Curriculum

Enjoy the variety of courses the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management has to offer. 

If you are working full-time, you should attempt no more than 6 credit hours (i.e., 2 courses) per semester. Summer offerings are limited, and the condensed time frame is not often conducive to our working students. You should expect to take 5 semesters to complete the degree online. You have 6 years to complete the degree, but careful planning is necessary to ensure you complete all courses within that time frame.

The degree program comprises of a minimum of 30 credit hours based on six required courses as well as four courses from the list of electives. You can lookup course descriptions below:

Required Coursework (6 courses)

• BUSI 7150 - Operations Excellence through Supply Chain and Quality
• SCMN 6500 - Inventory/Warehouse Management
• SCMN 6600 - Supply Chain Planning
• SCMN 7600 - Supply Management and Manufacturing
• SCMN 7700 - Demand Management and Fulfillment 
• SCMN 7800 - Supply Chain Strategy 

Elective Courses (Any 4 courses from the list below)

• BUSI 7120 – Quantitative Analysis for Business Decisions
  
• BUSI 7130 – Strategic Analysis and the Competitive Environment
  
• BUSI 7140 – Organizational Leadership, Ethics, and Change 
  
• BUSI 7250 – International Business Operations 
• BUAL 6610 – Predictive Analytics for Business Decisions
• BUAL 6650 – Business Data Management 
  
• BUAL 6660 – Descriptive Analytics for Business Decisions 
• ISMN 6370 – Project Management
  
• ISMN 7880 – Management of Information Systems 
  
• SCMN 6720 – Quality and Process Improvement 
  
  

Course Descriptions:

BUSI 7150: Operational Excellence Through Supply Chain and Quality Management (Fall/Spring/Summer, 3 credits)
This course examines the strategic role of supply chain operations and quality management in creating outstanding products and services. We discuss how operational excellence allows firms to create a competitive advantage by aligning business strategy and supply chain operations capabilities. Topics include: operational excellence, quality management, demand and supply management, sales and operations planning, inventory management, supply chain design, logistics management, and strategic sourcing.

SCMN 6500: Inventory and Warehouse Management (Spring, 3 credits)
This course focuses on issues related to managing inventories in a supply chain. Topics include: role of inventory in supply chains, inventory-related policies and decisions, and dealing with supply and demand uncertainty. Issues related to safety stock and replenishment planning, impact of lead times, and management of multi-echelon supply chains are covered. Additional issues related to warehousing inventory, such as storage and slotting policies, receiving and put away, order picking strategies and warehouse management are covered.     

SCMN 6600: Supply Chain Planning (Spring, 3 credits)
This course focuses on long‐term and short‐term planning of supply chains to provide a strategic fit with business objectives. The course develops an understanding of the critical fit between strategy and supply chain capabilities. Analyze issues related to designing supply chain networks and how to deal with issues related to supply chain uncertainty by leveraging supply chain coordination. Other topics include: strategic framework for supply chain planning and decision-making, distribution network design, planning for product availability under uncertainty and service level goals, and transportation planning. 

SCMN 7600: Supply Management (Spring, 3 credits)
This course focuses on the strategic issues involved in managing a company’s upstream supply chain and it fits into a company's overall strategy.  Topics covered include strategic sourcing, category management, supply risk management, make-buy decisions, TCO, supplier selection/management, and sustainable sourcing 

SCMN 7700: Demand Management and Fulfillment (Fall, 3 credits)
This course reviews best practices in improving demand management and creating supply chain efficiencies in fulfillment. The course covers different demand analytics and forecasting approaches; how to shape and create demand. The course covers different demand fulfillment strategies and how to determine the right fulfillment process for an organization. Using multiple case studies of successful (and failed) organizations, this course provides an in-depth understanding of demand management and fulfillment issues and strategies.

SCMN 7800: Supply Chain Strategy (Fall, 3 credits)
This course focuses on emerging strategies and thinking at the C-suite/strategic level to provide insight into current issues, problems, and practices in supply chain management. The course provides an integrated perspective of the supply chain decisions companies face. Ensure familiarity with supply chain management concepts and techniques in a global context. Understand global supply chain requirements and implications of strategic supply chain decisions.

You can look up course description for ELECTIVE courses on Auburn University website.  

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