Master in Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the oversight of materials, information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. SCM involves coordinating and integrating these flows both within and among companies. SCM includes the holistic process of movement and storage of raw material, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from the point of origin to the point of consumption. Interconnected and interlinked networks, channels, and node businesses are involved in the provision of provision of products and services required by end customers in a supply chain. SCM has been defined as the “design, planning, execution, control, and monitoring of supply chain activities with the objective of creating net value, building a competitive infrastructure, leveraging worldwide logistics, synchronizing supply with demand, and measuring performance globally. SCM draws heavily from the areas of industrial engineering, systems engineering, operations management, logistics, procurement, and information technology, and strives for an integrated approach.

The Master in Supply Chain Management (MSCM) specialization program covers a wide range of management disciplines involved in the supply chain industries starting from procuring raw materials to end products received by end consumers.

Master in Supply Chain Management (MSCM) is the complement of other master's degree programs offered at Universiti Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Institute of Industrial Technology (UniKL MITEC) dealing with jobs environment of all industries as all involve the movement of materials and supplies. Generally, Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the perfect pair with Logistics. Logistics is the enabler for SCM. Without Logistics, SCM can never be done, and vice versa. Logisticians and SCM professionals with regards to this area of professions have been transformed into academic bachelor programs in UniKL MITEC, namely Bachelor in Industrial Logistics. In order to enhance the knowledge and skill subsequently guaranteed enhancement in career path, these Bachelor in Industrial Logistics levers and related industry worker, this new proposed program need to be offered.