Master of Business Administration (MBA): Concentration in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Effectively procuring, directing, and utilizing resources are vital to an organization’s well being. Optimizing supplies, and streamlining throughput may drive business value.

Courses in the MBA with a concentration in Logistics and Supply Chain Management are taught by instructors, many who understand managerial logistics and supply chain philosophy and concepts.

In this industry-current curriculum, our project-based Professional Learning Model™ can challenge you to understand the relevance and applicability of logistics and supply chain methodologies to businesses operating in a global environment. The CTU PLM™ is designed to place you in the active role of collaborative problem-solver as you can study topics including product design, warehousing, distribution, procurements and contracting decisions

Successful completion of CTU's MBA with a concentration in Logistics and Supply Chain Management can provide students with an applicable foundation of relevant qualifications, including how to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the relevance and applicability of logistics and supply chain methodologies to businesses operating in a global environment.
• Conduct scholarly research in the fields of logistics and supply chain management.
• Apply managerial logistics and supply chain philosophy and concepts, as well as quantitative and qualitative methodologies to product design, warehousing, distribution, procurements and contracting decisions.
• Design an integrated supply chain system from the raw material to delivery to the end customer, including reverse logistics consideration.

Core coursework in this program focuses emphasizes the application of critical thinking and management skills in today’s business environment. Courses include:

• Applied Managerial Accounting
• Applied Managerial Economics
• Strategic Management in Dynamic Environments
• Applied Managerial Finance
• Leadership and Ethical Decision-Making
• Applied Managerial Decision-Making
• Graduate Research Methods
• Applied Managerial Marketing

Concentration courses explore managerial supply chain philosophy and logistics concepts. The courses explore how to adapt and implement these concepts into a manufacturing environment while addressing warehousing, inventory, and distribution techniques. For example:

• In Logistics/SCM Inventory and Distribution, students can study the supply chain from raw materials through delivery to the end customers, with an emphasis on achieving efficient customer response (ECR) while minimizing inventory costs and improving cash flow. Students also study supply chain management (SCM) in today’s global e-business environment.
• In Impact on Design & Production, students can examine aspects of the production process that impact the total logistics system, including the concepts of total quality management, production planning and control, concurrent engineering, and the strategic approach to total manufacturing management.
• In Supply Chain/Logistics Cost Analysis, the course can focuse on an analysis of costs relative to system and product life cycle phases, including concept definition, design, production, modification, support, and retirement. The course can address the use of logistics cost analysis in making strategic and operational decisions, including product and supply chain design.
• In the Project Management Capstone, students can demonstrate the application of content, concepts, and knowledge developed in previous core and concentration courses in their specific academic program. The course can requires the completion of comprehensive research, analysis, and study in either a selected area of interest or a current business issue impacting the learner’s organization or company. Students could complete an in-depth project utilizing discipline-specific strategies. Research methodologies can be used to prepare a formal report.

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