USF Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management & Sustainability
November 2022
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From the Executive Director's Desk |
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Happy Thanksgiving to all,
Our November edition showcases one of our up-and-coming student leaders who represented the USF Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management and Sustainability at the 2022 Women in Supply Chain Excellence Future Leaders Symposium hosted by the University of Arkansas, Walmart, and J.B. Hunt. Madison Farrens, a truly talented lady, is in the process of completing dual majors (BS in Supply Chain Management and BS in Business Analytics).
Read about a special gentleman in his senior year who interned in his native Egypt this past summer and also has experience in the energy sector with Exxon. We are excited for Yassin Khalifa and look forward to hearing about his next adventure!
Additionally, our students completed a supply chain data science case competition alongside national university teams with results to come soon. USF supply chain students and Associate Professor Rob Hooker were highlighted in USF news about student growth and the innovative, business partner-designed curricula. Uber Freight and the Monica Wooden Center partnered to bring a Lean Six Sigma greenbelt course as a required curriculum. Students receive their greenbelt certification upon course completion. Lastly, hear about the Florida infrastructure analysis and results from the recent FDOT / USF supply chain innovation lab publication led by Seckin Ozkul.
All the best for a safe and wonderful holiday,
Elaine
Elaine Singleton
Executive Director
Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management and Sustainability
Muma College of Business
University of South Florida
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Table of Contents
1. From the Executive Director's Desk
2. Important Dates
3. USF Supply Chain Management Programs Grow to Meet Soaring Industry Demand
4. IADQGA — Competition Teams from USF
5. Student Spotlight — Madison Farrens and Yassin Khalifa
6. Uber Freight/TransPlace — Lean Six Sigma Partnership
7. Virtual Coffee Meeting
8. Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals — Student Chapter
9. The Ozkul Report
10. USF Masters in Supply Chain Management
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• Fall 2022 USF Supply Chain Student Graduation — Dec. 9 and 10.
• Spring 2023 Semester Begins — Jan. 9, 2023.
• Tampa Bay Harbor Cruise — Jan 30, 2023. Join area business partners and a special guest speaker alongside a USF student mini panel for a three-hour harbor cruise on the Starship. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres served.
• Meet the Employer — Feb. 9, 2023.
• USF 2023 Spring Break — March 13-19, 2023.
• SAVE THE DATE! Monica Wooden Center Scholarship Golf Event — 8:30 a.m., April 17, 2023, Heritage Isles Golf & Country Club.
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USF Supply Chain Management Programs Grow to Meet Soaring Industry Demand |
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USF is proud to announce the recent successes of the Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management and Sustainability as one of Florida’s most comprehensive programs which has been highlighted in USF’s newsroom. Supply chain management is a fast-growing field with strong income potential. It’s also an area where USF has invested in undergraduate and graduate programs that prepare graduates and upskill working professionals for careers demanding advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills. “People have these images of cardboard boxes and trucks and steel shelving, However, in reality, we’re talking about a very high-tech, strategic process. We’re talking about the life of a product from sourcing through the retail component. It’s the backbone of our economy” said Rob Hooker.
This program is Florida’s only global, end-to-end program focusing on every stage of the supply chain:
- Procurement – the sourcing of materials needed to make a product
- Manufacturing
- Logistics – the movement of goods
- Marketing
- Reverse logistics – managing surplus goods through recycling, remanufacturing, and reengineering to improve sustainability; this is an area where Jim Stock, a distinguished university professor in the School of Marketing and Innovation, is a global expert.
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International Association for Data Quality, Governance, and Analytics University Club Competition ---International Data Analysis Competition |
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The IADQGA competition started and took its first-round beginner level on Oct. 29. This competition consists of universities competing from around the globe with their data analytical skills. We are proud of these individuals who are participating in teams for the competition. |
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Ahmed Sadat Yasreeb
Team 1
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Madison Farrens
USF Degree and Year: Junior pursuing two bachelor’s degrees in Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics and Information Systems.
What brought you to the University of South Florida?
While in high school, I toured USF and a few other universities. Throughout the tour, it was easy to feel how much the university cared for its students and the overall lushness of the campus was very inviting. It was love at first sight and by day's end, I knew that this would be the university for me.
Why did you choose to study Supply Chain Management at the Monica Wooden Center?
I had known for a long time that I would pursue a degree in supply chain management. While getting to know the university and the college, I was pleased to find that while the major was still new at the time, the program was supported by highly committed staff who wanted the best for their students and the major.
What did you achieve through the program?
I have had many wonderful opportunities through the USF supply chain program that are unique when compared to the average student. I completed a supply chain study abroad experience in the Normandy region of France and represented the university this past October at the Women in Supply Chain Excellence (WISE) Symposium hosted by the University of Arkansas. My time in this program is not over and I still have goals within it that I would like to accomplish.
What is your future career goal after graduation?
I want to do work that will make a positive difference in the world, but as it relates to supply chain management, operations and logistics have always piqued my interest and I believe these areas would be the most personally fulfilling.
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Yassin Khalifa
USF Degree and Year: Senior in the Supply Chain Management program
What brought you to the University of South Florida? I came to USF because it has one of the best supply chain programs in Florida with great staff and a good price for tuition.
Why did you choose to study Supply Chain Management at the Monica Wooden Center?
I chose to study supply chain management at the Monica Wooden Center because of my passion for business and to learn about a company from zero. Supply chain management demonstrates this process well and I believe that the supply chain is the core of any business. With a bad supply chain, a company will always fail.
What did you achieve through the program?
I have achieved a lot. First is a great education, of course, then good networks with a lot of great people for the future as well as the supply chain management degree from an amazing university.
What is your future career goal after graduation?
