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Supply Chain Management Certificate

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$738
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10% partner discount

Why should I get this certificate?

Manage resources essential to the operation of an organization

The entire product and service lifecycle occurs under the supply chain management umbrella, which includes the centralized search, procurement, and management of the flow of goods and services. This certificate emphasizes leveraging the effects of operations within the supply chain to achieve business performance and objectives.

Upskill your capabilities

  • Certificates are the fastest-growing form of post-secondary credentials in the U.S. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
  • 42% of certificate students gained more responsibilities, earned a promotion, or changed careers while pursing the credential (Harvard Extension School)
  • The number of people with a post-baccalaureate certificate has increased over 50% since 2005 (Forbes)

What are the required courses?

Graduate certificates require 12-13 credit hours (five courses) and can be applied toward an MBA or MSL.

This course discusses the subject of global supply chain management and prepares students for careers in the field of supply chain management. This Global Supply Chain Management course discusses emerging issues in orchestrating a supply chain across borders for competitive success. It studies the roles of global economies, politics, infrastructure and competence in the context of supply chain management.

This course focuses on managerial issues in manufacturing, including project management, PERT, critical path analysis, and time-cost models. The major operations management issues are quality management and control, capacity management, plant location, layout and design, production planning and scheduling, supply chain management, and inventory management.

Making good decisions requires the ability to analyze data in straightforward, direct ways that produce high integrity results. This course requires students to apply the decision support models that are most frequently used in supply chain applications. Quantitative and statistical methods for decision making, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation analysis, forecasting, linear programming, and decision analysis will be explored. Specific case studies requiring data modeling and analysis will be used to demonstrate the use of the tools presented, requiring students to apply the tool correctly, not simply learn about it.

Supply chain Distribution is the methods used to get products to your customers. Advantages of a well-tuned distribution network include: reduced delivery cycle times, lower inventories and resulting increased cash flow, lower costs and higher quality to delivery performance, etc. The choice of the distribution channel, and the performance of the partners operating the distribution mechanics, go a long way towards improving the perception of your organization’s performance in the eyes of your customer.

This focuses on developing sustainable supply chain solutions that provide the best TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) in the industrial, consumer and service business sectors. This course will introduce students to a strategic view of Supply Chain Management, how it is used to enhance customer value, and will equip them to analyze and evaluate the quality of supply chain management in any organization, as well as develop the critical thinking skills to assure that the strategic management of the supply chain is deeply integrated into every aspect of business.

What are the next steps?

Mount Mercy offers competitive tuition and additional benefits for employees of our partner organizations.

Whether you're pursuing a degree or a certificate, our 10% tuition discount for corporate partners' employees will help you advance your education and career goals—while keeping the cost manageable.

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  • Tuition reimbursement from employers
  • 10% tuition discount for employees of partner organizations

We make it easy by accepting applications year-round! No deadline, no fee, no pressure.

  1. Complete your application.
  2. Request official transcripts from all schools previously attended. Mail to:

    Graduate Programs
    Mount Mercy University
    1330 Elmhurst Drive NE
    Cedar Rapids, IA 52402-4797
  3. Some programs require letters of recommendation and other materials. Please see program-specific requirements on our Admissions page.

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