Enhance your Bachelor of Science (BS) in Operations Management with a concentration in Logistics and Transportation at Southern New Hampshire University. This program is perfect for business-savvy professionals and military service members interested in essential operations and supply chain management strategies. Our specialized operations management degree will help position you for success in a number of dynamic industries. Whether you're managing the daily processes of a manufacturing plant, overseeing the shipment of medical supplies, or playing an integral role in food delivery for a fast-paced restaurant, you'll build skills that make a big impact.

Learn how to:

- Assess and implement operations management theory

- Evaluate and apply continuous improvement practices

- Solve problems with the process, procedure, and product

- Explore factors that influence business sustainability

- Make low-risk operations management decisions

- Promote accountability, sustainability, and organizational effectiveness

SNHU's online logistics degree program explores the complex processes essential to supply chain management, including moving and storing supplies, work-in-progress and finished goods. It also examines the steps necessary to integrate suppliers, factories, warehouses, and stores so products can be distributed to customers in the right quantity, at the right time. Courses in this program can also help prepare you to sit for 2 additional certification exams.

These exams, available through the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), are:

- Certified in Logistics, Transportation & Distribution (CLTD)

- Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) Each requires either 3 years of related business experience or a bachelor's degree in a related field.

Become a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® Want to earn a certification that can help position you for success in the field? As part of SNHU's online operations management degree program, you can take QSO-345: Project Management for CAPM® Certification course, which can prepare you to take the Certified Associate in Project Management® exam offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Receive Credit for Prior Learning You've earned it. Now take advantage of it.

If you have the following certifications, you may be eligible to waive certain courses, helping you save time and tuition.

- Active Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® Certification can be substituted for QSO-345: Project Management for CAPM® Certification

- Six Sigma Green Belt Certification (with an exam score of 280 or above) can be substituted for QSO-360: Six Sigma Quality Management

The logistics and transportation concentration will help you focus on the effective management, delivery, and storage of information or materials. This includes production and manufacturing processes.

"SNHU's operations degree provides a solid foundation of knowledge for managing contemporary operations across diverse industries," said Dr. Zuzana Buzzell, associate dean at SNHU. "The curriculum builds upon a business core, emphasizing communication, ethics, and globalization."

Throughout the program, you'll gain fundamental business knowledge and learn how to apply it across global industries. Specifically, you'll explore areas including logistics management, reverse logistics, transportation management, and integrated supply chain management. Real-world application is a cornerstone of this specialized logistics and transportation degree program. You'll analyze business case studies, design and manage spreadsheets and use software and advanced tools to boost delivery consistency.

In terms of specific competencies, you'll learn how to:

- Develop business communication, problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills

- Execute and manage operations

- Implement leading-edge supply chain strategies

- Enhance delivery reliability

- Apply logistics theories and tools

- Optimize the supply chain

This bachelor's program culminates in a capstone experience, giving you the opportunity to apply what you've learned.

Part of our mission to expand access to quality higher education means removing the barriers that may stand between you and your degree. That's why you can apply at any time and get a decision within days of submitting all required materials. Acceptance decisions are made on a rolling basis throughout the year for our 6 (8-week) undergraduate terms.

$150 Graduation Fee, Course Materials ($ varies by course)