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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 Product Procurement Specialist):1. Collaborate with engineers, manufacturing team members, designers, suppliers, tool builders, and associates to complete Engineering Change Orders. (Our students learn this in EDMM 1420: Engineering Graphics)2. Must be familiar in the use of common quality system processes such...

Note, WMU requires twice the SCM coursework of most programs, the difference is in our CIS and engineering classes. MGMT 2800—Intro to Supply ManagementMGMT 3200—Managing ERP Systems (SAP)MGMT 3810—Experiential Live Six-Sigma Lean Problem-Solving (DMAIC & A3)EDMM 3280—Quality Assurance and ControlEDMM 1420—Engineering GraphicsEDMM 1500/1501—Intro to Manufacturing/Processes and Materials in ManufacturingMKTG 3720—Sourcing and PurchasingMKTG 4630—Supply Chain LogisticsMGMT 4640—Production Management and ControlLAW 4840—International Business Law or LAW 4860—Marketing and Sales Law (Advanced Contract Negotiation)...

Salary Report: Here is the full salary report What do supply chain internships pay (and they all pay, never work for free)?  The going rate is $16-27 per hour.  Note, this data is around 4 years old.  Also, see full time starting salaries from supply chain graduates. I just wanted to clarify that all SCM internships are paid internships and they tend to pay very well.  The companies at the...

Helpful Websites for EDMM 1420 - Engineering Graphics (our CAD class). Course description: Essentials of engineering graphics including technical sketching, CAD applications, applied geometry, orthographic projection, section, dimensioning, tolerancing, threads and fasteners, weldments, detail and assembly drawing, charting and basic elements of descriptive geometry. All work is according to current ANSI drafting standards. Previous technical drawing is recommended. Spend lots of time with the TA & try to take it...

Companies within the same industry (and even across different industries such as aerospace, steel, chemical, etc.) are dependent on each other. The flows are more intertwined ("Integrated" supply management) than ever before. In a recent study, 90 percent of manufacturing companies report having some level of outsourcing (no big surprise, right?). Thirty percent outsource 40 percent or more of their manufacturing (hmmm, now this is getting interesting). Logistics levels of...

Assume a supplier estimates the following costs on an RFQ (Request for Quote - buyer wants supplier to quote on some potential business):Potential supplier says to you (you are the buyer/potential customer): Costs of Direct Materials $12,000Cost of Direct Labor $3,000Cost of Overhead $4,500Total Costs $19,500Profit $2,340Price $21,840What is the minimum price a desperate supplier might be willing to quote if this is their cost information? Answer:  $15,000 because it...

Managers screw this up regularly... A lot of mistakes are made because of this simple thing... Do not make this mistake when you are dealing with global suppliers and customers... dd/mm/yyyy or dd.mm.yyyy (day, month, year)?Notice that most countries write day/month/year (Europe in particular). We in the U.S. do month/day/year (9/27/08) is September 27, 2008 - this is not a date in most countries). Keep it safe in a multinational...

I wrote an article for the Kalamazoo Gazette a few years back. My editorial was in response to the 750 striking UAW hourly workers at the American Axle factory in Three Rivers, MI. These hourly workers make around $65 per hour with benefits and management wants to cut their pay/benefits in half. These strikes have started to shutdown several suppliers and GM factories. You should be able to read this...

Pasted below is feedback from a former student who works at TACOM (government SCM jobs). https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/535915100 These jobs do require U.S. citizenship and this is a unionized workforce.  Yes, unions only make up around 10-13% of America's workforce and most of them are actually government employees.  Pasted below is feedback from a former student who works at TACOM (who often has several job openings in Warren, MI).  This sounds like...

A former student asked me: Would you recommend using Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) or Consignment Inventory (CI)?  I feel like VMI means that you have to regulate the Suppliers more than Consignment would. Consignment allows you to have your inventory costs in the hands of the supplier so the inventory cost is lower for you.  In other words, Consignment means we will buy the stuff from suppliers, but we will...