My future career goal is to work professionally for a great company and build real-world business experience. I want to open my own business which I will be deciding on in the next few years.
What are your past internship experiences?
I interned at ExxonMobil Egypt as a warehouse organizer. I helped develop new mapping for the pallets which increased the overall capacity by 6% using Excel. I also worked at Red Bull Egypt as a procurement intern. I helped my upper managers review purchase orders and track shipments being imported and exported using SAP.
What experiences and skills did you learn in your internship?
I learned how to use the SAP system as well as developing my skills in Excel. I also learned valuable skills in making professional connections with people, networking, time management, and teamwork.
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Uber Freight/TransPlace - Lean Six Sigma Partnership |
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Uber Freight LLC and Transplace, the 3PL that Uber Freight acquired last summer, will combine their businesses during the fourth quarter of 2022 and drop the 22-year-old Transplace name. They oversee the certification of the Green Belt exam and project for the GEB 6527 Lean Six Sigma course. Current and past students have had wonderful experiences with this course having achieved the Green Belt which also helps them in their future career prospects. Due to the abovementioned changes, the students will receive green belts certified by LeanCor and sponsored by Uber Freight. This is ecstatic news for all the students and will be an outstanding achievement for those participating in the GEB course.
Through this industry-university partnership course in the Fall 2022 semester, 13 MS in Supply Chain Management students have recently received their green belt certifications by completing the course material, passing the Green Belt exam, and completing a green belt project coached by Mark Wheeler of UberFreight and Seckin Ozkul of the USF Muma College of Business.
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Learn why you should partner with the USF Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management and Sustainability for a BS or MS degree in Supply Chain Management.
• Chat with our supply chain professors or just listen to the Q&A session regarding the program, industry, and careers.
• Virtual Coffee Meeting on Microsoft Teams, scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 23, 4-5 p.m.
• Open to students from all USF campuses who are interested in earning a degree in supply chain management.
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Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Student Chapter
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Sessions every Thursday from 5–6:15 p.m. in BSN 221
Below is the upcoming event list for CSCMP:
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The USF Supply Chain Innovation Lab is proud to announce the successful completion of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Land Use Analysis to Enhance Successful Logistics Activity Center Development (LAC) in Florida project. This funded research project had a budget of $267,243 and was spearheaded by Rickey Fitzgerald (Project Manager, FDOT), Darryll Dockstader (Manager, FDOT Research Centre), Seckin Ozkul (Principal Investigator, USF), and Robert Hooker (Co-principal Investigator, USF).
The findings of this study brought forward new criteria for determining and predicting successful LAC Development throughout the State of Florida. The goal of this project was to find suitable land parcels with high LAC development potential, which are attractive to companies for investment and setting up their businesses and operations. In return, this leads to greater economic benefits for the state of Florida and its citizens. LACs are sites with high freight activity for transporting a company’s goods in the most effective and efficient way possible. Due to ever-growing Freight transportation, Truckload (TL), Less-than-truckload (LTL) and parcels, etc., LACs and their location selection are ever more crucial.
This project resulted in a heatmap, as shown below, which depicts the LAC development potential of lands within the state of Florida.
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This heat map shows the potential for LAC development from low to very high and the next step which is discussed in the project is to make sure to target these areas which are used for industrial land use, to ensure the high/very high logistics activity center potential areas with this land use can be used to attract freight, manufacturing and logistics companies to Florida. For suitable LAC land use (i.e. industrial), two maps were developed for each of the 67 counties in Florida with appropriate land use i.e., industrial (mainly) and vacant land sites using ArcGIS. |
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The findings of this study are extremely useful in locating/determining optimal LAC spots at a county level and can help in rezoning future land parcels with desirable LAC development potential. As a result, it will help local/state agencies to bring these sites to shovel-ready conditions in order to attract businesses to Florida and maximize the economic development potential of the state.
This two-year federally funded research project for the Florida Department of Transportation was successfully completed at the end of September 2022 by the USF Supply Chain Innovation Lab. The PI, Seckin Ozkul, and the co-PI, Rob Hooker, would like to acknowledge the leadership and guidance shown by FDOT PM, Rickey Fitzgerald, Manager of the FDOT Freight and Rail Office, as well as the FDOT Research Center Manager, Darryll Dockstader. In addition, the PI and co-PI would like to thank Armando Moscoso of the FDOT Freight and Rail Office for his support throughout the project.
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USF Master of Science in Supply Chain Management |
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Be sure to consider registering for August 2023.
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Philanthropic Donations Fuel Supply Chain Education |
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Our program provides student scholarships (covering tuition and textbooks) to our diverse student population. We hope to raise $50,000 annually for our students (covering tuition and textbooks) over the next three to five years. We provide innovative learning, teaching, and technology tools for the interactive classroom, preparing students for immediate immersion into jobs upon graduation.
Our students graduate with demonstrable skills in ERP (SAP), WMS (Datex), TMS (Mercury Gate), Supply Chain/Business Analytics (Tableau), and Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt/MS Supply Chain program) to name a few.
This does not happen in a vacuum. We need the support of our faithful business and industry partners to ensure success for our students. This past year, our program supported five students with scholarships through the generosity of our business partners and the amazing gift from Monica Wooden.
The cost of high-tech innovative education is exorbitant, and this may stand in the way of some financially challenged students who find it difficult to meet tuition expectations. Our students are diverse, which is important to our business partners, many of whom offer internships or work experiential opportunities for students throughout the year. This contributes to the 92% who graduate within four years, with an average GPA of 3.4.
Philanthropic donations shoulder the burden of the good work we do here. All the money received from donations goes directly to student scholarships, student/faculty research, industry-partner engagement, and innovative education. Please help us help our students.
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