Program Overview

Overview

The Supply Chain Management Essentials Certificate program is designed for individual learners and can also be customized for group delivery in organizations. The program is offered in an online self-paced format with a personal learning coach. Key details include:

• Learning Format: Online Self-Paced with a Personal Learning Coach
• Start Date: Within 1 week of registration
• Average Duration: Approximately 3 months
• Average Hours In The Program: 80
• Average Hours Per Week: 5-7 hours
• Credit Or Non-credit: Non-credit
• Cost: $1,950

The Opportunity

There are numerous opportunities for careers in supply chain management, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics expecting a 28% increase in job outlook for logisticians between 2021 and 2031. Supply chain management involves obtaining resources, managing supplies, and delivering goods and services to partners among the network of independent stakeholders.

Program Benefits

The program enables learners to become familiar with the range of supply chain issues facing businesses and learn processes, practices, tools, tips, and techniques that organizations are looking to implement to improve their operating performance. Applying state-of-the-art supply chain management practices increases learners' value across a wide spectrum of organizations and enhances their career opportunities.

What You Will Learn

The main goal of this certificate is to enable learners to develop skills and competencies that employers are looking for in the following areas:

• The Importance of the Supply Chain
• The Triple Bottom Line
• Analyzing Processes
• Service Delivery
• Inventory Management
• Managing Quality
• Compliance
• Information Systems
• Lean Six Sigma
• Project Management
• Performance Metrics
• Building a Culture of SCM
• Emerging Trends in SCM

Who Should Attend

This course is ideal for early- to mid-career professionals, including those who want to expand their career opportunities by learning about the role that supply chain management plays in the cost-effective delivery of goods and supply chain management practitioners who want to expand their knowledge in the field.

Why Rutgers

Learners can earn a credential to put on their resume that showcases their skills to support career success from a trusted public institution serving the people, businesses, and government agencies in the state of New Jersey for over 250 years.