Do you wear Nike shoes, an UnderArmour shirt, or send text messages on your Apple iPhone? Do you ever think about where those products are made and/or how they find their way to you?
There is a long list of activities involved in bringing those products to you and other customers. Coordinating their production and delivery is called supply chain management.
What is Supply Chain Management?
Every product has its own supply chain — a specific group of companies working together to produce a final product. In fact, the typical global supply chain will include as many as 25 different organizations from start to finish.
Supply chain management involves the flow of materials, flow of information and flow of money. Someone must manage the flows across those 25 different organizations to ensure completion, and that someone could be you!
Become Part of the Chain at Longwood
Longwood University offers an Endorsement in Supply Chain Management in the College of Business and Economics.
The supply chain endorsement courses provide a good fundamental understanding of supply chain management concepts and prepare you for a number of supply chain related career opportunities.
Job openings in the supply chain field are expected to grow by 10% to 20% over the next ten years. Will you be employable?
To learn more, visit the College of Business & Economics website or email Dr. Richard Monroe at monroerw@longwood.edu