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Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management
Successful organizations, large and small, realize the value of skillfully implementing supply chain management principles. If you're a busy professional who wants more supply chain information and skills, Eastern Michigan University's Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management is designed for you. In addition to this certificate program, supply chain management is offered as a Specialization in EMU's Master of Business Administration (MBA). So, if you decide to pursue the full MBA in the future, your supply chain management courses can be applied toward that degree.
Career Opportunities
The supply management professional's impact is felt in all industries including retail, health care, manufacturing, services, hospitality, government/public administration, education and agriculture. Purchasing and supply management can exert tremendous leverage on an organization's profitability and operational success. They contain many different and rewarding professions. Supply chain management provides opportunity for successful careers in:
- Purchasing
- Strategic sourcing
- Supplier relations
- Materials management
- Supplier management
- Materials analysis
- Quality management
- Logistics
- Inventory management
- Contract management
- Traffic management
- Production controls
- Customer service
- Customer relationship marketing
Accreditation
The EMU College of Business is fully accredited by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). AACSB International is the premier accrediting association for colleges of business.
Course Sequence
Courses are offered in the evenings and weekends to accommodate the schedule of the working professional. The entire program can be completed at EMU–Livonia, conveniently located at Six Mile Road and I-275, or at EMU's College of Business in downtown Ypsilanti. If you subsequently decide to apply the graduate certificate courses toward an MBA, you can complete that degree at either location, as well.
Program of Study
Students meet with their adviser to devise
a 15-credit-hour plan to fulfill the program requirements, which
includes nine credit hours of required program courses and six credit
hours of program electives.
- SCM 611 Supply Chain Management (3)
- SCM 614 Information Technology for Supply Chain Management (3)
- SCM 618 Logistics in the Supply Chain (3)
- EM 620 Integrated Product and Process Design (3)
- SCM 622 Customer Relationship Management (3)
- SCM 624 Supply Chain Operations, Planning and Scheduling (3)
- SCM 628 Purchasing, Outsourcing and Quality (3)
For More Information
If you have questions about the program, e-mail scm@emich.edu, visit www.scm.emich.edu or contact:
Graduate Business Programs Office
300 West Michigan Avenue
404 Gary M. Owen Building
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
734.487.4444
Read more information by downloading the fact sheet [PDF].