Global Supply Chain Management
One feature of today’s global marketplace is the increasing complexity of supply chain networks. Vital to success is an understanding of all facets of the global supply chain — from the production and manufacturing of raw materials and goods, transportation and inventory management to distribution channels and customer satisfaction.
Developed in collaboration with industry leaders, Clarkson's cutting-edge graduate and undergraduate programs in global supply chain management utilize a multidimensional, systems approach to integrating business functions.
Students master key concepts the integration of information technology, engineering design methodologies, global issues, Six-Sigma quality, and logistics/distribution within an open, collaborative environment that fosters forward thinking and innovation.
A recent U.S. News and World Report career guide predicts that supply chain management will be one of the 20 hottest career paths in this century.
Clarkson's Global Supply Chain Management program is distinguished by:
The result is our graduates are thoroughly prepared to successfully confront major challenges and be agents of change in a global marketplace. That's why our Global Supply Chain Management programs are consistently ranked among the nation's top 20 by U.S. News & World Report. And why our graduates are pursing fast-tracked careers at today's most successful and selective corporations.
- "Clean sheet" design of courses for existing graduate and undergraduate degree programs Integration through Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Process management approach to quality
- Global orientation
- e-Commerce-based strategies
- Leveraging IT for decision making
- Industry exposure through seminar series
- Interdisciplinary nature of the program
Clarkson's Global Supply Chain Management program is ranked as one
of the top 20 programs in the nation by U.S. News & World
Report in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
