Supply Chain Analytics Graduate Certificate

Move your career forward with a 15-credit graduate certificate designed for students with a bachelor’s degree in any field. Choose the format that fits your life with options to complete the program online or on campus, and apply up to 15 credits toward an MBA to continue building your credentials.

Stay competitive in a field where employers are seeking professionals who can solve complex supply chain challenges across procurement, distribution and production, while managing risk and leveraging data. As organizations generate more data than ever, the ability to turn insights into smarter business decisions is a critical advantage.

Stay on track with a fully online option that delivers a high-quality curriculum taught by experienced faculty, allowing you to learn from anywhere while balancing work and life. Applicants for this online program will be assessed at in-state resident tuition rates.

Graduate Business Programs
238 Elliott Hall 
(248) 370-3287
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http://www.oakland.edu/business/grad

Program Director
Paul Trumbull
238B Elliott Hall
(248) 370-3277
[email protected]

The demand for Supply Chain Analytics programs in the industry is growing rapidly due to the increasing reliance on data-driven decision-making in logistics, procurement, and inventory management. This program combines two very important fields: Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Business Analytics (SA). Therefore, it is designed to train students to understand both areas and to apply the principles to benefit their companies. OU's Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Analytics provides a time and cost-effective way for working professionals who want to skill up or cross train.

Courses in the program will incorporate real world problems from manufacturing and service organizations as a way to put into practice concepts learned in the courses. Such projects greatly enhance the educational experience and provide a way for employers to not only have a project done for them but also to serve as a way to evaluate potential hires in a field in which it is difficult to find qualified applicants.

The application process requires submission of the following:

• Online Application for Admission from the Graduate School
• Curriculum Vitae or Resumé - uploaded after online application is submitted
• Official transcripts from all previous colleges and universities attended should be sent to OU

International students who have not earned a baccalaureate degree from a U.S. college or university or at least 24 credits from a U.S school will have additional application requirements:

• A transcript evaluation (for transcripts from a college or university outside of the United States)
• TOEFL Exam Scores (for non-native English speakers unless they have a baccalaureate degree from a U.S. college or university or at least 24 credits from a U.S. school)

Admission Terms and Application Deadlines

Before an applicant’s file can be reviewed for full program admission, all application documents must be received in Oakland University Graduate School by the semester deadlines listed below. Incomplete applications will not be sent to departments for admission review.

• July 15 for fall semester
• November 15 for winter semester
• March 1 for summer semester

International Applicants 

• May 1 for fall (September) admission
• September 1 for winter (January) admission
• January 1 for summer (May) admission

Application Requirements

To be considered for graduate admission, applicants must submit all Graduate Application. Requirements and additional department requirements by the published application deadlines:

1. Graduate Application Requirements   
2. Additional department application requirements
3. An earned baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution OR a degree equivalent to a four-year U.S. baccalaureate degree from a college or university of government-recognized standing.
4. Curriculum Vitae or Resumé

Admission Review and Assessment

Admission to the Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Analytics program is selective. In making admission recommendations to the graduate certificate program, the department assesses the potential of applicants for success in the program by examining their graduate records, their responses to questions on the Supplemental Program Form, their experience, and their recommendation forms.

Certificate Prerequisites

Personal Computer (PC) skills: students will be required to have proficiency in the use of word processors, spreadsheets, graphics, database management systems, and the Internet. If a student is deficient in these skills, the student would be required to take a college course, workshop, or continuing education course in PC skills as a prerequisite to the program.

Foundation Course (3 credits)

Students are expected to have some background in operations management and statistics through one or more courses in their undergraduate degree. Students lacking this knowledge will be required to take the foundation courses. The foundation courses do not count towards the certificate. The foundation courses will be waived for applicants with adequate preparation in Operations Management, and Statistics.

Foundation Courses (Waived based on prior course work)

Statistics Background
QMM 5100 - Quantitative Methods for Managers (3 credits)
Operations Management Background
POM 5210 – Operations Management (3 credits)

Certificate requirements

The Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Analytics is awarded upon satisfactory completion of 15 graduate-level credits.

Required Courses (12 credits)

POPM 5420 – Supply Chain Management (3 credits)
MIS 5460 - Business Analytics (3 credits)
POM 5440 - Supply Chain Logistics: Strategy, Analytics and Optimization
POM 5490 - Advanced Topics in Supply Chain Analytics 

Choose One from the following elective courses

POM 5410 - Operations Analytics (3 credits)
POM 6900 - Special Topic: Procurement and Global Sourcing (3 credits)
POM 6430 - Operations Planning and Control (3 credits)
MIS 5470 -Practical Computing for Data Analytics (3 credits)
MIS 5560 - Introduction to Data Science (3 credits)
QMM 6400 - Management Science (3 credits)
QMM 5520 - Forecasting (4 credits)

Satisfactory Academic Progress

Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) is the term used to denote a student’s successful completion of coursework toward a certificate or degree. Federal regulations require the Office of Financial Aid to monitor Satisfactory Academic Progress for all financial aid recipients each semester.

Students who fall behind in their coursework, or fail to achieve minimum standards for grade point average and completion of classes, may lose their eligibility for all types of federal, state and university aid. Contact the Office of Financial Aid for additional details.

Good Academic Standing

All graduate students are expected to remain in good academic standing throughout the entire course of their graduate program. To be in good academic standing, a graduate student must make satisfactory progress toward fulfilling degree requirements, including the completion of critical degree milestones as set forth by the academic program. The student must also maintain a minimum semester and overall GPA of 3.0.

Good academic standing is a requirement for:

• Holding a Graduate Assistantship
• Receiving a fellowship or scholarship
• Advancing to candidacy for a graduate degree
• Going on a leave of absence
• Obtaining a graduate certificate or degree from Oakland University.

Additionally, graduate students must meet all department academic standards which may be more stringent than the minimum set forth by the University.

Department requirements: To qualify for the graduate certificate, the student must complete the designated set of courses with a grade of 3.0 or above in each course.

Graduate students who are not in good academic standing for any reason are subject to probation and/or dismissal from further graduate study.

Related Program Information

Plan Of Study

All accepted applicants, in consultation with their assigned faculty program adviser, must develop a plan of study that details specific courses the students will use to satisfy their degree requirements. The plan of study must be approved by the faculty program adviser and submitted by the student to Oakland University Graduate School.

Master’s and graduate certificate students must submit a department-approved plan of study by the end of their first semester of graduate coursework. Doctoral students must submit an approved plan of study prior to completion of the first year of coursework. (See the Graduate Student Responsibility section of this catalog.)

Note: Credit granted for successful completion of a course toward an undergraduate degree program may not be repeated for a graduate degree. If a substitution is approved, the minimum number of program-approved graduate credits will be required. A Petition of Exception - OU Course Waiver/ Substitution requesting the substitution must be approved.