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 of the following courses:

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 755 Six Sigma Traning: Approval required. See Gary LaPoint if interested in learning more or registering.
• SCM 600 Green Supply Chain (spring 2012). See Pat Penfield if interested in learning more.
• SCM 777 Global Supply Chain Strategy: The globalization process that began in the 1990s have had a dramatic effect on the way goods are produced, shipped, and sold to consumers. The course demonstrates the necessity for developing an integrated marketing, finance, and supply chain strategy in order to achieve competitive advantage and competency. It covers topics related with the design of global facility networks, containerization and logistical planning across borders, financial and accounting related matters such as duties, duty drawbacks and tax differentials, and benefits and risks in outsourcing products and services, and offshoring manufacturing activities rather than insourced operations. Additionally, it demonstrates how global supply chains can be designed to mitigate risks associated with financial, economic, and political crises.
• SCM 690 CPIM Independent Study (any semester)
• MIS 635 The MIS Data Base

Other Courses

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

Whitman School of Management

• MAR 754 Seminar in Marketing Research
• 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