Summer Quarter
SCM 504 Building Effective Teams
This course equips you with essential tools to create and lead high-performance teams. You will learn to apply research-backed principles to assemble teams capable of sustained excellence in achieving meaningful and challenging objectives. This course’s practical approach ensures you can drive team success in any professional setting, making the knowledge and skills you gain invaluable assets for your career growth.
SCM 500 Finance and Accounting for Supply Chain Management
3 credits
In this course, you will learn the basics of financial accounting, managerial accounting, and finance. You will learn how transactions affect a firm’s financial statements, as well as how to analyze financial statements, make long and short-term decisions, and evaluate and incentivize managers.
SCM 501 Probability and Statistics
3 credits
Upon course completion, you will be skilled in leveraging probability models and inferential statistics for robust business analysis. Through hands-on activities, you will apply these concepts and explore the integration of AI tools to enhance your analytical capabilities.
SCM 512 Spreadsheet Modeling for Business Enterprise
2 credits
In this class, you will learn how to develop decision support models using quantitative analysis tools, including linear programming, decision analysis, and simulation. After completing this class, you will develop hands-on experiences in building decision support models in Excel spreadsheets and gain essential skills to derive managerial insights from complicated mathematical modeling and analysis.
SCM 523 Competitive Strategy
2 credits
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of a firm’s strategy, including how it compares to but differs from related concepts such as business models. We examine the business holistically from the perspective of the firm’s primary strategist, the Chief Executive Officer. This course enhances students’ abilities to align their efforts with their organization’s core priorities and equips them with the language and concepts necessary to attain a competitive advantage in the workplace and propel their careers forward.
SCM 599 Supply Chain Leader Series
1 credit
The Leader Series brings real-world, state-of-the-art supply chains into the classroom. Leading supply chain professionals discuss current issues, practices, and solutions, giving the students unique opportunities to ask questions and make connections. You will get a clearer picture of supply chain organizations, practices, and trends, and be introduced to professionals who can serve as role models and mentors.
Autumn Quarter
SCM 502 Negotiations for Supply Chain Management
2 credits
This course equips students with practical negotiation, communication, and persuasion skills that have proven effective in real-world scenarios. Former students have shared success stories such as increasing job offer salaries by 10%, saving thousands on car purchases, securing higher equity in their start-ups, and improving relationships with colleagues. The course’s blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practice fosters confidence and competence in negotiations, making it a transformative component of their education.
SCM 511 Strategic Sourcing and Procurement
2 credits
Learn how to develop and deploy a strategic sourcing plan. Past class teams have developed strategic sourcing plans for categories of spend such as: computer processing units, lift equipment for ski resorts, packaging for grocery stores, and sourcing of aircraft for airlines. We’ll use real-world case studies to understand how large corporations such as Boeing, SpaceX, and Amazon develop their strategic approaches to critical spending categories. In understanding the Category Management process, students gain the skills to reduce supply chain cost, reduce supply chain risk, and improve products and services.
SCM 513 Operations Management and Process Analysis
2 credits
In this course, you will learn to analyze organizations in terms of processes and to spot opportunities to reduce cost and time in your workflows. The capacity management concepts and optimization tools covered in this class employ the latest technologies and are foundational to Operations Management across industries from manufacturing and online retail to software development and cloud computing.
SCM 530 Managing and Mining Big Data
3 credits
In this course, you will learn to apply advanced data analytics techniques—drawn from machine learning, data mining, and data analysis—to real business scenarios, equipping you with the skills to leverage Big Data effectively. Through hands-on experience with tools including R, Radiant, and Tableau, you will develop the ability to critically assess data, identify opportunities for analytics, and create value in diverse business contexts. This course prepares you to become a data-savvy manager capable of leading analytics teams and making informed data-driven decisions.
SCM 532 Global Supply Chain and Logistics
3 credits
In this course, you will learn to manage and optimize the supply chain of any organization, with a focus on navigating the complexities of global competition and technological advancements. Through the exploration of strategic and operational issues, you will develop the skills to align operations strategy with customer value propositions, implement effective supply chain strategies, and optimize supply chain networks. This course prepares you to tackle the challenges of modern supply chain management, particularly in high-tech industries, equipping you with the tools to drive efficiency and success in a global marketplace.
