What Can I Do With A Degree In Supply Chain/Operations Management?

Production Operations Management provides a strategic plan to strengthen the operations of a company and assists in purchasing to provide high quality products and services. Supply Chain Management is very closely related and consists of areas in manufacturing operations, purchasing, transportation, and physical distribution.

The University of Akron offers Bachelor of Science in Management with a major in Supply Chain/Operations Management, as well as a Master’s of Science Degree in Management with a concentration in Supply Chain Management. For more information, please visit the College of Business Administration’s Department of Management homepage.

Production Operations Management

Responsible for planning and controlling the following areas in order for the company to run successfully; quality management and control; capacity planning; process choices; materials management; purchasing; and scheduling

Supply Chain Management

Deals with the critical challenges related to environmental impact by engendering an earth-to-earth supply chain focus. It consists of areas in manufacturing operations, purchasing, transportation and physical distribution.

Required Skills

Companies that Hire

Professional Organizations

Job and Earning Outlook

According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, employment of industrial production managers is expected to grow more slowly than average for all occupations through 2010, although the employment of administrative services and facility managers is expected to grow as fast as the average for all occupations.

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, beginning salary offers in Spring 2007 averaged $45,637 annually for bachelor’s degree recipients supply chain management.

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