Accelerated Online MBA – Supply Chain Management

Essential Skills & Insights

Advance Your Leadership Skills for the Global Supply Chain

Drive the systems that power the world. With Lindenwood University’s Accelerated Online MBA in Supply Chain Management, you’ll gain the skills today’s employers demand: problem-solving under pressure, strategic decision-making, and the ability to lead complex supply networks where strategy meets impact.

You will master critical logistics management skills and gain expertise in:

• Logistics & Global Distribution: Orchestrate end-to-end flows; use AI and analytics to route faster and cut costs.
• Procurement & Supplier Management: Build resilient, ethical supplier networks; leverage data to negotiate and reduce risk.
• Operations & Process Optimization: Streamline production and services with lean methods and automation to boost throughput and quality.
• Demand Forecasting & Inventory: Predict demand with ML; balance service levels and working capital through smart inventory policies.
• Supply Chain Strategy & Leadership: Align supply chain with finance and marketing; lead cross-functional change for scalable growth.

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AI-Powered Learning, Real-World Impact

Our accelerated online programs integrate opportunities to engage with Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a powerful tool for learning and career preparation. Students apply AI in ways that build authentic skills and mirror how businesses are leveraging it across industries. We emphasize ethical and responsible use, ensuring that students develop the judgment to apply AI appropriately. This approach helps graduates enter the workforce with both technical knowledge and a clear understanding of AI’s role in their discipline.

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Career Outlook

Earning an MBA in Supply Chain Management positions you for leadership roles that keep businesses and global markets running efficiently. This degree gives you the skills to manage complex supply networks, solve operational challenges, and lead organizations through rapid change.

• Management Analysts – Median salary: $95,290
  Evaluate processes, identify inefficiencies, and recommend strategies that improve productivity and reduce costs across supply chains.
• Industrial Production Managers – Median salary: $107,560
  Oversee day-to-day manufacturing operations, coordinate logistics, and ensure production systems run at maximum efficiency.
• Executives – Median salary: $100,000+
  Drive organizational strategy at the highest level, aligning supply chain systems with business objectives and long-term growth.

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Admissions Requirements

For admission to your Accelerated Online Supply Chain Management MBA, simply complete the 2 step application process.

1. Complete the Graduate Admissions Online Application by visiting my.lindenwood.edu/register
2. Request official transcripts from your undergraduate institution(s) showing a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher.
   
   Only transcripts with the final degree posted are required if you attended multiple institutions.
   
   Request your official transcript to be sent directly to Lindenwood University Accelerated Online via one of the methods below:
   • Electronically to: [email protected]
   • By Mail to:
     Office of Admissions
     Lindenwood University Accelerated Online
     8205 S Priest Dr #11480 
     Tempe, AZ 85284
   • By Fax to: 480-393-1826

Curriculum Overview

Coursework for your accelerated online MBA in Supply Chain Management (SCM) at Lindenwood University will equip you to take on challenges in the field of logistics, warehousing, and supply chain management—even as you earn your degree. Our SCM MBA program offers a well-rounded exploration of concepts and applications across logistics, operations, and supply chain systems.

Students in the MBA SCM emphasis will complete 4 of 5 required electives courses in the SCM concentration along with the MBA core coursework. The MBA coursework provides a robust foundation in business fundamentals and supports your development of analytical thinking, strategic planning, and advanced communications skills.

Foundation Coursework – 6 Credit Hours

Foundation courses are provided to support student readiness for MBA coursework and are required if students have not taken prior undergraduate courses:

Code	Title	Credits
ACCT 51010	Financial Accounting Concepts	3
MGMT 56070	Statistics and Quantitative Analysis	3

Financial Accounting Concepts

This course is the examination of generally accepted accounting concepts and their influences upon the preparation, analysis, and use of financial statements and reports. It is designed for individuals entering the program without any academic background in accounting.

Statistics and Quantitative Analysis

This course consists of an examination of the application of statistical analysis in business and the use of quantitative techniques in managerial decision making. Topics include measures of central tendency, probability and distribution, sampling and statistical inference, techniques of statistical analysis, and modeling techniques.

Major Coursework – 15 Credit Hours

Code	Title	Credits
ACCT 51011	Managerial Accounting	3
FIN 52010	Financial Policy	3
MGMT 56030	Management Practices	3
MGMT 66080	Business Policies and Strategies	3
MRKT 55010	Marketing Principles and Issues	3

Managerial Accounting

Concepts and techniques for producing and using accounting information for management decisions will be examined in this course. Topics include cost behavior, break-even analysis, cost management systems, marketing/production decision models, capital, and operational budgeting. Prerequisite: ACCT 51010 or ACCT 21010.

