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V O L U ME 9 N UM B E R 4 JUNE 2 0 1 2

The Center for Supply Chain

Management Studies

John Cook School of Business

Saint Louis University

NEWSLETTER

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

New Ameren Advisory Board Member 2

2011-2012 Certificate Awards Ceremony 2

CPSC Director Dean Woodward Guest Speaker 3

at the Product Safety Program

First MS-SCM Graduates 3

Product Safety Program Expands 4

Fall 2012 CSCMS Program Calendar 4

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New Advisory Board Member from Ameren

The Center for Supply Chain Management Studies at Saint Louis

University is pleased to announce a new Board Member from Ameren,

Mr. Mark Brandt, Director, Supply Chain, Ameren.

Mr. Brandt leads the Supply Chain organization which provides sourcing,

procurement, inventory management, warehousing, logistics, and

supplier diversity services for the Ameren companies. Before taking on

his current position in April 2012 he managed the Supply Chain

Operations Department, was project manager for the source-to-settle

end-to-end process improvement initiative, and conducted strategic

sourcing events for fleet, facilities, and telecom related categories of

spend. Prior to joining the supply chain group in 2004 he spent 20 years

in Ameren’s Information Technology group where he was involved in

systems design and project management relating to M&A integration

efforts, Y2K, and several other corporate system implementations.

Mr. Brandt has a Bachelor Degree in Business Management from

Maryville University in St. Louis, MO. He is an Executive Board member

of the Electric Utility Sustainable Supply Chain Alliance, a board member

of the Utility Supply Management Alliance, and is President of the

Waterloo, IL Fire Protection District.

The Center Celebrates 2011-2012 Certificate

Graduations

The Center for Supply Chain Management Studies will award certificates

to the 2011-2012 graduates with an Advanced Supply chain Management

Certificate and or International Trade Management in Supply Chain

Certificate on June 8, 2012 at DuBourg Hall in the Saint Louis University

campus. Graduates, their family and friends are invited to participate in

this joyous occasion. Advisory Board members, Faculty and Instructors

will also participate in this event. A reception will follow the graduation

ceremony.

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CPSC's Mr. Woodard Guest Speaker

at Product Safety Program Class

Dean Woodard, Director of the Office of Education,

Global Outreach, and Small Business Ombudsman was a

featured speaker at the launch of Class 4 of the Certificate

in Product Safety Management at Saint Louis University

on April 17. The class is the largest to date for the 3 year

old program. Woodard commented on the importance of

education in the goal to make products safer, and that it

was critical to have a well-managed supply chain. “You are the lynchpins

of safety at your companies,” he told the class. Product safety education at

the university level is a global concern, he noted. He also shared that a

goal of the CPSC for 2012 is to launch trilateral recalls between Mexico,

the United States, and Canada. His remarks covered a wide range of

topics related to current programs within the agency.

First Graduates with a Master of Science

in Supply Chain Management Degree

Five students received Mater of Science in Supply Chain Management

degree from Saint Louis University. They are the first graduates from this

program which started in 2009.

The recipients are:

Ms. Karinna Claudia Lozano Alverez

Mr. He (Charles) Gao

Mr. Michael Jordan Macauley

Mr. Chenghou (Joe) Wen

Mr. Changlong (Jerry) Yu

Congratulations to the above graduates!!!

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Center Expands the Product Safety Program

In response to growing needs for product safety management educational

programs, the Center for Supply Chain management Studies at Saint

Louis University in cooperation with ADK Information Services, a

leading product safety management company in this country, announced

expansion of the current program offerings from one to four programs for

the 2012 – 2013 academic year.

Currently, the Center offers only one program, Product Safety

Management Certificate program. Beginning with in the fall 2012, the

Center plans to offer Advanced Product Safety Management Program

(September 24 ~ 28, 2012). We are expanding the program offerings with

additional programs in 2013. The programs include a Product Safety

Analysis Certificate workshop (Feb 4 & 5, 2013) and Product Safety

Manufacturing Practices Certificate workshop (June 24, 25 and 26, 2013).

