KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 July 8, 2020 \u2013 The 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Business debuts this fall a new online master\u2019s program in supply chain management centered on teaching students the skills to enhance the resiliency of supply chains \u2013 an area shown vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The Professional Master of Science in Supply Chain Management and Applied Analytics<\/a> \u2013 the first online program of its kind in the U.S. \u2013 is a rigorous, one-year program that will train students to analyze and develop innovative solutions to global supply chain problems. Distinguishing the program, students will integrate technology and data analysis for strategic solutions and complete a two-week internship with a global company.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the overwhelming disruptions we\u2019ve seen to global supply chains caused by the COVID-19 crisis, this program couldn\u2019t come at a better time,\u201d said Maling Ebrahimpour, dean of the College of Business<\/a>. \u201cThis program will give our students the analytic tools and the real-world experience to build resilient supply chains, along with providing them skills that put them in high demand in a growing global industry.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn supply chain management, what’s needed right now, especially with the current crisis, is the ability for managers to make adequate risk management decisions and use analytical applications toward building resilient supply chains,\u201d said Dara Schniederjans, associate professor and director of the master\u2019s program. \u201cOur program combines a STEM designation with real-world experience and training in analytics, all things employers are looking for right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Supply chain management is a more than $1 trillion industry that continues to grow with more than 11 million workers in the U.S. Such positions as non-managerial jobs as logisticians, analyzing and overseeing of a company\u2019s flow of supplies and products, are estimated to grow at 5%, or by about 8,400 jobs, by 2028, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs as transportation, storage, distribution and logistics managers are predicted to grow by about 6%, or about 7,400 new jobs.<\/p>\n The master\u2019s program will prepare graduates for such high-level jobs as distribution vice presidents, operations supervisors, import\/export specialists, analysts, and product lifecycle managers.<\/p>\n \u201cTypically, students with a bachelor\u2019s degree in supply chain management start at a salary between $50,000 and $60,000. Getting your master\u2019s significantly increases that,\u201d said Schniederjans, who is also area coordinator of the College\u2019s supply chain management department. \u201cYou have a lot more doors open to you.\u201d<\/p>\n Students in the master\u2019s program complete 30 credits, taking 10 courses in such areas as resiliency, accounting and finance, global supply chains strategy, international transportation management, and analytics and data mining. The courses\u2019 seven-week, asynchronous, online format provides students the flexibility to fit the program into full-time work schedules, while the accelerated structure allows them to complete the program in one year.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are not a lot of courses \u2013 or even textbooks — on supply chain resilience or supply risk management. Our program is really the first focused on what we call the uncertainty framework, which provides students with a basic framework on how to build resiliency in supply and introducing them to when to use those strategies depending on the type, process and product,\u201d Schniederjans said. \u201cSubsequent classes build on that information.\u201d<\/p>\n Students apply those skills in the program\u2019s closing courses \u2013 supply chain network design and Lean Six Sigma Innovation Protocol, in which students take part in a two-week internship where they analyze and improve on a company\u2019s supply chain process. Students may organize their own internship or seek a placement through the College of Business\u2019 Supply Chain Management Advisory Board, which includes about 30-member institutions in New England.<\/p>\n The program\u2019s courses were designed by College of Business professors with years of experience in their disciplines, along with industry experts, Schniederjans said.<\/p>\n \u201cOur department is very lucky in the amount of expertise that we have in each of our different fields,\u201d she said. \u201cFor example, we have Professor Mehmet Yalcin teaching our Lean Six Sigma course. He\u2019s not only an expert in theory and a prolific researcher, but he\u2019s a blackbelt in Lean Six Sigma. We also have Koray \u00d6zpolat, who is teaching one of our first courses, global supply chain management. He\u2019s extremely well-traveled and he\u2019s incredibly knowledgeable in the global issues.\u201d<\/p>\n The application deadline for the Professional Master of Science in Supply Chain Management and Applied Analytics is Aug. 4. Classes for the first seven-week session begin Sept. 1. For more information, contact Dara Schniederjans at schniederjans@uri.edu<\/a> or (401) 874-5280.<\/p>\n