USF Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management & Sustainability
February 2023
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From the Executive Director's Desk |
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Hi everyone! Happy February and welcome to a warm Florida winter!
Features in this edition include congratulations to our December 2022 supply chain graduates. All received job offers prior to graduation. We are very proud of each one and grateful to you for integrating them into an exciting supply chain role in many industry verticals: pharmaceutical, manufacturing, financial services, retail global importation and distribution, third-party logistics operations, and national defense.
Congratulations to all for a well-deserved rewarding job within the broad spectrum of supply chain and sustainability!
Our inaugural Tampa Bay Harbor Cruise event (details below) is ready for registration. It will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, March 2, 2023. This is a great way to network with Tampa area businesses and students during an evening of fun featuring a happy hour, food, a DJ, and a Tampa Bay cruise aboard the Starship Yacht.
Please register for a table for six and invite your colleagues alongside our USF supply chain students. A table is $1000.00 for the evening, and we would love and encourage you to reserve a spot or two at your table to sponsor our students! This is a great way to connect and get to know some of the future leaders transitioning into the supply chain world as they complete their coursework!
As always, thanks for your continued support and commitment to USF’s talented up-and-comers who may land a role with your company in the coming months!
Best regards,
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. Harbor Cruise Event
4. Florida Supply Chain Summit 2023 Webinar Series
5. Graduates for the Fall 2022 Semester
6. Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence
7. New CSCMP Executive Board
8. Coffee Meeting
9. Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals — Student Chapter
10. The Ozkul Report
11. USF Masters in Supply Chain Management
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• Florida Supply Chain Summit Webinar Series — January- April 2023. Please see upcoming webinars on the Florida Supply Chain Summit website: www.floridasupplychainsummit.com.
• Meet the Employer — 4-6:30 p.m., Feb. 9, 2023, USF Muma College of Business atrium.
• USF 2023 Spring Break — March 13-19, 2023.
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The Harbor cruise event is all set with its new updated date, Thursday, March 2, 2023! It will be a great networking event in a collaborative and relationship-building environment. Please register at this link:
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Florida Supply Chain Summit 2023 Webinar Series |
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The Florida Supply Chain Summit continues to bring amazing guest speakers to its webinar series. The following speakers will be featured on "Growth Through Resiliency" on Wednesday, Feb. 8 from 2 to 3:15 p.m. Please join in through the zoom call link: |
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One tap mobile: +13052241968,,89972228179# US
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Graduates for the Fall 2022 semester |
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Congratulations to the graduates who earned a bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management:
Salma Check, Bernice Jean, Mitchell Tosi, Chris Tatum, Cameron Fleming, Andrew Young, Patrick Friscia (Supply Chain Analyst for The Mosaic Company, not pictured), Molly Mulligan, Yilien Cantillo, and Abdullah Almahdhouri.
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Salma Check
Procurement Analyst
Johnson & Johnson
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Bernice Jean
Procurement Analyst
Johnson & Johnson
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Mitchell Tosi
Procurement Analyst
Johnson & Johnson
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Christopher Tatum
Procurement/Inventory management
Complete Classic Automotive Restoration
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Cameron Fleming
Sourcing Analyst
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
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Andrew Young
Supply Chain Business Analyst
Intertape Polymer Group
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Molly Mulligan
International and Domestic Coordinator
Rooms To Go
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Yilien Cantillo
Materials Planning Analyst
Leonardo DRS Naval Electronics
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Abdullah Almahdhouri
Supply Chain Specialist
First Nation Group
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Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence (WISE) |
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Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence (WISE) is an initiative that started at the University of Arkansas Department of Supply Chain Management. It is an organization for students with the primary purpose of promoting the field of supply chain management and logistics.
Our own USF supply chain instructor Kerry Walsh accompanied students Katelyn Payne and Madison Ferrens to WISE!
WISE promotes the field by:
- sparking an interest in supply chain management/logistics to a diverse group of students
- serving as a networking and mentoring opportunity with high-level industry members from well-known corporations serving in WISE's executive branch
- offering career-based advice and knowledge from the perspective of both female executives in the industry and student peers with internship/industry experience
- encouraging the discussion and understanding of challenges pertaining to gender diversity in the supply chain industry
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WISE membership is not exclusive to female students and, in fact, welcomes male students who support female involvement in the field of logistics. WISE membership is also open to anyone with an interest in learning more about the field of supply chain management, regardless of their major. |
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According to recent studies, there is a decreasing number of women pursuing a major in supply chain management compared to male students who seem more confident in achieving the heights of supply chain management. This enigma leads to the WISE Future Leaders Symposium. USF is proud to share that Kerry Walsh and Madison Farrens, a USF supply chain undergraduate student, are part of the board of directors for WISE and are working to constantly improve the logistics and supply chain throughout the world. |
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New Council of Supply Chain Management Professional Student Chapter Elects New Officers for 2023 |
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CSCMP 2023 Executive Board Announcement:
We are so excited to introduce our new E-board!
