Dr. Sime (Sheema) Curkovic
Great time to be in supply chain management. Deloitte expects U.S. manufacturers to have 2.1M unfilled jobs by 2030, & the BLS is projecting that SCM employment will grow by 7% annually through 2026.
The number of US job postings for supply chain managers on LinkedIn more than doubled between 2019 & 2022. The U.S. supply chain accounts for 37% of all domestic jobs.
Supply chain pros are making an avg of nearly $30K more/yr than the avg American, & are generally happy in their careers (per ASCM)...WMU SCM grads have a median wage range of $70-$80K. Supply Chain Certifications to Advance Your Career; Salary Guides; Job Titles; What Does a Supply Chain Manager Do?
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Supply Chain Expert (kind of)
Sime (Sheema) Curkovic, Professor, Operations/Supply Chain Management
Lee Honors College Faculty Fellow
Research: sustainability, new product development, quality, supply chain risk, lean six sigma, data analytics, & strategic sourcing (i.e., indexed pricing automation – no more giant color coded spreadsheets & manual entry allowed).
Lots of Tech Talk: Explore the role of emerging technologies in supply chain education.
“WMU Integrated Supply Management (ISM)…Nation’s best undergraduate SCM program (Gartner); 2nd in SCM technology (SoftwareAdvice); 2nd in top global SCM talent (SCM World)”
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February 10, 2025
My students in Silicon Valley say making $200K+/yr feels like making $90K/yr in Metro Detroit. Some pay close to $6K/month for rent (so they need roommates). Owning a home will be tough. Kind of related…Ranked: Worst Companies for Employee Retention:
My students in Silicon Valley say making $200K+/yr feels like making $90K/yr in Metro Detroit. Some
February 10, 2025
Will AI really kill the tools we teach like Excel? From 2020, notice where AI was on the list. We are still holding firm on Predictive Data Analytics, ranked #2! Every WMU SCM major now has to take this class (Excel on steroids). Our Business Analytics minor teaches Big Data w/ skill sets such as:
Will AI really kill the tools we teach like Excel? From 2020, notice where AI was on the list. We a
February 10, 2025
My SCM students often ask: What earnings can I expect in my career if it goes well? Elon Musk says: “You get paid in direct proportion to the difficulty of the problems you solve”. Another lesser known manager told my students: “The critical factor for this salary gap is that if you reach 35-ish years old and have never led a team, then it’s *extremely* difficult to move up to the next level.” Tons of data out there to be had and make sense of…
Winter NACE 2024 Salary Survey: https://lnkd.in/eJJCfx5c. My students love salary data…The 10 Highe
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Sime is amazing. He is a wonderful Professor who truly cares about his students. He wants to help students.

Sime is great motivator and mentor in the ISM program at Western Michigan. He truly cares about his students' success and provides students with information that will help them in the real world.

Sime is great motivator and mentor in the ISM program at Western Michigan. He truly cares about his students' success and provides students with information that will help them in the real world.

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