Learn how you can help your organization improve strategic management with a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Operations and Supply Chain Management from Southern New Hampshire University. This MBA degree can deepen your understanding of procurement, transportation planning, inventory control, and warehouse management. It can also help strengthen your knowledge of customer service standards in both national and global markets. SNHU's online MBA program is one of the most affordable in the nation. Coursework can be completed in just over a year. The curriculum is designed to give you the comprehensive business training you'll need to pursue upper-level positions in the operations and supply chain industry. You'll learn the fundamentals of management, production, quality control, distribution, logistics, inventory control, and more.

Learn how to:

- Integrate, synthesize and apply business practices

- Establish legal and ethical conduct guidelines and implement corporate social responsibility

- Create intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial opportunities

- Manage cross-functional teams using quantitative, analytical, and problem-solving skills, as well as effective oral and written communication

- Explore functions, practices, and strategies of management design

- Implement operations and supply chain systems

Revised in 2021, our supply chain online MBA program was decreased to just 10 courses giving you the ability to complete the degree in just over a year, should you attend full time. Benefits of the new curriculum include the opportunity to earn credentials throughout your program, multimedia content, and scenario-based learning activities.

"Scenario-based learning provides learners the ability to practice using what they learn and apply it to a real-world scenario of a likely business problem," said Dr. Mark Hobson, senior associate dean of business at Southern New Hampshire University. "It will appear in every course. It places the learner inside a novel experience with learning tools and an instructor who acts as a coach and mentor."

Of the 10 classes that make up the online master in supply chain management MBA program, the business core makes up 7 of your courses. Here, you'll learn traditional topics like marketing, accounting, and decision-making, but instead of learning about each class by class, they're woven throughout the curriculum, so you can better learn how the skills you're developing work with each other.

You'll then have 3 courses that make up the concentration dedicated to the close application of operations and supply chain principles, including courses like:

- Quantitative Analysis for Decision Making: Survey the mathematical, probability, and statistical tools available for assisting in the operation and management of industrial organizations.

- Operation Management: Study key concepts of production and operations. It includes the study of a variety of methods and techniques used in their management.

- Supply Chain Management: Analyze the role and activities of those involved in supply chain management decision-making.

The course emphasizes the importance of all aspects of managing the supply chain, including transportation planning, inventory control, and warehouse management. The supply chain courses provide supplemental material to that of the major core. You'll graduate knowing how to provide the right product at the right time in the right quantity to meet customer needs.

"This degree program provides a balanced skills-based curriculum to provide learners with a fast-track career advancement opportunity," said Dr. Zuzana Buzzell, associate dean of business programs at Southern New Hampshire University.

Online MBA students can also pursue a graduate certificate in operations and supply chain management beyond the standard degree program. This option allows you to list another significant credential on your resume with minimal additional coursework. The certificate consists of 4 required courses plus an additional 6 credits of your choice of several different operations and supply chain management courses.

Don't have a business background? No problem. Our MBA is accessible to everyone. Interested students must have a conferred undergraduate degree for acceptance, but it can be in any field. Those without an undergraduate degree in logistics, business, or a related field may be asked to complete up to 2 foundation courses to get started. These foundations cover essential business skill sets and can be used to satisfy elective requirements for the general-track MBA. With foundations, the maximum length of your online MBA would be 36 credits.

Attend full-time or part-time. Students in the MBA have the option to enroll full-time (at 2 classes per term) or part-time (with 1 class per term). Full-time students should be able to complete the program in about 1 year, while part-time students could finish in about 2 years. Our SNHU students are busy, often juggling jobs, family, and other obligations, so you may want to work with your academic advisor to identify the course plan that works for you. The good news is, you can switch from full-time to part-time and back again as often as you want.

Part of our mission to expand access to quality, higher education means removing the barriers that may stand between you and your degree. That's why you can apply at any time and get a decision within days of submitting all required materials with no GRE or GMAT required. Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis throughout the year for our 5 graduate terms.

$150 Graduation Fee, Course Materials ($ varies by course)