presentation topics for supply chain management

Everything Supply Chain

• #1 SUPPLY CHAIN

Supply chain management presentation

Published December 27, 2015 · Updated December 28, 2022

Supply Chain Management presentation

Supply chain management is the process of planning, organizing, and managing the flow of goods, services, and information from raw materials to finished products. It involves coordinating the activities of suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, and distributors to ensure that products are produced and delivered to customers in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Effective supply chain management can help a business improve its efficiency and reduce costs by streamlining the flow of materials and information. It can also help a business respond more quickly to changes in customer demand and market conditions.

There are several key components to supply chain management:

• Procurement: This involves sourcing raw materials and components from suppliers, as well as negotiating prices and terms of delivery.
• Production: This includes the planning and scheduling of production activities, as well as the management of manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Distribution: This involves the storage and transportation of finished products to warehouses, distribution centers, and customers.
• Inventory management: This involves the tracking and control of inventory levels to ensure that there is enough stock to meet customer demand, but not so much that it ties up capital.
• Logistics: This refers to the planning and execution of the movement of goods, including transportation, warehousing, and distribution.
• Information technology: This plays a critical role in supply chain management, as it enables businesses to share information and coordinate activities across the supply chain.

Overall, supply chain management is a complex process that requires careful planning, coordination, and control to ensure that goods and services are delivered to customers in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Supply Chain Quotes:

• “Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.” ~ Tom Peters
• “All we are doing is looking at the time line, from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing the time line by reducing the non-value adding wastes.”  ~  Taiichi Ohno,  father of the Toyota Production System (TPS)
• “Every breakthrough business idea begins with solving a common problem. The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. I discovered a big one when I took apart an IBM PC. I made two interesting discoveries: The components were all manufactured by other companies, and the system that retailed for $3,000 cost about $600 in parts.” ~ Michael Dell , founder of Dell Computer
• “If you don’t have an essential item that puts people into chaos. What happens if the coffee runs out in the morning? Simple but you get the picture.” ~ EverythingSupplyChain.com
• “If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow.” ~ Phil Crosby

• VIDEOS:  All , CEOs , Industries ,  Leadership ,  Manufacturing ,  Motivation ,  SUPPLY CHAIN
• NEWS:  Business , Entrepreneur ,  Sports , Social Media ,  SUPPLY CHAIN ,  Technology
• QUOTES: Business , Hard Work & Don’t Quit , Leadership , SUPPLY CHAIN , Teamwork

Tags: Procurement supply chain trending

• Next story  “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” ~Henry Ford
• Previous story  Leadership Quotes by Nelson Mandela, J. Paul Getty, Wayne Gretzky, Theodore Roosevelt
• Supply Chain

Similarities and Differences of Amazon and Walmart Supply Chains.

Strategic Planning of Supply Chain Facilities. Hour video, 1.5k views

How Big Is Alibaba | Jack Ma | Amazon vs Alibaba vs eBay

3PL Warehouse Facility Tour – The Apparel Logistics Group

The Biggest Trucks In The World

Rooting Out Waste in Health Care by Taking Cue From Toyota

Coca Cola Warehouse

Top 10 Biggest Ships in The World

HOW PEPSI IS MADE? INSIDE PEPSI FACTORY

Guide to the Automotive Supply Chain

Top Supply Chain Certification Programs

Top 10 Forklift Accidents! Safety is everyone’s job.

Navigating an Amazon fulfillment center’s 14 miles of conveyor belts

IS in Action – WalMart Supply Chain.

How Amazon is Disrupting the Grocery Business

The Top 10 Supply Chain Innovations of All-Time. 9 min video, 23k views.

Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Predictive Analytics.

• Procurement

Supply Chain Cost Saving Strategies, CAPS Research

Buy it: Managing Supply.

Your Guide to Negotiations.

Strategic Sourcing and Better Contract Negotiations

Procurement supplier selection process.

• Manufacturing

BMW Manufacturing Factory. Amazing Automation.

3D Printing Solves Supply Chain Challenges

How the Tesla Model S is Made – Elon Musk

Resilience and Risk Management in Supply Chain.

Dell Push-Pull Supply Chain Strategy. 9 min VIDEO, 20k views

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Speech Will Leave You SPEECHLESS – Motivation

Anthony Robbins: Reboot Your Life.

BEST!!! Business Motivation Watch Now – Success Stories (Oprah, Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple)

VIDEO: Arnold Schwarzenegger Motivation Speech

The skill of self confidence. Dr. Ivan Joseph

Don’t let fear keep you from your dreams. Amazing story.

Simon Sinek: Love Your Work. views.

LOOK AT YOURSELF AFTER WATCHING THIS.

The Greatness Within ► Motivational Video. We all have it – GREATNESS

RETRAIN YOUR MIND – Powerful Motivational Video

Theodore Roosevelt – Man in the arena – It is not the critic who counts…

Artificial Intelligence Quotes

Supply Chain Management Quotes

Top Leadership Quotes

Rocky Speech: It is about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. 1 min video, 93k views.

• SCM Process

SCM Searches

• Distribution/ Warehouse
• Sustainability
• Transportation

Search Categories

• Artificial Intelligence
• Autonomous Vehicles
• Book Review
• Change Management
• Collaboration
• Continuous Improvement
• Entrepreneur
• Heavy Machinery
• inspiration
• Internet of Things
• Material Handling
• Negotiations
• SCM Planning
• Supplier Management
• Team Building
• transportation
• Uncategorized
• Warehouse/ Distribution

Twitter feed

Login with:

No products in the cart.

• Current vs Future State
• Business Startup
• Buyer Persona
• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Real Estate
• Supply Chain
• Stakeholder
• Value Chain
• Venn Diagrams
• Digital Marketing
• 30 60 90 Days Plan
• KPI Dashboard
• Gantt Chart
• SWOT Analysis
• Sign In / Sign Up

Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

Description

• Reviews (0)

Our Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation is a comprehensive and dynamic tool designed to streamline the presentation of supply chain processes and strategies. Tailored for professionals, educators, and students alike, this presentation offers a visually engaging and informative approach to explaining complex supply chain concepts.

This PowerPoint presentation consists of carefully crafted slides that cover essential aspects of supply chain management, including logistics, procurement, inventory management, demand forecasting, and more. Each slide is meticulously designed with clarity and educational value in mind, ensuring that your audience can easily grasp and retain the information presented.

What sets this presentation apart is its 100% editability and customization. Every element, from text to graphics, can be modified to suit your specific requirements. Whether you’re conducting a training session, delivering a lecture, or presenting to stakeholders, you can tailor the content to fit your audience and context perfectly.

