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Advanced Master Certificate in Supply Chain Management and Procurement

Program Type

Certificate

Program Format

Online

Instruction Format

Instructor Led

Courses

5 courses

CEUs

17.5

Next Start

02/01/2025

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Master the supply function of supply chain management and learn to be more agile, informed and capable of developing proactive supply management strategies that align with your organization’s competitive objectives. You’ll gain critical insight using real-world case studies, time-tested strategies and knowledge from many leading campus-based master’s level faculty, who will teach you how to effectively evaluate and select suppliers as well as manage the flow of products from sourcing and acquisition through delivery to the customer.

In today’s complex global business world, an organization’s overall success boils down to the efficiency and effectiveness of its supply chain. Competitive strength relies both on a firm’s products and the processes that provide products to customers. Effective supply chain management (SCM) enhances productivity and performance with the strategic combination of people, systems and technology to successfully compete in the global marketplace. Each online certificate program provides you with tools and techniques from experienced supply chain faculty and explores global trends and contemporary issues affecting, and affected by, supply chain management.

What You'll Learn

This professional development series gives you the skills and knowledge to:

  • Combine innovation and the supply chain to provide products to consumers
  • Align your supply chain management strategy with your organization’s competitive strategy
  • Establish supplier pricing models and explore cost reduction models
  • Master negotiating techniques for cross-cultural and multi-party situations
  • Optimize your supply base considering your number and type of suppliers

Who Should Register

This program benefits professionals working in all areas of supply chain management and procurement who want to advance into leadership roles. The Advanced Master Certificate in Supply Chain Management and Procurement is open to anyone interested in gaining or improving their integrated supply chain management skills, strategic sourcing skills and sourcing and supply base strategies across all functional areas.

Curriculum & Tuition

Required Courses

Tuition

Average Cost Per Course: $2,480

About MSU’s Broad College of Business

Founded in 1855 on the ideals of democratization of knowledge, Michigan State University (MSU) is an inclusive, internationally recognized university with a mission of advancing knowledge and transforming lives. Michigan State University Online is the home to online programs from MSU's Eli Broad College of Business. These flexible programs are offered in a variety of structures and formats and designed for working professionals. Through the convenience of online, video-based e-learning with the added value of face-to-face networking in select programs, you can gain applicable industry knowledge and learn from the faculty thought leaders at one of the top research universities in the world.

Average Cost Per Course: $2,480

Additional tuition reductions and flexible payment options may be available!

Career Pathways

Agricultural Inspectors
Aircraft Launch and Recovery Specialists
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Climate Change Policy Analysts
Conveyor Operators and Tenders
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
Fallers
Fence Erectors
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Fishing and Hunting Workers
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Helpers--Production Workers
Industrial Engineers
Legislators
Log Graders and Scalers
Logging Equipment Operators
Logging Workers, All Other
Logisticians
Logistics Analysts
Logistics Engineers
Material Moving Workers, All Other
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Production Workers, All Other
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
Purchasing Managers
Sales Managers
Supply Chain Managers
Surveying and Mapping Technicians
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Transportation Engineers
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers