Gain the skills and experience needed for next-generation supply chain leadership
Learn the modern approach to supply chain management and become a problem solver for the 21st century using the Six Sigma DMAIC process. This dynamic program from the University of Denver connects you with world-class faculty and industry leaders, preparing you to tackle the challenges of a rapidly changing global business environment.
The program begins with the fundamentals: sourcing, production, logistics, and supplier and customer communication. As you advance, you’ll work directly with faculty to tailor the curriculum to your interests, integrating science, technology, and real-world supply chain practices. Hands-on projects let you apply your learning and help businesses solve real supply chain challenges, building both experience and professional connections to jumpstart your career.
Supply chain managers play a vital role in every business that produces and sells products. This program helps you expand your knowledge, advance your career, and make a tangible impact as a skilled problem-solver.
Offered entirely online, the program features live, interactive discussions led by faculty with real-world experience. Students can choose a four-course certificate or a six-course expanded option with two electives to further customize their learning.
The graduate certificate in Supply Chain Management is offered through the Daniels College of Business, the Transportation Institute, and the College of Professional Studies at the University of Denver, combining expertise in business, transportation, logistics, and professional online learning.
This course will provide a broad overview of the discipline of supply chain management, providing to students an understanding of "people, processes, and technologies" related to the field. Supply Chain Management is the discipline that brings together B2B and B2C markets, and the University of Denver's model defines this as an end to end system within six pillars that has a goal of a "cradle to cradle" system. Participants will learn of the key operating, financial, and technical measures and tools of supply chain management, which is necessary to be a successful professional in the field. Specific current and future trends will be covered, including the implications across local, national and global systems. The focus will be on learning and applying how supply chain will continue to transform in the future, but from an understanding of the end to end system and its principles as the foundation.
TRAN 4110 Fundamentals of Supply Chain Planning
According to the Six Pillars of Supply Chain program design at the University of Denver, the system can only succeed if it acts as an integrated system. This course focuses on the first three pillars of the supply chain management system, design, source, and schedule, the steps that are taken before a product is made. Supply Chain Planning is focused on how agents in the front end of the supply chain system are centered on how to create, procure, and plan/forecast within the overall process within and across companies. Students are exposed to concepts and practical examples of how front-end activities are achieved within the overall supply chain model. The course introduces concepts and tactics in product and supply chain design, strategic sourcing, forecasting, demand planning, and supplier management. Prerequisite: TRAN 4100.
TRAN 4120 Fundamentals of Supply Chain Execution
This course focuses on the final three pillars of the supply chain management system, make, deliver, and sustain, the steps that are taken as and after the product is made. Supply Chain Execution is focused on how agents in the back end of the supply chain system are centered on how to make, deliver and reuse within the overall process within and across companies. Students are exposed to concepts and practical examples of how back-end activities are achieved within the overall supply chain model. The course introduces concepts and tactics in materials resource planning (MRP), manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, distribution, retailing and sustainability. Upon completion of this course, the student will understand how these three pillars are critical to an overall successful supply chain strategy. The student will be introduced to how to apply these concepts and practical applications within a real-world market environment. Prerequisite: TRAN 4100.
TRAN 4130 Supply Chain Management Practicum
This course provides opportunities for students to apply concepts covered in the first three courses of the program to an individual project through the completion of a structured problem-solving exercise in an area of study related to the student’s specific area of interest. Potential topics will either relate to one of the six pillars in the SCM model, or a specific area of interest as a special topic, such as sustainable supply chains, supply chain structure, supply chain risk management, etc. Upon completion of this course, the student will possess a deeper understanding in an area of focus related to application of the student’s future interests. The student will be introduced to how this topic area can be applied in a company in a real market setting. Prerequisites: TRAN 4100, TRAN 4110, TRAN 4120.
Our graduate certificate program is intended for emerging professionals in supply chain and logistics roles, or professionals intending to make a career move into a supply chain role.
