The BBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management offers students the foundational knowledge and practical skills that are essential for efficient logistics and supply chain operations. Logistics typically refers to activities that occur within the boundaries of a single organization and supply chains refer to networks of companies that work together and coordinate their actions to deliver a product to market. Traditional logistics focuses its attention on activities such as procurement, distribution, maintenance, and inventory management. Supply Chain Management (SCM) acknowledges all of traditional logistics and also includes activities such as marketing, new product development, finance, and customer service. The BBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management will build on the Associates of Science in Business Administration pathway already established at GHC. Therefore, the lower division courses required by the proposed degree, and of all BBA students, are already in place. Students will be required to complete a minimum of 50 credit hours under the business administration pathway prior to applying to the BBA program. Once admitted into the BBA in Logistics and Supply Chain Management program, by following a recommended sequence of courses, this pathway can be completed in 2 years.

With supply chains becoming more complex, competition becoming more intense, and the standards for business performance rapidly increasing, companies in every industry are searching for supply chain management professionals. The BBA in Supply Chain Management will prepare you to be conversant in the language, applications and techniques of supply chain management, enabling you to help meet these organization’s supply chain needs.

The supply chain management program at Charleston Southern University is for any student who wants to develop skills in operations management, quality management, logistics, distribution, transportation and procurement. A Bachelor of Business Administration in supply chain management is for learners who want to know more about customer service, information flows and product movement from raw material to the customer. Supply chain management is all about getting the right product to the right place, at the right time and at a price where customers perceive excellent value. It is the process that involves both service and product delivery in both the domestic and global environments. An understanding of supply chain is an asset to any manager, and there is a strong demand for specialists who can comprehend and manage the entire supply chain.

Students participate in events and competitions offered by the Association for Supply Chain Management and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.Graduates are prepared to pursue professional certifications in logistics and project and operations managementStudents learn the inside story on operations advantages used by Amazon and other successful companies.Students gain hands-on experience in project management that can be useful for any career.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) incorporates the approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, producers and distributors so that products and/or services are delivered at the right time, to the right place, in the right quantity, in the right quality, at the right cost, in a sustainable manner.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is simply the Management of the chain of supplies from suppliers to customers. SCM activities include planning, sourcing, making, delivering, and returning. Everything you wear, eat or drink, sit on or in, read, throw, shoot, kick, and buy or sell comes to you courtesy of supply chains.

Bloomsburg University's SCM program, within the Department of Innovation, Technology, and Supply Chain Management, is designed using competency models from leading professional organizations. Recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of SCM, the program draws expertise from all business disciplines — accounting, finance, information technology management, management, and marketing — and integrates content through collaborative course design and delivery.

Companies depend on the supply chain for product delivery to their customers. The supply chain includes the production and movement of materials and products from suppliers to manufacturers to distributors to retailers and finally to the end customers. Managing this process is critical to the success of any company along the supply chain. At the McLane College of Business, supply chain majors learn the skills needed to be supply chain professionals. Supply chain professionals are in great demand. The field of supply chain management is a growing field due to the implementation of digital technology and artificial intelligence, the emphasis placed on supply chain risk, the skills needed for using predictive data analytics, and globalization.

In today's integrated business world, an understanding of the complex yet interconnected movement of products and services is a key skill asset. In the Bachelor of Business Administration in Supply Chain Management degree program, you will gain a broad-based business education that prepares you for a career in supply chain management and related fields.