Global Supply Chain Management BS
Program Purpose
Jesus Christ provides a perfect pattern for serving others and providing for their needs (Philippians 4:19).
Guided by His example, the Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) program prepares individuals to coordinate and improve the systems that deliver products and services globally.
These global supply chains form a foundational core of businesses and economies, enabling organizations to provide value to people around the world.
Through rigorous preparation and real-world experience, BYU GSCM students learn to analyze and improve global flows of products, services, and information.
They develop professional and personal skills in cross-cultural collaboration, data-informed decision making, process improvement, technology integration, and responsible stewardship.
BYU GSCM students develop versatile capabilities with both breadth and depth, preparing them to contribute across a wide range of industries and professional roles.
Career opportunities include purchasing and supply management, production and operations management, quality and continuous improvement, data analytics, logistics and inventory management, product management, and strategic supply chain consulting.
Work in global supply chains reflects faith in improving the world, a commitment to excellence in providing quality products and services, respect for people across cultures, and integrity in doing the right things in the right ways.
Following Christ's example, students develop into supply chain leaders who serve others by striving to ensure that essential goods and services improve lives and strengthen God's children across the globe.
Course Structure
Students who graduate in the Global Supply Chain major are required to take the following courses.
GSCM 201, Introduction to Supply Chain Management - How firms work with other suppliers, often foreign firms, to manufacture and deliver products to customers. Topics include supply chain strategy, sourcing, supplier management, logistics, and quality management.
GSCM 211, Introduction to Global Supply Chain - The emerging rules of a global marketplace and their influence on key supply chain activities and processes.
GSCM 401, Operations Management: Managing and designing processes and people during production.
GSCM 402, Quality Management: Concepts of quality management, strategic issues, philosophies, and tools such as Six Sigma and SQC used to control quality.
GSCM 403, Purchasing and Supply Management: Focuses on upstream supply chain of supplier selection, management, and development. Negotiation, costing, product development, and commodity analysis.
GSCM 404, Supply Chain Logistics: Integration of materials management (inbound transportation), physical distribution (outbound transportation), inventory, warehousing facility location, customer service, packaging, and materials handling.
GSCM 429, Global Supply Chain Strategy: Integrative and creative problem solving in designing and managing cohesive value-added conversion/transformation systems in a global environment.
Students will also need to complete one Analytics Course and two Global Supply Chain Electives from the following:
Analytics Courses (complete one):
GSCM 412, Operations Analytics: Methods and tools necessary for analyzing and solving problems associated with global supply chain management.
MSB 325, Introductory Business Analytics: Fundamental principles and skills for data preparation, data visualization, and regression analysis using analytics software.
Global Supply Chain Electives (complete two):
GSCM 411, Global Business Negotiations: Developing an effective negotiation framework for cross-national/cultural negotiation techniques relative to business and other life situations.
GSCM 414, Introduction to Sustainable Business: Exploring the role of business in environmental, corporate, and social sustainability.
GSCM 419, Services Management: Management principles and characteristics of service industries and service aspects of supply chains: sources of strategic advantage; process analysis and tools; quality.
GSCM 585 - Introduction to Scholarly Research: Introduction to theory and methods that are foundational to scholarly research in global supply chain management.
Students will also need to complete one additional 3-credit BYU Marriott elective from the approved elective list.
Learning Outcomes
Students in Global Supply Chain Management develop skills and competencies in the following areas:
Principled Leadership & Ethical Decision-Making- Students will make principled supply chain decisions grounded in faith, integrity, stewardship, and respect for all people, guided by professional and ethical standards and a commitment to serve others worldwide.
- Students will apply common supply chain frameworks and tools to analyze and improve end-to-end global supply chain systems that create and deliver value.
- Focus areas include purchasing and supply management, production and operations management, quality and continuous improvement, data analytics and AI, logistics and inventory management, product management, and strategic supply chain consulting.
- Students will communicate and collaborate effectively to align supply chain relationships and processes strategically across organizations and cultures.
- Students will analyze and interpret data using appropriate analytical tools and methods to generate actionable insights, evaluate tradeoffs, and guide sound supply chain decisions.
- Students will integrate supply chain processes, information systems, and technologies to enable effective planning and execution through human–technology coordination.