Career Exploration

MFG U: Supply Chain Management

See How Good Decisions Keep a Business Moving

Are you organized, strategic, good with details, or interested in understanding how all the pieces of a business fit together? Those strengths can lead to college programs in supply chain management, business, operations, finance, and related fields. Manufacturers need people with these skills to plan what they need, manage suppliers and inventory, control costs, move products to customers, and keep the entire business running smoothly. MFG U: Supply Chain Management gives you a week to experience the business side of making and delivering products.

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What You’ll Do

During the week, you’ll:

  • Explore how purchasing, shipping, quality, finance, sales, and other business functions work together
  • See how materials and products move through a company from purchasing to production to the customer
  • Visit manufacturing companies and learn how products are sold, built, inventoried, and shipped
  • Participate in simulations that turn business concepts into hands-on experiences
  • Practice critical thinking, teamwork, communication, and decision-making
  • Learn more about your strengths, what motivates you, and how those qualities connect to future education and career decisions

See Where These Skills Can Take You

You’ll also have opportunities to:

  • Experience learning on a college campus
  • Explore supply chain, business, and related areas of study
  • Meet people who can answer questions about college and business careers
  • See how business decisions affect a manufacturing company from beginning to end
  • Discover career opportunities in manufacturing that go far beyond engineering or working on a production floor
  • Build an experience you can highlight on college and scholarship applications

Is This Camp for You?

If you enjoy planning, organizing, solving problems, working with people, or understanding how different parts of a business fit together, MFG U: Supply Chain Management can help you explore college majors that match those strengths — and see how you could use them to help a manufacturing company succeed.