Supply Chain Design and Cost Management (online)
Note: This is the final course of the Supply Chain Management Certificate program. There are four courses that must be successfully completed prior to enrolling in Supply Chain Design and Cost Management.
The primary objective of Supply Chain Design and Cost Management is to provide an understanding of the design and development of integrated supply chains from the supply management perspective. The focus is on understanding the role of supply management in supply chain design, supply chain management and cost management. While the supply chain design issues are at a strategic level, the cost management issues explore both strategic and hands-on operational issues.
Supply Chain Design and Cost Management counts toward the Online Certificate in Supply Chain Management. If you choose the Graduate Certificate option, you can earn three graduate credits for completion of this course. If you choose the Professional Certificate option, you can earn 4.5 Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for successful completion of this course. CEU's are a widely recognized measure of participation in non-credit professional education activities.
Participants who successfully complete this course will receive 45 Continuing Education Hours (CEH's), which can be applied toward the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) CPSM recertification, C.P.M. recertification and/or A.P.P. reaccreditation program requirements. Note: ISM does not endorse, certify or sponsor this program or its content.
Who Should Attend
Supply Chain Design and Cost Management will be beneficial to a diverse number of supply chain professionals, including:
- Individuals who are relatively new to supply chain management and desire a foundational knowledge of supply chain complexities as well as a strong understanding of how companies leverage their supply chains to achieve competitive advantage
- Experienced professionals who wish to update their knowledge of current thinking and best practices through interaction with faculty engaged in broad-based research and consulting
- People who wish to network with other supply chain professionals across industries
- Working professionals who want to supplement their undergraduate or graduate degree with graduate-level courses in supply chain management
Key Benefits
By participating in Supply Chain Design and Cost Management, you should be able to:
- Acknowledge and consider the implications of any supply management activity on the cost and the value that the organization provides to the customer
- Develop an understanding of critical supply chain design issues in order to analyze the supply chain of an organization or an industry and assess its strengths and weaknesses; This includes evaluating outsourcing decisions within the supply chain.
- Realize how strategic cost management, supply strategy and supplier management are integral to supply chain design and organizational strategy, and be able to apply the appropriate approaches to a situation; This includes having insight into the basic economics that affect supplier pricing approaches.
- Have the skills to match the right cost/price analysis tool with the purchase, and apply the tools of price analysis, cost analysis, total cost of ownership analysis and target costing appropriately to a given situation
- Better understand your decision-making style and value the balance between analytical and soft skills
Course Structure
Supply Chain Design and Cost Management is an online course consisting of five modules. Students will be allowed one week to complete each module. This course is not a "self-study" course; all students begin and end the course on the same date. This model replicates a classroom environment online and ensures a high level of interaction and learning among participants and faculty.
An important aspect to effective learning is the opportunity to work with peers and to learn from classmates who work in other industries. To this extent, faculty will facilitate a discussion board each week with one or more open-ended questions designed to achieve the learning objectives. Participants will be required to respond to the questions or to the responses from their classmates to demonstrate active learning.
Topics
- Supply chain design and the in-source/outsource decision
- Strategy, relationships, design issues and supplier pricing
- Strategic cost management, price analysis and total cost of ownership
- Overhead and cost analysis
- Target costing and decision making
Admissions Requirements, Applications Procedures and Deadlines
Applications are accepted throughout the year and reviewed on a rolling basis. All application materials must be received at least two weeks prior to the first day of classes. GMAT/GRE scores are not required.
Please note, for both the Graduate and Professional Certificates, Operations and Supply Chain Management must be the first course taken. To register for either of the certificate programs, please visit the admission requirements page.
Tuition and Fees
- The professional course is $2,300. Participants who choose this option will receive 4.5 continuing education units.
- The graduate course is currently $2,907. This fee is subject to change based on an annual review of tuition and fees by the Arizona Board of Regents. Students who choose this option will receive a grade worth three graduate credits on an ASU transcript.
- All course materials are included in the program tuition and fees.
Cancellation Policy
Please review our cancellation policy.
