The value proposition: Bridging the skills gap between the SCM degree and the...

Sorry, but your login has failed. Please recheck your login information and resubmit. If your subscription has expired, renew here. For graduates walking across the stage with a degree in supply chain management (SCM), it may feel like receiving a key to the engine room of the global economy. An investment of four years at tens of thousands of dollars in tuition seems like a fair trade for the engine room key, but that comes with expectations. "If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got." - Henry Ford A few months into the first "real-world" role brings this into focus. The sophisticated ERP systems discussed in textbooks have been replaced by a fragmented series of legacy spreadsheets or systems held together by tribal knowledge. The strategic sourcing strategies practiced in case studies, which always turned out, are not relevant as they are sidelined by the immediate, chaotic necessity of finding a single missing container on a rail siding in Omaha. After just one year, so much has changed that you are now behind if you have not already begun to upgrade your SCM skills for the role. Reality sets in: Utility-to-effort dissonance As...

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