For students enrolled in U.S. universities' supply chain programs, life must be a little different than the average co-ed.
For instance, while most students will think only about where to acquire, say, a case of beer, supply chain students probably take into account: 1. Where the cheapest beer can be found; 2. The efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the route to get the beer; 3. The propensity of out-of-stocks at certain stores; 4. The quality of past shipments of beers (QA check!); and 5. What is the backup beer supplier, if something should go wrong with the primary beer-sourcing partner.
All kidding aside, AMR Research has just released its first-ever industry and academic study of U.S.-based university programs that focus on supply chain management. The research is an analytic combination of what 126 companies said they wanted in supply chain grads and what 19 university programs offered today.
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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