Supply Chain Management at Rutgers Business School

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Supply Chain Managementat Rutgers Business School

• Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management
• Rutgers Business School
• Newark and New Brunswick

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A Mission of Collaboration between Academics and
Industry

• Problem-solving and research between Rutgers and
  the business community.
• Executive education for business community.
• Forums for member companies to share best
  practices, discuss hot topics.
• Members-only access to research, students,
  faculty.
• Development of student leaders.

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Corporate Sponsors
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Combining Practice and Theory in MBA SCM Courses

• Larry Smith, VP, BD
• Johnathan Macy, VP, BD
• Jim King, VP, Panasonic
• Len DeCandia, SVP, AmerisourceBergen
• Ken Frawley, VP, Time Warner
• Rod Italianer, SVP CFO, Heineken
• Jerry Martino, VP, Schering-Plough
• Bill McLaury, Exec. Director, Novartis
• Scott Zellner, VP, JJ
• Sharad Bohra, Director, Tyco
• Ken Michaels, SVP, McGraw-Hill

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Joint Faculty in Action
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Over Forty Academic and Industry Fellows
Conducting Hot-Topic Research

• Intermodal Network Modeling, Freight and Maritime
  Systems
• Long-Term Inventory Routing Problems
• Supply Chain Channel Coordination
• Optimal Contracts and Valuation
• Supply Chain Data Mining and Statistical Tools
• Managing Networks with Forward and Reverse Flows
• Supply Chain Security and Risk Management
• Auctions for Industrial Procurement
• Optimizing Supply Chain Performance under
  Uncertainty
• Strategic Supplier Management
• Supply Chain Inventory Management
• Privacy-Preserving Information Sharing

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Year-Round Seminar Series Featuring Research
Fellows

• Supply Chain Safety Stock Allocation
• Reverse Logistics Optimization Models
• Business Ethics in the Supply Chain
• Forecasting in the Supply Chain
• Reducing Demand Forecast Error
• Quantity Discounts for Channel Coordination
• Privacy Preserving Collaboration
• Supply Chain Dynamic Scheduling Problems
• Profit Smoothing and Product Pricing
• Adoption of Certifiable Standards in
  Customer-Supplier Relationships
• Supply Chain Security Aspects

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Research Conferences and Programs Are Popular
with Industry

• Globalization of the Supply Chain (Sept. 2004)
• Radio Frequency Identification (Nov. 2004)
• Outsourcing and Offshoring (Jan. 2005)
• Best Practices in the Supply Chain (May 2005)
• Security in the Supply Chain (July 2005)
• Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Mgmt. (Oct. 2005)
• Disruptions to the Supply Chain (Feb. 2006)
• Demand Management (May 2006)
• Supply Chain Transportation (Nov. 2006)
• Student Case Competitions (annually)
• Business Certificate Program (annually)

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Collaboration with Industry Organizations and
Universities

• Research Project with Healthcare Distribution
  Management AssociationHDMA
• Conducted Phase I of data management/data sharing
  program for healthcare and pharmaceutical
  industries.
• Overall goal to improve patient safety in
  supply chain, while adding efficiencies and
  synergies.
• Business case for supply chain partners to share
  data on product movement through the supply
  chain, its critical role for the safe movement of
  product, and a proposal for next steps.
• Project supported by HDMA, PhRMA, and NACDS.

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Collaboration with Industry Organizations and
Universities (contd)

• Benchmark Study on Healthcare Supply Chain
• Collaboration with ISM-NJ
• Educational Seminars/Joint Conference with CSCMP
• Co-sponsor of 2005 Annual MISTA Academic
  Conference
• Training with European Business School
• Focus on Transportation Trends in NJ with Rutgers
  School of Engineering
• Supply Chain Council Guest Speakers
• Collaborations with Penn State, UT-Dallas, NYU,
  SUNY, U. NottinghamUK, MIT, Duke, U.
  International Business and Economics (China),
  Dalian Univ. (China)

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MBA SCM CURRICULUMA Core Strategic Element at
RBS

• 12-credit of SCM related courses, as part of the
  24-credit elective course requirement.
• Concentration Core
• 22711607 Supply Chain Strategies
• Concentration Electives (Select any 3 from
  following)
• 1. Procurement, sourcing, and contract
  management
• 22711608 Procurement Mgmt Global Sourcing
• 22711654 Strategic Supply Management
• 22620617 Negotiations
• 22711605 Intro. to Total Quality Mgmt Control
• ( pending) Contract Mgmt

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• 2. Logistics management and information
  technologies
• 22010623 Enterprise Resource Planning
• 22198610 E-Commerce
• 22010622 Internet Technology and E-Business
• 22630615 Electronic Marketing
• 22010624 Strategic Cost Management
• ( pending) Transportation and Logistics
  Management
• ( pending) Emerging supply chain technologies
• 3. Supply chain management strategies
• 22620612 Creativity in Business Decision
  Making
• 22630602 Corporate Strategy and Product
  Innovation
• 22630603 Retail Management
• 22630605 Business to Business Marketing
• 22620606 Managing Strategic Transformations
• 22620648 Cross Cultural Management
• 22620608 Team Building and Group Process
• 22620603 Executive Leadership
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Future of SCM at RBS Looks Bright!

• Third-largest concentration at RBS (and
  youngest!)
• Development of undergraduate curriculum
• Cross-departmental/cross-university reach
• Increased educational programming
• Academic Excellence Award recognition
• Most-active student club at RBS
• Industry collaboration and support

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The Most Active Student Club at Rutgers Business
School

• MBA SCM Initiative
• Sponsored by Center for SCM
• Over 60 MBAs
• Elected student exec. board
• Industry speakers
• Facility tours
• Partnerships with industry organizations
• Newsletter
• http//supplychain.rutgers.edu

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Sampled Student Club Activities

• UPS Tour of Port Elizabeth 
• Hoffmann-LaRoche Information Session
• Council of Logistics Management Roundtable
• Tyco International Information Session
• CSCMP Lunch and Learn
• Toys R Us Distribution Facility
• Lucent Technologies CIO Ruth Bruch Lecture
• Becton Dickinson Swedesboro Facility Tour
• Americas Systems Lunch and Learn
• LOreal Plant Tour
• Engelhard Corporation Guest Lecture
• Liz Claiborne Distribution Center Tour
• AmerisourceBergen Guest Lecture
• CSCMP Career Roundtable
• AP Perishable Goods Facility Tour

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Contact Us

• Web site
• www.scm.rutgers.edu
• Gordy Smouther, Senior Industry Advisor
• smouther_at_andromeda.rutgers.edu
• Corinne Schaivo, Business Manager
• - cschiavo_at_rbsmail.rutger.edu

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Industry-Sponsored Projects Add to the Academic
Experience