Supply Chain Management General Information

Supply Chain Management: The Key to Your Future

The traditional concept of business is obsolete.  Companies, both manufacturing and service, are creators of value, not simply makers of products.  Supply Chain Management focuses on globalization and information management tools which integrate procurement, operations, and logistics from raw materials to customer satisfaction.  Future managers are prepared to add product value, increase quality, reduce costs, and increase profits by addressing the needs and performance of:  supplier relations, supplier selection, purchasing negotiations, operations, transportation, inventory, warehousing, benchmarking, third-party vendors, electronic commerce, recycling, supply chain electronic software, and customer relations.

Supply Chain Management: Unlimited Career Opportunities

Globalization underscored the need for Supply Chain professionals who seek a variety of experiences, who are committed to life long learning, and who want to capitalize on ever-changing technology.  Executive career paths increasingly are being re-charted to mandate exposure to supply chain functions.  Supply chain professionals are part of multi-national and multi-functional teams and enjoy career opportunities of great breadth and depth.

Supply Chain Management: Diversity

Our students represent a wide variety of professional experience and are driven by their need for career growth, challenge, and opportunities for initiative.  Communication and analytical skills are key to supply chain success; historically, this concentration has appealed to students with undergraduate degrees in the humanities, engineering, business, information technology, finance, biological sciences, communication marketing, education, and mathematics.  Similarly, the average 4-5 years of prior work experience of our students is broad: engineering, operations, retail services, marketing, teaching, accounting, information technology, finance, and public relations are some examples.