Day: October 15, 2022

Check out the year 2100 (U.S.: 434M people). 2022: Earth will hit 8 billion humans. The U.S. is the 3rd most populated, but only 4% of global. The U.S. might also be one of the few industrialized nations that grows the next 50 years. The world is changing. 2023: India > China.

Check out the year 2100 (U.S.: 434M people). 2022: Earth will hit 8 billion humans. The U.S. is the 3rd most populated, but only 4% of global. The U.S. might also be one of the few industrialized nations that grows the next 50 years. The world is changing. 2023: India > China. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/global-population-300-years-by-country/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualized-the-worlds-population-at-8-billion/ https://lnkd.in/gsheC3eE Thank you always to visualcapitalist.com for the pics.#globaleconomy#global#globalization#supplychain#supplychainmanagement

Ready to drink flat beer because of a major underground supply in Mississippi being contaminated by a long-extinct volcano? Seriously. FYI: In the US. 77% of all CO₂ is used in food processing, dry ice & beverages. Do your contracts have a clause if you run out of CO₂? Is it time to make costly investments to reduce reliance on commercial supplies of CO2?

Ready to drink flat beer because of a major underground supply in Mississippi being contaminated by a long-extinct volcano? Seriously. FYI: In the US. 77% of all CO₂ is used in food processing, dry ice & beverages. Do your contracts have a clause if you run out of CO₂? Is it time to make costly investments to reduce reliance on commercial supplies of CO2? https://www.npr.org/2022/09/22/1124491808/beer-carbon-dioxide-shortage__I am only slightly tired of...

Check out #3. You need to study even harder outside the classroom (30-45 hrs/week!). For every hour in class, college students are expected to spend another 2-3 hrs studying. This means if you are a full-time student taking 15 credits, you should be spending another 30-45 hrs a week outside of class. It’s like a full time job?!

Check out #3. You need to study even harder outside the classroom (30-45 hrs/week!). For every hour in class, college students are expected to spend another 2-3 hrs studying. This means if you are a full-time student taking 15 credits, you should be spending another 30-45 hrs a week outside of class. It's like a full time job?! https://lnkd.in/gseeR7qe. Note, practically all of my students work 15-40 hrs/wk because they have bills...

How Does Your Personality Type Affect Your Income:

How Does Your Personality Type Affect Your Income: https://lnkd.in/g7z_ZNV3. Do you know what your brand is? Become the Nike swoosh of your life! Most students & even managers put little effort into developing & promoting their brand. How about a personal SWOT analysis? For details on how to build your brand (with a workbook): https://lnkd.in/dSAA6wF Here is a website that is similar to MBTI and it is free: https://lnkd.in/ey4TEUY Also, here is another...

FYI: This is how Harvard thinks you should negotiate an internship or job offer (not bad).

FYI: This is how Harvard thinks you should negotiate an internship or job offer (not bad). https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_harvards-version-of-job-offer-negotiation-activity-6983034752853323776-__yq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Do I think students should negotiate an INTERNSHIP or FULL-TIME offer (i.e., a higher salary)? Yes, since some orgs are offering students 20-30% below market value (but only if you know how to negotiate). The avg supply chain internship is $44,918/yr, or $21.6/hr. People on the lower end, bottom 10%, make $37K/yr ($17.80/hr), while the top 10%...

Great ROI!?…At about 98% of universities that offer MBAs, grads typically made more money 2 years out of school than they had borrowed.

Hottest MBA Degree Now? Supply Chain Management. That darn MBA degree still has a great ROI!...“Over their lifetime, an MBA grad can expect to earn $3M more than someone with only a bachelor’s.” Note, if you read this article about an MBA SCM degree, it sounds a lot like our undergrad BBA SCM degree. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-graduate-schools/top-business-schools/articles/what-you-can-do-with-an-mba-in-supply-chain-management https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_what-you-can-do-with-an-mba-in-supply-chain-activity-6983080013227048960-8ntr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop When is the right time for grad school? The avg age is 33. I find the...

I kid you not (for Michigan): “a 29.7% increase in demand for logisticians” & “The most in-demand, high-wage jobs will be operations managers, w/ an annual need of more than 6,500 & a wage of $29-72/hr”.

I kid you not (for Michigan): “a 29.7% increase in demand for logisticians” & “The most in-demand, high-wage jobs will be operations managers, w/ an annual need of more than 6,500 & a wage of $29-72/hr”. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_check-out-the-supply-chain-data-science-activity-6983374417418493952-kl4B?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop HOWEVER, the greatest demand in the number of available jobs through 2030 is in LOW-wage jobs. That is going to be a problem: young people are leaving & people are having way fewer...

“By 2100, global population growth is expected to drop to 0.1%, which means we’ll essentially reach net-zero population growth!” Wow. Michigan’s young population (0-25) has shrunk the MOST (-14%!).

“By 2100, global population growth is expected to drop to 0.1%, which means we’ll essentially reach net-zero population growth!” Wow. Michigan's young population (0-25) has shrunk the MOST (-14%!). Birth rates have plunged in states where the 0-25 population is shrinking. Also,…There simply are not enough young people going into & working in the supply chain...https://lnkd.in/gMqxdxfr Note, there are not enough young people in general. Last year, deaths exceeded births in fully half of...

The video shows 7 business books recommended by Stanford professors, but these are pretty good also…Reading List:

The video shows 7 business books recommended by Stanford professors, but these are pretty good also…Reading List: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_what-are-you-reading-this-summer-discover-activity-6983375927942533120-MfLG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop A great book read for CFO types that want to understand SCM types (or the other way around?): "Supply Chain Metrics that Matter"...The book links corporate financials to supply chain maturity, & what metrics matter most.Other reads that I think would be good for SCM leaders:The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan: How to Take...

#1: The challenge for the U.S. is that the local production of these raw materials is extremely limited (i.e., we have ONE nickel mine). #2: China is the single largest supply source of mineral commodities for the U.S.

America: Do not forget about those rare earth metals. China tops the list for mine production & reserves of rare earth elements, w/ 44M tons (>20x the U.S.) in reserves (38% of global total) & 140K tons of annual mine production (3x the U.S.). I was not expecting the U.S. to rank the 2nd highest in mine production w/ only 1.3% of total reserves (hmm). Further, while Vietnam & Brazil...