MicroMasters® Program in Supply Chain Management

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Course Features

Duration

17 months

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Advanced

Effort

12 hours per week

Teaching Type

Self Paced

Course Description

This innovative online program teaches you how to master the rapidly growing field of Supply Chain Management. It consists of five courses and a capstone exam. The MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain is an advanced, professional, and graduate-level foundation in Supply Chain Management. It is equivalent to one semester of coursework at MIT.

You will be able to demonstrate your knowledge of supply chain design, supply chain technology, dynamics, and end-to–end supply chain management with the MicroMasters certificate. Take advantage of the program certificate to get into the top-ranked Masters Degree in Supply Chain Management at a fraction of the price.

Course Overview

International Faculty

Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

What You Will Learn

To apply core methodologies (probability, statistics, optimization) used in supply chain modeling and analysis

To understand and use fundamental models to make trade-offs between forecasting, inventory, and transportation

To design supply chain networks as well as financial and information flows

To understand how supply chains act as systems and interact

How technology is used within supply chains from fundamentals to packaged software systems

End to end supply chain management

Course Content

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Module 1: Supply Chain Comprehensive Exam

Module 2: Supply Chain Analytics

Module 3: Supply Chain Fundamentals

Module 4: Supply Chain Design

Course Instructors

Yossi Sheffi

Faculty

Dr. Sheffi is a former director of MIT's Engineering Systems Division, and holds a dual appointment at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and at the Engineering Systems Division. H...

James Blayney Rice

Deputy Director, CTL

Jim Rice joined the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) in 1995 and he was appointed as the Deputy Director of the Center in 2007. In this capacity he oversees several research and outr...

Jarrod Goentzel

Lecturer, Supply Chain Management

Dr. Goentzel is founder and director of the MIT Humanitarian Response Lab in the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics. His research focuses on meeting human needs in resource-constrained setting...

David Correll

Course Lead, MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management

David Correll is a Research Scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, where he serves as a Course Lead in the MITx MicroMaster's in Supply Chain Management program, and contribute...