“The best part of the supply chain management curriculum at Clarkson is its systems approach to integrating business functions. It not only concentrates on single disciplines such as logistics, inventory management, information systems, or negotiations and partnership management, but also focuses on ‘the big picture’ and systems optimization.” -

Romana Semouchtchak '06, IBM Global Services

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The principles behind supply chain management focus on developing seamless flows of raw materials, products/services, information, and financial capital.  The supply chain starts at the initial design process and includes raw material sourcing, logistics, and continues through the delivery of that product or service to the end customer, with a goal of creating customer satisfaction at optimal cost.  The GSCM curriculum takes a systems approach, which includes concepts and faculty from operations management, marketing, information systems, human resource management, strategic management, and economics woven together in a seamless curriculum.  Concepts emphasized include:

• Integration through ERP
  
• A process management approach to quality
  
• A global orientation
  
• E-commerce based strategies
  
• Employing IT as a decision-making tool
  
• People and organizational skills for implementing GSCM solutions
  
• Incorporating environmental sustainability perspectives

 

Required courses include:

EC451 Industrial & Supply Chain Economics
IS428 Information Systems for Supply Chain Management
MK431 Supply Chain Distribution Channels
OM341 Global Sourcing & Supply Chain Design
OM351 Quality Management & Lean Enterprise
SB361 Supply Chain Environmental Management
SB441 Advanced Topics in Global Supply Chain Management
OS466 Negotiations & Relationship Management

 

Students choose one professional elective courses from the following list:

IS414 Database Management
LW471 Law & Society II
MK322 Market Analysis & Research
MK436 Creativity and Developing Innovation & New Products
SB476 Management of Technology
SB305 Cost Management