Supply Chain Management Certificate Structure

The online Certificate in Supply Chain Management is designed for busy working professionals who want to benefit from challenging, graduate-level coursework. The program consists of five online courses offered regularly throughout the year, each six weeks in length. Participants begin and end a course on the same dates and interact on a daily basis with faculty and each other through a discussion board. Courses are scheduled so that the certificate can be completed in as little as one year or within a maximum six-year timeframe.

Course Descriptions

Operations and Supply Chain Management
Covers contemporary management issues, including environmental, project and supply chain management; new product development; quality control; and TQM.

Strategic Procurement
Learn to apply principles, philosophies and processes of supply management to the purchasing management process on a global basis, with focus on the continuous improvement of the purchasing management system. (Prerequisite: Operations and Supply Chain Management)

Logistics in the Supply Chain
Focuses on critical issues for customer perception of supply chain performance, including inventory planning, transportation, warehousing, information technology and integrated logistics service. (Prerequisite: Operations and Supply Chain Management)

Supplier Management and Negotiation
Topics include selecting, developing and executing appropriate sourcing strategies and processes. (Prerequisite: Operations and Supply Chain Management)

Supply Chain Design and Cost Management (Capstone course)
Strategic design and development of supply chains, with focus on cost-management tools applied to supply chain design and supplier management. (Prerequisite: successful completion of four other courses in the certificate program)