Program Overview

Naveen Jindal School of Management

The Naveen Jindal School of Management offers a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management degree program. This program is designed to explore the key issues associated with the design and management of industrial supply chains, including methods for improving supply chain operations by lowering costs and improving quality.

Faculty

The faculty members for this program include:

• Professors:
  • Alain Bensoussan
  • Metín Çakanyildirim
  • Milind Dawande
  • Ganesh Janakiraman
  • Elena Katok
  • Özalp Özer
  • Suresh P. Sethi
  • Kathryn E. Stecke
  • John J. Wiorkowski
• Clinical Professors:
  • Ching-Chung Kuo
  • Sonia Leach
  • Divakar Rajamani
  • Kannan Ramanathan
• Associate Professor:
  • Dorothée Honhon
• Clinical Associate Professors:
  • David Parks
  • Avanti P. Sethi
  • Ramesh Subramoniam
• Assistant Professors:
  • Qi (George) Chen
  • Anyan Qi
  • Serdar Simsek
  • Shouqiang Wang
  • Shengqi Ye
• Clinical Assistant Professors:
  • Shawn Alborz
  • Athena Alimirzaei
• Senior Lecturers:
  • Monica E. Brussolo
  • Mohammad Naseri Taheri

Degree Requirements

The Master of Science in Supply Chain Management is a minimum 36 semester credit hours STEM degree program. To qualify for the MS degree, students must maintain a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) in both core courses and in aggregate courses.

Prerequisites

Students pursuing the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management degree program are required to complete one semester credit hour of MAS 6102 Professional Development course. Additionally, knowledge of calculus is required, and students who have not completed an undergraduate calculus course may satisfy the prerequisite by completing OPRE 6303 Quantitative Foundations in Business with a grade of "B" or better.

Course Requirements

• Core Courses: 18 semester credit hours
  • OPRE 6301 Statistics and Data Analysis
  • OPRE 6302 Operations Management
  • OPRE 6366 Global Supply Chain Management
  • OPRE 6370 Global Logistics and Transportation
  • OPRE 6371 Purchasing, Sourcing and Contract Management
  • And choose one course from the following:
    • ACCT 6305 Accounting for Managers
    • FIN 6301 Financial Management
• Elective Courses: 18 semester credit hours
  • Select six courses from the electives listed below. As part of the 18 semester credit hours of elective courses, students may also substitute up to six semester credit hours master-level courses offered within JSOM, including a faculty-led trip as electives in the degree plan.
  • OPRE 6V98 Supply Chain Management Internship (required elective)
  • OPRE 6304 Operations Analytics
  • OPRE 6305 Business Analytics with R
  • OPRE 6325 Healthcare Operations Management
  • OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
  • OPRE 6334 Advanced Business Analytics with SAS
  • OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis
  • OPRE 6340 Flexible Manufacturing Strategies
  • OPRE 6341 Retail Operations
  • OPRE 6354 Quality Improvement in Healthcare: Six Sigma and Beyond
  • OPRE 6362 Project Management in Engineering and Operations
  • OPRE 6363 Inventory Control
  • OPRE 6367 Capstone Projects in Supply Chain Management
  • OPRE 6368 Industrial Applications in Supply Chains
  • OPRE 6369 Supply Chain Software
  • OPRE 6377 Demand and Revenue Management
  • OPRE 6378 Supply Chain Strategy
  • OPRE 6379 Product Lifecycle Management
  • OPRE 6382 Import and Export Trade Compliance
  • OPRE 6388 Engineering Packaged Goods Distribution
  • OPRE 6389 Managing Energy: Risk, Investment, Technology (MERIT)
  • OPRE 6390 Enterprise Resource Planning
  • OPRE 6393 Database Foundations
  • OPRE 6394 Technology and New Product Development
  • OPRE 6398 Prescriptive Analytics
  • OPRE 6399 Business Analytics with SAS

Supply Chain Management Tracks

The MS SCM degree program offers opportunities for students to focus in a specific track to obtain in-depth knowledge. The available tracks include:

• Analytics Track: Recommended for students interested in managing and analyzing large-scale data and developing organizational strategies.
  • OPRE 6304 Operations Analytics
  • OPRE 6332 Spreadsheet Modeling and Analytics
  • OPRE 6398 Prescriptive Analytics
• Retail Track: Recommended for students interested in managing retail operations, understanding demand and pricing, and customer relationships.
  • OPRE 6341 Retail Operations
  • OPRE 6355 Deal Making Strategies
  • OPRE 6377 Demand and Revenue Management
• Risk Track: Recommended for students interested in understanding uncertainty, decision-making in risky environments, and budgeting and scheduling projects.
  • OPRE 6335 Risk and Decision Analysis
  • OPRE 6362 Project Management in Engineering and Operations
  • OPRE 6389 Managing Energy: Risk, Investment, Technology (MERIT)
• Strategy Track: Recommended for students interested in business strategy, product development, and quality.
  • OPRE 6340 Flexible Manufacturing Strategies
  • OPRE 6364 Lean Six Sigma
  • OPRE 6378 Supply Chain Strategy
  • OPRE 6379 Product Lifecycle Management