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NC
State
SCM Program Unique
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Traditional supply chain programs at many universities
have grown out of Operations Management, Purchasing
and Logistics. The easiest way to construct
a supply chain curriculum was to select from
the menu of courses offered in those fields,
and hope that the integrated SCM perspective
somehow happened. Unfortunately, many students
only end up with an understanding of the pieces,
not of the whole nature of the supply chain.
Subsequently, the power of SCM is often lost.
At NC State, the Supply
Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) and program
faculty are working on ways to structure the
supply chain curriculum to emphasize the nature
and essence of SCM while developing successful
professional skills in the students. The SCRC
uniquely and successfully brings industry into
the classroom, enlisting faculty and students
for researching solutions to the real industry
problems of corporate professionals.
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Statistics
are averages per semester
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| SCM
students who work on projects |
100%
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| Average
company projects per semester |
20
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| SCM
Students who interact with corporate professionals |
100%
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| Number
of students per project team |
2
- 5
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| Hours
per week spent on projects per team |
2-12
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| Number
of companies involved in SCRC projects |
12
- 15
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| Number
of corporate professionals working with students
on projects |
80
- 100
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Teams
making presentations to executives each semester
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95%
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| Meetings
with SCRC member companies each year |
2
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| Number
of faculty involved in SCM classes |
10
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SCM
student placement
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100%
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"Management
is a practice, like medicine; and the model
should have been the medical school,
where the bulk of the teaching, especially
the most important teaching of the M.D.
in his or her residency, is performed by
practitioners."
Peter Drucker
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