A recent article in BusinessWeek highlighted the often underappreciated business function of supply chain management, and the growth in opportunities for business students who focus their studies in this critical operations function.
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While perhaps not as flashy as finance or marketing, it is an important and increasingly complex area of the value chain, given the global nature of sourcing raw materials and products.
As I tell my young children, those products on the shelves came from somewhere, and talented supply chain managers make sure they do so reliably, with the proper quantities and delivery timing, and at a competitive price.
These factors are essential for Santa (the main concern of my kids’ inquiry), as we head towards the holidays…I wonder how many supply chain MBA’s work on the North Pole?
Tags: holiday, Management, operations, shopping, supply chain
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Supply Chain Management Opportunities Growing for MBAs
Author: Corey Eakins, '09 M.B.A.
A recent article in BusinessWeek highlighted the often underappreciated business function of supply chain management, and the growth in opportunities for business students who focus their studies in this critical operations function.
As I tell my young children, those products on the shelves came from somewhere, and talented supply chain managers make sure they do so reliably, with the proper quantities and delivery timing, and at a competitive price.
These factors are essential for Santa (the main concern of my kids’ inquiry), as we head towards the holidays…I wonder how many supply chain MBA’s work on the North Pole?
Tags: holiday, Management, operations, shopping, supply chain
This entry was posted on Friday, October 7th, 2011 at 8:24 am and is filed under Career Services, Commentary, EveningMBA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.