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in the Supply Chain Management program stress
the integrated nature of SCM and still ensure that sufficient
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Graduate
Program in Supply Chain Management
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The NC State MBA program includes traditional schooling
in the basic areas of business management: Accounting, Economics,
Marketing, Operations, and Strategy.
In a student's second semester, Supply Chain Management
concentration courses are begun. Students will have the
opportunity to study technical supply chain issues particular
to each project and then learn the team-based, deadline-driven
nature of SC initiatives.
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Foundation
Introductory Courses (required) - Fundamental management
courses in accounting, economics, marketing, strategy,
and supply chain basics lay the foundation for the MBA
program and the Supply Chain Management concentration.
Introduction to Operations Management - The groundwork
for a student's successful future as a supply chain
manager is laid in this introductory course covering
the fundamentals of operations and supply chain management.
The class serves as a prerequisite for all SCM concentration
courses and covers design and management of both service
and manufacturing operations.
Business Process Analysis - Virtually every business
is run by a series of linked or parallel business processes.
The effectiveness of the business itself is often highly
dependent on how well these processes are designed and
managed. This course is designed to provide the student
with the perspective and tools to design, manage, and
improve processes within an organization.
Summer
Internship (highly recommended)
The SCRC works closely with students to obtain a summer
internship at member companies. Students benefit from
8-10 weeks of close, on-site interaction with established
companies. Our members are able to directly assess potential
future supply chain employees. Take a look at journal
entries describing the experiences of one of our
recent interns.
Concentration
Courses
Physical Flows (required)
Supply chains are made up of physical flows as well
as information flows. The physical flow activities of
supply chains are the central topics within this course.
Physical flow activities are comprised of inbound, outbound
and inter-stage logistics processes, as well as material
handling and warehousing processes. Complex supply chains
can include a large variety of combinations of all of
these activities.
SCM Physical Flows course material will cover the design
and management of the physical supply chain network
through the presentation and discussion of traditional
logistics and operations topics. The course will also
contain several case studies that emphasize the physical
flow perspective and management approaches for representative
supply chains.
Information Flows (required)
The SC Information Flows course emphasizes information’s
critical role in the performance of extended supply
chains. Information can record and retrieve status,
plan or kickoff physical activities, record and report
performance and codify decision rules and planning values.
Through examples, case studies and exercises, these
functions of information will be examined and analyzed
in various contexts throughout the course. Students
will learn that information flows can be evaluated with
respect to accuracy, timeliness, correctness of detail
and form, appropriateness of sharing and completeness.
Using information flow mapping, current and improved
supply chain performance can be captured, and recommendations
for supply chain improvement defined.
Relationships (required)
This class develops major themes and strategies of Supply
Chain Management relationships. The focus is on performance
measurement, relationship assessment, negotiation, contracting,
and managing conflict in business relationships in a
globally integrated supply chain. In this context, relationships
may exist between internal functional groups, as well
as with suppliers and/or customers. The focus of the
course is on collaboration and strategy execution. Emphasis
is on assessing, establishing metrics/expectations,
contracting, and managing external business relationships
in sourcing, logistics and operations. However, many
of the concepts will be explored primarily from the
perspective of the purchasing/sourcing perspective,
and less emphasis will be placed on the marketing/sales
perspective.
Capstone
Supply Chain Practicum (required)
This course is comprised of a team-based project
working on a Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC)
partner company’s supply chain management issues.
These projects will be as varied in scope as are company’s
supply chain issues and improvement initiatives, but
they will contain a specific, somewhat narrowly-focused
set of deliverables. We anticipate a mix of projects
that will generally center, or focus, on SC Relationships,
SC Physical Flows and/or SC Information Flows, yet remain
integrated across the supply chain issue that faces
the company.
The scope of the projects will be defined prior to,
or early in, the semester of the class. Background and
objectives, as well as key deliverables and milestones,
along with deadlines will be established for the student
teams. Students should expect to learn at two levels
in the Practicum: first, they will study technical supply
chain issues particular to each project; and second,
they will learn the team-based, deadline-driven nature
of supply chain initiatives in a real company setting.
Electives
During an SCM student's final three semesters electives
are chosen, based on personal and career interests,
to round out the academic experience. These courses
and independent studies provide an opportunity to work
on additional projects and learn more about the field
of supply chain management. Paths are flexible, and
faculty often work with individual students to determine
an appropriate sequence.
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Student
Perspectives
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“I
particularly enjoyed the Business Process Analysis
class offered by Dr. Steve Chapman for a number
of reasons: 1) Dr. Chapman brings a wealth of practical
experience and knowledge to the class. Every important
concept is explained in the context of real world
scenarios, 2) the project component allows students
to immediately put theoretical concepts and skills
such as construction of flow charts into practice,
and finally 3) the structured problem solving and
analysis skills learned in this class are extremely
valuable.”
Asmita Barve
“Project-related courses provided the hands-on
experience of working on real world projects for
real companies. They provided an environment to
combine theory and practice, and helped me develop
skills and strategies that I'm already using in
my projects here at Sonoco.”
Jason Cox
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