Today’s supply chain management industry requires professionals who can integrate and optimize all the steps required to produce the right amount of the right product or service and deliver it to the end user at the right time. The interdisciplinary role of supply chain management spans logistics, distribution, purchasing, manufacturing, inventory management, marketing, and product development. It involves diverse skills and knowledge, along with multicultural and global perspectives.
Working in multidisciplinary teams, you develop in-depth knowledge of the entire flow of the end-to-end supply chain, from raw materials to finished products, with a special emphasis on information and supply flow throughout the process. You develop the skills needed to write effective management reports, manage teams of workers, and make persuasive management presentations.
Supply Chain Management’s Focus:
This curriculum is supported by the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC), an industry-university partnership that represents a broad spectrum of industries dedicated to the development of future supply chain professionals. This partnership provides our faculty and students with an opportunity to work with professional supply chain managers at all levels of responsibility, tackling real industry situations through structured team projects. It also serves the member companies by providing applied research and knowledge to help them achieve supply chain excellence.
