Supply Chain Management and Logistics deals with sourcing raw materials and components required by companies to manufacture their products. People who work in Logistics focus on improving the overall performance of the supply chain, to ensure the fastest possible delivery. This is achieved through efficient planning, which allows enterprises to reduce excess inventory and storage costs.
Supply Chain Management and Logistics is a multidisciplinary field and combines concepts from Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, Operations Management, Logistics, Procurement, Information Technology, and Marketing.
Some of the courses you will study include market needs, planning methods, and controlling supply flows. As a student, you'll understand how global supply chains and national and international markets function. You will also learn about e-commerce and find ways to use this knowledge for strategic sourcing.
Supply Chain Management and Logistics helps you develop skills such as research and analysis, negotiation, and problem-solving. Being able to remain calm under pressure, improvise, adapt, and make important decisions will always give you an edge in the field of Logistics Management. Learn how to negotiate with suppliers and make things run more smoothly.
Supply Chain Management & Logistics will allow you to find jobs working as a project manager, industry analyst, global logistics manager, transportation director, supply chain consultant, and others.
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