Supply Chain Management Systems
Supply Chain ManagementPossessing the skills and knowledge to help move materials, parts or
services from a concept to an end user which meets their expectations
University of NebraskaCollege of Business Administration
Major approved
Supply Chain Management Systems
Aspirations
• Primary Focus: Creating Value for Customers– Analysis: Assessing Customer Wants & Needs • Order Winners and Qualifiers
– Design: Value Added Products and Services– Purchasing– Selecting Vendors– Distributing Value Added Products and
Services– Communicating and Tracking Products and
Services through information technology
Program Design
Sources:
Industry
Fellow academics (Big 10)
• Functional Skills– Supply chain concepts– Systems thinking– Understand business processes
• Broader Skills (CBA background)– Interpersonal, teamwork & communication – Dynamic problem solver & learner– Change management– Business skills
Sources of Curriculum Design
• Several Existing Supply Chain Programs Including:– Michigan State University
• Long Standing Program
– Texas A & M University• New and Rapidly Rising Program
• Recommended Skill Sets:– American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)
Supply Chain Manager Competency Model– Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Supply Chain
Curriculum– Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
Our Starting PointEvery CBA Student
• Business Preparatory Requirements– General Requirements ACE (30
hours)• Achievement Centered
Education
– Communications • 2 courses
– Calculus (1 course)– Statistics (1 course)– Basic Computer Skills
• 1 cr. hour not for degree– Leadership Development
• 1 cr. hour not for degree
• Business Core Requirements– Accounting
• Managerial and Financial
– Economics • Micro and Macro
– Corporate Finance– Organizational Behavior– Management Information
Systems– Operations and Supply
Management– Principles of Marketing– Corporate Strategy
Supply Chain Management Systems
SCMS CurriculumREQUIREDSMCS 335 Supply chain decision making modelsMRKT/SCMS 346 Distribution channels managementMNGT/SCMS 431 Enterprise management systemsSCMS 432 Supply chain planning and control systemsMRKT/SCMS 444 Supply chain logisticsSCMS 439 Global sourcing and distributionSCMS 474 Strategic supply chain management
(CAPSTONE)
Potential SpecializationsWhat is the highest priority?
• Logistics/Transportation– Channels and Institutions– Optimization– Simulation
• Operations Management– Operations Planning– Inventory Management– Scheduling/Sequencing
• Information Systems– Systems Analysis– Database– Electronic Business– Business Data Communications
• Procurement– Sourcing– Negotiation– Contracts– Financial Statements
Directed Electives (pick 4)Call Number
SCMS 434 Lean supply chain operations
SCMS 436 Project management
SCMS 447 Supply chain technology
MNGT/SSCMS 437 Supply chain risk management
ACCT 308 Managerial accounting
FINA 375 Financial statement analysis
MNGT 3112 Leadership, communications and teams
SCMS 454 Information systems analysis & design
SCMS 456 Object-oriented systems development
SCMS 458 Electronic business
SCMS 459 Global information technology & IS
MRKT 345 Marketing research
MRKT 425 Retail management
MRKT 450 Strategic database marketing
WHAT WE NEED• INDUSTRY ADVICE
– What skill sets do you need? (done)– What topics/courses are the best fit?– Exposure to operations (field trips)– Projects
• for Capstone Course• Faculty research
• SUPPORT– Internship opportunities
• Scholarships
– Road trip opportunities– Job market
• Recruiting resume database
Supply Chain Conference
• Quarterly (or biannual)– Student presentations• Capstone projects
– Industry panels– Faculty discussions
• Support for:– Funding trips/conference– Hire lecturers with specialty industry expertise
