Year: 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFpgb9h658&t=7s What is the ISM Manufacturing Index? What is the PMI? What is the ISM MFG Index? Supply Chain 101https://wmich.edu/supplychain/academics/lectures Note: make sure you understand how to interpret the ISM MFG index (also called the PMI – Purchasing Managers’ Index). For example, if it is above 50, what does that mean? If it is below 50, what does that mean? Pay attention to the section that reads: (Tempe, Arizona) —...

I have had several students ask me about Industry 4.0/Supply Chain 4.0/Digitization of the Supply Chain.  Most students simply want to know what it means and how it will impact their majors.  Please first watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkn71KMqNwM Notice in the video that I repeatedly said a huge part of Industry 4.0 will be taking all the "manual" processes that exist and "automating" them using "technology" so that they get done better, faster,...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KEbg2FTat4&t=1s The Covid Job Market for College Grads. Business majors & supply chain degrees during covid, 2021 + - YouTubeThe Covid Job Market for College Grads. Business majors & supply chain degrees during covid, 2021 +www.youtube.com We are in a V shaped recovery it appears.The 916,000 jobs gained in March exceeded economists’ predictions and nearly doubled the gains seen in February, bringing the unemployment rate down to 6%. However, the economy...

Please watch this video on negotiating a job offer (i.e., your starting salary)... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDWwq2mKY0I&t=67s From a former student several years ago regarding a job offer he received... ...They first offered him $48,600 and he negotiated it up to $52K.  That is a 9% bump!  Many people have to work a few years to get a bump like that.  Your first promotion might only be a 15-20% bump and that could take...

Top Universities for Supply Chain Technology Education in 2017 (WMU ranked #2, UM #7, MSU #12) I do wish more of our students understood how highly ranked our ISM program was.  I also wish students did more to promote and market the rankings.  For example, could the below be built into your E-mail signature, resume, LinkedIn profile, etc.?... "WMU Integrated Supply Management (ISM)...Nation's best undergraduate SCM program (Gartner); 2nd in...

The WMU Haworth College of Business is among a group of fewer than 5 percent of business schools worldwide that are accredited at both the undergraduate and graduate levels by the AACSB International—the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business AACSB is like the "ISO 9000" of business colleges globally.  AACSB accreditation is a rubber stamp on HCOB that says we have processes in place that ensures you get a quality education. ...

Here is a great read for female SCM students & professionals Another great read for women in the field, just click For every $1 made by a man in the state of Michigan, women earn $.76 (used to be $.66). That is around the ninth largest gap in the country (we used to be third worst).  Shame on Michigan even though progress is being made. People say it is because...

This is why a predictive big data analytics class should be a required class for every major... Note, we knew all this at WMU way before Berkley and MIT and we also did something about it way before them.  Yes, we did this before Berkley and MIT.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-berkeley-its-big-data-on-campus-1541066401?emailToken=8643daf9ec2e86b33102a27604b64ce762w30y7HQaTkKHCgbFxtN64RShXsPgaLTugBhhRUshrl+eqQiKJqxyELUO9XgDJakvdWukP9NNf5yLDQ2td5wQ%3D%3D&reflink=article_email_share UC Berkeley’s Fastest-Growing Class Is Data Science 101www.wsj.comThe university has created a division to study the science of mining the tidal wave...