该证书为研究生提供了有效管理供应链及其构成要素所需的高级技能。有效管理供应链及其组成部分对于有效和高效地在全球经济中竞争至关重要。只要满足该学位课程的所有其他要求，为满足工程和工程技术学院提供的任何证书的要求而修读的课程可以申请工业和系统工程硕士学位。只有在NIU修读的研究生学位课程可以申请证书。学生必须在所有适用于所有证书的课程中取得至少B的成绩。
This certificate equips graduate students with advanced skills required to effectively manage a supply chain and its constituents. Effective management of supply chain and its constituents is important to effectively and efficiently compete in a global economy. Courses taken to meet the requirements of any certificate offered in the College of Engineering and Engineering Technology may be applied toward an M.S. degree in industrial and systems engineering as long as all the other requirements of the degree are met. Only courses taken at NIU for graduate credit may be applied toward a certificate. Students must achieve a minimum of a B in each course applied toward all certificates.