Operations and Supply Chain Management
Whakahaere i te Kōkiritnaga me te Taukaea Tuku
Qualifications
Overview
Operations and Supply Chain Management involves bringing together organisational resources (people, money, materials, and buildings) for the production of goods or services. Fundamentally, supply chain management is about matching the supply of resources and goods with the demands of the marketplace.
Operations and supply chain managers make sure the processes are smooth, efficient, and sustainable, and are always thinking of ways to make improvements.
- Courses focus on issues such as operations strategy, performance management, procurement and distribution, product and process design, and inventory management.
- Investigate answers to questions such as: how do you make sure that people, money, materials, and buildings are used efficiently across the whole organisation? How can we ensure that our organisation is successful in achieving its goals?
Operations and Supply Chain Management major
For the major in the Bachelor of Commerce, complete the following courses:
100-level
200-level
- MGMT270 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
- MGMT271 Operations Management Processes
- One course chosen from these options
300-level
- MGMT370 Strategic Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Two courses chosen from these options
- One 300-level MGMT course
For the complete three-year Bachelor of Commerce Operations and Supply Chain Management major degree plan, see Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School website.
Operations and Supply Chain Management minor
For the minor in the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health Sciences, Science, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership, complete the following courses:
100-level
200-level
- MGMT270 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management
- MGMT271 Operations Management Processes
300-level
- MGMT370 Strategic Operations and Supply Chain Management
- One course chosen from these options
You will learn to focus on the details of processes and use skills like cross- communication, collaboration, time management, and planning to efficiently deliver value to customers.
With these skills, you will be able to take on a wide range of roles from logistics to risk management.
Career pathways could include:
- operations management
- production and distribution
- risk forecasting
- procurement analysis.
Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Operations and Supply Chain Management.
Contact us
Te Tari Whakahaere, Whakatairanga, Tāpoi | Department of Management, Marketing and Tourism
Phone +64 3 369 3888
Email studybusiness@canterbury.ac.nz
Location
Reception Level 2, Meremere Building – see campus maps
Postal address
Te Kura Umanga | UC Business School
Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
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