PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Build the Skills Behind How Businesses Buy, Move & Deliver
Every successful business depends on procurement and supply chain professionals who can source the right products and services, manage suppliers, control inventory, coordinate logistics, and keep operations moving.
The Procurement & Supply Chain Management programs at Texas Business School are designed to give you practical, workplace-focused skills across procurement, sourcing, supplier management, inventory, logistics, ERP systems, analytics, and supply chain operations.
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PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
6 Months | Professional Certificate | Tuition: $3,000
Build a practical foundation in procurement and supply chain operations. Learn how organizations identify purchasing needs, source suppliers, evaluate quotations, process purchase orders, manage inventory, verify invoices, and use digital procurement systems.
Through procurement laboratories, ERP simulations, supplier-management workshops, procure-to-pay simulations, analytics activities, and a practical capstone, you’ll learn how procurement works from requirement to payment.
PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA IN PROCUREMENT, LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
1 Year | Professional Diploma | Tuition: $5,000
Go beyond purchasing and develop broader skills across the complete supply chain. Build competency in strategic sourcing, supplier and contract management, inventory control, warehousing, transportation, global trade, supply planning, ERP systems, procurement analytics, and supply chain performance.
The program combines practical laboratories, sourcing and contract workshops, inventory and warehouse exercises, logistics simulations, ERP training, analytics projects, and an integrated supply chain improvement project.
ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE IN PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
2 Years | A.A.S. Degree | Tuition: $12,000
Develop comprehensive professional capabilities across procurement, strategic sourcing, category management, supplier relationship management, inventory, warehousing, logistics, transportation, global trade, forecasting, supply planning, ERP systems, analytics, automation, risk, sustainability, and supply chain transformation.
The program is designed to give you a deeper understanding of how materials, information, finances, and products move from suppliers through business operations and ultimately to customers.
TURN PROCUREMENT KNOWLEDGE INTO PRACTICAL SKILLS
MASTER THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS
Learn how organizations identify purchasing requirements, prepare procurement documents, source suppliers, evaluate quotations, issue purchase orders, receive goods and services, verify invoices, and complete procure-to-pay processes.
DEVELOP SUPPLIER MANAGEMENT SKILLS
Learn how to identify, qualify, onboard, evaluate, and manage suppliers while developing skills in supplier performance, risk, contracts, negotiations, and relationship management.
CONTROL INVENTORY & WAREHOUSE OPERATIONS
Build practical knowledge of inventory classification, replenishment, stock control, receiving, storage, picking, dispatch, warehouse processes, and inventory performance.
UNDERSTAND LOGISTICS & GLOBAL TRADE
Develop skills in transportation planning, distribution, routing, shipment documentation, international logistics, customs concepts, import and export processes, and global supply chain coordination.
WORK WITH ERP & DIGITAL PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS
Gain practical exposure to digital procurement, ERP-supported purchasing, supplier information, purchase orders, goods receipt, invoice verification, workflow controls, and integrated procure-to-pay processes.
USE DATA TO IMPROVE SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE
Learn how procurement and supply chain professionals use spend analysis, supplier KPIs, inventory metrics, logistics performance measures, dashboards, and analytics to support better decisions.
LEARN BY DOING
These programs are designed around practical workplace applications rather than theory alone.
You’ll work through procurement laboratories, ERP simulations, supplier-management activities, sourcing exercises, inventory and warehouse simulations, logistics exercises, forecasting activities, digital procurement environments, analytics projects, and applied capstone projects.
You’ll have opportunities to practice the processes professionals use to manage purchasing, suppliers, inventory, logistics, and supply chain performance.
BUILD SKILLS FOR A GROWING CAREER FIELD
Procurement and supply chain functions exist across virtually every industry because organizations need people who can help manage purchasing, suppliers, materials, inventory, logistics, and operational costs.
Depending on your level of training, your skills can support opportunities in procurement, purchasing, strategic sourcing, supplier management, contract administration, inventory operations, warehouse operations, logistics coordination, supply planning, supply chain operations, procurement analytics, ERP-supported procurement, and supply chain management.
WHY STUDY PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT?
Organizations need more than people who can place orders. They need professionals who understand how purchasing decisions affect cost, inventory, suppliers, logistics, working capital, operational continuity, quality, and customer service.
This program helps you understand the bigger picture while developing practical skills you can apply across the procurement and supply chain process.
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Professional Certificate: 6 Months | $3,000
Professional Diploma: 1 Year | $5,000
Associate of Applied Science: 2 Years | $12,000
Delivery: Online / Hybrid / In Person
Next Start Date: September 2026
Learning Approach: Instructor-Led Training, Procurement Laboratories, ERP Simulations, Supplier Management Workshops, Inventory & Warehouse Activities, Logistics Exercises, Analytics Projects, and Applied Capstone Projects.
READY TO BUILD YOUR PROCUREMENT & SUPPLY CHAIN CAREER?
Whether you are starting your career, developing professional skills, or looking to move into procurement and supply chain management, Texas Business School gives you a pathway to build practical industry-focused capabilities.
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