Global Supply Chain Management

A Minor

Today's competitive business environment is no longer defined by how one company competes with another, but by how supply chains compete with each other.

The ability to manage complex global supply chains is key to success in the modern economy. Supply chain management involves coordinating and improving the flow and transformation of goods, services, information, and funds within companies and around the world, from raw materials to the final end user. It is an integrative strategy for complex business-to-business networks designed to enhance global competitiveness.

The Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) minor requires four courses that prepares students to fill the increasing demand for supply chain management professionals. The GSCM minor provides students with a working knowledge of the integrative value-creating supply chain strategies necessary to compete in the global marketplace.

Students can pursue an academic internship to fulfill one of the course requirements.

Studying Global Supply Chain Management at Bryant

Students will learn a process approach to integrating the key functions of marketing, logistics, operations management, computer information systems, accounting, and finance. Our interdisciplinary course of study transcends traditional business functionality and explores relationships that create value for multiple stakeholders across functions, organizations, and nations. The GSCM minor uses a hands-on approach to expose students to a wide variety of career opportunities available in the field of supply chain management.

Courses

Students in the Global Supply Chain Management minor will take the following required minor courses:

• Supply Chain Management Concepts
• Empirical Applications in Supply Chain Management
• Two elective courses chosen from:
  • Supply Chain Integration
  • Information Technology in Supply Chain Management
  • Global Supply Chain Management Internship
  • Special Topics in Global Supply Chain Management

For complete course descriptions, please refer to the course catalog.

Opportunities After Graduation

Supply chain management is rapidly becoming an in-demand field and one of the growing areas of job opportunities around the world. An understanding of supply chain management in a global context will benefit students across multiple business sectors, including:

• Customer Service
• Information Systems
• Logistics
• Management
• Manufacturing
• Marketing
• Planning
• Production
• Purchasing
• Retail
• Storage & Distribution
• Transportation

Students can also pursue the following GSCM careers:

• Consultant
• Customer Service Manager
• Fulfillment Supervisor
• Supply Chain Analyst
• International Logistics Manager
• Purchasing Manager
• Transportation Manager
• Supply Chain Software Manager
• Warehouse Operations Manager
• Supply Chain Executive
• Retail Buyer

For more information

To learn more about the Global Supply Chain Management minor, please contact:

Chris Roethlein, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Department of Management
croethle@bryant.edu

Teresa McCarthy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Marketing
Department of Marketing
tmccart4@bryant.edu