Supply Chain Management MicroMasters Program

Overview

The Supply Chain Management MicroMasters Program is offered by EdX in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MITx.

Gain expertise in the growing field of Supply Chain Management through an innovative online program consisting of five courses and a final capstone exam. 

The MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain from MITx is an advanced, professional, graduate-level foundation in Supply Chain Management. It represents the equivalent of one semester's worth of coursework at MIT.

Job Outlook

• Supply Chain Management positions growing at nearly 270,000 opportunities per year (source: Fortune and Materials Handling Institute)

• Greater demand for Supply Chain professionals than supply – 6 to 8 management positions available per applicant (source: Fortune and Materials Handling Institute)

• Exciting career opportunities as a Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Analyst, Purchasing Manager, Consultant and more. • (source: Fortune and Materials Handling Institute)

• Median salary $80,000 per year (source: Fortune and Materials Handling Institute)

What You'll 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.