With its professional design, this presentation not only conveys information effectively but also reflects a high standard of professionalism. The visual elements, including charts, diagrams, and infographics, are crafted to complement the textual content, making the presentation both informative and aesthetically pleasing.

In summary, our Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation is an invaluable asset for anyone looking to effectively communicate the nuances of supply chain management in a clear and engaging manner.

There are no reviews yet.

Write a review Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related products

Demand And Supply Management in Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

International Product Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

Organization Chart Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

Process in Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

Problem and Solution in Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

Insurance in Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

Flow Chart in Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

Risk Management in Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Presentation

Supply Chain Management 101: Principles, Examples, and Templates

By Andy Marker | June 25, 2017 (updated February 22, 2022)

• Share on Facebook
• Share on LinkedIn

Link copied

Globalization has become an undeniable part of commerce over the last few decades, as large companies have grown first to source labor and parts from developing regions, and then to start selling in those same areas as they grew in wealth and buying power. Supply chains have had to keep in step, passing through numerous countries to obtain goods most efficiently and cost effectively, and growing more complex as a result. And on the other end, the supply chain grows more frayed in order to deliver to countless countries for consumption. For the largest companies, managing a supply chain can require dedicated teams in every area the chain touches. It’s safe to say that supply chain management is both an art and a science.   This article will cover what a supply chain is, with examples; discuss how supply chain management works and its principles; and vital concepts in the field. Then we’ll move on to current issues and where the field is going. Finally, you’ll find useful resources, templates, and education programs. Ready? Let’s get started.

What Is a Supply Chain?

A supply chain is a collection of suppliers required to create one specific product for a company. The chain is made up of nodes or “links,” which can include multiple manufacturers for parts, then the completed product, then the warehouse where it is stored, then its distribution centers, and finally, the store where a consumer can purchase it. The concept of the chain is important, because each link is connected in a specific direction and order, and the next link cannot be reached without going through the previous one. Each link adds time and costs, and can involve labor, parts, and transportation. Every product a company carries may have its own supply chain, though they may use certain suppliers for multiple products. You can see why this gets so complicated, especially for international supply chains.

The process described above was that of a typical retail supply chain. However, there are many different types in practice. Here are three examples from well-known masters of supply chains:    Example: Walmart and “Big Box” Retailers The “Big Box” store, which represents one of the major disruptions of the retail model from the last century, thrives on size, ubiquity, and well-planned supply chains to drive out the competition. How else would a company like Walmart make a profit on a t-shirt made overseas that retails for $5.00?   Walmart succeeds by having fewer links in its supply chain, and buying more generic goods directly from manufacturers, rather than from suppliers with brand names and markup. It uses “Vendor Managed Inventory” to mandate that manufacturers are responsible for managing products in warehouses owned by Walmart. The company is also is particularly choosy with suppliers, partnering only with those who can meet the quantity and frequency it demands with low prices, and with locations that limit transportation needs. They manage their supply chain like one firm, with all partners operating on the same communication network.    By buying at large enough quantities to take advantage of economies of scale, moving products directly from manufacturers to warehouses, and then delivering to stores which are large enough to be distribution centers, it reduces links in the supply chain and cost per item, translating to low prices for consumers. 

Example: Amazon and “Ecommerce Platforms” Having overtaken Walmart as the world’s largest retailer in the last decade, Amazon’s “online big box” concept is a perfect example of unique supply chains. As an e-commerce shop, obviously they cut the retail store out and ship from distribution center to consumer’s homes directly. Where Amazon innovates is both in its supplier-side and its final supply chain link - delivery.    Just about anyone can sell things on Amazon because it’s a platform, not just a shop. As a result, Amazon has more things than any other online store, so when people shop online, they think of Amazon. Then, it produces everyday goods cheaply, and underbids suppliers. Next, their warehouses make serious use of automation to store items going to like destinations together, ready for immediate transport. Finally, its investments in delivery staff and technology make 2-day shipping a basic expectation, and even same-day delivery a possibility. Amazon ditches third-party logistics (3PL) and fulfills orders itself.

Example: Tesla and Specialized, Owned Chains Automotive manufacturing has come a long way since Henry Ford used assembly line manufacturing to speed up the production of a single car model in a single color. Now, in a time when even American carmakers are opening factories abroad, Tesla is making innovative, incredibly popular, and luxurious cars right in California, a location with incredibly costly real estate.   Rather than having a long supply chain of cheap part makers, they have a vertically integrated supply chain, with a full-service auto plant near its corporate headquarters and plans for a supplier park and a massive battery factory, and Tesla owns it all. Even more interesting is the digital supply chain the company promotes - new firmware and algorithm updates are pushed out to existing car owners over the cloud.

What Is Supply Chain Management?

As the name implies, supply chain management (SCM) is handling and optimizing all the many complicated facets of a supply chain, involving goods and services. Even ensuring timely handoff from manufacturer to shipper to supplier to shipper to buyer is a massive task, but to do it cost effectively and build net value is truly a challenge.    Supply chain management is so important because modern commerce exists in a networked global economy. Most businesses are specialized - even department and big box stores are only really equipped to sell to customers, despite their wide variety of products. The value of vertical integration is hard to justify when communication costs and SCM tools are so inexpensive - it almost always makes more sense to outsource for price efficiency.

The concept of supply chain management was in effect long before the term was created in 1982. In the colonial era, international trade by ship was already making for complicated transportation issues and the need for efficiency. During the Industrial Revolution, the ability to quickly produce goods with machine assistance led to the need to manage significant inventory and constant consumption. By the time history arrives at Henry Ford’s famous assembly line for the world’s first car production in 1913, supply chain management had become an art.    As the century wore on, more companies were producing more goods and looking for ways to reduce costs. They vertically integrated into owned supply chains to try reducing costs at each stage. In the 1980s and on, globalization became a realistic dream for many companies, because of computer systems, easier communication, and commerce-friendly trade laws. Around the 1990s, it became a common practice for firms to specialize, and focus on core competencies and outsourcing the rest, abandoning the vertical integration of the previous era. At this point, supply chains became truly complex, in order to coordinate hundreds of otherwise unrelated and geographically-distant manufacturers, suppliers, shippers, warehousers, and retailers.    Now, in the “SCM 2.0” era, the Internet and new methodologies have led to collaborative platforms and democratized processes. This is allowing smaller competitors to use some of the same manufacturers as major players, and reducing inefficiencies for those manufacturers as a  result. Better communication and planning tools are providing a way for small and large companies alike to manage even more complex supply chains.

