Certificate in Supply Chain Management: Advanced Topics
Program
This program has been designed to give you an applied understanding of real-world concepts of the more advanced topics within Supply Chain Management. The Certificate in Supply Chain Management: Advanced Topics is the result of collaboration among an advisory board composed of professionals with expertise in the field of Supply Chain Management,university professors and University Extended Education.
Supply Chain professionals are looking for more effective techniques to manage cost and improve profit margins. They must identify and capitalize on opportunities to meet executive expectations and optimize the value of their supply chain. This program will help you understand the influences that impact an organization's bottom line and what makes a world-class supply chain organization. You will discover innovative techniques and effective tools to become a strategic player within your organization. Starting with a Lean Supply Chain, moving through a Sustainable Supply Chain and on to a Global Supply Chain, this program reveals how world-class supply chain organizations achieve sustainable results. Real-world practitioners will guide you through projects, case studies, innovative tools and techniques.
The Certificate in Supply Chain Management: Advanced Topics consists of six required courses totaling 51 hours of lecture, lab and discussion. 5.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) will be awarded to the certificate graduate.
Program Objective
Upon completion of the certificate program, graduates will be able to:
- Identify and implement a more advanced lean supply chain
- Use metrics and advanced tools to analyze, measure and report supply chain performance
- Improve high-performance supplier and partner relationships
- Implement advanced supply chain tools to more effectively compete in global marketplaces
- Improve organizational bottom-line through sustainable initiatives
- Understand how to be a strategic player in order to meet organizational goals and objectives
Who Should Attend
- Warehousing managers
- Traffic/transportation managers
- Shipping/receiving managers
- Purchasing managers and buyers
- Inventory analysts and managers
- Supply and demand planners
- Chief Operating Officer
- V.P. Supply Chain Management
- Manager of Strategic Planning
- CFO
Eligibility
This certificate program is designed for the experienced Supply Chain Managers therefore, completion of the Certificate in Supply Chain Management or equivalent experience is highly recommended before starting the program.
Contact Jennifer Cannon-Gray, 657.278.2761, jcannon-gray@fullerton.edu