Many of today's most successful firms attribute their success to a strategically managed global supply chain. The complexities of coordinating and collaborating within a global network of designers, manufacturers, distributors and retailers grows as businesses seek to attain a competitive advantage through carefully formulated strategies for managing flows in physical, informational and financial channels. The Krannert full time MBA Global Supply Chain Management Specialization or Option, gives future managers the opportunity to be on the forefront of emerging ideas and technologies that promise to provide a differentiating advantage to businesses in the future. This specialization area encourages students to focus on managing issues associated with: structuring, understanding and procuring from global supply chains that include domestic and foreign suppliers, servicing supply chains of global customers and coordinating supply chains that work across country boundaries.