Supply Chain Management Programs

Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management is the management of resources to design, procure, fabricate, produce, assemble, store, distribute, deliver, use, maintain, recycle, and dispose of goods and services. A "supply chain" consists of interconnected components required to transform ideas into delivered products and services. Supply chain management is a business approach that focuses on integration and partnerships in order to meet customers' needs on a timely basis, with relevant and high quality products, produced and delivered in a cost-effective manner. Current interest in supply chain management stems from the need of world-class organizations to purchase, produce, move, and market goods and services on a global basis. Relentless focus on time, cost, and quality have sharpened the need to coordinate and cooperate with business partners around the world in order to meet and exceed customers' needs and wants.