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The major 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. Those who major in supply chain management must take two required courses and two major electives.

Required Courses

SCM 401 Supply Chain and Logistics Management (typically offered each semester): Influence of supply chain management and logistics on corporate strategy and profitability. Topics include transportation economics and operations, customer service, and international logistics, as well as other related topics.
SCM 402 Supply Chain Management Systems (typically offered each semester): Supply chain management systems: electronic communication, scanning, and tracking systems, enterprise-wide transactional systems, material and distribution requirements planning, supply chain planning.

Major Electives

You can choose two major electives from the list below. You may wish to select additional courses from the list as management electives to complement your supply chain management coursework.

The Whitman School of Management is one of 27 schools in the United States to receive a blanket waiver for transportation and logistics certification from the American Society of Transportation & Logistics (AST&L). Alternative course programs that will allow you to receive this certification can be found here.

SCM 403 Introduction to Management Science (typically offered during spring semester): Modeling techniques and applications for managerial decision making.
SCM 421 Fundamentals of Sourcing (typically offered during fall semester): Impact of purchasing and supply chain management on competitive success. Ethical, contractual, and legal issues faced by purchasing professionals. Strategic nature of purchasing, negotiating tactics, and cutting-edge technology used in “world class” purchasing departments.
SCM 431 Transportation and Distribution Center Management (typically offered during spring semester): Role of transportation and the distribution center in supply chain processes, and the relationship and impact on other disciplines within the organization.
SCM 455 Six Sigma Training (typically offered during fall semester): Approval required. See Gary LaPoint if interested in learning more or registering.
SCM 456 Introduction to Project Management (typically offered during fall 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 459 Law for Global Business (typically offered during spring semester): The legal environment of international business: the framework of international law influencing international business. Topics include the international law and organizations, international contracts, carrier liability, customs, and world trade law.
SCM 490 CPIM Independent Study (any semester)