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