Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management (SCM) concerns the coordination of business disciplines that are required to manage the flow of goods, services, and information needed to produce and deliver products and services to customers. Effective supply chain management improves business performance and provides value to customers. Considered one of the newest and fastest growing business disciplines, SCM provides a competitive advantage for corporations, and our SCM program incorporates the best-in-class methods, concepts and tools that companies need to gain that competitive advantage. Organizations are placing great value on the ability of new hires to understand the connections among disciplines that our SCM program teaches. Majoring in SCM will broaden your perspective on business, helping you to view organizations holistically, so you can see how decisions made in one part of the organization affect stakeholders throughout the supply chain. This understanding is especially important in the global economy in which SCM graduates will one day be managers. The SCM faculty has a close association with regional and national SCM executives, which provides many opportunities for internships and full time positions. The success of SCM alumni also provides students with networking opportunities for career enhancement. SCM majors are also given the opportunity to experience the supply chain outside of the classroom through a variety of extracurricular activities, including the Duquesne Supply Chain Council, the Student Chapter of APICS, participation in local SCM professional society meetings and the SCM Course Enrichment Program. The SCM Course Enrichment Program provides students with multiple opportunities each semester to visit corporate SCM operations and witness supply chain management in action. Career Prospects: Every business has a supply chain, and graduates can begin their careers in industry, government, consulting, service providers or SCM information systems. The breadth of disciplines included in SCM provides a number of opportunities for starting positions in the field, such as forecast analyst, production scheduler, material planner, buyer, operations analyst, inventory planner, transportation analyst/planner, warehouse planner, customer service representative and SCM systems analyst.