Auto Industry Certificate in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

Who should attend?

This Certificate Program is designed for high potential candidates from a variety of vehicle industry OEM, Tier 1 and 2, 3PL, service and carrier organizations. Typical participants may be relatively new to supply chain functions, or may not have been exposed to supply chain concepts in college, or may have attended supply chain programs that were not focused on vehicle industry issues. Students are likely to come from manufacturing, marketing, engineering, purchasing, logistics, trade management, or related functions.

Agenda

FACULTY AND PROGRAM STRUCTURE

The program faculty will consist of a combination of supply chain academics and industry supply chain professionals. Program sessions will include a combination of lectures, classroom discussions, cases, tours, internet sessions, and simulations. The program will include state-of-the-art SCM simulation games and a research project that participants will conduct at their respective companies. The project will focus on a problem of interest to the participant's employer and will explore an opportunity to solve a problem, reduce costs or improve operations. At the end of the year students will have learned about supply chain concepts and issues, best practices, analysis tools and industry application of concepts.