USF Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management & Sustainability
March 2023
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From the Executive Director's Desk |
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Happy First Day of Spring!
In this issue:
- Gerdau Steel manufacturer and Marten Transport spoke and interacted with our students.
- Photos from our Spring “Meet The Employer" event with over 24 employers and 35 students! Thanks to everyone who joined us.
- Our supply chain and data science students won a national data analytics case competition.
- Registration is open for the Monica Wooden Golf Event on Monday, April 17, 2023 – sign up and play for the day!
- Freight carrier AAA Cooper Transportation has committed $25,000 to establish a student scholarship at the Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management and Sustainability.
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The Ozkul Report – Learn the latest news from our director of the Supply Chain Innovation Lab. Please complete the public-sector survey, here. and the private-sector survey, here.
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. Golf Tournament Event
4. Meet the Employer
5. AAA Cooper Transportation Scholarship
6. Florida Supply Chain Summit 2023 Webinar Series
7. IADQGA Case Competition Results
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 — April 8, 2023. Please see upcoming webinars on the Florida Supply Chain Summit website: www.floridasupplychainsummit.com.
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The Golf Tournament event is all set. It will be a great networking event in a collaborative and relationship-building environment. Please register at this link:
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Thank you to all our employers and supply chain students who attended our Spring 2023 Meet the Employer event!
It was a huge success. We had 24 employers and 47 students in attendance. Tons of energy in the room. Engaging conversations on company history, students sharing their experiences, and thoughtful networking amongst everyone present. Our ambitious and talented supply chain students are ready to make a long-lasting impact with your help.
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AAA Cooper Transportation Scholarship |
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New scholarship for supply chain management majors |
Freight carrier AAA Cooper Transportation has committed $25,000 to establish a student scholarship at the Monica Wooden Center for Supply Chain Management and Sustainability. The company was named one of America's Best Mid-Size Employers by Forbes in 2022. |
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Florida Supply Chain Summit 2023 Webinar Series |
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The Florida Supply Chain Summit continues to bring on amazing guest speakers in the webinar series. The final webinar features T.J. Villamil, SVP of Enterprise Florida.
Please join in through the zoom call link:
Meeting ID: 899 7222 8179
One tap mobile
+13052241968,,89972228179# US
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IADQGA Case Competition Results |
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The International Association for Data Quality, Governance, and Analytics competition started, and the first competition took place on October 29, 2022. This competition consists of 86 universities competing from around the globe with their data analytical skills. We are proud to announce that USF stood first in this competition and the top 4 universities were: USF, Bharath University, the University of Wisconsin, and S.U.N.Y. at Oswego.
A great achievement for the University of South Florida and its participants listed below:
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SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, March 29, 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. March. 29.
• 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 Events |
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Gerdau
Carl Ash and Mike Jones from Gerdau shared their valuable experiences in the operational supply chain steel industry with the USF Supply Chain students on Thursday, Feb. 2 CSCMP session. The event was a great success and the students learned valuable lessons to thrive in their career progression.
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Marten Transportation Tour
CSCMP and our supply chain management students went on a tour of the Marten Transportation facility on Feb. 16 to learn the logistics behind their success. Each of the departments gave an overview of how they succeed in their day-to-day operations.
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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 start of a new funded research project, the Geospatial Identification of Truck Staging Needs in the Tampa Bay Region. This project is funded by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), a long-standing partner and benefactor of the USF Supply Chain Innovation Lab. This funded research project is budgeted at $137,793 and the management team for this project is Mike Brown, district freight and logistics coordinator with FDOT District 7, Principal Investigator Seckin Ozkul, an assistant professor of instruction and director of the USF Supply Chain Innovation Lab, and Sai Kiran Batchu, a graduate research assistant with the USF Supply Chain Innovation Lab.
Florida has surpassed New York as the third most populous state in the U.S., and according to the U.S. Census Bureau, half of the growth in Florida comes from three metropolitan areas: Tampa, Orlando, and South Florida. Therefore, this population growth brings a higher emphasis on freight transportation in Florida.
The major goal of this project is to identify optimal locations in the Tampa Bay region where there is a need for truck staging areas for short-term truck parking as the commercial trucks wait for exact delivery/pick-up times. This research will also look to investigate policies and regulations that may be necessary for truck staging facilities in the Tampa Bay region.
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The Supply Chain Innovation Lab for Supply Chain Management & Sustainability at the University of South Florida Muma College of Business is conducting a National Institute for Congestion Reduction project-related survey to optimize the consolidation of cargo and the routing of shipments via commercial heavy vehicles.
The research team is identifying and developing cargo consolidation and optimization models that help reduce traffic congestion and benefit everyone who uses less-than-truckload shipping as it makes logistics more efficient.
We have developed surveys for both the private and public sectors for this study. Please select the survey instrument below that best describes your affiliation or experience:
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For the public-sector survey, please click here.
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For the private-sector survey, please click here.
Both surveys will be available online until Mar. 27, 2023. More information is provided at the survey links. If you have colleagues who can help us with the study, please feel free to forward this survey invitation to them as well.
Thank you in advance for your participation in our survey. Your time is greatly appreciated!
If you have any questions, please contact Seckin Ozkul, study Co-Principal Investigator, at (813) 974-2530.
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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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4202 E. Fowler Ave., BSN 3403,
Tampa, FL 33620
(813) 974-4281
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