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Supply Chain Management (and Operations) made the list. 43% (SCM)/65% (Ops) large impact - "refers to tasks that will be fully automated or significantly altered by AI technologies." In case you want to see what we cover in our AI course, see the screenshot below. Our analytics faculty have built an AI course in our business college (CIS 5550) to cover all kinds of AI for business applications. AI embedded modules...

The 16 worst-paying college majors, five years after graduation: https://lnkd.in/eTyx7YpW. But…If You Majored in One of These 18 Subjects, You’ll Likely Have a Comfortable Retirement: https://lnkd.in/e2nireWR. Notice SCM made the list: #5. Supply Chain (Logistics): $52,290. Note, WMU SCM grads (2022) had a median wage range of $65-$75K. https://lnkd.in/dkGr4_uX. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/16/worst-paying-college-majors-five-years-after-graduation.html I have been trying to explain SCM to high schoolers. It’s not that easy. Parents like to see this: the number...

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: https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/college-degree-jobs-unused-440b2abd “More than any other factor analyzed—including race, gender and choice of university—what a person studies determines...

When I first entered academia as a supply chain professor 30 years ago, I assumed the ROI on a graduate education in business would fade.  MBA degrees tended to be too broad in coverage and there was an oversupply.  However, the data indicates that an MS or MBA degree continues to deliver an exceptional ROI.  For example, a recent Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) report cited that over their lifetime, an MBA graduate can expect to earn $3 million...

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...

Should we teach Tableau or Power BI or both? In our CIS 3640 class we focus on three major areas: (1) Advanced excel functions, Power Query, Power Pivot , & Data Models, (2) Excel Macros, & (3) Visualization. https://lnkd.in/eqiqSMRb &https://lnkd.in/gXYSQKc7. We do our best to go in-depth in all these 3 areas. Based on the feedback received from students, they are interested in learning about all 3 areas & found them helpful...

“American college students are behind in using AI in their studies compared to their foreign counterparts.”American college students lag behind in AI use, expert calls for perspective shift in educationAmerican college students are behind in using AI in their studies compared to their foreign counterparts.wwmt.com Maybe not…This is the whole reason that we created our new AI course — to create AI awareness and skills, and it is designed for...

ISM’s Women’s Supply Management Community: https://lnkd.in/gH_Mr77d. Female Supply Chain students & professionals (the opportunities are endless).: https://lnkd.in/gzFGPTDP. Gender issues in buyer-seller relationships: does gender matter in purchasing? https://lnkd.in/gqSR9dAp.World's Top Companies for Women 2023To create the list, we surveyed approximately 70,000 women working for multinational corporations across 37 countries…www.forbes.com Top 10 Women In Supply Chain: https://lnkd.in/gpj4ArBf.2022 WOMEN IN SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH: https://lnkd.in/g7AwRES8.Study: Women Business Owners Are More Trustworthy Than Men. https://lnkd.in/gAkNrfvp. Women are an Advantage in Supply...

Wow, the Harvard Business Review (Delgado & Mills) called this right 5 years ago in 2018 (pre covid), well done. Why are supply chain industries the source of so many high-paying jobs and so much innovation? https://lnkd.in/grs9FUsw. Degree program fuels supply chain and logistics industry’s workforce of the future: https://lnkd.in/g65xNd9M. “Its bachelor’s degree gives students the chance to boost their average annual pay in the field to $87,280, compared with $49,689 for...

Should SCM students learn this?…”the importance of including location analytics in the standard business school curriculum — especially in the field of supply chain management.” Bridging the gap between supply chain management practice and curriculum: A location analytics exercise... Access via: https://ow.ly/kMci50PWU1K or see: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dsji.12286 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/dsji.12286 Are Supply Chain professionals using ArcGIS Pro technology? Do you think our SCM students should learn this? ArcGIS is a technology that can help companies...