Variants of SCM

Global SCM: The combination of global manufacturing with supply chain management, which must account for tariffs and local taxes as goods and services travel internationally to ultimately provide greater value at the end of the chain.   SAP SCM: Systems, Applications, and Products (SAP) is a software company that revolutionized logistics and enterprise resource planning. It provides an automated way to manage supply chain networking, supply chain planning, and supply chain execution, along with production planning, business forecasting, and demand planning.   Logistics and SCM: The art of coordinating efforts between every member of the supply chain to get products from their source to the consumer.    Purchasing and SCM: The focus on the monetary aspect of SCM, from costs to value added at each link in the supply chain.

Principles of Good Supply Chain Strategy

‌ Download Supply Chain Management Checklist

The Basics of Supply Chain Management Processes

There are key supply chain processes that you must take into consideration to effectively understand and manage them. These processes are all at play regardless of the type of supply chain you’re using.   Customer relationship management (CRM) comes first, because as the principles of SCM state, you must adapt everything in the supply chain to the customer. If no one is buying, there’s no need to produce anything. At the front of your supply chain, where a store’s staff interacts with its consumers, they must have plans in place for ongoing relationships. They need CRM tools to gather customer information for marketing and market research, all to determine the products and services to offer in the future.   Customer service management is another process that ties in, as it is where you gather negative and positive feedback to determine future needs.   Demand management is closely linked with the previous two, as it takes customer interactions and orders into account to determine the workload all the way up the supply chain. At its core, customers buying more means make more, and customers buying less means make less. Customer forecasting is an important task that analysts must perform well to determine the current demand and what it will be in the future, to prevent waste in the supply chain.   Product development is an important part of the supply chain that is informed by consumer demand. You must work with CRM and customer service data to determine what they want, which influences new products, product line extensions, and also what to stop making. You must integrate suppliers in this process because it affects cost, quality, and delivery time.   Supplier relationship management goes without saying - if you want to produce your products on time and on budget, you need a solid rapport with everyone you’re outsourcing to in the chain. This impacts manufacturing flow management , which ensures everything gets where it needs to go without delay, and at the correct spec.    Order fulfilment involves coordinating with distribution centers and either retail locations or 3PL to get the product direct to consumers. You’ve now made it all the way back to the beginning of the cycle, and need to pay attention to new CRM and customer service data.   Returns management , also known as the “reverse supply chain,” is a vital part of the flow of products that doesn’t fit perfectly into the clean supply chain cycle. It involves picking up online orders from 3PL locations or from consumers’ addresses and accepting returns at retail locations. Once these items are put back into inventory, they must be ready to get to a different customer while the product run is still live. 

What Supply Chain Managers Look for When Managing Supplier Relationships

One of the most complex parts of SCM is handling all the other people in the supply chain. They have their own needs and motivations, and to keep them all happy and working together with partners they are only loosely affiliated with is a challenge - especially when trying to meet deadlines and turn a profit. The following are what managers should focus on most in such relationships:   Org Chart and Leadership Style: How is the supplier’s organization set up? Is it a vertical or horizontal structure? Is the leadership strong and long lasting, or fickle and prone to change? You need to know who you’ll be interfacing with, and who will be the next one in line should some shakeup occur. Business relationships are always between people, and don’t always survive a reorg.    Management Style: How do the leaders at this supplier run their shop? Make sure it works with your crew. A micromanager at a relatively replaceable link in your supply chain will waste inordinate time, just as a hands-off manager at a vital link could result in sloppy delivery or substandard product quality.   Company Culture: Always important for working with suppliers, determine what kinds of people rise to the top, and how everyone acts when nobody's watching. If, for example, middle managers are constantly in fear for their jobs because of ruthless quarterly performance reviews, they may over-promise, make excuses, or otherwise be unstable work partners.    Product Flows: Once you know that you can work with the people, make sure their facilities are in order. Are they equipped for orders of the size and frequency you plan to make? How do they handle emergency, fast-turn around orders? What about other customers - are they only able to use their facilities for your product flows at certain portions of the month due to full inventory? Leave no stone unturned.   Information Flows: Just as vital is the ability to control information about the day-to-day flow of materials, and to communicate and coordinate long-term plans. Is the supplier up on their product details, inventory, and SKU organization? Is their security and encryption up to the standards of your company, and your industry? Big data is useless if the right people don’t see it in time.   Rewards and Risks: Take into account opportunities and threats of working with this supplier. Maybe they’re well-equipped to handle your exact product because they also work with your competitors. Perhaps they are new and establishing themselves, so offer a substantial discount, but may not be able to deliver on time? Do what’s best for the company, and use risk assessment to keep your whole supply chain operable.

Vital Supply Chain Management Concepts to Know

Having a passing familiarity with the following terms will help you see just what kind of skillset and abilities will be required when working in supply chain management:   Border Adjustment Tax: Also known as a destination-based cash flow tax (DBCFT), it is a tax levied on imported goods which is important to know in global supply chains.   Customer Relationship Management: Also known as CRM, this concept refers to providing ongoing service to customers and collecting data about their likes and purchases. There are also CRM tools that help automate and record interactions with customers.   Cumulative Mean: A figure for knowing how much or how little to produce in advance, involving mean orders with all previous data treated as equally useful.   Demand Management: Understanding customer behavior and patterns to control how much is ordered and produced at each link in the supply chain, with the goal of eliminating wasted production.   Financial Flows: Credit terms, payment schedules, accounts payable and receivable, and other factors that you must monitor to determine if a supply chain is profitable or not.   Information Flows: Transmission of orders, delivery status, and other data that influence the supply chain’s responsiveness to demand.   Integrated SCM: This is a method of SCM wherein all of the links are tightly integrated, operating almost as one company rather than a loose association of buyers and sellers.   Inventory Management: Monitoring and controlling orders, storage, and use of owned components to create the products your company sells.   Lean Six Sigma: A data-backed philosophy of continuous improvement that focuses on preventing defects and mistakes rather than discovering them later, which reduces waste and production time via standardization. Read Everything You Need to Know About Lean Six Sigma to learn more about this methodology.    Logistics: The physical movement of products from one link in the supply chain to the next, and the practice of improving their efficiency.   Make vs. Buy: A simple evaluation of whether it is more cost-effective and time-efficient to produce a required product with your company’s existing resources, or to outsource the need.   New Product Development: The creation of new products both in response to and in anticipation of customer demand, using data gleaned from CRM and the whole supply chain. Read Innovation for Everyone: Everything You Need to Know About New Product Development to learn more about this process.   Operational Accounting: Accounting for a company that focuses on planning, directing, and controlling of daily activities by their costs and eliminating waste.   Physical Flows: The actual movement of parts and products throughout the supply chain, which the Logistics team must manage and analyze to keep going without pause.   Project Management: The process and tools involved in ensuring that a codified piece of work (project or product) gets done on time while keeping all contributors aware of their next step.   Reverse Supply Chain: Aftermarket customer service, which may involve accepting returns, refurbishing and discounting, or otherwise finding use for the reacquired inventory.   Risk Management: Identifying, evaluating, and then choosing which risks to address first, with the goal of reducing overall risk in a supply chain.   S&OP: Sales and Operations Planning is a management process that aligns its constituent parts to ensure that the organization is only focused on operations that improve sales. Learn more about S&OP here .   Strategic Sourcing: Formalizing a company’s information gathering in order to use its purchasing power to take advantage of the best values in the marketplace of suppliers.   Theory of Constraints: A methodology that identifies the largest limiting factor in production, then finding a way to remove it to improve the efficiency of the entire production.

