What is Supply Chain Management?
Supply Chain Management focuses on the flow of materials end-to-end beginning procurement and ending with delivery to the customer.
Why Choose Supply Chain Management Training from CLC?
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The field is growing, jobs are in demand.
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Prepare yourself for a career focused on procurement, inventory management, warehousing, distribution, logistics and transportation.
- Build your knowledge and enhance your skills to advance in your current position.
- Attain a better understanding of how the business functions that impact the supply chain affect each other and how to manage these to best achieve high efficiency and profitability.
About the Program
Courses are offered in the following formats:
- Virtual Live: Learn remotely in real time by taking classes that are taught in a live virtual classroom via Zoom during scheduled times.
- Online: Have flexibility to complete coursework without scheduled meetings while staying actively engaged in a fully online environment.
- In-person at the Grayslake campus: Keep your degree on track with classes that meet face-to-face, providing you with opportunities to interact in-person with faculty and peers.
Career Opportunities
With a large portion of the workforce filling supply chain roles, the opportunities in the field are very broad. The coursework prepares students for careers focused on procurement, inventory management, warehousing, distribution, logistics and transportation.
“CLC’s Introduction to Supply Chain Management certificate has helped me be successful in my current role because I now understand the supply chain from end to end. Courses such as Introduction to Office Software provided great practical tools. Additionally, strategic courses such Operations Management and Elements of Supervision provided context in subjects such as diversity and managing teams.
Being able complete the certificate online was critical to my success. As a working adult with family, I was able to connect wherever I was to keep up with the course and submit assignments on time.”
— Francisco Aguilar, Project Manager, Grainger, Inc.
Learn more about Grainger's inaugural supply chain management class