Location
BELC, South Wing, S173
Global Supply Chain Lab
The Global Supply Chain Management program, ranked No. 3 in New England by College Factual, prepares students to be leaders in the field through hands-on experience and real-world partnerships. It serves as a centralized classroom, meeting location, and resource center for Supply Chain students. The lab features whiteboard walls, moveable furniture, and flat-screen monitors to adapt the space for various uses, including interactive coursework, presentations, and group projects. Students gain exposure to industry tools such as Forecast Pro and MiniTab and engage in simulations and pedagogical games to enhance their learning.
Through the capstone course, Bryant seniors help actual companies solve real business problems, presenting their findings to industry partners and saving their clients millions of dollars. This invaluable experience gives students the confidence and skills for their future careers while benefiting industry partners and making a tangible difference for their organizations.
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“Our clients trust our students with their data and trust the way they go about understanding an issue and solving a problem; they also believe in our students and their skill sets. There is nothing more thrilling to our students than knowing that they have solved an industry problem, contributed to a company’s success, and their client is very happy.”
Christopher Roethlein
Professor
$266M
saved by student consultants for clients since 2016
No. 3
ranked program in New England
College Factual
Courses Offered in the Lab
GSCM 310: Supply Chain Integration
This course is designed to help students synthesize concepts covered in other business courses by providing an integrative framework for supply chain management decision-making in a global business setting. Students will use a hands-on simulation to learn how a business builds relationships and integrates demand and supply activities across the supply chain to deliver customer value.
This course is designed to help students synthesize concepts covered in other business courses by providing an integrative framework for supply chain management decision-making in a global business setting. Students will use a hands-on simulation to learn how a business builds relationships and integrates demand and supply activities across the supply chain to deliver customer value.
GSM 430: Global Sourcing and Supply Management
Firms are increasingly developing sourcing and supply management as a source of global competitive advantage. Students in this course will be provided with the fundamental tools and techniques to deliver value through supplier identification and selection, buying, negotiation and contracting, and supplier measurement and improvement.
Firms are increasingly developing sourcing and supply management as a source of global competitive advantage. Students in this course will be provided with the fundamental tools and techniques to deliver value through supplier identification and selection, buying, negotiation and contracting, and supplier measurement and improvement.
GSCM 440: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Global Supply Chain
The focus of this course is corporate social responsibility from the perspective of the global supply chain. Topics include social and environmental reporting frameworks, risk management, supply chain ethics, sustainable business operations, closed-loop supply chains, disaster management and humanitarian supply chains, and other performance measurements.
GSCM 490: Empirical Applications in Global Supply Chain Management
This capstone course involves students in a hands-on, team-based project with a global supply chain industry partner, allowing students to demonstrate their skill sets and contribute to corporate success. Students will gain invaluable experience and become confident with their global supply chain knowledge and its applications, and participating clients will benefit through project efforts.
This capstone course involves students in a hands-on, team-based project with a global supply chain industry partner, allowing students to demonstrate their skill sets and contribute to corporate success. Students will gain invaluable experience and become confident with their global supply chain knowledge and its applications, and participating clients will benefit through project efforts.