Current Issues in SCM

In addition to the major terms, it’s important to keep aware of legal, political, and social events which affect supply chain management when seeking a career in the field. Here are some of the bigger issues of the day:   Dodd-Frank Decision: This was a 2010 law which included a clause on “Conflict Minerals.” It requires companies to audit their supply chains in order to determine whether gold, tungsten, tantalum, and tin came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and report on their due diligence. It adds an extra layer of complexity and costs to SCM for those involved in chains with those minerals.   NGO Actions: Activist groups of all kinds work to end common practices within major companies’ supply chains, such as sweatshop labor, or push consumers towards less complicated supply chains by encouraging them to support local businesses and farms.    SEC Regulations: Whereas NGO actions can force a company’s hand for PR reasons or changing the marketplace of ideas, the Securities and Exchange Commission can slap that same company with fines, making company’s quick to comply. Third-party audits of supply chains are an important part of keeping in step with these regulations.    SECH Ratings: This is a rating that involves economic, social, and environmental judgements to gauge a company’s overall sustainability.   Transparency: Though protecting data is important, certain measures of transparency can improve company performance. Among consumer products, many younger, disruptive brands make their supply chain a selling point in marketing by being upfront about how and where they get their components, and where they make their products. The reasoning goes, if a company is hiding something, there must be an unethical component to it.   Sustainability Measures: As major companies and countries around the globe move towards sustainable production, all supply chains become impacted. Whether due to changing regulations or seeking good PR, many companies are working to reduce pollution and other issues in their chain.

The Future of Supply Chain Management

Aside from the issues of the day, it’s also vital to see where the field is going. The future of SCM is bright, but certainly evolving. We asked a group of experts and innovators in supply chain management to discuss what they believe the future of SCM holds: ​

Jake Rheude , Director of Business Development and Marketing for Red Stag Fulfilment

Over the next decade, we will see massive and disruptive forms of innovation both in terms of technology that expedites the speed at which customers receive their products ( drone delivery ) as well as technologies that drastically enhances the online shopping experience for customers, ( virtual reality ).

While these and other technologies no doubt have the opportunity to significantly change the landscape of online shopping and the supply chain, I expect we will see firms diverge on two different strategies. Some will rush to implement these costly new technologies in order to drive down the total time between an order being placed and last mile delivery, while other firms will stand by the current landscape (for most B2C online sellers) of product delivery in approximately two-days, acting cautiously, particularly in regards to the cost of these new technologies versus their impact on the overall value chain for consumers.

Certainly, there are niche industries where significant investments in drone delivery technology will provide a distinct competitive advantage, but I predict that for many B2C online sellers, the impact on the overall value chain of these new technologies will be misaligned with a consumer's perception of value, and therefore make the initial cost of these new technologies unjustified.

Lauren Stafford , Digital Publishing Specialist for Explore WMS

Embracing big data is an essential principle of modern SCM, specifically real-time data which has the potential to improve the efficiency of a supply chain and negate potential risks to strategy. We know that logistics optimization through technological innovations and data integration can make supply chains more efficient and more financially sound.

The future of the multi-modal SCM depends on successful integration with data and systems to achieve synchromodality. To achieve this, there needs to be a connection to all available transport modalities in the form of a real-time data flow. Once any issues with connectivity are addressed, a ranking system is required to consider a variety of variables such as dock schedules and material restrictions. Pricing data is another integral component.

The great advantage of a synchromodal platform is that it’s informed by every available option and makes a selection based on key factors like speed requirements. There is still significant work to be done in terms of how best to access and integrate a supply chain partner’s real-time data but, as these platforms are developed, we’re likely to see faster order processing times for large shipments and systems which can help generate a better ROI. The way we understand it, SCM is changing because now an efficient supply chain can be a competitive asset as opposed to a cost center.

John Boyd , founder of The Boyd Company, Inc

Probably the most dynamic link in the supply chain in recent years has been the "last mile": that movement of goods from a DC to a final destination in the home. E-commerce king Amazon has done much to challenge and ultimately rewrite the rules of last mile delivery. Last mile delivery has also produced a new warehousing subsector: the locker. Studies show that online shoppers not only want their packages now, they also want their packages delivered to places other than their homes. These lockers can be viewed as "micro warehouses" and will come with additional costs. We expect many to be operated by an emerging sector of third-party logistics (3PL) providers specializing in this particular segment of the supply chain.

Lockers are now common in Europe, where densely populated and congested urban centers make them a natural fit. We anticipate that lockers will also become the next boom sector within logistics/distribution site selection in the United States. Amazon already has automated lockers in six states, while the U.S. Postal Service has lockers located within post offices in the Washington, D.C., area.

Upstart third-party logistics providers will be looking for sites where they can locate lockers, such as in transit centers, apartment buildings, convenience stores, or any establishment that provides off-hours access for picking up packages. Also, the growing online meals industry is expected to fuel the need for temperature-controlled lockers for the delivery of perishables.

Careers in Supply Chain Management

With a bright future filled with unique challenges, a career in SCM is a strong choice. It might be surprising to hear about an industry that’s all about outsourcing and automation, but new experts are more vital than ever for global organizations and even local ones to grow. Look at these industry stats:

Career Paths

What kind of positions can you take on in supply chain management?   Supply Chain Business Analyst: Examine your company’s workflow and come up with creative ways to streamline its business processes. Live and breathe efficiency.   Inventory Control Administrator: Ensure that inventory systems’ data is accurate with physical inventory, troubleshoot discrepancies, discover root causes and interact with everyone related to this inventory.    Purchasing Specialist: Work out deals with suppliers and compare bids to minimize cost across the supply chain.   Procurement Manager: Research, evaluate, and purchase large quantities of products for companies to resell or use in operations. Determine what is in your company’s store, ecommerce shops, and more.    Operations Analyst: Evaluate, report on, and improve the management of activities that generate recurring revenue for your organization, i.e. its core competencies.   Material Planning Manager: Plan, monitor, and manage products and the materials required to make them in your organization’s manufacturing operations. You ensure the constant flow of materials so the factory never runs out. 

