Agribusiness Supply Chain Management
The Bachelor of Science in Agribusiness Supply Chain Management (ASCM) degree program addresses the unique challenges of perishable logistics. While there are other supply chain management degree programs in the U.S., none offer a focus on perishable supply chain management.
Perishable logistics expertise is critical and is a gap that companies need to fill.
Students in the ACSM program gain the necessary skills to manage the many aspects and complex interconnections of the end-to-end supply chain for perishable foods and temperature-controlled products in the agribusiness industry and beyond.
- New Agribusiness Supply Chain Management degree gets green light by Chancellor's Office (November 29, 2022)
- Greater Vision 2022 to focus in on perishable supply chain management (October 19, 2022)
- "CSUMB taps industry leaders for program development," by Aaron Gonzales. The Produce News (TPN) (July 4-18, 2022) - NOTE: A correction to the timeline mentioned in paragraph 15 of this article, beginning with "the planned rollout..." The planned timeline is to hire an Executive Director in 2023 and launch the program as early as Fall 2024.
- Kevin Murphy | Business Advisory Council: Support for building Agribusiness Supply Chain Management program to meet industry needs
“The goal of the program is to help students develop the knowledge and skills to meet critical agribusiness supply chain industry needs.
— Dr. Marylou Shockley, Ph.D., Interim Dean of the College of Business at CSU Monterey Bay
CURRICULUM FOCUS
CSU Monterey Bay’s B.S. in Agribusiness Supply Chain
Management will offer courses and training to students that
will help close the perishable supply chain skill and resource
gap. The curriculum will focus on:
- Technology and supply chain systems knowledge
- Price contract analysis and negotiation skills
- Market and price risk estimation skills
- Production & financial risk analysis & management skills
- Understanding of global import/export requirements
- Procurement and purchasing management skills
- Inventory management and warehousing skills
- Supplier management skills
- Cold chain research and management skills
- Enterprise resource planning and management skills
- Project management, estimation and budgeting skills
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
The Agribusiness Supply Chain Management program will provide
students with expertise in the following areas:
- Transportation and distribution logistics
- Purchasing, procurement and supplier management
- Integrating technology and robotcs
- End-to-end cold chain technology
- Demand assessment, forecasting and customer management
- Sustainability - carbon footprint
- Food safety and visibility
- Regulatory compliance
- Import/Export - managing global complexities
- Integrated supply chain and risk management
- IoT (Internet of Things) and big data analytics
- Enterprise resource planning and project management
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