Situated in the Regional Municipality of Halton which is at the Nortwestern end of Lake Ontario in Canada, Burlington, along with the city of Milton to its north, forms the west end of the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. It is in the middle of the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment. Burlington was incorporated as a city in 1974 and between 2001 and 2006, this city’s population grew at a rate greater than the national population percentage. It has a humid continental climate characterized by warm, humid summers and cold, dry winters. Some of the important sight-seeing interests in this city include Spencer Smith Park, Brant Street Pier, Art Gallery of Burlington and the Burlington Botanical gardens, Joseph Brant Meseum and Ireland House.

The McMaster University, located in the Hamilton city of Ontario Province in named after William McMaster, a prominent Canadian senator and banker who was its principal founder. It was formed initially in 1887, by merging the Toronto Baptist College with Wooodstock College. It relocated to Toronto in 1930. It was under the control of the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec till it became a privately and publicly funded non-denominational institution in 1957. The DeGroote School of Business, named after the Canadian entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael G DeGroote is the campus where the MBA and the business management programs of the university are conducted in the Ron Joyce Centre. The faculty in this institute are highly knowledgeable experts in their fields who make use of modern technology to make the learning easy and fun.

The MBA in Supply Chain management offered at this institute covers topics like

Strategic Management, Operations Modeling with Spreadsheets, Inventory management and Production Planning, Risk Models in Operationas Management, Supply Chain Management to name a few.

Candidates pursuing this course can find it helpful in appearing for the Certified Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP) exam conducted by the Supply Chain management Association (SCMA). Majority of the courses in this program will also be beneficial towards preparing for the SAP Business Integration Certification program

For more details on this course like the subjects that will be taught, admission requirements, course fees and other details, visit the website

https://mbastudent.degroote.mcmaster.ca/program-information/specializations/supply-chain-management/

The classes for this course will be conducted at

De Groote School of Business

McMaster University

4350 South Service Road, Burlington, ON L7L5R8

Students completing this course can expect to get into careers in logistics, procurement, supply chain management, service and manufacturing operations and consulting fields. They can be placed as

Operations Manager, Sourcing Specialist, Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Analyst, Facilities Analyst, Management Analyst/Consultant.