Day: February 23, 2024

The Food Marketing Conference is quickly approaching. It will be held March 26 – 27, 2024.

The Food Marketing Conference is quickly approaching. It will be held March 26 - 27, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_wmu-named-to-top-list-for-consumer-goods-activity-7165693947158147072-Dhgr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop If you would like to attend, please complete your registration at the link below. I've attached the brochure so you can review the speakers and the full agenda. If you have any questions, please let me know. I hope you can attend! https://lnkd.in/gn4BHuZZ.Direct other questions to:Lisa YoutzyFood Marketing Program CoordinatorWestern Michigan University(269) 387-2132lisa.youtzy@wmich.edu11...

Here is my slide deck on Negotiation from the 1990s. I used to pack this into one class. Now, every WMU Supply Chain major has to take an entire course on Global Negotiation.

Here is my slide deck on Negotiation from the 1990s. I used to pack this into one class. Now, every WMU Supply Chain major has to take an entire course on Global Negotiation. Why? https://www.simecurkovic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Negotiation101.pdf https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sime-curkovic-61617a115_students-go-into-buyer-roles-very-early-in-activity-7086749197923717121-HEAc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Industry asked us to. It is our fastest growing class. Thank you Dr. James Eckert! See his 1 page cheat sheet at the end of the slide deck. Note: my students go into “buyer” roles VERY early...

We are talking about this in class right now (along w/ Negotiation): “OEMs had an avg profit margin of 8.1% in the 1st quarter, more than 2% higher than auto suppliers…while suppliers stabilized between 5-6%…The challenge for suppliers is that they’re suffering from higher material & energy costs, which they can only partially pass on to OEMs.”

We are talking about this in class right now (along w/ Negotiation): “OEMs had an avg profit margin of 8.1% in the 1st quarter, more than 2% higher than auto suppliers…while suppliers stabilized between 5-6%...The challenge for suppliers is that they’re suffering from higher material & energy costs, which they can only partially pass on to OEMs.” https://lnkd.in/gY__BVRs https://www.bain.com/insights/automotive-profitability-how-oem-and-supplier-margins-are-faring-interactive/?utm_medium=social_advocacy&utm_source=LinkedIn-dysi&utm_content=8e152660-72ab-465b-b5f9-aa01a0fdeb2a&utm_term=169324 Almost 1/2 of U.S. employees do not feel confident in their...

I asked chatGPT how complicated is it for an international student college graduate in the U.S. to get a green card. It looks VERY cumbersome. I wish it was easier and perhaps even automatic.

Note, this is almost 3 years old, but…"The H-1B visa is highly competitive. In fiscal 2021, program applications hit 275,000, a 15-year high. The program follows a lottery system where 85,000 applicants are selected at random. Today, that means a given applicant has about a 30% chance of getting in." https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-data-behind-americas-h-1b-visa-program/ More Current: For the FY 2023 H-1B lottery season, USCIS received a total of 474, 421 eligible registrations. Given that a total of...

Success = Pick the right major (i.e., demand > supply) + Get work experience (i.e., internships related to major) + Pick the right first job (i.e., they pay a premium for your major because of supply/demand conditions and you are job ready day one because you have professional work experience).

Great read…Translation: Success = Pick the right major (i.e., demand > supply) + Get work experience (i.e., internships related to major) + Pick the right first job (i.e., they pay a premium for your major because of supply/demand conditions and you are job ready day one because you have professional work experience). Notice:“More than any other factor analyzed—including race, gender and choice of university—what a person studies determines their odds...

Note, we cover this in our CIS 4640 Business Data Mining class which is the capstone class in our Business Analytics minor. The forecast-driven idea is something that our CIS faculty have been selling to SCM students in this course.

Great read… https://hbr.org/2024/03/how-machine-learning-will-transform-supply-chain-management Note, we cover this in our CIS 4640 Business Data Mining class which is the capstone class in our Business Analytics minor. The forecast-driven idea is something that our CIS faculty have been selling to SCM students in this course. In fact, more than 70% of the class is about forecasting and predicting. We specifically talk about data quality treatment strategies to reduce forecasting/prediction errors. CIS 4640 -...