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New major to emphasize supply chains
Local businesses say demand high for graduates with experience
BY MAGGIE VANBUSKIRK
mvanbuskirk@kansan.com
Wanted: Student from the School of Business with critical thinking and analytical skills, problem solving abilities, leadership qualities, communication skills and the desire to actively participate in a team for a position as part of the supply chain for a company.
Roger Woody, manager of the transportation management group at EMBARQ Logistics in Kansas
City, Kan., said these are some key elements his company looks at when seeking entry-level or recent college graduates to work on its supply chain management, which is overseeing the steps it takes to get prodes by providing a major that is in high demand," said Kocabasoglu, who teaches Introduction to Supply Chain Management this fall and will teach Purchasing and Supply Management in the spring of 2008. Both are required courses for the major.
"We will be offering a service to our students and area businesses by providing a major that is in high demand."
CANAN KOCABASOGLU Assistant professor
ucts from its producers and into the hands of consumers. Woody said as he is recruiting, he is finding good schools with degrees in supply chain management is important as well as hands on work experience.
Beginning this fall, the University will join the ranks of schools who offer degrees in supply chain management. The major takes two years
to complete and the class of 2009 will be the first to claim a degree in it.
C an n Kocabasoglu, assistant professor in the department of finance, economics and decision science, said supply chain management has
Kocabasoglu said this part of the region has several companies, including Hallmark, Sprint, Yellow Roadway Corp., Raytheon and a number of smaller companies, that want people trained in the skill set
received increasing attention in the business world. Many companies in the greater Kansas City area have voiced a need for graduates with skills in supply chain management.
"We will be offering a service to our students and area businessof supply chain management.
To learn skills needed for these positions, Houston said an imporof supply chain management.
To learn skills needed for these positions, Houston said an important part of student learning will be involvement in internships.
"Given that Kansas City is also one of the logistics and transportation hubs for the country, there are several job opportunities in this area for our students," Kocabasoglu said.
Professor in the School of Business and director of FEDS, Doug Houston said jobs available in the field of supply chain management include analysts, systems control, inventory and information system management and working with suppliers.
tant part of student learning will be involvement in internships. Houston met with the Kansas Board of Business who said positions for interns, earning a degree in supply chain management, are readily avail-
able. Students are not, as of yet, required to intern but are highly encouraged.
"If you like to get your hands into things and actively get involved in how businesses operate, this is where it's at," Houston said.