Year: 2022

Yes, you can major in Digital Marketing & eCommerce at WMU (one of our fastest growing majors). Western is one of the only schools in the country to offer a dedicated SEO course that helps students get hands-on experience publishing high-quality content on their own niche websites.

Yes, you can major in Digital Marketing & eCommerce at WMU (one of our fastest growing majors). Western is one of the only schools in the country to offer a dedicated SEO course that helps students get hands-on experience publishing high-quality content on their own niche websites. https://wmich.edu/dme New SEO class pays off in job opportunities for marketing students. KALAMAZOO, Mich.—When you search for a product, service or anything else online,...

Why won’t the supply chain just adopt AI & data analytics software? AI helps manage the supply chain. So what’s the delay?

Why won’t the supply chain just adopt AI & data analytics software? AI helps manage the supply chain. So what’s the delay? Great, great read. They keep quoting this Curkovic guy. https://www.g2.com/articles/ai-and-analytics-in-the-supply-chain OK, I am no sage, but notice the common themes with sages such as Mr. Jim Tomkins: “There has also been a lack of urgency in embracing digital supply networks, which is the only way to deal with...

Net Alpha Announces materialx Decision Support – A Cloud-Based Service for Supply Chain Orgs that Enables Better Raw Material Purchase Decisions

Surprised by price increases? It looks at raw material market data from multiple sources, visualizes & analyzes historical pricing scenarios, & simulates planned purchases & what-if scenarios against forward price curves.  At the WMU ISM supply chain management program we teach our students to track commodity forward price curves. Here’s a quick video (see below) of Net Alpha’s cloud based materialx Decision Support service that is being made available to...

@LinkedIn has a feature where you can practice by recording an answer to an interview question and 1) get immediate AI feedback, or 2) send it to someone in your network for personal feedback.

Also worth noting: @LinkedIn has a similar feature where you can practice by recording an answer to an interview question and 1) get immediate AI feedback, or 2) send it to someone in your network for personal feedback. https://lnkd.in/d8YGspvfGet Instant AI Feedback to Improve Your Interview Answers https://www.huffpost.com/entry/google-interview-warmup-job-interview-practice-questions_l_62967c7ae4b05fe694ed9e37 Also, I have soooo many students asking about STAR job interviews & online robots…https://lnkd.in/ePzz3NG and https://lnkd.in/eZgTxWc STAR is a structured manner of responding to a...

International Students majoring in Business Analytics can get a 3-year visa extension for their OPTs. Why is the U.S. doing this? Answer: we need more people with data analytics skills (especially in the supply chain)…

The US gov has added data science and financial analytics to the list of degrees where international students can get a three-year visa extension after graduating instead of the standard one year.  https://lnkd.in/gTDtDavD International Students majoring in Business Analytics at WMU can get a 3-year visa extension for their OPTs. Why is the U.S. doing this? Answer: we need more people with data analytics skills (especially in the supply chain)... https://analyticsindiamag.com/now-data-science-students-can-get-a-3-year-visa-extension-in-the-us/ https://lnkd.in/gTDtDavDActually, at...

Top 12 Skills You Need To Become a Data Scientist. Python or R for Supply Chain professionals? There are ONLY 500,000 unfilled SCM Data Science jobs on LI.

Top 12 Skills You Need To Become a Data Scientist. https://lnkd.in/gk7pgtQZPython or R for Supply Chain professionals? There are ONLY 500,000 unfilled SCM Data Science jobs on LI. All data scientists stress the importance of Python in analytics programs. Note, “data scientist” is one of the fastest growing career paths w/ escalating salaries.   ·       https://lnkd.in/e_22MKuC·       Python are “R” are both number one & two in analytics, but Python is easier to learn compared...

Pay attention to what matters most- not rankings!…especially at the undergraduate level. “Students who are able to build strong relationships with professors are far more likely to find engaging work after graduation, according to Gallup-Purdue polls.”

Pay attention to what matters most- not rankings!...especially at the undergraduate level. "Students who are able to build strong relationships with professors are far more likely to find engaging work after graduation, according to Gallup-Purdue polls." https://lnkd.in/gSuzhcjP -those who believe a professor cared about them as a person, made them excited about learning, & encouraged them to pursue their dreams had more than double the odds of being engaged at work &...

More jobs starting to look like SCM + Engineering…Purchasing Engineer (21,000 jobs on LI) wanted, see:

How important are engineering skills in Supply Chain Management? Can you talk to engineers? https://lnkd.in/ei79SUB. More jobs starting to look like SCM + Engineering…Purchasing Engineer (21,000 jobs on LI) wanted, see: https://lnkd.in/gqFd4jaG Engineers wanted for SCM Jobs! Watch: https://lnkd.in/erK29Q3 Here 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 A company forwarded me a job posting for an entry level...

This will now be a req’d class for all supply chain majors… Global Negotiation: The fastest growing class in the WMU ISM program.

This will now be a req'd class for all supply chain majors… Global Negotiation: The fastest growing class in the WMU ISM program. https://lnkd.in/ekhu3YHA. Thank you Dr. James Eckert! Almost 1/2 of U.S. employees do not feel confident in their negotiation skills… > 40% don't feel confident in their negotiation skills, while a 1/4 admit to never having negotiated at all in the workplace, per a LinkedIn survey. The results revealed that...

37 pages of salary data… Should college grads negotiate a higher starting salary?

37 pages of salary data… Should college grads negotiate a higher starting salary? https://lnkd.in/gMJYNJkh. Salaries in SCM are going up & already average $10K-$20K higher than entry-level positions in other fields. https://lnkd.in/gCiYgwS2 There isn’t enough young people working in supply chain - https://lnkd.in/gtUcJpX7. People want more money & rewarding work (not paperwork). https://lnkd.in/g7BwX84c. Salaries per DC Velocity: 2022 https://lnkd.in/gESQFNZa vs 2021 https://lnkd.in/gW-U-KHK vs 2020 https://lnkd.in/gJquYyT4 Salaries per ASCM $: 2022 https://lnkd.in/gtYC5Cnw vs 2021 https://lnkd.in/gpMvehY5 vs 2020 https://lnkd.in/gcsrX6tr "The demand for logistics talent has never been...