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Alexandra Perrone
Vice President of Programs
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Sahara Sipple
Vice President of Membership
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Khiem Nguyen
Marketing Chair
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Gustavo Storck
Sponsorship Chair
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Christabel Yonly
Young Professional Chair
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SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023, 4-5 p.m. |
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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.
• Coffee Meeting, in the Monica Wooden Center Conference Room, BSN 2401, scheduled for 4-5 p.m. Feb. 22.
• 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 - AAA Cooper joins USF supply chain students |
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Raymond Butler from AAA Cooper shared his valuable experiences in the logistics industry with the USF supply chain students during the Jan. 19 CSCMP session.
For more information about the CSCMP and joining such events, click here
Interested in joining? Email Abigail Crosby at abigailcrosby@usf.edu. Sessions are every Thursday from 5 to 6:15 pm in BSN 221.
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The USF Supply Chain Innovation Lab is proud to announce the successful completion of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Identification of Prospective Solutions for the Florida Trade Imbalance and Empty Backhauls in Florida project. This funded research project had a budget of $239,900 and was spearheaded by Rickey Fitzgerald (Project Manager, FDOT), Darryll Dockstader (Manager, FDOT Research Centre), Seckin Ozkul (Principal Investigator, USF), and Dr. Robert Hooker (Co-principal Investigator, USF).
This project focuses on the problem of empty backhauling which is crucial as trucks go back empty after transporting goods and services from different states to Florida. With growing tourism and an aging population, Florida has become a consumer state, resulting in tractor-trailers bringing goods to Florida, leaving the state empty, and causing an empty backhauling phenomenon. This issue adds up the logistics cost of each trip and leads to increased costs per unit for the consumer. The major goal of this proposed research project was to identify the locations in Florida with empty backhauling using FDOT Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) data and to determine future manufacturing potential through skilled workforce data analysis for major industries.
This project also goes hand in hand with the last completed sister project, “FDOT Land Use Analysis to Enhance Successful Logistics Activity Center Development in Florida,” which focuses on LAC development (production facilities). With high potential LAC development, Florida can attract companies for investment and setting up their businesses and operations and goods and services. Finally, goods produced from these production facilities can be used to fill up the empty backhauls which will result in greater economic benefits for Florida and its citizens.
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The figure analyzed the data for 12 major sites on three interstate highways to show the empty truck percentages for freight coming in and going out of the state in terms of the weight of the commodity for the years 2018 and 2019 via WIM analysis. Compared to the empty trucks entering the state, the percentage of empty trucks leaving the state is significantly higher. A similar trend can be observed in the WIM stations near the state border.
To address the problem of an increasing percentage of empty trucks leaving, the research team determined the future manufacturing potential through skilled workforce availability and the potential to have a significant impact on empty backhauls through production. Without an efficient and skilled workforce, it will be hard to maintain production for these empty backhauls. Therefore, analysis has been done on various manufacturing sectors in each county as displayed in the figure below.
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Focusing on the South Florida Manufacturing Sector, the skilled workforce was drilled down into three categories as displayed below. |
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The goal for breaking down the workforce into these categories is to see which workforce are performing better (High performing), which workforce is improving (Emerging), and which workforce can be improved (Legacy). By digging deeper into these manufacturing subsectors, these workforces can be focused on making quality products to improve the empty backhaul situation.
Providing more incentives for the emerging since there are a lot of prospective opportunities in these sectors so that they can develop into high-performing sectors. Identify individual firms in each of the high-performing and emerging sectors and identify and analyze formative success factors for the enhancement of manufacturing growth throughout Florida. Further analysis of the legacy industries to identify the factors that comprise their historical success and competitiveness in Florida. Identify regional competitive advantages that apply across all the manufacturing subsectors and those that are uniquely important to a few specialized subsectors.
Some of the important techniques that were also discussed in the literature review to alleviate empty backhauling issues were by using collapsible containers, horizontal co-operation, and container sharing and substitution/sharing between different industries. A list of key factors for current shipping practices and for selecting alternative transportation modes was developed via surveys and interviews. These factors include time, cost, service, and empty backhauling-related issues. Through the interviews, the research team also discovered additional factors that impact mode choices such as reliability of transportation, the capacity of goods being shipped, and flexibility of movement to reach the market.
The researchers discovered that the majority of companies utilize trucking for the shipment of products, however, might be persuaded by local and/or state government incentives to consider alternate transportation modes for shipping their commodities. During the interviews, the prospective alternate modes are determined to be rail, seaborne, and barge. Different online platforms and companies were identified like Uber Freight, Amazon Freight, etc., which could provide truck drivers with backhaul load opportunities. This would help them earn additional wages but also alleviates empty truck backhauling. In addition, the high-performing, emerging, and legacy manufacturing sectors would play an important role in alleviating Florida’s empty backhauling problem through the creation of more outbound freight and filling up the trucks with goods on the backhaul trip.
This two-year federally funded sister research project for the Florida Department of Transportation was successfully completed at the end of September 2022 alongside “FDOT Land Use Analysis to Enhance Successful Logistics Activity Center Development in Florida” 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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