The Master's in Supply Chain
Management program offers career opportunities in supply chain management,
including planning, sourcing, making, delivering, and returning supplies from
suppliers to customers. Goods are produced, and services are provided to
consumers. But how do those goods become finished products and get to where
they need to go, and how do services get provided? Supply chain management
masterminds these processes. Raw materials must be stored and cataloged,
transformed into usable inventory, and once finished and given the stamp of
approval, must be moved from the point of origin to the point of consumption.
The movement of goods is a skillfully designed labyrinth of interlinking
networks, channels, and connecting points, with the customer situated at the
end of that supply chain. Likewise, the transformation of raw materials and
human expertise into provided services requires skillful planning and
execution.
Career Path
It was once noted that supply
chain management deals with a product from the cradle to the grave. Supply
chain management borrowed from the process known as logistics, which emerged as
a procedure in World War II as part of an effort to deliver the right amount of
supplies to the troops in the trenches. The supply chain concept, however,
focused on the product's inception, as far back as the design stage, and
followed that product through marketing and customer service. The largest
Fortune 500 company, Wal-Mart, owes much of its success to making supply chain
management a science. Examples of career opportunities include areas such as: Distribution
operations supervisor, Supply chain analyst, Inventory specialist, Materials
manager, Buyer, Quality assurance professional.
Middle Tennessee State University will accept, for the purposes of meeting the English proficiency requirement, English taken in 12-year education, or English is designated as the primary and official language and the principle language of instruction. If you do not meet the English language requirements yet, you can achieve the level you need by successfully completing a pre-sessional English programme with the university or submit
1. English language proficiency at a minimum of IELTS band 6.5 (or equivalent) or PTE Score or Duolingo English Test score before you start your course.
