What is Supply Chain Management? Hottest Degree 2024 (Part 1/3), $100K+ by age 30: simecurkovic.com

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WMU Integrated Supply Management (ISM)...Nation's best undergraduate SCM program (Gartner 2014); 2nd in SCM technology (SoftwareAdvice 2015); 2nd in top global SCM talent (SCM World 2017)  

Dr. Sime Curkovic, professor of supply chain management talks about the opportunities for students who major in supply chain management. This video, directed to potential business students, covers how majoring in a top program like WMU’s integrated supply management program is one of a series of good decisions that you can make in college to set yourself up for multiple job offers, a top salary, and the ability to advance rapidly. The presentation also begins to explore supply chain’s promise of producing products and services better, faster and cheaper and how that leads to better profit margins for companies.

Learn more about Western Michigan University’s top supply chain program at: www.wmich.edu/supplychain

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Supply Chain Management & Pat Daugherty and Lee Honors College Faculty Fellow
Western Michigan University, Haworth College of Business Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5429 "Better, faster, cheaper"

Program Major Credit Hours (twice most other programs):
Integrated Supply Management, Western Michigan University 43
Supply Chain Management, Arizona State University 21
Supply Chain Management, Michigan State University 18
Supply Chain Management, Penn State University 24
Supply Chain Management, University of Texas, Austin 21

The unique curriculum of the ISM program is the result of integrating supply chain, information technology, continuous improvement and engineering curriculum from five departments across two colleges.

Curriculum includes 13 supply-chain-specific courses (43 credits)—more than other well-known programs.

Required courses include one dedicated to learning ERP systems and processes by using SAP.

All students take Try-Z, an intensive, three-day capstone course in which student teams use Deming’s Plan-Do-Act management cycle.

ISM majors are required to obtain professional work experience, such as internships, prior to graduation.

Students have an opportunity to obtain a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt by completing an industry project using DMAIC.

As of 2019, close to half of ISM majors are Business Analytics Minors (e.g., big data/analytics, database management, data mining, project management, SQL, Python, PMO, Tableau, Power BI).

Supply chain management major coursework:

MGMT 2800—Intro to Supply Management
MGMT 3200—Managing ERP Systems (SAP)
MGMT 3810—Experiential Live Six-Sigma Lean Problem-Solving (DMAIC & A3)
EDMM 3280—Quality Assurance and Control
EDMM 1420—Engineering Graphics
EDMM 1500/1501—Intro to Manufacturing/Processes and Materials in Manufacturing
MKTG 3720—Sourcing and Purchasing
MKTG 4630—Supply Chain Logistics
MGMT 4640—Production Management and Control
LAW 4840—International Business Law
or LAW 4860—Marketing and Sales Law (Advanced Contract Negotiation)
GEOG 3010—Fundamentals of Geographic Info Systems
or EDMM 4870—Manufacturing Productivity Techniques
or EM 5120—Management of Service Operations
EDMM 4880 or MKTG 4880—Applied Process Reengineering (Try-Z)
Minor/Major: Business Analytics (e.g., big data/analytics, database management, data mining, project management, SQL, Python, PMO, Tableau, Power BI)

Where do students end up?

JOB TITLES
Supply Chain Specialist
Business Services or IS Consultant
Global Purchasing and Supply Chain
Buyer
Procurement Coordinator
Strategic Sourcing
Commodity Manager
Procurement Coordinator
Procurement Analyst

ORGANIZATIONS
Rolls Royce, General Dynamics, Monsanto, BorgWarner, Whirlpool, John Deere, General Motors, GE Aviation, Hormel Foods, Hydro Aluminum, American Airlines, Kellogg’s, Pepsi, Eaton, IBM, JB Hunt, MANN+HUMMEL, Apple, Gentex, Marathon Petroleum, US Army, Coca-Cola, 3M, J.B. Hunt, Parker Hannifin

As of 2019, average starting salary is around $62K. Since 2012, the auto and aerospace industries have hired very aggressively. One OEM starts students at $75K.

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