Financial Policy

This course introduces the student to the major techniques of financial management. Topics will include financial markets and sources of financing, financial analysis, forecasting and planning, security valuation, cost of capital, capital budgeting, and capital structure. Prerequisite: ACCT 51010 or FIN 32000.

Management Practices

In this course, students will study classical and modern management theories of organization; the functions of management; external and/or environmental aspects bearing on managerial responsibility; development of practical management policy as guides to managerial decision-making; and human aspects of management including motivation, workplace equity and demographic diversity. This course includes the use of case studies to apply theory through practice. Prerequisite: ENGL 17000.

Business Policies and Strategies

This course is the capstone MBA offering, utilizing a top management perspective. Students explore the practices and problems that confront the modern business organization through business simulation studies or case study analysis. This course is to be taken during the student’s last term of the MBA program.

Marketing Principles and Issues

This course introduces students to the principles of marketing, the role of marketing in society and in organizations (for-profit and nonprofit), and the factors that influence marketing decision-making. Activities include the study of planning, pricing, promotion, and distribution of products and services to consumer and business markets. The course will increase students’ overall understanding of marketing as a business discipline; utilize systematic approaches to diagnosing and solving marketing problems and issues; and analyze and develop organization-wide marketing strategies as well as strategies for individual programs, services, or products.

Quantitative Coursework – 3 Credit Hours

Code	Title	Credits
MGMT 56080	Business Analytics	3

Business Analytics

This course introduces business analytics, by providing an overview of ‘big data’, data analytics/business intelligence, as well as hands-on use of mainstream commercial data analytics toolsets. Applications will include sport management, marketing, purchasing, and finance oriented analyses. Students will also gain an understanding of data warehouses, data management, and web analytics. Prerequisite: MGMT 56070.

Supply Chain Management Emphasis Coursework – 12 Credit Hours

To earn an MBA with Supply Chain Management emphasis, you must complete a minimum of four elective courses from one business discipline and achieve a grade of B or better in each course, plus complete one additional MBA elective course. The Supply Chain Management emphasis course include:

Code	Title	Credits
MGMT 56040	Supply Chain Management	3
MGMT 56045	Logistics Management	3
MGMT 56048	Procurement Management	3
MGMT 56085	Operations Management	3

Supply Chain Management

This course analyzes the interactions and the relationships within supply chain management (SCM). SCM is an advanced course designed to examine the theoretical principles of the integration of key business processes from product or service inception to user. Particular emphasis will be given to use of case studies and analysis. Lectures and case studies focus on procurement, logistics, risk management, information technology, and order fulfillment. Additional topics to be covered include SCM performance metrics, supply chain integration, distribution strategies, and network design. A course project will enable students to apply the concepts discussed in the course to solve a complex supply chain problem. Prerequisite: MGMT 56045, MGMT 56048, or MGMT 56085.

Logistics Management

Logistics Management examines the strategic issues and opportunities in the logistics/ distribution/transportation function and provides the student with an understanding of why and how this discipline is integral to supply chain management. Logistics processes, including domestic and international transportation management, transportation modes, risk pooling, warehouse management, enabling technologies, third and fourth party logistics, distribution resource planning, as well as environmental responsibilities will be covered. There will be an emphasis on case study. Prerequisite: MGMT 56085.

Procurement Management

Procurement Management examines the strategic issues and opportunities in purchasing/supply chain management function and provides the student with an understanding of why and how this discipline is integral to SCM. Purchasing process, procurement cycle, e-procurement, supplier integration, negotiation, contract management, and strategic sourcing are among the topics to be covered. There will be an emphasis on case study.

Operations Management

This course examines a blend of concepts relating to operations management, in both the manufacturing and service sectors. Operations management topics include production planning, inventory management, statistical process control, project management, product design, six sigma, lean manufacturing, and computer integrated manufacturing.

Program Length Details

Lindenwood University’s (LU) Accelerated Online programs offer you choice and flexibility to support your education journey. Time to complete a master’s degree can vary based on course load, transfer credits, and individual pacing. You will tailor a course schedule that keeps you in the driver’s seat.

• Transfer Credit: LU allows 9 transfer credits toward a master’s degree and you can complete your degree in as few as 24 credits.
• Accelerated Courses: LU’s online programs offer 10 5-week terms per year. By enrolling in two courses per term, you can potentially begin and complete your master’s degree in 8 months.
• Frequent Start Dates: LU offers multiple start dates throughout the year so you can begin your studies when you are ready allowing you to graduate sooner.
• Personalized Degree Plan: LU academic advisors will work with you to tailor your degree plan to support your education goals while balancing your personal and professional responsibilities.