Thunderbird Master Certificate of Supply Chain Management

The Thunderbird Master Certificate of Supply Chain Management program, offered in partnership with Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business, gives you the essential tools and added expertise in supply chain management to advance your career as the Fourth Industrial Revolution accelerates.

The program faculty present an entrepreneurial curriculum enriched by their experiences in multinational firms and organizations in the public sector.

By earning a Thunderbird Master Certificate of Supply Chain Management, you broaden your business acumen through understanding the impact of flow management on supply chain design, strategic cost management and identifying strategies in inventory management throughout the supply chain.

Learn to develop supply chain solutions by understanding the latest integrated sourcing strategies, mastering supply chain concepts for solution development and realizing critical elements in strategic cost management.

The Master Certificate is awarded to those who complete two certificates:

Operations of Supply Chain Management Certificate

Aspiring global professionals I Establish a supply chain lexicon
Present the primary goals of a company’s supply chain. Establish an understanding of the importance of integration throughout the supply chain. Create an awareness of supply chain concepts that can aid in solution development. Delivery: Online I Duration: 5 weeks I Start: Immediately

Integrated Supply Chain Strategy Certificate

Aspiring global professionals I Understand integrated sourcing strategies
Explain the concept of disruptive risk. Identify critical elements in supply chain strategic planning. Understand strategic cost management. Delivery: Online I Duration: 5 weeks I Start: Immediately

Thunderbird School of Global Management Overview

On April 8, 1946, Thunderbird School of Global Management (originally known as the American Institute for Foreign Trade [AIFT]) was chartered on the Glendale, Ariz. World War II airbase, Thunderbird Field, where pilots from around the world came for training during wartime.

General Barton Kyle Yount obtained the airfield with the express purpose of developing a school focused exclusively on international trade and global relations. General Yount was named Thunderbird’s first president, and established a vision for the school that remains today—built on the phrase coined by original faculty member Dr. William Lytle Schurz, “Borders frequented by trade seldom need soldiers.” With that, Thunderbird’s mission to “educate global leaders who create sustainable prosperity worldwide” was born.

As AIFT, Thunderbird became the first-ever higher-education institution to focus exclusively on international management by concentrating curriculum on cross-cultural communication, regional business studies and hands-on, real-world training in global business nuances. Thunderbird continues to deliver global management education in this same fashion today, with world-renowned faculty who have extensive practitioner and consultant experience in all facets of international business.

Joining the Nation's Most Innovative Public University

In 2015, Thunderbird became an independent unit of the Arizona State University Knowledge Enterprise, combining Thunderbird’s multi-decade heritage of developing global business leaders with ASU’s expansive resources, and in 2018 relocated to ASU's vibrant Downtown Phoenix campus. The move brought the world’s #1-ranked master’s in management under the umbrella of the nation’s #1-ranked school for innovation.

Degree Transformations

As part of the merger with ASU, Thunderbird transformed its MBA program into an innovative Master of Global Management (MGM), which was ranked #1 by the Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education for 2019.

Students now choose from 15 concentration opportunities and benefit from the combination of Thunderbird’s rich history of training global leaders in skills like cross-cultural management, cross-language communication, and cross-border negotiation and ASU’s rich history of innovation in disciplines from bio design to journalism, space science to humanities.

Our degree portfolio also includes the prestigious Executive Master of Global Leadership & Strategy, the Online Master of Applied Leadership & Management and two bachelor’s degrees: the Bachelor of Global Management and the Bachelor of Science in International Trade, both of which are delivered on the ASU West campus.

Leading the Way in Executive Education

Thunderbird Executive Education delivers world-class global enterprise and leadership success development through open programs for individuals seeking career development opportunities and custom programs for global organizations looking for individualized development solutions for their unique challenges.

Ranked among the world’s best executive education programs, Thunderbird’s product offerings have expanded over the years to include a robust selection of online executive certificate programs, international consortia programs, executive coaching, and more. As part of the merger, all executive education programs delivered across the ASU enterprise will be consolidated under Thunderbird, broadening the portfolio and its global reach.

Expanding Our Global Footprint

The school has often been called a “mini-United Nations” because of its diverse and inclusive global student body. Thunderbird is also known worldwide for its vast and engaged alumni network of more than 43,000 individuals in nearly 150 nations around the globe. Thunderbird has more than 170 alumni chapters that meet regularly in 70 countries.

Thunderbird’s global footprint has expanded over the years as well, with operations now in Geneva, Switzerland, Moscow, Russia, Dubai, UAE, Tokyo, Japan, and Seoul, Korea. The School has plans to expand to twenty global hubs by 2025.

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