SCM 599 Supply Chain Leader Series
1 credit
The Leader Series brings real-world, state-of-the-art supply chains into the classroom. Leading supply chain professionals discuss current issues, practices, and solutions, giving the students unique opportunities to ask questions and make connections. You will get a clearer picture of supply chain organizations, practices, and trends, and be introduced to professionals who can serve as role models and mentors.
Winter Quarter
SCM 510 Marketing Strategy and Channel Management
2 credits
In this course, you will learn the fundamentals of marketing strategy and the goals of a marketing team, focusing on B2B models in addition to the challenges of integrating effective marketing into strategic initiatives at the enterprise level. Upon completing the course, you will have a strong understanding of how to work effectively with a marketing team, how the function supports a company’s profitable growth, and the broad areas of specialization in the field.
SCM 520 Forecasting, Inventory Management and Supply Chain Analytics
3 credits
Learn the forecasting techniques to understand the market demand for products in the supply chain. This course provides a comprehensive overview of tools and methods used to efficiently manage inventory of SKUs with varying characteristics. These tools will be widely used in analyzing supply chains in practice.
SCM 522 Lean Management, Total Quality and Six Sigma
2 credits
Students in this class will master the fundamentals of Lean Six Sigma, focusing on eliminating inefficiencies and improving quality. They will explore the seven deadly wastes, value stream mapping, various quality management tools, single-piece flow, and the DMAIC process with practical applications that drive operational excellence in supply chains and various office environments.
SCM 534 Data Management
2 credits
The objective of this course is to introduce the core concepts of database systems (ERDs), which is the essential for business managers and analysts alike to know to effectively store and utilize their data. As well as to introduce Structured Query Language (SQL), an essential coding language essential to leverage data effectively for delivering the best data-driven results and recommendations.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Analyze a business situation to determine information management
- Design a database to address those
- Learn SǪL queries to retrieve information from a relational database
- Use SǪL to generate and present useful insights from real-world
SCM 599 Supply Chain Practicum
1 credit
In this MSCM project-based course, you will work on solving unique real-world business challenges tailored to the needs of individual companies. Students will link the supply chain to specific business questions through a real-world project. You will gain key skills in project management, research, analytical thinking, and collaboration as you navigate varying degrees of data access, ambiguity, and interaction with project sponsors. This course is crucial for building hands-on experience with quantitative and qualitative problem-solving, preparing you to tackle diverse business scenarios in your career.
Spring Quarter
SCM 503 Leadership for Supply Chain Managers
2 credits
This course explores leadership responsibilities through various simulations, assessments, and case studies. The coursework focuses on enhancing teamwork, collaboration, and working across boundaries within the supply chain. This interactive class develops the skills and competencies necessary to create and sustain dynamic teamwork and integrate effective leadership and decision-making. You will better understand the factors that influence decision-making effectiveness and impact team member participation.
SCM 521 Managing Supply Chain Projects
2 credits
This course focuses on managing complex projects and develops students’ ability to successfully plan, schedule, and monitor these projects. Risk management is a consistent theme throughout the course. We also discuss new approaches that are critically important to many organizations, including the optimal design of contracts in decentralized projects and Agile and Scrum project management.
Sustainable Design of Global Supply Chains
3 credits
As firms seek to improve their global competitive positioning, they must consider a variety of factors in determining their supply chain strategies. These factors include proximity to relatively cheap inputs, benefit of locating near major markets, building of strategic alliances to acquire technological and competitive knowledge, etc. We will learn to make strategic and operational decisions to design and manage a global supply chain: where to source from, where to locate facilities, how to manage risk, how to embrace sustainability challenges from environmental, social, and economic perspectives.
By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Identify major decisions involved in SCM, explain how they come together, and find examples of these decisions in practical applications
- Identify challenges faced by global supply chains in modern world
- Design and optimize effective global supply networks
- Classify risks and understand various risk management frameworks
- Apply quantitative techniques to risk measurement
- Embrace sustainability challenges and design and implement sustainable supply chain strategies
SCM 599 Supply Chain Practicum
2 credits
The Leader Series is designed to bring real-world, state-of-the-art supply chains into the classroom. Leading supply chain professionals come to talk about current issues, practices, and solutions, and give the students a unique opportunity to directly ask questions and make connections. After the course, you will get a clearer picture of supply chain organizations, practices, and trends. You will also be able to identify professional role models that you are excited to follow. You also will be able to obtain new perspectives on various aspects of the supply chains.