Logistics Analyst: Evaluate and report on transportation of goods and services up and down your organization’s supply chain, ensuring that everything gets where it needs to go and when it needs to get there.

Top Higher Education Programs

Supply chain management is a game with global stakes, as such major universities and academies around the world offer Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the subject. If you want to secure a job in the sector with a Fortune 500, becoming accredited in SCM is vital. Look at some of the top schools on this list for more details on breaking into the industry:

• Cambridge University
• Copenhagen Business School
• Cranfield School of Management
• Eindhoven University of Technology
• London Business School
• Vlerick Business School

Certifications in Supply Chain Management

If a full Master’s program seems like too big a commitment, explore some of the short-term certifications available below. They give you a shot at entry level jobs if you’re inexperienced, and are a nice brush-up on current SCM standards for seasoned professionals.

• Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management (CISCM) Chartered Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)
• Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM)
• Institute of Supply Chain Management (IOSCM)
• International Institute for Procurement and Market Research (IIPMR) Certified Supply Chain Specialist (CSCS) , Certified Procurement Professional (CPP) and Certified Supply Chain Associate (CSCA)
• International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP) and Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM)
• Association (SCMA) Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP)
• The Association for Operations Management (APICS) Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) and Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)

Supply Chain Management Templates

Outside of the physical work of checking inventory, or the personal work of communicating with different members of the supply chain’s links, much of your work as a supply chain manager is using systems and dashboards to get an understanding of logistics, operations, and flows. What follows are some templates that can help manage and streamline workflow, while understanding and sharing inventory reports and more.

Download Risk Management Matrix Template

Excel  |  Word  |  PDF  |  Smartsheet

Download Stock Inventory Control Template

Excel  |  Smartsheet

‌ Download Supply Chain Dashboard Template

‌ Download Microsoft Excel Template for Choosing MRP Software

‌ Download RFP Vendor Template

A Better Way to Manage Supply Chain & Manufacturing Operations

Empower your people to go above and beyond with a flexible platform designed to match the needs of your team — and adapt as those needs change. 

The Smartsheet platform makes it easy to plan, capture, manage, and report on work from anywhere, helping your team be more effective and get more done. Report on key metrics and get real-time visibility into work as it happens with roll-up reports, dashboards, and automated workflows built to keep your team connected and informed. 

When teams have clarity into the work getting done, there’s no telling how much more they can accomplish in the same amount of time.  Try Smartsheet for free, today.

Discover why over 90% of Fortune 100 companies trust Smartsheet to get work done.

Supply chain management is the handling of the entire production flow of goods or services—starting from the raw components to delivering the final product to consumers. A company creates a network of suppliers that move the product from raw materials suppliers to organizations that deal directly with users.

Effective supply chain management systems minimize cost, waste and time in the production cycle. The industry standard has become a just-in-time supply chain where retail sales automatically signal replenishment orders to manufacturers. Retailers can then restock shelves almost as quickly as they sell products. One way to further improve on this process is to analyze the data from supply chain partners to see where to improve further.

By analyzing partner data, CIO identifies three scenarios where effective supply chain management increases value to the supply chain cycle: 1

Identifying potential problems

When a customer orders more products than the manufacturer can deliver, the buyer can complain of poor service. Through data analysis, manufacturers might be able to anticipate the shortage before the buyer is disappointed.

Optimizing price dynamically

Seasonal products have a limited shelf life. At the end of the season, retailers typically scrap these products or sell them at deep discounts. Airlines, hotels and others with perishable “products” typically adjust prices dynamically to meet demand. By using analytic software, similar forecasting techniques can improve margins, even for hard goods.

Improving the allocation of “available to promise” inventory

Analytical software tools help to dynamically allocate resources and schedule work based on the sales forecast, actual orders and promised delivery of raw materials. Manufacturers can confirm a product delivery date when buyers place orders—significantly reducing incorrectly-filled orders.

This guide summarizes what sustainability-forward organizations look for in their ESG software platform to help achieve their goals.

Register for the guide to the EU's CSRD

Most experts and practitioners refer to five critical components of supply chain management:

Plan and manage all resources required to meet customer demand for a company’s product or service. When the supply chain is established, determine metrics to measure whether the supply chain is efficient, effective, delivers value to customers and meets company goals.

Choose suppliers to provide the goods and services needed to create the product. Then, establish processes to monitor and manage supplier relationships. Key processes include: ordering, receiving, managing inventory and authorizing supplier payments.

Organize the activities required to accept raw materials, manufacture the product, test for quality, package for shipping and schedule for delivery.

Coordinate customer orders, schedule deliveries, dispatch loads, invoice customers and receive payments.

Create a network or process to take back defective, excess or unwanted products.

The supply chain is the most obvious “face” of the business for customers and consumers. The better and more effective a company’s supply chain management is, the better it protects its business reputation and long-term sustainability.

IDC defines supply chain management by identifying the five Cs of the effective supply chain management of the future: 2

• Connected: Accessing unstructured data from social media, structured data from the Internet of Things (IoT) and more traditional data sets available through traditional enterprise resource planning (ERP) and business-to-business (B2B) integration tools.
• Collaborative: Improving collaboration with suppliers increasingly means the use of cloud-based commerce networks to enable multi-enterprise collaboration and engagement.
• Cyber-aware:  Hardening systems and protecting them from cyber-intrusions and hacks is a crucial enterprise-wide concern for the supply chain.
• Cognitively enabled:  Collating, coordinating, and conducting decisions and actions across the chain, the AI platform serves as the modern supply chain's control tower, enabling most of the supply chain to be automated and self-learning.
• Comprehensive: Scaling analytics capabilities with data in real time to ensure that insights are comprehensive and fast is critical, as latency is unacceptable in the future supply chain.

Many supply chains have begun this process, with participation in cloud-based commerce networks at an all-time high and with major efforts underway to bolster analytics capabilities.

While yesterday’s supply chains focused on the availability, movement and cost of physical assets, today’s supply chains are about the management of data, services and products bundled into solutions. Modern supply chain management systems are about much more than just where and when. Supply chain management affects product and service quality, delivery, costs, customer experience and ultimately, profitability.

As recently as 2017, a typical supply chain accessed 50 times more data than just five years earlier. However, experts analyze less than a quarter of this data. That means the value of critical, time-sensitive data—such as information about weather, sudden labor shortages, political unrest and microbursts in demand—can be lost.

