[Music Playing]
Choosing a major can be tough, there are so many choices.
You want to prepare for a career that is interesting,
where there are good and plentiful jobs, good pay,
and where you can make a difference.
A degree in Supply Chain Management
from Western Illinois University can put you
on the path to the future you want.
Supply Chain Management can put you
in a career track with great opportunities.
SCM is one of the fastest growing employment fields
around the world.
Because of Illinois’s strategic location
as a center of transportation,
Supply Chain Management is especially important in Illinois.
The Illinois Department of Labor
has identified the Supply Chain field
as the greatest priority
for developing a trained labor force.
The question comes up a lot,
what is Supply Chain Management?
Supply Chain Management is the coordination
of a number of business activities
to allow us to
move products and services
from where we create it
to the actual customer.
Purchasing is one these activities,
as we purchase materials, raw materials, components,
tools, machinery, we use these components
then to create products that we will give to the customer.
Supply Chain Management deals with transportation
among other things.
We transport things, we move things.
Transportation is more complicated than
putting a box on a truck or sending a train out.
We have different modes of transportation
and even among these modes
of transportation we have different types.
We have express, or overnight,
we have large volume transportation
truck load, rail car, barges
things like that. We often times
have products delivered in truck load
or rail car loads
where we will actually use the products over several days.
So we store products sometimes
in warehouses, distribution centers where
the product stays only a few days.
We also store products
at our factories, at our retail stores
just like you store at your house,
in the kitchen, your garage your closet.
Companies have to store products
in a number of places and a big part of that
is managing the inventory.
Today we have far more vendors
then we ever had. We have far more
customers than we ever had
on a worldwide basis.
So one of the things that we
really get involved in
Supply Chain Management is
dealing with international,
dealing with the global market,
the global customer and globalism
makes it more complex
but much more exciting
because now I am dealing
with cultures, dealing with currencies,
dealing with desires and products
that we have never had
to deal with before.
We have far more demands
and that gives us far more
opportunity to customize our product,
to customize our services.
To give us that advantage,
to give us that niche in the market.
In Supply Chain Management
we talk a lot about the five rights:
delivering the right product,
to the right place,
at the right time,
in the right condition
and for the right cost.
Supply Chain Management is about expanding,
globally oriented profession.
Simply put, people who work
in SCM strives to insure
that everyone throughout the supply chain
has what they need,
when they need it,
both inside and
outside the organization.
[Narrator] One of the best ways to prepare yourself
for a career in Supply Chain Management
is an education
in WIU’s Supply Chain Management program.
In addition to general education courses
courses that all university students take,
a Supply Chain Management student
completes business core courses
such as: finance, accounting,
economics, marketing and management.
Plus Supply Chain Management courses
such as: transportation management,
global supply chain management,
warehouse management, operations management,
supply management, inventory strategy,
and an internship in Supply Chain Management.
Several prominent companies recruit
at Western Illinois University
for graduates of the Supply Chain Management program.
These and other companies
look to the WIU SCM program
for skilled Supply Chain professionals
Supply Chain Management impacts
our whole existence
at DOT Foods
from start to finish,
from the time we procure a product
to the time it’s manufactured,
to the time its being transported
to our facilities to the distribution network
which is our wholesaler,
and then it goes to our retailers
and so forth.
Managing that whole process
does help you control
the risk and the success
within the organization.
Supply Chain Management is important
to Monsanto because we understand
that our competitive advantage
is not just with our brands
and our products but also in insuring
that we have a process that is competitive
and insuring that we are doing
everything in the most cost effective manner.
Like most companies
we recruit for Supply Chain Management students
to insure that we have
the most profitable and
and competitive operations as possible.
We want our students
to have the right knowledge and skills
when they graduate
from Supply Chain Management program.
To do this we teach what our students
need to know in order to succeed
in today’s job market.
Our students are active learners;
they use computer simulations,
go on facility tours,
and receive help from us
to find internships and jobs.
We also make ourselves available
to our students
in our Supply Chain Management Association.
The Supply Chain Management program
offers many opportunities
such as scholarships,
internships,
and Supply Chain Management day
which basically brings the companies
to talk to their students
and recruit them directly
and also I like how the professors teach.
They go exceptionally above their duties
to help the students
succeed academically and professionally.
[Narrator] If you’re a high school student
and your interested in
the Supply Chain Management program
contact the WIU admissions office
online or by phone.
You’ll need to apply to
and be accepted into the university
then declare as
a pre- Supply Chain Management major.
The admissions office
can also tell you
why Western is such a great choice
for many students.
Come join us
and explore
the exciting career opportunities
awaiting you
in the Supply Chain Management program
at Western Illinois University
where our focus is on
higher values and higher education.