MBA

The concentration in supply chain management builds on several of the curriculum's core courses, including finance, marketing management, and management information systems, to address topics of logistics, inventory control, risk sharing, supply chain planning, buyer-seller alliances, information flows, transportation, production management, and business-to-business marketing in global setting. Students must take two required courses and one elective.

Required Courses

• SCM 701 Supply Chain and Logistics Management (typically offered during fall semester): Quantitative and qualitative analysis of global supply chains, channels of distribution, and logistics networks. Extensive use of cases.
• SCM 702 Principles of Management Science (typically offered during spring semester): Concepts and development of analytical model building as used in global supply chain decision.

Electives

Choose one or more electives with the approval of a faculty advisor from courses in supply chain management, management information systems, or marketing. Examples include:

Whitman School of Management

• SCM 655 Customer Relationship Management with SAP (typically offered during spring semester): SCM majors are encouraged to enroll in this class; counts as a major elective.
• SCM 656 Project Management (typically offered each semester: Project planning, cost estimation, project scheduling, resource allocation, performance metrics and earned value analysis, advanced techniques for accelerating projects, and approaches for managing multiple simultaneous projects. SCM majors are encouraged to enroll in this class; counts as a major elective.
• SCM 721 Supply Chain Systems (typically offered during spring semester): Theory and application of supply chain systems. Manufacturing resource planning, distribution requirements planning, electronic data interchange, tracking technologies, vendor managed inventory, collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment, emerging issues. SCM majors are encouraged to enroll in this class; counts as a major elective.
• SCM 741 Strategic Sourcing (typically offered during fall semester): This class will study the impact of purchasing and supply chain management on the competitive success of a business. Discussions and review will be held on the ethical, contractual, global and legal issues faced by purchasing professionals. We will explore the strategic nature of purchasing, negotiating tactics, and cutting-edge technology used in “world class” purchasing departments. SCM majors are encouraged to enroll in this class; counts as a major elective.
• SCM 600 Six Sigma Traning (Fall 08): Approval required. See Gary LaPoint if interested in learning more or registering.
• SCM 690 CPIM Independent Study (any semester)
• MIS 635 The MIS Data Base
• MAR 754 Seminar in Marketing Research

Other Courses

You may also wish to consider the following courses as an elective to complement your supply chain management coursework.

Whitman School of Management

• MIS 745 Decision Support Systems
• MIS 625 Information Systems Analysis for Management
• INB 769 International Business Management

L.C. Smith College of Engineering:

• MFE 600 Manufacturing Simulation
• MFE 629 Modeling & Optimization Techniques
• MFE 635 Manufacturing Systems
• MFE 654 Production Systems Design & Control
• CSE 683 Expert Systems
• CSE 684 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence