全球化，大数据，电子商务，社交媒体，移动技术和自动化带来了供应链和运营挑战的爆炸性增长。信息技术和分析工具的发展使大量数据的分析成为可能，从而使企业可以更清楚地了解其供应链运作。这种趋势激发了对具有管理供应链和运营知识和技能的人员的需求。UIC Liautaud商学院供应链和运营管理计划硕士课程旨在满足对供应链和运营专业人士不断增长的需求。它提供了该领域的基础知识，集成了分析建模方法，企业系统，数据，分析和商业智能，并发展了领导技能和全球环境。UIC的研究生在芝加哥的心脏地区学习，芝加哥是一个主要的供应链
There is an explosive growth in supply chain and operations challenges, arising from globalization, big data, e-commerce, social media, mobile technologies and automation. Developments in information technologies and analytical tools enable analyses of vast troves of data to provide enterprises with greater visibility of their supply chain operations. This trend has fueled a demand for people with knowledge and skills for managing supply chains and operations. The UIC Business Liautaud Graduate School MS in Supply Chain and Operations Management Program is directed at meeting the growing demand for professionals in supply chain and operations. It provides foundational knowledge in this area, integrating analytical modeling approaches, enterprise systems, data, analytics and business intelligence, and develops leadership skills and a global context. UIC graduate students study in the heart of Chicago, a major supply chain and operations hub, with many leading companies in close proximity. Faculty instructors are both researchers and professionals at the forefront of developments in their field, an additional benefit of students being enrolled in UIC?a Carnegie M1 research institution.