Industrial Distribution Accreditation

Mission and Vision Statement

The mission and vision of the Industrial Distribution Program at Texas A&M University is to:

• Prepare graduates for sales engineering, sales management, supply chain operations and logistics management mid-management positions with wholesale distributors, who purchase, warehouse, sell, distribute and service a wide variety of products, and with manufacturers who sell through distributors.
• Conduct applied research and develop new best practices in industrial distribution, logistics, and supply chain management that mutually benefits the university and its industrial, governmental, and academic collaborators.
• Provide service and leadership in the promotion and advancement of the department, the university and the industrial distribution profession.
• Maintain a nationally recognized program through excellence in hands-on education, applied research, and service.  

Program Educational Objectives

The Industrial Distribution program has as its program educational objectives to produce graduates who, after three to five years:

• Graduates are successful in designing, integrating, and implementing technical sales, operations, and customer services management systems in industrial distribution and supply chain management-related industries.
• Graduates are exemplifying ethical standards in their professional careers.
• Graduates are providing leadership in their respective organizations during their careers.
• Graduates are actively engaged in lifelong learning and sustainable productivity in a dynamic work environment.

Student Outcomes

At the time of graduation, an Industrial Distribution student has:

1. an ability to apply knowledge, techniques, skills and modern tools of mathematics, science, engineering, and technology to solve broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
2. an ability to design systems, components, or processes meeting specified needs for broadly-defined engineering problems appropriate to the discipline;
3. an ability to apply written, oral, and graphical communication in broadly-defined technical and non-technical environments; and an ability to identify and use appropriate technical literature;
4. an ability to conduct standard tests, measurements, and experiments and to analyze and interpret the results to improve processes; and
5. an ability to function effectively as a member as well as a leader on technical teams.

Undergraduate Program Enrollment and Graduation Data