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Supply Chain Management

The Supply Chain Management (SCM) major provides students with a foundation in supply chain management theory, logistics, distribution, and theoretical/analytical frameworks to assist in managing and understanding critical supply chain components. It also examines forecasting, demand management, assembly, sourcing, procurement, sales and marketing, operations planning, as well as broad areas such as strategic and production management, e-commerce, digital business systems, digital and business ethics, finance, and international business.

Students will be introduced to effective methods for streamlining the production and the delivery of products and services along the supply chain within organizations, both domestic and internationally. They will also learn supply management through simulated applications, case analyses, real world assignments and projects and will gain hands-on-experience integrating supply chain management models to enhance business performance outcomes. The goal in the SCM major is to provide advanced insights and strategic knowledge by integrating the concept of value-driven supply chain management and analytical methods to applied and real operational challenges facing our world today.

Student Learning Outcomes

  1. Communication: Communicate clearly and effectively in both written, oral and digital forms to an intended audience using strategies and methods appropriate to college-level expectations. Students will demonstrate effective communication characterized by written work that is clear, organized, succinct yet exhibits a depth of analysis and synthesis, and is accurate in mechanics and documentation.
  2. Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Students will demonstrate critical thinking characterized by the ability to define business problems with the evidence available, discern fact from opinion, determine underlying causes, and formulate and evaluate potential solutions. Students will identify and implement best practices in business for planning, decision-making, problem-solving, and conflict management within an ethical framework.
  3. Leadership and Team Collaboration: Student’s leadership skills will be evidenced in taking initiative, communicating objectives, building agreement, ability to change, and motivating team members to perform. A key ingredient in the student’s development of leadership and teamwork skills is self-assessment; therefore, students will assess their own leadership style, strengths, and areas for improvement. Students will show effective group collaboration by making material contributions to group projects, demonstrating responsiveness and availability as a team member, communicating clearly and effectively, exercising leadership where appropriate, and demonstrating collegial behavior appropriate in professional relationships.
  4. Quantitative Analysis and Reasoning: Students should demonstrate their ability to apply quantitative analytical processes to solve problems and demonstrate a facility with numbers to support decision-making.
  5. Synthesis and the Foundational Knowledge of Business Disciplines: Students will demonstrate a solid understanding of core business principles in the primary areas of supply chain management including logistics, procurement, operations, distribution, simulated forecasting, decision modeling, and transportation as well as the interconnectedness of these disciplines in managing the supply chain from the initial forecasting to the end-user.
  6. Ethics: Students will recognize ethical and moral issues, identify needed actions, and demonstrate the moral courage to implement them.