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Management Department, BUS 212
Operations and Supply Management Degree
Ferris State University
119 South Street
Big Rapids, Michigan MI (USA) 49307-2284
Phone: (231) 591-2427
The Operations and Supply Management major is designed to provide college students with the knowledge and skills necessary to work in the operations management profession which includes quality management, supply management, planning and scheduling, and inventory management. Students will graduate the operations and supply management degree program with a technical background and have the analytical competencies that employers are increasingly demanding.
Operations and supply management students may also supplement classroom instruction with the opportunity to earn University credit while gaining work experience through an operations and supply management internship program.
To put it simply, graduates of the operations and supply management degree program
are in demand. Business and industry need people with combined technical and business
backgrounds for positions in areas such as quality, purchasing, supply chain management,
global logistics, human relations, materials, production control and technical support.
The Operations and Supply Management degree program prepares students for operations
and supply chain management positions.
College graduates of the operations and supply management degree program are gaining entry-level positions in production control, purchasing, supply chain management, supplier development engineer, plant layout, inventory control, materials manager, traffic management, distribution management and management training.
In fact, Ferris' placement service reports that requests for individuals with operations and supply management training are usually in greater demand than the number of available operations and supply management graduates. Companies that have hired Ferris graduates of the operations and supply management degree program, in the past range from Fortune 500 manufacturing firms to the growing service industry.
Applicants of the operations and supply management degree program must present evidence of graduation from high school or the GED. To enter a Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) Program in Business, applicants are expected to meet two of the following: a minimum high school grade point average of 2.50 (on a 4.00 scale); ACT math score of 19 or higher; an ACT reading score of 19 or higher.
The Operations and Supply Management degree program at Ferris leads to a bachelor of science degree in business. Graduation from the operations and supply management degree program requires a minimum 2.0 GPA in core classes, in the major and overall.
Management Department, BUS 212
Operations and Supply Management Degree
Ferris State University
119 South Street
Big Rapids, Michigan MI (USA) 49307-2284
Phone: (231) 591-2427
