The Supply Chain Management Portfolio
The Supply Chain Management Portfolio curriculum of the Penn State Smeal College of Business MBA program is outlined.
The Supply Chain Management Portfolio
Objective
Enables you to accommodate organizational and supply chain goals for profitability, asset utilization, customer service, and systems flexibility.
Focus
- Evaluating key enablers of supply chain network integration, synchronization, and collaboration to achieve process innovation and effectiveness.
- Leveraging e-based processes and technologies for improving supply chain performance.
- Evaluating global network designs.
Career Possibilities
Career options include management positions found in e-Business, consulting, start-ups, high tech manufacturing, third-party logistics, and service companies. Below is a sample of recent graduate positions:
- Logistics Strategy Associate, Dell
- Regional Supply Chain Manager, Johnson & Johnson, International
- Manager for Strategy Development, Intel Asia
- Sr. Supply Chain Project Manager, Fisher Scientific
- Sr. Strategic Marketing Analyst, FedEx
Center for Supply Chain Research (CSCR)
The Center for Supply Chain Research (CSCR) at Smeal is one of the nation’s leading institutions dedicated to supply chain management research and education. It’s vision is to be "a pre-eminent research community of scholars and practitioners dedicated to shaping practice in logistics and supply chain management in today's converging economies."
Portfolio Faculty Director
Dr. Terry Harrison
Professor of Supply Chain and Information Systems
E-mail: tharrison@psu.edu
Education:
- PhD, Management Science, University of Tennessee, 1983
- MS, Management Science, University of Tennessee, 1981
- BS, Forest Science/Forest Products, The Pennsylvania State University, 1977
| Sample Classes |
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| Semester | 7-1-7 Module | Course Title |
| Spring, 1st Year | Module IV | Demand Fulfillment |
| Fall, 2nd Year | Module V | Manufacturing Strategy Strategy Implementation and Organizational Change Team Facilitation e-Management Business-to-Business Marketing |
| Module VI | Strategic Procurement Team Facilitation New Product Development |
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| Spring, 2nd Year | Module VII | Transportation in Supply Chain Complex Negotiations e-Marketing Supply Chain Modeling |
| Immersion | Value Proposition of ERP—A three-day program at a leading supply chain corporation | |
| Module VIII | Supply Chain Leadership Advanced Communications |
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