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This certificate in supply chain management combines system thinking, six sigma, cost analysis, and process analysis.
Students in this Certificate must purchase an ebook of cases in addition to the textbook listed below. Click here to order cases ebook.
SUP-620 Operations and Supply Management
This course focuses on the core concepts of operations and supply management. This condensed text was constructed with sections on the four essential core areas—strategy, process management, supply chain management, and inventory and control (supply and demand planning).
Jacobs, F. Robert and Chase, Richard B. Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core, 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill: 2010. ISBN: 9780073403335.
BUS-650 Systems Thinking and Modeling
This course explores systems dynamics and its application to solve business and organizational problems. The course uses a problem solving approach to look at the organization.
Sterman, John. Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World, 1st. edition. New York: McGraw-Hill: 2000. ISBN 9780072389159.
SUP-621 Cost Management Strategies
This course focuses on management concepts and how managers use cost management information to make better decisions and improve their organization’s competitiveness.
Blocher, Edward, Stout, David, Cokins, Gary, and Chen, Kung. Cost Management: A Strategic Emphasis, 4th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill: 2008. ISBN 9780073128153.
SUP-622 Production and Operations Analysis
This course provides a survey of the analytical methods used to support the functions of production and operations management. This course focuses on continual process improvement while enhancing the technical content of the book. Both analytical methods centered on factory and service processes, as well as process issues across the supply chain, are included.
Jacobs, F. Robert and Chase, Richard B. Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core, 2nd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill: 2010. ISBN: 9780073403335.