Modern supply chains take advantage of massive amounts of data that the chain process generates and that analytical experts and data scientists curate. Future supply chain leaders and the ERP systems they manage will likely focus on optimizing the usefulness of this data—analyzing it in real time with minimal latency.

With IBM Services®, you can evolve your supply chain processes into intelligent workflows to reach new levels of responsiveness and innovation. Challenge siloed processes to uncover efficiencies and enable your teams to execute and deliver. Use emerging technologies like AI and blockchain to unlock opportunities in every step of the value chain—from demand planning to order orchestration and fulfillment.

A supply chain control tower is traditionally defined as a connected, personalized dashboard of data, key business metrics and events across the supply chain.

Order management is the tracking of orders from inception to fulfillment, and the management of the people, processes and data connected to the order as it moves through its lifecycle.

Inventory management, a critical element of the supply chain, is tracking inventory from manufacturers to warehouses and from these facilities to the point of sale.

EDI is the intercompany communication of business documents in a standard format. It is a standard electronic format that replaces paper-based documents such as purchase orders or invoices.

Supply chain analytics helps to make sense of the massive amounts of data a supply chain generates by uncovering patterns and generating insights.

Supply chain optimization makes use of technology and resources like blockchain, AI and IoT to maximize efficiency and performance in a supply network.

Blockchain for supply chain solutions help supply chain leaders use data to handle the disruptions of today and build resiliency for the future.

B2B integration is the automation of business processes and communication between two or more organizations.

MFT is a technology platform that allows organizations to reliably exchange electronic data securely and in compliance with applicable regulations.

IBM Sterling® Order Management software enables you to orchestrate your entire fulfillment network with powerful core capabilities and next-level options.

The IBM Sterling® Transparent Supply application provides a blockchain platform that enables companies to join or build their own data-sharing network with trusted supply chain partners.

IBM Food Trust® is a collaborative network of growers, processors, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, retailers and others, enhancing visibility and accountability across the food supply chain.

Retail technology solutions from IBM® help optimize your retail supply chain with the ability to respond to trends at any scale.

Find articles on everything from supply chain sustainability to relevant technology trends and government regulations.

Make your supply chain smarter, resilient and more sustainable with state-of-the-art solutions from IBM.

Explore five essential supply chain management strategies that can help chief supply chain officers distinguish themselves from the competition.

Learn how Farmer Connect and IBM Food Trust are connecting coffee growers and consumers with blockchain.

IBM Sterling Supply Chain Intelligence Suite is an AI-based optimization and automation solution. Designed for organizations struggling to solve supply chain disruptions through traditional transformation, the suite facilitates supply network resiliency and sustainability, increases agility and accelerates time-to-value through actionable insights, smarter workflows and intelligent automation.

1 " What is supply chain management? Mastering logistics end to end " (link resides outside ibm.com), Bart Perkins, Sarah K. White, Thomas Wailgum, CIO, 28 October 2021

2 " The Path to a Thinking Supply Chain " , Simon Ellis, John Santagate, IDC Technology Spotlight, August 2018

Browse Course Material

Course info, instructors.

• Prof. Brian Subirana
• Prof. John Williams
• Prof. Sanjay Sarma

Departments

• Engineering Systems Division

As Taught In

• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Systems Engineering

Learning Resource Types

Special topics in supply chain management, course description.

You are leaving MIT OpenCourseWare

• Find a Freelancer
• Terms and Conditions

Login to Plusacademics

By joining I agree to receive emails from Plusacademics.

Not a member yet? Join now

Reset Password

Enter your Plusacademics profile email and we’ll send a password reset link.

Back to Sign In

Welcome to Plusacademics!

Hundreds of unbeatable services provided through a secured connection.

8 characters or longer. Combine upper and lowercase letters and numbers.

By signing up, I agree to Plusacademics's Terms of Services By joining I agree to receive emails from Plusacademics.

Already a member? Sign In

Welcome to Plusacademics.

Your purchase have been successfully completed

Welcome to Plusacademics

Looking for a freelancer; designers, writers…, browse 100s of experts today and get it done correctly..

[email protected]

50 Supply chain and logistic dissertation topics for 2024

The meaning of supply chain management

To look into supply chain management. There is a poor understanding of how the supply chains operate. Therefore, elaborating how these systems can be managed is necessary. The same issues are evident in the search for supply chain thesis topics.  Most interesting supply chain topics are already researched in detail. Therefore, getting a better topic that can be defended at ease is quite challenging. Despite having our well-researched topics online, you can also access supply chain management thesis topics pdf from our website. we have also compiled a list of Ph.D. topics.

1. Impact of Ukraine and Russia war on global logistics and supply chain

This topic tries to find the consequence of the ongoing war in Europe on the supply chain and logistics of the world. This is one of the best logistic dissertation topics for 2022 that is not yet covered in length. Therefore, one can easily develop a  great thesis from it.

2. Africa as a new heart for the global supply chain

This topic tries to explain why Africa is the new emerging market and manufacturing hub for global supply. Africa has untapped potential such as cheap labor that may be utilized to meet global supply needs.

3. Strategies used for cost reduction in supply chain management

 To find out how to minimize expenditure during supply. High costs tend to affect the outcome in the provision cycle.

4. Effects of E-logistics on supply chain

To determine the outcome of E-logistics on any given process during the distribution of goods or services. Failure to recognize better ways of reaching out to those involved in supply. This is one of the most diverse supply chain management research topics of 2022. It still has so much gap to be covered.

5. Mobility solutions for supply chain

To identify faster ways to efficiently move goods or services. The delay faced during supply has a negative impact on all the participants.

6. Importance of digital transformation on supply

To reveal how adapting to new technology impacts business outcomes. Some employees are unwilling to adapt to change and hence resist training.

7. An analysis of supply chain integration

Evaluating whether incorporation of many participants improves results. Getting onboard partners that are unable to meet deadlines.

8. Evaluating supply chain resilience

Assessing how adaptable the systems are to change. Maintaining the new changes can be challenging.

9. Critical analysis of supply chain agility

To discover how fast businesses can adjust to meet the market requirements. Some firms take a long time to remodel to be at par with current trends.

10. Evaluating risks involved in the supply chain

Gauging the dangers that one can encounter in the supply process. Some risks are man-made and hard to deal with.

11. Managing the supply chain globally

To figure out ways of staying afloat in the market in many regions. There is high competition affecting supply and demand globally which some producers fail to meet.

12. Optimizing costs of the supply chain

To work out methods of upgrading product value while retaining a reasonable price. Upgrading products leads to a rise in prices.

