Global Supply Chain Management (BS) *

Marketing and Global Supply Chain Bachelors BS

Variable Credit Min

Variable Credit Max

Major Academic Plan

Learning Outcomes

Title

Supply Chain Skills

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to use commonly accepted frameworks and tools to analyze supply chain situations. Students will be able to evaluate opportunities for process improvement efficiency improvement effectiveness improvement and integration Students will be able to create rationale solutions for identified opportunities. Students will understand inventory management principles operations management principles supplier management principles TQM principles transportation management principles service-operation-management principles and warehousing principles. Advisory board members rated this as a strength of the GSCM program. The advisory board recommended that leadership skills and project management skills were the only area where graduates needed improvement. Students placed in National case competitions. MBA students placed 2nd at the TCU National Case Competition Internship reports from students report a feeling of being much better prepared than other interns in supply chain skills.

Title

Supply Chain Integration Skills

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to create strategies that lead to productive relationships effective communication and efficient processes to integrate supply chain members andcustomers.

Title

Global Competence

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to apply understanding of the global implications of supply chain management. The entire coursework of GSCM 310 reflects the global nature of supply chain. Specifically this class has created better understanding of how culture affects international negotiations. The logistics issues that arise due to differing laws and differing country strategic issues. The operations issues associated with differing emphasis in different countries. Students will apply PEST and display a cultural awareness in negotiations and dealings with global citizens. Pest and other paradigms are taught in purchasing logistics supply chain strategy GSCM 310.

Title

Supply Chain Analytics Skills

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to interrogate data manipulate data and create meaning through commonly used analytical tools Students showed competence in this area. A team of BYU GSCM students came in second at a National Analytics competition at Michigan State University.

Title

Supply Chain Ethics

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to describe the ethical and professional standards expected among supply chain management professionals. Each class taught in the GSCM major takes at least one class period to discuss supply chain ethics. Exams and projects help students understand the ethicaldilemmas they might face.

Title

Communication Skills

Learning Outcome

Students will be able to write and present in a clear, concise, and comprehensive manner Students reported back from their summer internships that this was an area where BYU GSCM students clearly are better prepared from interns from other schools. Students are expected to give high quality presentations often throughout the semester. For instance each student must present at least 5 times in the logistics class.

Title

Information Technology Skills

Learning Outcome

Students will be familiar with the different types of information systems used in the supply chain and understand basic information technology integration. We have had guest speakers come to discuss these issues - however there is an urgent need to hire a faculty member with an understanding in this area. The GSCM advisory board has identified this an area of importance.

Program Requirements

Requirement 1 — Complete 2 Requirements

Requirement 1.1 —Complete 2 Courses

course - Intro to Mgt Info Systems 3.0

course - Marketing Management 3.0

Requirement 1.2 —Complete 3 hours

course - Principles of Accounting 3.0

course - Principles of Acctg 2 3.0

course - Econ Principles & Problems 3.0

course - Principles of Finance 3.0

course - Intro Global Supply Chain Mgt 1.5

course - Intro to GSCM International 1.5

course - Intro Computer Programming 3.0

course - Principles of Statistics 3.0

Apply and be formally accepted to the program.

Requirement 2 —Complete 10 courses

course - Principles of Accounting 3.0

course - Econ Principles & Problems 3.0

course - Principles of Finance 3.0

course - Intro Global Supply Chain Mgt 1.5

course - Intro to GSCM International 1.5

course - GSCM Lecture Series 1.0

course - Operations Analytics 3.0

course - Spreadsheets & Bus Analysis 1.0

course - Commun in Organiztnl Settings 3.0

course - Principles of Statistics 3.0

Requirement 3 —Complete 1 Course

course - Entrep Lecture Series 1.0

course - Tech Entrep Lecture Series 1.0

course - Executive Lectures 1.0

MSB 381R - Social Innovation Lectures - You may take once - This course is no longer available for registration and will count only if you completed it while it was offered. Please see your college advisement center for possible substitutions. 1.0

Requirement 4 —Complete 5 Courses

GSCM Core courses to be completed during first Fall semester in program:

course - Career Development 1.0

course - Operations Management 3.0

course - Quality Management 3.0

course - Purchasing/Supply Management 3.0

course - Supply Chain Logistics 3.0

Requirement 5 —Complete 2 Courses

Complete 2 of the following courses, not already completed, during first Winter semester in program:

course - Global Business Negotiations 3.0

course - Intro to Sustainable Business 3.0

course - Customer Relationship Mgmt 3.0

course - Scholarly Research in GSCM 3.0

Requirement 6 —Complete 1 Course

course - Global Supply Chain Strategy 3.0

Requirement 7 —Complete 3 Courses

Business Core courses:

course - Organizational Effectiveness 3.0

course - Ethics for Management 3.0

course - Strategy and Economics 3.0

Requirement 8 —Complete 3 hours

Complete one additional, not already completed, 3.0 credit hour Marriott School course:

course - Business Law 3.0

course - Principles of Acctg 2 3.0

course - Legal Issues in Entrep 3.0

course - Entrepreneurial Innovation 3.0

course - Creating New Ventures 3.0

course - Financing New Ventures 3.0

course - Managing New Ventures 3.0

course - New Venture LaunchPad - You may take once 3.0

course - Investments Academy 3.0

course - Financial Planning 3.0

course - Global Business Negotiations 3.0

course - Operations Analytics 3.0

course - Intro to Sustainable Business 3.0

course - Customer Relationship Mgmt 3.0

course - Human Resource Mgt 3.0

course - Managerial Leadrshp Develpmnt 3.0

course - Intro Computer Programming 3.0

course - Spreadsheets for Bus Analysis 3.0

course - Spreadsheet Automation 3.0

course - Sales Management 3.0

course - Entrepreneurial Marketing 3.0

course - Digital Marketing 3.0

course - International Marketing 3.0

course - Business to Business Selling 3.0

course - Intro Business Analytics 3.0

course - Social Impact 3.0

course - Intro International Business 3.0

course - Corporate Social Impact 3.0

course - Social Impact Projects - You may take once 3.0

course - On-Campus Experiential Project - You may take once 3.0

Requirement 9 — Obtain confirmation from your advisement center that you have completed the following:

Complete Marriott School exit survey online.