Logistics & Supply Chain Management

One distinct difference between supply chain management and operations management is that supply chain management is focused externally. Its focus is on:
Planning products that consumers will want to buy
Sourcing raw materials, components or parts
Transporting and warehousing products
Delivering the goods to the point of purchase
Whereas, focus of management in operations is on the following:
Forecasting sales
Improving productivity
Increasing responsiveness
Meeting customers demands
Maintaining quality standards
Contributing to the bottom line
To summarize, The major difference between supply chain management and operations management is that supply chain is mainly concerned with what happens outside the company obtaining materials and delivering products while operations management is concerned with what happens inside the company. Your first steps to either of these exciting careers is determining your career goals, and then planning your educational path, so you will be better prepared to reach them. Regards.

Hi Suresh!
The logistics and supply chain is a growing sector in India. Any business with the aim to evolve cannot overlook the importance of logistics in business operations. It is logistics that supervise the transportation and distribution of goods, materials and all other commodities. After earning an MBA in Logistics & Operations, your career opportunities are set to broaden. You would easily get opportunities to work in planning and policy-making, motivation, evaluation, product development and inventory control. If your company is large enough, you could focus on overall management or on a small specific area of the supply chain. Supply chain and logistics MBA graduates get to work as general operations managers, logistics engineers who coordinate the flow of materials, information, and products for an organisation. Also, you can work in manufacturing development and operations managing in production planning, forecasting, etc. So you see, the scope of MBA in logistics is quiet extensive and I don't see any reason why you should't pursue it.