The Certificate in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to enter the supply chain workforce directly upon completion of the program. Shoreline Community College works closely with local advisory committees comprised of industry professionals to ensure students receive the knowledge and skills currently in demand by employers in the field. Purchasing and Supply Chain Management focuses on the fundamental aspects of the supply chain, including methods to improve how organizations find and manage materials and services needed to make a product or service and deliver it to customers. The Purchasing and Supply Chain Management program provides an in-depth focus of this field, including sourcing, price theory, procurement, production, quality assurance, inventory, warehousing, logistics and customer relations. Students learn related business and accounting practices such as standard policies and operating procedures, negotiation techniques, planning, organization and the legal aspects of purchasing.