13. Supply chain progressive gradation

To determine how to maintain growth. Stagnation affects most production firms at some point.

14. Effects of leadership changeover in supply chain

To know how to keep the chief officers for longer periods. Getting new employers can affect businesses negatively since they need time to master the new roles.

15. How environmental changes affect the supply chain

To deduce whether the climate can affect the supply chain. It is hard to predict the changes that can occur within a locality.

16.  What does big data do to supply chain management?

To evaluate the impact of a variety of high-volume data in supply chain management. There is limited room for improvement. 

17. Impact of the Green project on the supply chain

To investigate how managers can integrate environmentally friendly processes during production. Establishment of firms with no consideration of their impact on the environment.

18. Importance of Total Quality Management

To evaluate the importance of every member of the team maintaining high standards in their various areas. Pulling in the same direction will always be a cutting edge for all organizations.

19. Effects of political factors on supply chain management

To look into issues related to the government that could influence how goods flow from one point to the next. Regional instabilities due to wars interrupt the normal flow of products.

20. How the law affects supply chain management

To prove that some laws can hinder business systems from normal operation. Businesses that do not meet the stipulated codes of conduct are not allowed to run. 

21. Studying how the IoT works in relation to the supply chain

To ascertain if supply chain management depends on IoT for its smooth operation. Some businesses are unable to keep up hence lose customers.

22. Fourth Industrial Revolution and supply chain management

To determine if 4IR is beneficial to supply chain management. Specialization and flexibility are costly as boundaries become more blurry.

23. Establishing the relationship between supply chains and the performance of firms

To show how a firm’s potential affects the movement of its products. Failing firms can hardly have sustainable supply chains.

24. Effects of Covid-19 on supply chain management

To determine how the pandemic affected businesses and their customers. The pandemic caused businesses to shut down while others had to change modes of operation.

25. Profit maximization in supply chain management

Identifying how to get the most out of the goods and services produced. Wrong pricing of products leads to massive losses that are damaging to the firms.

26. What roles do technological changes play in the supply chain?

To expose how technology is shaping the production of both goods and services. Rapid technological changes have had a huge impact on supply chains. 

27. Importance of business relationships in supply chain management

To plan how beneficial partnerships can be established. Poor consumer supplier relations disrupt efficiency.

28. How is manufacturing important in the supply business?

To establish how significant manufacturing is in the supply chain business. Expensive processes are involved due to a lack of proper planning.

29. Customer satisfaction in relation to supply chain management

To find out how best to meet consumer needs. Good or service production without customer participation.

30. Impact of supply chain management on business

To research the extent to which supply chain management affects any given organization. Inefficient managers lead to the collapse of supply chains. 

31. Supply chain efficiency versus effectiveness

To clarify what the two terms mean in the supply chain. Producers are incapable of differentiating the two concepts.

32. Significance of logistics

To know how to handle logistics to maximize output. Lack of qualified logisticians to handle the procedures involved. 

33. Does analytics in supply chain matter?  

To demonstrate the significance of analytics in supply. Insufficient information on analytics.

34. How supply chains can affect a country’s growth and development

To point out ways in which a disruption in supply chains can cripple progress. Inadequate resource allocation.

35. Use of AI in organizations

To make a comparison between artificial intelligence and human intelligence in firms. Laxity in embracing the use of machines in making decisions.

36. The future of supply chain management

To analyze what lies ahead in the product distribution sector. Inability to correctly predict the market trends.

37. Types of supply chains

To name and list the types of supply chains. Lack of clarity on the types of supply chains that exist.

38. How firms adhere to supply chain ethics

To determine how ethics affect organizations. Inadequate knowledge on the functions of these ethics.

39. Importance of supply chain management to the society

To give a detailed explanation of how the people benefit from proper regulations of supply chains. Few people understand what is involved in production and supply.

40. Supply chain visibility

To discuss how visibility can be maintained from the initial to the final stage. Few suppliers have the ability to trace their goods.

41. How an organization can ensure supply chain sustainability

To find out how companies deal with social, economic, and environmental issues in the process of supplying goods or services. There is disregard for issues that arise relating to the products being distributed.

42. How quality control works in supply chain management

To understand the role of quality control in supply chain management. Suppliers ignore matters related to quality controls resulting in poor outcomes.

43. Essential supply chain management tools

To find out which tools are used. Inability to recognize what is required for successful operations.

44. Lack of qualified personnel in the supply chain

To elaborate on the effect of fewer qualified professionals in supply chain management. Supply chain jobs were not considered to be as valuable.

45. Issues faced by supply chain managers

To state challenges that managers go through. Lack of experience in handling customers hence inability to solve the problems that arise.

46. Challenges that operation managers face currently

To discuss what operation managers experience in their line of work. Lack of the right skills to tackle problems.

47. How operation management is crucial in supply chain management

To bring out the significance of operation management.

48. The key elements in logistics

To describe the elements in logistics. Very few people understand the concept and how it works.

49. Logistics versus supply chain management

To bring out the difference between the two processes. Both deal with the end products in an organization.

50. The probability of supply chain managers being replaced by robots

To establish whether machines will take full control of the supply industry. It is difficult to tell really but it is a very interesting area to delve into.

Popular Post

Compxm answers 2024, how to win capsim competition 2024, free 971 compxm final exam answers 2024, our clients reviews.

- best capsim score ever

- worthy capstone simulation result ever

- compxm 2023

- compxm help

- best capsim help

- best capsim answers

- best academic help 2022

- 970 capsim score 2023

- best capstone help 2023

- best capstone cheat result 2023

Got any suggestions?

We want to hear from you! Send us a message and help improve Slidesgo

Top searches

Trending searches

suicide prevention

8 templates

computer network

75 templates

spring season

28 templates

cybersecurity

6 templates

46 templates

18 templates

Procurement in Supply Chain Management Meeting

Procurement in supply chain management meeting presentation, premium google slides theme and powerpoint template.

Looking for new ways to optimize the procurement process in the supply chain of your company? That can be hard and involves lots of data, research and infos. If you have an idea in mind that will lower costs, lower shipping times and better the overall system of your company, get all your team in a meeting and present it with this modern template full of color and resources. It has been designed by Slidesgo with business people in mind!

Features of this template

• 100% editable and easy to modify
• 25 different slides to impress your audience
• Contains easy-to-edit graphics such as graphs, maps, tables, timelines and mockups
• Includes 500+ icons and Flaticon’s extension for customizing your slides
• Designed to be used in Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint
• 16:9 widescreen format suitable for all types of screens
• Includes information about fonts, colors, and credits of the resources used

What are the benefits of having a Premium account?

