Education for the 21st Century Supply Chain.(features - professional development) From: Supply & Demand Chain Executive | Date: February 1, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 Cygnus Business Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Education for the 21st Century Supply Chain

By Andrew K. Reese

Leading business schools are evolving their supply chain management offerings today to meet the changing needs of tomorrow's supply chain leaders

When Robert Spekman was writing his thesis as a graduate student of business in the mid-1970s, he says that the emphasis in the purchasing profession was very much on "three bids and a cloud of dust." At the time, purchasing executives were th...