Graduate Certificates in Supply Chain Online
Organizations in virtually every industry rely on intricate supply chains that globally manage goods and services demands. Synchronizing the flow of products, information, and funds are becoming increasingly complex with products that move across continents daily and deadlines that directly affect a company’s profitability. This fast-paced industry requires professionals with strong and balanced quantitative, analytical, communication, and project management skills.
Offered 100% online, our graduate certificates are a convenient way to advance your skills without pressing pause on your career. You’ll earn the same certificate as students on campus, from the comfort of your home or office.
The Business School, grounded in a technology-focused university, has world-class expertise and educational resources in these areas, and thus is suitably poised to offer a graduate-level education to prepare students for their career choices and leadership in the field of supply chain management.
These four-course certificates are excellent preparation for taking the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM formerly APICS) Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) and ASCM Certified Production and Inventory Management
Supply Chain Graduate Certificates Online
Supply Chain Analytics
WPI’s graduate certificate in Supply Chain Analytics provides the analytical tools and decision-making frameworks for employment as a supply chain analyst. The program can be completed on a part-time or a full-time basis.
Program Requirements
The graduate certificate in Supply Chain Analytics requires completion of four courses: three required courses for a total of nine credits and one elective course totaling three credits.
Courses
Three Required Courses (9 credits)
OIE 542: Risk Management and Decision Analysis
OIE 559: Optimization Methods for Business Analytics
MKT 568: Data Mining Business Applications
One Elective (3 credits)
ACC 500: Accounting and Finance Fundamentals (1 credit)
ACC 502: Financial Intelligence and Strategic Decision Making (2 credits)
OIE 598: Special Topic – Supply Chain Simulation Modeling and Analysis
OIE 598: Special Topic – Financial Analysis of Supply Chain
Supply Chain Essentials
Learning Outcomes
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Design and manage an effective supply chain, and apply project management techniques
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Improve the operational efficiencies of a supply chain and be able to interpret the implications of supply chain initiatives in terms of key financial performance metrics
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Be able to apply supply chain analytics and conduct demand forecasting, aggregate planning, and sales and operations planning for a supply chain
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Recognize and evaluate supply chain vulnerabilities and formulate approaches to mitigate supply chain risk
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Assess fundamental dimensions of supply chain strategy, innovation, transformation, and organizational leadership
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Evaluate and manage the sustainability of a supply chain
Program Requirements
The graduate certificate in Supply Chain Essentials requires completion of four required courses for a total of twelve credits.
Courses
Four Required Courses (12 credits)
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OIE 501. Designing Operations for Competitive Advantage
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OIE 544. Supply Chain Analysis and Design
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OIE 553. Global Purchasing and Logistics
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OIE 598 ST. Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations Management
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WPI Business School Professor Joseph Sarkis presents on sustainable production and supply chain as it relates to COVID-19.
Faculty Profiles
Joseph Sarkis is a Professor of Management within Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Business School. He previously served as a faculty member at Clark University and the University of Texas at Arlington. His teaching and research interests are in the fields of environmental sustainability, operations and supply chain management. He is the author or co-author of over 500 publications. His research is widely cited and earned the designation of highly cited researcher for seven years from 2016-2022 from Thomson-Reuters/Clarivate Analytics (Web-of-Science).
My research agenda takes advantage of my educational background. The first area of research is supply chain networks equilibrium. In this research stream, I model supply chain networks to understand the interactions of agents who act in their own self-interest and their impact to business and society. A broad class of research question in this area is motivated by the interaction between supply chain networks and sustainable and responsible decision-making. The focus in my second area of research is on Blockchain technology contributions in the supply chain networks.
I am interested in manufacturing and industrial engineering. My main interests lie at the intersection of manufacturing processes and the financial aspect of the business that relates to these processes. I see my mission as enabling students to become leaders in a business environment and helping them extract value from the processes that drive the organization. We do this by using tools like axiomatic design and Lean Six Sigma methods.
I enjoy teaching an interrelated series of topics that combine current industrial methodologies with the basics from academic study that form the foundations for commercial practice. The WPI classes give me an opportunity to share, mentor and steward students through simulated and practical problems, guiding them to plausible and realistic solutions.
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