What Is Supply Chain Management?
Emerging markets and competitors, short product life cycles, global supply networks, demanding customers. The right product must be at the right place at the right time. Impossible? Talented leaders in supply chain management make it happen every day.
What do they do?
Everything from early-stage product design to the final "moment
of truth" with the customer. Working with people and managing
projects across functions within their organizations and beyond,
to suppliers, channel partners, and customers.
Why are they important?
Supply chain management has become a primary source of
competitive advantage across industries--from high tech to
health care. The world's most successful and highly respected
companies--including Apple, Procter & Gamble, Toyota,
GlaxoSmithKline, Nike, Best Buy, Coca-Cola, and IBM--are
recognized for their world-class supply chains.
People who can successfully manage complex supply chains are in high demand by leading companies worldwide.
Supply chain management integrates business functions concerned with the movement of goods, services and information along the value chain with the goal of creating value for the ultimate customer. The field of supply chain management is a cross-functional discipline involving many components of business, including product development, marketing, demand/supply planning, procurement/sourcing, production, inventory management, transportation/logistics, customer service, and the management of relationships between business organizations and their channels of distribution.
In today's complex business environment there is a need to coordinate these supply chain functions, not only within the firm, but also with business partners and customers. Firms are recognizing the need for a "total cost" or "systems" approach to supply chain management. As a result, decision-making cuts across many functional areas and is an increasingly critical strategic component of successful businesses, large and small.
100% Placement
Supply chain management talent is in high demand, as the
Center's placement record of 100% placement for summer
internships and full-time employment reflects. Our graduates achieve quickly and notably. Average starting salaries are
consistently the highest among peer schools, ranging from $80,000 to $110,000.
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Supply chain management students have the best of two worlds--the
resources of a large, world-class university and hands-on,
personalized attention made possible by the in-depth resources
offered by the Grainger Center. The Center provides each student with
personalized career and academic advising. Students are
connected--directly and personally--with an extensive network of industry executives, alumni, corporate
partners, and faculty. Students receive personalized guidance
from this network throughout their time in the Wisconsin MBA.
Industry Partnerships
The Grainger Center has deep ties to industry. Its extensive
network of corporate partners provides real-world perspective
that enhances the curriculum and applied learning program and
provides invaluable career guidance to students. The Executive Advisory Board is comprised of senior
executives at leading firms renowned for supply chain management
excellence.
Integrated Learning Environment
The curriculum is cross-functional, applied, and collaborative, allowing students to learn about supply chain management in an integrated business framework from renowned faculty with expertise in supply chain management and other business disciplines.