly designing business logistics, working with charts, and using small graphs o Its easier to mess up in Supply Chain and have to re-do the graphs than in any other course

2. Time management is the key to success Know exactly what days you have core and when you do not Know exactly every free time slot you have daily throughout the week Allocate enough time for homework, quizzes, and studying for that week Plan it out. Memorize your weekly schedule and create a routine for yourself that you will abide by on a weekly basis Ex: Every Tuesday and Thursday I would do my Marketing homework during my free hour and a half lunch break because I knew it was due that night 3. Wake up early everydayand get used to it It is extremely crucial to get a head start on the day o Wake up at least an hour and a half before your first Core class o Use this time to: Make sure you are not behind on homework assignments, review what you are going to be doing in class, write down questions you have for the teacher, get caught up if you are falling behind, and most importantly..get prepared for the day Plan out your days schedule, notice when you have free time and strategize how you are going to efficiently optimize that free time 4. You know whats ahead..MARK IT DOWN!! MAR255AssignmentsScheduleSpring2014 Date Material Time January16 Chapter1Homework(HW) Midnight January19 Quiz1:Chapter1 Midnight January21 Chapter2HW Midnight January23 Chapter4HW Midnight January26 Quiz2:Chapters2&4 Midnight January28 Chapter5HW Midnight January30 Chapter6HW Midnight February2 Quiz3:Chapters5&6 Midnight February4 Chapter8HW Midnight February6 HBSCaseFashionChannel StartofClass February9 Quiz4:Chapter8 Midnight February11 Chapter9HW Midnight February13 HBSCaseSaxonvilleSausage StartofClass February18 MidtermEXAM StartofClass February20 Chapter10HW Midnight February23 Quiz5:Chapter10 Midnight February25 Chapter11HW Midnight February27 Chapter12HW Midnight March2 Quiz6:Chapters11&12 Midnight March4 Chapter13HW Midnight March6 HBSCaseKodakFuntimeFilm StartofClass March18 Chapter14&15HW Midnight March20 HBSCaseNatureviewFarm StartofClass March23 Quiz7:Chapters13,14&15 Midnight March27 Chapter16HW Midnight March30 Quiz8:Chapter16 Midnight April3 Chapter17HW Midnight April6 Quiz9:Chapter17 Midnight April10 FinalEXAM StartofClass SCM 265 5/5 Tentative Course Schedule: Day Topic(s) Before-Class Assignments 1/14 T Course Introduction 1/16 Th Integrated Day Swatch Case Study (in class) 1/21 T Strategic Issues in Supply Chain Management Read Competitive Priorities document. Read Webster Ch.1, pp. 3-11. 1/23 Th Strategic Issues in Supply Chain Management and Forecasting Read Mambo Parts 1 and 2. Read Webster Ch. 4, pp. 43-75. 1/28 T Forecasting 1/30 Th Forecasting 2/4 T Inventory Management HW 1, Quiz 1 (Forecasting) Read Mambo Part 3. Read Webster Ch. 6, pp. 115-156. 2/6 Th Inventory Management 2/11 T Inventory Management HW 2, Quiz 2 (Inventory) 2/13 Th Inventory Management 2/18 T Materials Requirement Planning HW 3, Quiz 3 (Inventory) Read Mambo Part 4. 2/20 Th Materials Requirement Planning 2/25 T Exam 1 in class 2/27 Th Beer Distribution Game (BDG) Read the Beer Distribution Game description. Bring your laptop to classroom 3/4 T PostBDG discussion and Operations Scheduling HW 4, Quiz 4 (MRP) Read Mambo Part 5. Read Webster Ch. 9, pp. 249-274. 3/6 Th Operations Scheduling 3/18 T Operations Scheduling 3/20 Th Project Management HW 5, Quiz 5 (Operations Scheduling) Read Mambo Part 6. 3/25 T Project Management 3/27 Th Quality Management HW 6, Quiz 6 (Project Management) Read Mambo Part 7. Read Webster Ch. 11, pp. 359-386. 4/1 T Quality Management 4/3 Th Waiting Line Theory HW 7, Quiz 7 (Quality Management) Read Mambo Part 8. 4/8 T Waiting Line Theory 4/10 Th Review before Exam 2 HW 8 (Waiting Line Theory) 4/15 T Exam 2 in class 4/17 Th Capstone consulting sessions Decision 1 due by 10pm 4/19 Sat Decision 2 due by 10pm 4/22 T Capstone consulting sessions ExtraCredit assignment due by 5pm Decision 3 due by 10pm 4/24 Th Capstone consulting sessions Decision 4 due by 10pm 4/26 Sat Decision 5 due by 10pm 4/29 T Capstone consulting sessions Decision 6 due by 10pm 5/1 Th Decision 7 due by 10pm 5/6 T COMP-XM Due by 10pm 5. Helpful Tip to better navigate through your assignment schedule 6. Professor. Wimer, thank you for being the toughest teacher in all of core and expecting us to get a good grade by putting 9 chapters of material on your midterm and final.real smart (MAR 255) Professor. Amira, thank you for actually being able to somewhat explain corporation finance and for teaching me a new language..but work on your accent! (FIN 256) Professor. Hekimoglu, Supply Chain will never be my forte, but as a extremely young non-professor, you held your ground pretty well and opened up my eyes to the world of logistics. (SCM 265) CORE program, thanks.but no thanks, I still despise you.