What Premium plans do you have?

What can I do to have unlimited downloads?

Don’t want to attribute Slidesgo?

Gain access to over 22600 templates & presentations with premium from 1.67€/month.

Are you already Premium? Log in

Related posts on our blog

How to Add, Duplicate, Move, Delete or Hide Slides in Google Slides

How to Change Layouts in PowerPoint

How to Change the Slide Size in Google Slides

Related presentations.

Premium template

Unlock this template and gain unlimited access

Powerpoint Templates

Icon Bundle

Kpi Dashboard

Professional

Business Plans

Swot Analysis

Gantt Chart

Business Proposal

Marketing Plan

Project Management

Business Case

Business Model

Cyber Security

Business PPT

Digital Marketing

Digital Transformation

Human Resources

Product Management

Artificial Intelligence

Company Profile

Acknowledgement PPT

PPT Presentation

Reports Brochures

One Page Pitch

Interview PPT

All Categories

Supply Chain Management PowerPoint Templates

• You're currently reading page 1

Stages // require(['jquery'], function ($) { $(document).ready(function () { //removes paginator if items are less than selected items per page var paginator = $("#limiter :selected").text(); var itemsPerPage = parseInt(paginator); var itemsCount = $(".products.list.items.product-items.sli_container").children().length; if (itemsCount ? ’Stages’ here means the number of divisions or graphic elements in the slide. For example, if you want a 4 piece puzzle slide, you can search for the word ‘puzzles’ and then select 4 ‘Stages’ here. We have categorized all our content according to the number of ‘Stages’ to make it easier for you to refine the results.

Category reset // require(['jquery'], function ($) { $(document).ready(function () { //removes paginator if items are less than selected items per page var paginator = $("#limiter :selected").text(); var itemsperpage = parseint(paginator); var itemscount = $(".products.list.items.product-items.sli_container").children().length; if (itemscount.

• 3D Man (2767)
• Anatomy (593)
• Animated (15)
• Block Chain (87)
• Branding (181)

Suggestions or feedback?

MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Machine learning
• Social justice
• Black holes
• Classes and programs

Departments

• Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Brain and Cognitive Sciences
• Architecture
• Political Science
• Mechanical Engineering

Centers, Labs, & Programs

• Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
• Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
• Lincoln Laboratory
• School of Architecture + Planning
• School of Engineering
• School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
• Sloan School of Management
• School of Science
• MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Erin Bahm, Steven Parks named 2024–25 UPS Fellows

Press contact :.

Previous image Next image

The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) has announced Erin Bahm and Steven Parks as recipients of the UPS Fellowship for the 2024–25 academic year.

Made possible by a grant from the UPS Foundation, the UPS Fellowship awards financial support to two outstanding students each year, one incoming MIT master’s student and one MIT doctoral student pursuing study relating to logistics, freight transportation, supply chain management, or a related topic.

The UPS Fellowship aims to recognize and reward excellence in these fields, and selections are awarded solely on the basis of merit. Fellows receive full tuition plus a monthly stipend.

"The UPS Fellowships exemplify MIT CTL's dedication to infusing innovation into real-world applications, upholding the highest standards of academic inquiry," says Chris Caplice, executive director of MIT CTL. "These fellowships, with the generous backing of the UPS Foundation, stand as indispensable assets in nurturing talents such as Erin and Steven. Their contributions will help to shape the future landscape of the supply chain industry."

Erin Bahm is an incoming student in the MIT Supply Chain Management master’s program who comes to CTL as a senior inventory operations analyst for Target in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she stepped into a role managing the end-to-end purchasing and positioning of multiple perishable food categories. Her strength in process improvement led to a promotion to inventory operations, where she was responsible for leading a cross-functional initiative to implement ordering optimization changes to over 300 vendors. In her role, she consulted with global supply chain partners on new process initiatives to ensure order volume accuracy and replenishment agility across networks.

Bahm earned her BS in applied engineering sciences from Michigan State University in 2020, where she also received an MIT Supply Chain Excellence Award . Since graduating, she has continued her studies with the completion of a women’s leadership course through the Yale School of Management’s Executive Education program, and she has earned a certificate through MITx MicroMasters Program in Supply Chain Management . As a leader, Bahm has moderated a career development panel series, and has expanded Target's new hire mentorship program.

Steven Parks is a PhD candidate in transportation engineering at MIT, and he is also a research assistant in the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab at CTL. In the latter role, he led a 16-month research project with Amazon World-Wide Real Estate Operations, working to quantify the net traffic congestion effects of last-mile e-commerce activities at city scale. The project, for which Parks built a macroscopic traffic simulation model to estimate congestion caused by e-commerce for three major U.S. cities, led to recommendations to reduce congestion footprints published in a white paper in 2024.

"Steven's work was of critical importance for the success of the project and the reach and academic impact of the research challenge for us and our counterparts at Amazon," says Matthias Winkenbach, Parks's advisor and director of the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab. "Steven’s research is answering the question how we can best plan recurring vehicle routes for given demand patterns, road network properties, and other environmental or operational factors related to urban form. This is a highly relevant and timely question with many real-world implications for both freight logistics and passenger transportation systems."

Parks is a graduate of Santa Clara University, where he was recognized as a Johnson Scholar and earned his BS in mechanical engineering, and received his MS in transportation engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. He has been awarded the Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Professor Joseph M. Sussman Best Paper Prize from the journal Frontiers in the Built Environment, and first place in the Santa Clara University Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Conference for his work on disaster relief communications.

Share this news article on:

Related links.

• MIT Supply Chain Management Master's Program
• MIT Megacity Logistics Lab
• Center for Transportation and Logistics

Related Topics

• Awards, honors and fellowships
• Graduate, postdoctoral
• Transportation
• Supply chains

Related Articles

3 Questions: Enhancing last-mile logistics with machine learning

Opening pathways for future supply chain leaders

3 Questions: Yossi Sheffi on AI and the future of the supply chain

Chris Caplice honored for creating first MicroMasters recognized by MIT

Previous item Next item

More MIT News

“No one can work in civil engineering alone”

Read full story →

This tiny chip can safeguard user data while enabling efficient computing on a smartphone

Researchers detect a new molecule in space

Twenty-three MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2023-25

Featured video: Moooving the needle on methane

The many-body dynamics of cold atoms and cross-country running

• More news on MIT News homepage →

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, USA

• Map (opens in new window)
• Events (opens in new window)
• People (opens in new window)
• Careers (opens in new window)
• Accessibility
• Social Media Hub
• MIT on Facebook
• MIT on YouTube
• MIT on Instagram