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Contents : College of Business and Economics Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management Chair: Sharon Tabor Business Building Room 308 Telephone 208 426-1181 FAX 208 426-1135 http://cobe.boisestate.edu/graduate e-mail: itscm@boisestate.edu Graduate Faculty: Robert Anson Tim Chenoweth Phillip Fry Lyman Gallup Thomas Gattiker Gary Green Jerry LaCava Emerson Maxson Robert Minch Murli Nagasundaram Patrick Shannon Sharon Tabor Gregory Wojtkowski Wita Wojtkowski it will be evaluated by the graduate program coordinator and a faculty team. An admission recommendation will be forwarded to the dean of the Graduate College. The dean will make the final admission decision and notify the applicant. Conditions for Admission. An applicant must: possess a bachelor's degree be currently working in a job requiring Logistics/SCM skills achieve a satisfactory TOEFL score if English is a second language meet the graduate admission standards of the college through which they enroll in the program although a predictive exam like the GMAT is not required. Business & Economics Relationships with Other Programs Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management is separate from any other graduate program in the College of Business and Economics at Boise State University. Admission to another graduate program at Boise State University does not imply admission to the program for the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management. Admission to the program for the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management does not imply admission to any other graduate program at Boise State University. Graduate Certificate Offered Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management Graduate Program Coordinator: Kirk Smith Business Building Room 308 Telephone 208 426-1181 FAX 208 426-1135 e-mail: scm@boisestate.edu Certificate Requirements Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management Course Number and Title Credits General Information The Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management is intended for professionals with bachelor's degrees who are working in the logistics/supply chain field and need additional knowledge about logistics and supply chain management to fulfill the duties of their jobs. All of the courses in the program are offered online and asynchronous. There are no requirements for face-to-face meetings. This program is administered on a cohort basis. It is expected that each entering group of students will progress through the program at the same pace. Students will be able to earn the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management in 3 or 4 semesters depending on their choice of a specialty area. Core Courses SCM 531 Supply Chain Management ..................... 3 SCM 532 Logistics ................................................... 3 SCM 533 Measurement in Supply Chains .............. 3 Specialty Courses Successfully complete a two-course sequence in one of the following specialty areas: Radio Frequency Identification--RFID SCM 534 Radio Frequency Identification I ............ 3 SCM 537 Radio Frequency Identification II ........... 3 Travel and Transportation SCM 535 Transportation Systems Management ... 3 SCM 538 Tourism Field Study ................................ 3 Operations Excellence along the Supply Chain SCM 536 Lean Operations. ..................................... 3 SCM 539 Improving Supply Chain Quality ............ 3 Embedded in each specialty area course sequence will be a Capstone Project that focuses on a real application and demonstrates integration of knowledge and skills developed throughout the program. 9 6 Application and Admission A prospective student may apply at any time but must follow the general application procedures for admission to a graduate program (see the Graduate Admission Regulations section of this catalog). The applicant must also submit a letter of interest to the graduate program coordinator briefly summarizing his or her background and motivation for enrolling in the certificate program. Once the file for an applicant is complete TOTAL 15 Boise State University 2007-2008 Graduate Catalog 103 College of Business and Economics Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management Course Offerings SCM SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SCM 531 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (3-0-3)(F/S/SU). This course provides the basics of supply chain management. The focus of the course is on the impact of demands that an organization's stakeholders place on purchasing the impact that purchasing and materials management have on organizational success the impact of ethical contractual and legal issues the impact of strategic objectives and the impact of supply chain considerations on the other major functional activities. PREREQ: Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management or PERM/INST. SCM 532 LOGISTICS (3-0-3)(F/S/SU). This course is an introduction to the principles and practices of global supply chain and logistics management. The course covers the integration of all the activities involved in the procurement storage and movement of goods from the initial supplier to the final customer. This course will introduce the logic behind this integration and discuss how global organizations have gained a sustainable competitive advantage by implementing programs of total supply chain logistics management into their organizations. PREREQ: Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management or PERM/INST. SCM 533 MEASUREMENT IN SUPPLY CHAINS (3-0-3)(F/S/SU). Study of the tools needed to measure and sell the value created by logistics throughout the global supply chain. An evaluation of global systems and complexity factors will be conducted and their impact on the creation of this value. Performance valuation will be analyzed through the techniques of systems analysis assumption-based planning project management balanced scorecard modeling and computer-based simulation. Financial valuation will be determined through activity-based cost accounting and capital budgeting techniques. PREREQ: Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management or PERM/INST. SCM 534 RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION I (3-0-3) (F/S/SU). Provides students with an understanding of how the study of radio frequency identification (RFID) automatic identification (AUTO-ID) technology impacts supply chain management systems and logistics applications. The student will assess and measure various RFID methods and technologies within large and small logistics systems using a variety of RFID or AUTO-ID technology to formulate plans of logistics system success and failure. Students will combine alternative RFID methods in order to test and rank those best needed for different business cases. Students will design develop and integrate logistics information systems to appraise the value of experimental RFID systems. PREREQ: Any two of SCM 531 SCM 532 SCM 533 or PERM/INST. SCM 535 TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT (3-0-3)(F/S). This course presents an advanced study of the management of passenger transportation systems in the travel industry. The students will focus on different forms of transportation as they relate to travel industry management and policy. PREREQ: Any two of SCM 531 SCM 532 SCM 533 or PERM/INST. SCM 536 LEAN OPERATIONS (3-0-3)(F/S/SU). The course introduces the basic concepts of lean operations and shows through examples cases studies simulations and hands-on projects how organizations can reduce or eliminate the wastes that adversely impact profitability and performance. Topics covered will include value-stream mapping synchronized flow pull systems kanban systems the 5S's quick change-over theory of constraints total productive maintenance error proofing and the balanced scorecard. PREREQ: Any two of SCM 531 SCM 532 SCM 533 or PERM/INST. SCM 537 CAPSTONE FOR RFID (3-0-3)(F/S/SU). The student will demonstrate mastery of the knowledge and skills expected of someone who is a supply chain management professional through completion of a business case development project using automatic identification (AUTO-ID) technology such as radio frequency identification or RFID as mandated by Wal-Mart and the Department of Defense. This course is the culmination of the capstone RFID project that will be identified defined and begun in the first RFID course. PREREQ: SCM 534 or PERM/INST. SCM 538 TOURISM FIELD STUDIES (3-0-3)(F/S). This course emphasizes the integration of concepts and the application of knowledge and skills from other courses to a selected travel/tourism field study project. PREREQ: SCM 535 or PERM/INST. SCM 539 IMPROVING SUPPLY CHAIN QUALITY (3-0-3) (F/S/SU). The course introduces the basic approaches that organizations can take to work with their suppliers to assist them in all facets of improvement with the objective of becoming a preferred supplier. Such concepts as supplier quality six-sigma quality project management skills quality standard and supplier selection and development are discussed. PREREQ: SCM 536 or PERM/INST. Business & Economics 104 Boise State University 2007-2008 Graduate Catalog

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