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MSU student projects could save nonprofit groups $500,000
In 2010, Dr. Tobias Schoenherr, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, had a novel idea: turn his supply chain management students at Michigan State University into volunteer business consultants for nonprofit organizations. Two years and two classes later, Schoenherr’s idea … Continue reading
Students visit Lafarge cement plant
Recently, eleven MBA students and members of Michigan State University’s Graduate Supply Chain Management Association (GSCMA) as well as Dr. Judith Whipple, Supply Chain Management faculty member, toured Lafarge’s Alpena cement plant, the second largest cement plant in North America. … Continue reading
GSCMA visits Rolls Royce
Recently, ten members of Michigan State University’s Graduate Supply Chain Management Association were able to visit Rolls-Royce’s Customer Education facility in Indianapolis. The tour host was Rolls-Royce Buyer, and MSU Broad MBA alumni, Adam Briggs. The tour started with lunch … Continue reading
MSU places second at 2012 Undergrad Supply Chain Challenge
The Supply Chain Management program at Michigan State University’s Broad College of Business hosted the college’s fourth annual undergraduate supply chain competition, The MSU Undergraduate Supply Chain Challenge, March 22-23, 2012, at the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development … Continue reading
Schoenherr first Broad faculty awarded MCC Service-Learning Award
Tobias Schoenherr, assistant professor of Supply Chain Management, has been nominated as the MSU awardee for the Michigan Campus Compact Faculty/Staff Community Service-Learning Awards for his work in integrating service-learning into his SCM 371 courses and evaluation of student outcomes … Continue reading
Three Broad College Supply Chain Students Receive ISM Scholarships
Three MSU Broad College students recently received $1000.00 scholarships from the Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM)’s Services Group. The three were among a group of 16 students representing top supply management programs at five universities. The 16 were presented their … Continue reading
GSCMA Visit UPS and Zappos
Seventeen members of Michigan State University’s Graduate Supply Chain Management Association (GSCMA) and two MSU Supply Chain Management Faculty (Dr. John Macdonald and Dr. Judith Whipple) recently toured the UPS Worldport Facility in Louisville, Kentucky and the Zappos Fulfillment Center … Continue reading
Dr. Judith Whipple awarded the Bernard J. La Londe Best Paper Award
Dr. Judith Whipple, Associate Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management, was recently awarded the Bernard J. La Londe Best Paper Award at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) Conference in Philadelphia, PA for her 2010 article … Continue reading
Leveraging global supply chain strengths, Broad EDP partners with SPJIMR
The S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) and the Broad College’s Executive Development Programs group have announced a partnership to establish a joint center of management, leadership and operations (supply chain) excellence located at the SPJIMR campus in … Continue reading
Narasimhan named senior editor for POMJ
Ram Narasimhan, the John H. McConnell Endowed Professor and University Distinguished Professor in the department of Supply Chain Management, has been appointed senior editor of Production Operations Management Journal, one of the leading journals in Operations Management published by the … Continue reading
