Operations and Supply Chain Management (online)

Graduate Course

Currently not accepting applications.

Professional Course

Date: Sept 2 - Oct 6, 2013
Price: $2,300
Registration Deadline:
July 22, 2013
Registration Requirements

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Questions?

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Operations and Supply Chain Management provides a solid foundation and deeper understanding of what managing a supply chain entails. This course exposes you to the myriad of issues, problems and decision tools that pertain to, hinder, and/or facilitate the effective and efficient internal and external flow of quality materials and requisite knowledge. Many of the topics we examine are drawn from contemporary courses in production/operations management, purchasing management and logistics management.

Operations and Supply Chain Management is the prerequisite course in 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 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 4.5 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.

Key Benefits

By participating in the Operations and Supply Chain Management course, you should be able to:

• Define and analyze the basic components within a given supply chain in terms of strengths, weaknesses and impact on flow of quality materials and requisite knowledge
• Identify and evaluate the various sources of uncertainty that impact a given supply chain
• Apply basic quantitative, statistical and cognitive tools in evaluating these uncertainties to gain some initial understanding of their impact
• Design viable strategies either to mitigate or reduce the negative impact of inherent uncertainties or to eliminate the sources of these uncertainties

Course Structure

Operations and Supply Chain 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

• Process decisions
• Capacity decisions
• Inventory decisions
• Quality decisions
• Purchasing and logistics decisions with a note on just-in-time

Who Should Attend

Operationsand Supply Chain 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

Admission Requirements

Please review our admission requirements.

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.

Application Procedures and Deadlines

Applications are accepted throughout the year and reviewed on a rolling basis.

• To register for the professional course, please see application requirements. From there you will be able to register for this course.
• We are currently not accepting applications for the Graduate Certificate .

All application materials must be received at least two weeks prior to the first day of classes. GMAT/GRE scores are not required.

Cancellation Policy

Please review our cancellation policy.