Dr. Sime (Sheema) Curkovic

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Dr. Curkovic (please do not call me Dr.) has more than 30 years experience working to shape the future of SCM professionals. Check out this intro lecture (>224K views). Have access to > 50 hours of timely SCM content with > 4,600 YouTube & > 24K LinkedIn followers, & thousands of views daily.

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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).

“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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March 25, 2023

Supply Chain Students: Learn to talk to CFOs during your career! I could not help myself & asked chatGPT- Why do so many c-suite executives have graduate degrees in Finance? Answer: see comments. Join faculty & program leaders to learn about the WMU M.S. in Finance program. Various info sessions are offered in a HyFlex format. See options at:

I could not help myself & asked chatGPT- Why do so many c-suite executives have graduate degree
March 25, 2023

From a student today: “Hey, sorry that I was a little late on my HW. My inbox is flooded with emails, and I didn’t see this. My apologies.” Note, never tell your boss this, especially if you shut down an OEM customer that will charge you $22K/minute. HEY College Students: Do not begin an email message with “Hey” & always finish it with “Thank you.” Most college students do the bulk of their electronic communication via text messaging. Standards for emailing are different, especially in academic settings. Students’ emails WILL 100% influence the way their professors view them.

From a student today: “Sorry that I was a little late on my HW. My inbox is flooded with emails, an
March 25, 2023

AI will have a great impact on SCM. However, one thing often not mentioned is the attitude of hiring managers, as many do not have a full understanding of the AI skill sets of graduating students. Our SCM students told us many times that their hiring managers valued only the traditional Excel capabilities (lookup functions, pivot tables, etc. – that is NOT AI), & they greatly overlooked the opportunities from other analytical solutions (skill sets that our students have).

AI will have a great impact on SCM. However, one thing often not mentioned is the attitude of hirin

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Sime is amazing. He is a wonderful Professor who truly cares about his students. He wants to help students.
Emily Welch
Emily WelchWMU Student
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.
Katelyn Flahive
Katelyn FlahiveWMU Student
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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