Online MBA in Supply Chain and Operations Management

In this course, students will analyze critical components of marketing strategy including product, price, promotion, place, people, process, and physical evidence. Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the impact and importance of branding, customer demographics, value, and the use of data to create and monitor marketing strategies.

Credits: 3

In this course, students will develop the skills to understand financial reports and utilize the data provided through financial reporting for strategic decision-making. This includes critiquing the role of capital markets, the relationships of financial states and decision making, using financial statements to evaluate the health and budgeting decisions made by an organization as well as assessing the application of ethical standards in accounting.

Credits: 3

This course provides a theoretical and practical understanding of key financial concepts in corporate settings including the time value of money, required rates of returns, cost of capital, and the different valuation models of securities. Students explore the role of finance in capital markets and examine financial management such as managing exchange rates and various investment vehicles/tools available to enhance stockholders’ wealth in a competitive global economy. This course helps one weigh the impact of strategic decisions as it relates to the use of financial capital.

Credits: 3

This course examines the principles, practices, and techniques for building business operations and supply chain management systems. Students explore operations, supply chain performance, inventory, and capacity management, and forecasting with a focus on optimization of resources within a continuous improvement perspective. Innovation from the viewpoint of key stakeholders is explored along with compatibility of design principles with the needs of end users.

Credits: 3

Students in this course will review various approaches to data-driven decision making and examine the use of quantitative and qualitative approaches for strategic management and risk analysis. This course provides a review of data visualization, hypothesis testing, regression analysis, time series analysis, and risk and decision analysis.

Credits: 3

Students taking this course will examine ethical and legal situations facing marketing managers. Students will learn through exploring case studies, current affairs, and contrasting perspectives. Additionally, students will review ethical and legal considerations surrounding consumption movements, societal trends, consumer responses, and modern and historical perceptions.

Credits: 3

This course helps students develop an understanding of the various functions and responsibilities of the operations department in regards to today's competitive environment and market demands. The course examines quality management, the design and production of goods and services, effective supply chains and virtual chains, product life cycles, and the design and management of processes to develop and improve production and resource planning. Students analyze tools that make manufacturing, planning, and logistics of different supply chain strategies, including forecasting, system design, quality, supply chain management, and inventory management.

Credits: 3

In this course, you will have the opportunity to examine the design, development, implementation, and management of inventory management and production planning systems. In inventory management, you will focus on the main methods of inventory planning and control. In production planning, you will focus on master production scheduling, aggregate planning, material requirements planning, capacity and inventory planning, and production control. In this course, you will have the opportunity to assess fundamental issues in inventory management as well as production planning, to develop modeling and analytical skills. You will learn ways to formulate, analyze, and solve mathematical models that represent real-world problems as they relate to inventory planning and control as well as production planning.  

Credits: 3

In this course, you will have the opportunity to examine current logistics and distribution practices used in supply chain management. You will also examine manufacturing and supply-chain-information systems, tools, and techniques utilized for effective decision-making. They will also learn about import/export, transportation types, and international dimensions, as well as technology. You should be able to identify the significant components of logistics management and the dynamics of what is considered best practice in logistics management. In this course, you will focus on the complexities associated with the integrated flow of raw materials, in-process goods, finished goods, and information from point-of-origin through the production process to the end consumer.

Credits: 3

This course equips students to enhance a company's competitive advantage and create customer value through effective supply chain analysis. It explores the strategic role of supply chain management in supporting corporate-level strategies. Students will learn to leverage business information from supply chain systems to identify strategic decision-making opportunities. They will also use Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to analyze supply chain characteristics and uncover value-adding efficiencies. The course covers supply chain innovations such as real-time visibility, e-commerce impacts, and collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment.

Credits: 3