The Future of Logistics Education

Ozment, John; Keller, Scott B.

doi:10.5325/transportationj.50.1.0065

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“…The recent intensification of interest in SCM education has brought to the forefront several areas for action, including the need to advance the SCM learning and education agenda in response to a continuing shortage, globally, of skilled SCM professionals (Ozment and Keller, 2011;Sohal, 2013). Within this SCM knowledge advancement context, van Hoek and Wagner (2013) make three important observations: 1 As a profession, SCM is still very technocratic in terms of teaching and research (as evidenced, for example, by SCM academics and practitioners being selected on the basis of their technical knowledge in one aspect of supply chain rather than on their cross-disciplinary knowledge and/or expertise in integrative processes, especially those that reside within the social system).…”

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Accelerating supply chain management learning: identifying enablers from a university-industry collaboration

Gibson

Kerr

Fisher

2016

SCM

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Purpose There is an acknowledged need to advance the supply chain management (SCM) learning agenda, with an emphasis on integration. This paper discuss an Australian university–industry collaboration aimed at accelerating SCM learning and offers some insight into models for building a forward-looking SCM. Design/methodology/approach The research is an exploratory case study of the industry–university collaboration, using grounded theory procedures. The primary data involved 25 interviews with key participants from the university and industry partners, and from the first cohort of students in the undergraduate program developed within the collaboration. Findings A theoretical framework for accelerating SCM learning was developed from the case study data; it comprises six constructs that influence, at strategic and operational levels, the acceleration of SCM learning. Four cross-construct concepts from the framework that form the cornerstones of accelerated learning are discussed in some detail. Research limitations/implications The framework facilitates an examination of successes and shortfalls in the case study collaboration and generates a deeper understanding of critical elements for progressing the SCM learning agenda, and expanding SCM education. As with all qualitative research, the results may not be generalisable; testing the relevance and usefulness of the framework with the field will be an important next step. Practical implications As the framework identifies conditions, characteristics and capacities of organisations and individuals that support the acceleration of SCM learning, it can provide assistance in designing future university–industry collaborations for advancing SCM learning. Originality/value The framework identifies critical success factors for alliances and partnerships aimed at accelerating learning in an emerging body of knowledge such as SCM.

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Accelerating supply chain management learning: identifying enablers from a university-industry collaboration

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Kerr

Fisher

2016

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“…Analysing the future of logistics education, Ozment and Keller (2011) highlight management, marketing and finance in addition to the core area of SCM. Similarly, Vokurka et al (2011), emphasise management, quantitative methods, IS / IT and finance and point the problem as the lack of defined competencies required by supply chain professionals.…”

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“…In order to meet this shortage of supply chain talent , a number of SCM specific education alternatives are generally offered at graduate level either as a module [1] However, such SCM related programmes appear to be designed on a rather ad hoc basis, depending on the availability of faculty and their research areas in the school offering the programme (Ozment and Keller, 2011). This has led to an unbalanced representation of knowledge and skills areas since the available resources tend to be limited and consequently, the weight of supporting disciplines (e.g.…”

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An analysis of supply chain related graduate programmes in Europe

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Aktaş

Topçu

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Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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Purpose: Motivated by lack of studies at graduate level supply chain education, this research aims to explore trends in supply chain related graduate programmes in Europe and to propose a framework for designing such programmes.Design/methodology/approach: We determine 'knowledge' and 'skills' areas applicable to supply chain management (SCM) education and analyse supply chain related graduate programmes published by the European Logistics Association in 2004. We revisit the same programmes in 2011 to determine the recent situation and the trends. We use cluster analysis to reveal the similarities and differences among these programmes. Originality/value: This paper establishes a baseline for assessing SCM related graduate programmes with respect to the knowledge and skills they offer and introduces a framework that may serve as a starting point for the design and positioning of such programmes.

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“…Many other sources mention the same shortage of logistics talent entering the workforce (see, for example, [3,4,5]). Ozment and Keller studied AACSB accredited business schools and found that 90% of their students likely graduate with little or no understanding of logistics [6]. While part of the problem may be that students don't know about the field [7], others believe both that it is difficult to get students interested in logistics even when they are informed [8] and that the field has an image problem [9].…”

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Industrial Engineering Students' Perceptions of the Logistics and Supply Chain Industry

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Maloni²,

Boyd³

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2016 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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Dr. Boyd has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in research methods, psychometrics, organizational psychology, management, and gender. Her research focuses on gender issues in organizations and the challenges people face when attempting to balance multiple life roles and goals. Her recent work has explored the effectiveness of employee resource groups for women and how work-family conflict may impact the leaky-pipeline phenomenon. Industrial Engineering Students' Perceptions of the Logistics and SupplyChain Industry Abstract A shortage of logistics and supply chain talent is a significant and growing problem in the industry. However, little research has been done to study why industrial engineering (IE) students are not entering the field in sufficient numbers. This paper addresses several questions to begin to close that knowledge gap. First, what are undergraduate IE students' awareness of and interest in the logistics and supply chain industry? Second, what are IE students' desired job attributes? Finally, are there differences between IE students' responses to these questions and those of business students that would suggest a need to market to IE students differently? Data is collected from more than 1,500 undergraduate industrial engineering and business students throughout the state of Georgia. Analysis is presented for various demographics, including gender, age, and ethnicity.

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The Future of Logistics Education

Cited by 31 publications

References 24 publications

Accelerating supply chain management learning: identifying enablers from a university-industry collaboration

Accelerating supply chain management learning: identifying enablers from a university-industry collaboration

An analysis of supply chain related graduate programmes in Europe

Industrial Engineering Students' Perceptions of the Logistics and Supply Chain Industry

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