供应链与信息系统博士 该计划跨越两个主要领域的边界：供应链和信息技术。从跨学科的角度来看，供应链和信息系统中流程的多样性为将严格的研究方法应用于各种有趣且相关的研究主题提供了丰富的机会。
The Supply Chain and Information Systems Ph.D. Program spans the boundary of two primary fields: supply chain and information technologies. From an interdisciplinary perspective, the diversity of processes within supply chain and information systems provides abundant opportunities for the application of a broad array of rigorous research methods to a diverse set of interesting and relevant research topics. The diverse research interests from our faculty provides our phd students the opportunities to choose one or more of the three main research tracks: analytical modeling, empirical study, and experimental research. We do not offer one-fit-all study plans. Rather, with guidelines provided by our program, all our students take required and elective supporting courses to build their methodological foundations and accommodate their own research needs/interests. In addition, most of our students take courses across different tracks to enrich their tool boxes. Besides the courses that are offered in Smeal college of Business, one of the advantages of being part of a big research campus is that based on the students research needs and interests, they can take advantage of the vast variety of courses offered by the many Penn State programs across campus. These include Industrial Engineering, Economics, Statistics, Health policy, Ag Econ, and Information Science and Technology, just to name a few. Examples of the courses taken by students include optimization, supply chain models, econometrics, empirical methods, game theory, statistical research, marketing research methods, stochastic processes, service operations, data analysis, information systems, as well as many research topics courses.