Day: September 5, 2021

WMU ISM students continue to get virtual professional work experience during covid: https://lnkd.in/emANEgKThank you Lacks, Eaton, Bronson Hospital, Kellogg, Lear, & Mann-Hummel.  Yes, the students helped you, but you also helped them! It ended up being a deal breaker for them on the job market. Perfect job placement during covid! Project 1: Daily Maintenance Operating Report OptimizationProject 2: Efficient Production Planning & ForecastingProject 3: Material Procurement Planning & ForecastingProject 4: Warehouse Cost AnalysisProject 5: Functional Excellence: Directed...

Problem-solving is the #1 sought after skill (used to be leadership).https://lnkd.in/eWaJ8q2 (see Elon's resume)Here is an alarming statistic…Nearly a third of all supply chain processes are inadequate, according to research from Crimson & Co. Covid kind of brought this front and center.  Problem solving has kept moving up and is now number one! It has actually passed leadership. What is ranked #6 (answer: leadership)? Why do you think this keeps dropping in the rankings? What is ranked...

Business analytics addresses an increasing demand in organizations of all types. Does your school teach this? Find out at: https://lnkd.in/eMPTFCd Employers require these business analytics skill sets from their supply chain management professionalsDo you know...big data/predictive analytics, database management, data mining, project management, SQL, Python, PMO, Tableau, Power BI, etc.? Business analytics addresses an increasing demand in organizations of all types to understand data related to their operations. Investments in information systems throughout...

How much Python do I need to know in order to excel in supply chain data analytics? https://lnkd.in/eQSY2GbI am very comfortable in saying Python and R are the two most popular languages in analytics, but I think Python prevails. Python is a nice tool for statistics, machine learning and data mining. Most students that are learning Python for data analysis are likley learning in the Jupyter environment. This combination offers a...

This post has over 2,000 views, I was shocked, so more indirect stuff on the way...Indirect Procurement: A new global industry standard https://lnkd.in/eC5ehg9What is MRO? It is a type of indirect cost. Great career path!https://lnkd.in/ecdDMYQ When global consulting firm COPC Inc. planned the development of standards for indirect procurement, industry executives responsible for organizations were asked to participate on the project. Many of those were WMU Faculty & Business Broncos. Companies...

If you have a job interview, get ready for STAR and online robots…https://lnkd.in/ePzz3NGhttps://lnkd.in/eZgTxWcSTAR is a structured manner of responding to a behavioral-based interview question by discussing the situation, task, action, & result. Most companies use STAR. Star Method:Tell me of a time when you had to work within a group where the members did not get along? How did you handle the situation? SituationInteractive Qualifying Project Team. One team member...

How important are engineering skills in Supply Chain Management? Can you talk to engineers? https://lnkd.in/ei79SUBHere is some advice from Supply Chain majors if you take a CAD class (that way you can talk to engineers at work): https://lnkd.in/e98iF_8 Engineers wanted for SCM Jobs! Watch: https://lnkd.in/erK29Q3_________A company forwarded me a job posting for an entry level position in supply chain & they especially wanted a SCM major with some of these skill sets (Special...