For more information, please check our website

(www.cscms.slu.edu/certificate programs).

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CSCMS FALL 2012 Schedule

Supply Chain Management 101

Module Topic Instructor Date

I Introduction to

Supply Chain Management

101

Ik-Whan G. Kwon, Ph.D. August 17, 2012

Advanced Supply Chain Management Certification Professional Development Program

Module Topic Instructor Date

I Supply Chain Project

Management

Brian Cain August 23 & 24, 2012

II Managing Inventories for

Increased Profitability

Ray Scott

September 20 & 21 ,

2012

III Strategic Outsourcing &

Suppliers Relationship

Management

Kevin Von Grabe October 25 & 26, 2012

IV Managing Transportation

& Warehousing

Operations

Thomas Goldsby, Ph.D November 15 & 16,

2012

V Risk Management and

Research Project

Presentation

Dana Hullinger,

Frank Fischer &

John Hamilton, Ph.D

December 13 & 14,

2012

Supply Management Certificate Professional Development Program

Module Name Instructor Date

I Strategic Sourcing Todd Richter &

Doug Sparr

Monday,

August 13, 2012

II Negotiations Julie Wulff &

Cindy Wessel

September 13 &14,

2012

III Risk Management Todd Richter &

Doug Sparr

October 12, 2012

IV Supply Agreement Julie Wulff &

Cindy Wessel

November 8 & 9, 2012

V Supply Relationship

Management

Todd Richter &

Doug Sparr

December 7, 2012

VI Research Project

Presentation

John W. Hamilton, Ph.D TBD

See next page for our other program listings

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Other Programs

Topic/Workshop Instructor Date

Project Management Ray Scott August 9 & 10, 2012

Advance Product Safety

Management

ADK Information Services September 24-28,

2012

Lean Logistics Derek Browning Starting on Monday

October 15 & 16, 2012

Change Management Rik Nemanick, Ph.D. November 29 & 30,

2012

CSCMS Graduation Ceremony

Fall2012/Spring 2013

CSCMS Department Friday, June 13, 2013

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Center Organizations & Board Memebers

AEP River Operations Mr. George Piccioni

Ameren Services Mr. Dennis Weisenborn & Mr. Price Marr

Anheuser-Busch/InBev Mr. Gary Welker

The Boeing Company Mr. David Thole & Mr. Steve Georgevitch

Cassidy Turley Company Mr. Ed Lampitt

Covidien Mr. Mike Santowski

Emerson Company Mr. Al Middeke & Mr. Joe Ackerman

Energizer Mr. Gary Proctor

Hodgson Mill Mr. Ray Martin

Mesa Logistics Mr. Frank Fischer

Monsanto Company Mr. Kevin Lawrence

Nordyne, Inc. Mr. Bob Bielecki

Novus International, Inc. Mr. Kevin Mowery

Nestle Purina Pet Care Mr. Marty Tendler & Mr. Pete Spanos

OHL Mr. Ted Wellhausen

Peabody Energy Mr. Carlton Adams

Saint Louis University Dr. John Hamilton

Schafer Company Mr. Bob Elfanbaum

Solutia, Inc. Mr. Leo Ven

UniGroup, Inc. Mr. Tom Duwel

World Wide Technology Mr. Kurt Grimminger

Ex-Officio Dr. Ik-Whan Kwon

Honorary Members

Mr. Bob Drury, Mr. Gerald Hayden, Mr. Jim Kavanaugh, Mr. Tom Olson

Center for Supply Chain Management Studies Office

Ellen Harshman, Ph.D., J. D., Dean

Ik-Whan G. Kwon, Ph.D., Director

John W. Hamilton, Ph.D.,

Associate Director

Center of Supply Chain Management Studies

John Cook School of Business

Saint Louis University

3674 Lindell Blvd. DS 458

Saint Louis, Mo 63108

http://cscms.slu.edu

phone: (314) 977 – 3617

fax: (314) 977-2068

email: cscms@slu.edu

© June 2012