Associate degrees in Logistics and Materials Management: A program that prepares individuals to manage and coordinate all logistical functions in an enterprise, ranging from acquisitions to receiving and handling, through internal allocation of resources to operations units, to the handling and delivery of output. Includes instruction in acquisitions and purchasing, inventory control, storage and handling, just-in-time manufacturing, logistics planning, shipping and delivery management, transportation, quality control, resource estimation and allocation, and budgeting.
The Logistics and Supply Chain Management option provides a well-rounded education consisting of basic management courses enhanced with concentrated studies in purchasing, logistics, negotiation and inventory and materials management. The associate degree Logistics and Supply Chain Management provides students with foundational knowledge and skills for managing the logistics and supply chain functions in a company?s operations.
Supply Chain Management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all logistics management activities. It also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which can be suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, and customers. In essence, Supply Chain Management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies, both domestically...
Students in the Logistics option learn the fundamentals of logistics, operations management, warehousing, quality management systems, supervision, human relations, and customer service. Advanced courses include purchasing, marketing, database management and international logistics. This program option culminates in a project during which the students demonstrate their breadth of logistics operations and supply chain management knowledge....
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