Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a critical area of competitive advantage for organisations. Supply Chain Management involves managing the flow of products and services, financial and information from the suppliers through value adding intermediaries to the customer's customer. It includes managing technical processes both within the firm between functions such as procurement, manufacturing and marketing, and between organisations such as manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and retailers. Therefore, an understanding of people and relationships are essential skills in managing these relationships.
The Supply Chain Management major is designed to enable students to gain an overall understanding of supply chain structure and related interfaces. It provides the opportunity for students to specialize in a number of areas such as logistics, operations, systems thinking, quality and supply chain strategies. Since all management and marketing subjects interrelate to supply chain management this major provides a suitable linkage with marketing and management degrees as either a useful double major or attractive minor.
