Day: April 29, 2021

One of our ISM alumni put this video together on supply chain risk management for you

One of our ISM alumni put this video together on supply chain risk management for you

One of our ISM alumni put this video together on supply chain risk management for you.  Supply Chain Risk Management has become a huge area within SCM, especially at the automotive OEMs in Metro Detroit.  Feel free to reach out to Lisa and say thank you for doing this for you.  Her non business and business email is below.  It would be very cool if you sent her a thank...
Drugs & if you have a criminal record or plan on having one…

Drugs & if you have a criminal record or plan on having one…

Click here to see what comes up in a background check https://www.simecurkovic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/CriminalRecordBackgroundCheckAddendum.pdf A company can still hire you if you have a criminal record, it is their choice.  Similarly, they can still hire you if you fail a drug test (most will not however).  If they ask if you have a criminal record, then you have to be honest with them.  If you lie, then they will find out and...
Perhaps delay graduation for work experience? Being job ready in the covid market and beyond.

Perhaps delay graduation for work experience? Being job ready in the covid market and beyond.

Most good paying jobs are highly specialized (e.g., purchasing, operations, and logistics). Your degrees are highly specialized but you also have to get good practical work experience related to what you are majoring in. Quite simply, students without work experience in their major do not get good jobs in their major. That means you have to make getting an internship one of your top priorities while in school. You have...
Do you know what your brand is? How about a personal SWOT analysis?

Do you know what your brand is? How about a personal SWOT analysis?

Become the Nike swoosh of your life! Most students put little effort into developing and promoting their brand. Here is a workbook to help build your brand, just click I put the below video together for a group of college students in the Balkans.  You can begin at the "4:15" mark to avoid the details about the charitable organization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIGQnFk5w4g Here is a website that is similar to MBTI and...
SCM Trends and Trivia

SCM Trends and Trivia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZisC97bsNZY&t=168s A common practice in industry is for large manufacturing firms to buy and take ownership of the tooling that a supplier uses to make high volume parts.True or False. True.  There are a few reasons for this practice.  One, the tooling and equipment associated with making high volume parts is too expensive for many suppliers.  For example, the mold used to make a plastic part on the interior of...
Sustainability from the perspective of a Supply Chain professor (me)

Sustainability from the perspective of a Supply Chain professor (me)

Note:  It might come across in the video lecture that I am not pro-sustainability.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Half my research has promoted sustainability.  In the video, I simply try to stay objective and sometimes I have to play the antagonist to do so.  Millennials and Generation Z will be the first generations willing to pay more for sustainable products, (72 percent already do or say they...
The New Economy and Supply Chain Management in a Global Market

The New Economy and Supply Chain Management in a Global Market

Note, I hear from managers over and over about how clueless college students are on the world and global economy.  I wonder how much they knew about the world around them when they were in college though.  People turn into judgmental hypocrites when they get older.  During my college years, there was a civil war going on in my homeland of Croatia and the U.S. invaded Iraq (Desert Storm).  I...
Multinational Management 101 and Supply Chain Management

Multinational Management 101 and Supply Chain Management

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW-hJVp8jjM&t=24s The Basics of International Business & Multinational Management 101 & Supply Chain Management - YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.www.youtube.com MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT 101   THE NEW ECONOMY AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT   When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for acceptance, understanding, and education becomes glaringly apparent.   Let’s put things...
Do you understand exchange rates and how it impacts SCM?

Do you understand exchange rates and how it impacts SCM?

I would either begin and/or end with this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BJPXcW5kNo&t=856s Let’s say you just graduated from a SCM program.  You have accepted a job offer from Boeing as an Assistant Buyer.  The job takes you to Seattle, Washington.  You will help Boeing identify suppliers to help meet its material needs.  You must immediately find a supplier which can supply Boeing with electrical wiring harnesses.  You find a supplier in Japan...
Are you ready for all the acronyms in your field?

Are you ready for all the acronyms in your field?

ISO 14000, ISO 9000 , SA 8000, TS/IATF 16949, FACTOR PRICE EQUALIZATION, C-TPAT, SOX, GDPR, etc.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIq942Y7Z04&t=434s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XjrY0MjV64&t=1039s Here is a great read on supplier quality assurance, click Here is a paper that I wrote a while back on ISO 9000, click FACTOR-PRICE EQUALIZATION THESE DAYS WILL RETURN...In fact, it is happening right now.  The manufacturing jobs are coming back to America (reshoring).  Why?  Read below. THE 1990S AND 2000s...