Global Supply Chain Management Program Update

2017 Kentucky Regional Freight ConferenceBowling Green (KY)

James Kirby Easterling Eastern Kentucky University

Executive-in-Residence(Management, Marketing, International Business/MMIB)

April 26-27 2017

•Born & raised in rural eastern Kentucky (Pike County)

•Extremely proud to be an EKU alum

•BBA-Economics

•BBA-Accounting

•MBA-Finance

•Masters degree in Global Supply Chain Management (Penn State)

•University of Florida doctoral program (2020)

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Professional Career:

• 4 years with Hitachi

• 3 years with Lexmark

• 14 years with Corning • 8 yrs. Kentucky• 4 yrs. Japan • 2 yrs. Singapore

• 3rd year @ Eastern Kentucky University

We study all these topics holistically from the concept of an INTEGRATED Supply Chain

Supply Chain Issues for Caterpillar:• How many # units of each type of equipment are needed? (PLAN)• Where do all the parts come from for Caterpillar equipment? (SOURCE)• Caterpillar equipment is sold all over the world, but where is it produced? (MAKE)• How is Caterpillar equipment shipped to customers? (DELIVER)

Why SCM is important in the Bluegrass State!

Major OEM automobile manufacturers:

Toyota-Georgetown

Chevrolet Corvette-Bowling Green

Ford Truck Plant (FTP)-Louisville

>100s Tier-1 & Tier-2 auto parts suppliers

UPS Worldport-Louisville

General Electric-Louisville

Hitachi Automotive—over 2500 employees!

Lexmark International-Lexington

Corning Incorporated-Harrodsburg (100% export)

Current “model” for attracting SCM talent:1. Recruit from metropolitan areas (top SCM schools)

2. “Invest” in SCM talent for 2-3 years

3. SCM talent leaves (high turnover rate) to return ‘home’

4. Repeat Steps 1-3

At EKU we don’t ‘follow’—we ‘lead’

Comprehensive Bachelor’s degree option / program in Global Supply Chain Management

Bench-marked top-tier SCM schools to develop a ROBUST and COMPREHENSIVE SCM program for our students Penn State, Arizona State, Michigan State,

Tennessee, Southern Cal., et al

Very successful “launch”

Lots of progress in developing & enhancing alliances with leading firms in the region!

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Key Highlights Fall 2014-current1. Designed comprehensive Global Supply Chain Management program/curriculum

2. Updated (Q1/2015) EKU Board of Regents on Global Supply Chain Management program

3. Submitted all paperwork for having EKU added to the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) listing (annual directory + online) of colleges/universities offering Supply Chain degrees

4. Developed various ‘promotional material’ highlighting the GSCM program

5. Gave presentation entitled “An Overview of Eastern Kentucky University’s new Bachelor’s degree program in Global Supply Chain Management” at various civic events; gained support from community/business leaders.

6. ‘Educated’ EKU Admissions staff/senior administrators on GSCM program, career paths, etc.

7. Provided US Rep. Andy Barr (KY-R, 6th district) with a briefing on EKU’s Global Supply Chain Management program

8. Began ‘promoting’ GSCM field in core courses (ex. GBU201, BTO100, MGT300) in heightening student interest/curiosity

9. And the result is…we now have one of EKU’s fastest growing programs!

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Global Supply Chain Update

• Fall 2016: ~30 students (with GSCM as major) and one of EKU’s fastest growing programs!

While encouraging, the # of ‘declared’ majors may not be truly indicative of the growing interest in our program!

Ex.MKT431 (Logistics)• Fall 2014: 9 students (3 of which were

study-abroad students looking for an ‘elective’)

• Fall 2016: 27 students!

Many recent EKU graduates pursuing careers in Supply Chain! (even those that did not major in SCM)

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Advancing our “Brand”

• Institute of Supply Management (ISM) full page ad

• High profile Madison County Supply Chain Survey

• SCM Executive Speaker Series

• Developing corporate alliances & partnerships

• Significant commitment from the Dean of College of Business & