Master's in Operations & Supply Chain Analytics
Program Overview
Master's in Operations and Supply Chain Analytics
The Master's in Operations and Supply Chain Analytics is a STEM-designated degree that prepares students for a career in managing global demands, distributions, and fulfillment of goods and services. This program provides students with the skills and hands-on project management techniques necessary to design and manage an effective supply chain while understanding how to create excellence in operations and processes.
Value Proposition Description
The operations and supply chain master's degree is designed to provide students with a foundation in three areas:
- Operations: internally focused, with an emphasis on achieving excellence
- Supply chain: designing and managing a network to support end-to-end delivery of goods and services
- Operations analytics: methods to harness insights from data and support decision making
Students then build depth by choosing specialties in two of these three areas. The operations and supply chain analytics master's degree culminates in a real-world, team-based project, which ensures that students are prepared to be successful in a data-driven, technological business environment.
Curriculum
The Master's in Operations and Supply Chain Analytics can be completed on a part-time or full-time basis and is designed as a stackable, professional master's degree. The degree requires at least 33 credit hours of study, i.e., eleven 3-credit courses. Courses listed in multiple specialties cannot be double-counted.
Core Courses
Students must complete a three-course core as follows:
- OIE 501. Operations Management
- OIE 544. Supply Chain Analysis and Design
- OIE 552. Modeling and Optimizing Processes
Specialties
Students must complete two three-course specialties, selected from the following:
- Specialty in Supply Chain Management
- Choose one course from:
- OIE 553. Global Purchasing and Logistics
- OIE 549. Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations Management
- Choose two courses from:
- MKT 561. Consumer Behavior and Analytics
- OBC 533. Negotiations
- OIE 553. Global Purchasing and Logistics
- OIE 548. Performance Analytics
- OIE 549. Sustainable Supply Chain and Operations Management
- Choose one course from:
- Specialty in Advanced Operations Analytics
- Choose 3 courses from:
- OIE 542. Risk Management and Decision Analysis
- OIE 548. Performance Analytics
- OIE 559. Advanced Prescriptive Analytics: From Data to Impact
- MIS 587. Business Applications in Machine Learning
- MKT 562. Marketing Research
- MIS 520. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Business Applications
- Choose 3 courses from:
- Specialty in Operational Excellence
- Choose one course from:
- OIE 554. Global Operations Strategy
- OIE 558. Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
- Choose 2 courses from:
- FIN 500. Financial Information and Management
- MIS 576. Project Management
- OBC 537. Leading Change
- OIE 554. Global Operations Strategy
- OIE 558. Designing and Managing Lean Six Sigma Processes
- Choose one course from:
Capstone Project
Students must complete a two-course capstone project experience as follows:
- OBC 505. Teaming and Organizing for Innovation
- OIE 597. Operations and Supply Chain Consulting Project
Alternative Specialties
- Custom specialty (requires approval; see catalog description)
- Research specialty (requires approval; see catalog description)
Additional Recommendation
On-campus, international students are encouraged to complete up to three additional credits of internship to ensure their readiness for employment in the U.S.
Admissions Qualifications
Applicants should have the analytic aptitude and academic preparation necessary to complete a technology-oriented business program. BS or BA degree in any discipline with a GPA of > 3.0.
English Language Proficiency Requirement
The Business Masters programs require a minimum TOEFL iBT score of 90, TOEFL Essentials score of 8.5, IELTS score of 7 (minimum sub-score of 6.5), or Duolingo score of 115.
Related Programs
If you're looking to add supply chain skills and knowledge to your academics, but not as a major course of study, check out the following graduate certificates:
- Supply Chain Analytics, Online
- Supply Chain Essentials, Online
Understanding how operations and supply chains work is relevant to any industry you're interested in and will open more professional opportunities. Maybe you already know this is the direction you're headed, but you need a bachelor's degree. WPI's BS in industrial engineering will give you the foundation so you can have an essential role in an organization's engineering and management plans and processes.
BS/MS Option
The BS/MS in Operations and Supply Chain Analytics program gives the skills and practical experiences necessary to begin developing a career in the rapidly growing supply chain management field. A robust and plentiful job market, especially for international jobs, means graduates can begin to take on leadership positions early in their careers, including roles as a supply chain technical analyst, commodity manager, director of purchasing, performance improvement senior manager, or director of supply chain operations. Industries in need of operations and supply chain managers include manufacturing, transportation, retail, government, education, and technology.