Virtual Integrated Supply Chain Management Program

The Integrated Supply Chain Management Program offers comprehensive management development techniques/tools for professionals involved in inventory management, purchasing, warehousing/ transportation, project management, lean principles in the overall supply chain pipeline.

This program is designed for those who have at least three years of experience in any of the functional areas of supply chain management.

A candidate who completes the requirements within an eighteen (18) month period will receive a continuing education credential from Saint Louis University Center for Supply Chain Excellence.

This non-academic credit credential will establish a permanent record within Saint Louis University, documenting the recipient’s exposure to state-of-the-art supply chain management techniques. Each of the required seminars will be offered at least twice a year.

Outcomes

Participants will:

• Obtain the ability to identify and analyze a supply chain’s functions, processes and activities, including their interactions within a firm, as well as across firms that create cost to cost and cost to service trade-offs.
• Develop an understanding of the role of managing supply chain inventories in the business environment.
• Identify specific customer service variables (the output of the supply chain process) that will provide a differential advantage in the marketplace.
• Understand the role of managing supply chain inventories in the business environment.
• Understand the supply chain system components and their inter-relationships within individual companies.
• Understand a variety of analytical tools, skills and techniques that can be used to solve supply chain problems.
• Gain an understanding of the role of logistics / supply chain management in business, government and military environments.
• Gain an understanding of the system components of a typical logistics network, including their inter-relationships.