Tennessee State UniversityCollege of Business

What is Supply Chain Management?

In simple Language:

The way businesses find parts, make products, warehouse them, and transport them to customers

What is Supply Chain Management?

Designing, Planning, and Operations of integrated multi- and inter- company product demand fulfillment activities where various companies (i.e., suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers) are integrated through real-time information flow and collaborations to deliver

goods and services to ultimate

customers at the right

time and price.

Our Degree Program

• The strength of our program is that it combines e-Business knowledge with that of Supply Management into one concentration.

• The concentration was reviewed by the nation’s highly regarded ‘Institute for Supply Management (ISM)’, which highly recommended it to be a model throughout the US.

E-Business and Supply Chain Management

• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with a concentration in E-Business and Supply Chain Management

• The College of Business at Tennessee State university (TSU) is fully accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB-International).

Undergraduate EB-SCM ProgramE-Business/Supply Chain Mgt. Core Courses

(33 Hours)

• Java, C++ , or V-Basic• MGMT 3500: E-business Models• MGMT 3550: ERP Systems• BISI 4150: Database Systems• BISI 4400: E-business Systems Development• MGMT 4020: Quality Management• MKTG 4300: Procurement• MKTG 4400: Logistics• MGMT 4600: Supply Chain Strategy• MGMT/MKTG: Elective • Business Elective

You Will Know How to:• Find and develop suppliers

• Engage in Business-to-Business (B2B) transactions and relationships

• Design e-business web-enabled inventory systems that link all organizations in the supply chain-keeping inventory investment low.

You Will Know, cont.:

• Develop Data Management Systems that assist in Customer Relationship Management across supply chain.

• Manage Company Logistic Systems.

• Be involved in international negotiations to purchase required goods and services.

• Maintain and improve quality of materials and services.

Examples of Supply Chain Management Careers

• Vice President, Strategic Sourcing

• Purchasing Director• Director of Contracts,

Pricing and Procurement• Purchasing

Agent/Analyst/Assistant• Materials Manager• Procurement Manager• Director, Supply Chain

Management

• Director of Supplier Relations

• Director of Supplier Quality and Procurement

• Supply Manager• Strategic Sourcing

Manager• Supply Chain Manager• Inventory Planner• Inventory Manager

Job Outlook & Availability• U.S. News & World Report describes

supply chain management as one of the 20 hottest job tracks for this century.

• Logistics--the second largest employment sector in the United States (Council of Logistics Management).

• Bureau of Labor Statistics projects, for 2001-2012:

“Employment growth will be concentrated in the service-providing sector of the economy. Information, …, and transportation and warehousing are other service -providing

industries that are projected to grow faster than average”.

Job Outlook & Availability

''The job market is phenomenal,….A number of our undergraduate students have four or five job offers as coops in the supply chain area.“

Bob Leib:- logistics professor at Northeastern Univ.

Source: Boston Globe, Nov. 20, 2005

Job Outlook & Availability, cont.

• Anthony A. Chiarello, president of Maersk Logistics USA Inc., told Northeastern Univ. students that:

“…..he had 150 job openings in his US logistics operations.”

Source: Boston Globe, Nov. 20, 2005

Job Outlook & Availability, cont.

“Multiple job offers also have become common for supply chain students from other schools”

By Chris Caplice, executive director of MIT's master's program in engineering and logistics.

Source: Boston Globe, Nov. 20, 2005

Job Outlook & Availability

Subject: Boeing Supplier Management & Procurement Group Trip to TN State Univ.“……..In order to accomplish this task we have initially focused our efforts on Universities that have a Supply Chain Management program, degree, or certificate. We would very much like to talk with you about our team and strategy and learn more about Tennessee State University. Our specific interests would be your College of Business, Department of Business Administration, E-Business and Supply Chain Management Program as well as any Graduate Programs you have in this area.”

November 30, 2005

Average SalariesSCM, 42,125

MKTG, 36,409

HR, 37,017

MGMT, 39,480

EC&FIN, 41,994

BIS, 43,653

ACCT, 42,940

Internships Opportunities

- Governing Board members participate in an internship program especially for supply chain students

- Interviews are held each spring, as part of the February board meeting procedures

- Mock interviews for supply chain students are held in January prior to ‘Supply Chain’ Day.

Current Corporate Sponsors

Dell, Inc.

Genco, Inc.

Corning

Lexmark International

Cummins Filtration

Boeing

Scholarships

Undergraduate• Up to 6-7 Students per year

• Up to $2,500 per scholarship per year

Faculty in EB-SCM Area

Dr. Festus Olorunniwo Dr. Sharon ThachDept. Head, Professor Professor

Ph.D., 1981, University of Texas at Austin Ph.D., 1987, Michigan State University

(F/T SCM) (P/T SCM)

Faculty in EB-SCM Area

Dr. Joel Jolayemi Dr. Simon LiProfessor Assistant Professor

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Ph.D., 1985, Case Western Reserve Univ. Ph.D, 2003, Clemson University

(F/T SCM) (F/T SCM)

BADM ContactWalk-in Suite K-9

E-Mail: dkay1@tnstate.edu

Phone: (615) 963-7123

Fax: (615) 963-7139

Mail Tennessee State UniversityCollege of BusinessDept. of Business Administration330 10th Ave. N., Suite KNashville, TN 37203-3401

Web http://www.tnstate.edu/busadmin

Supply Chain Management Contact

Walk-in Suite K-6

E-Mail: folorunniwo@tnstate.edu

Phone: (615) 963-7346

Fax: (615) 963-7139

Mail Tennessee State UniversityCollege of BusinessDept. of Business Administration330 10th Ave. N., Suite KNashville, TN 37203-3401

Web http://www.tnstate.edu/busadmin

Best Wishes For Future Success!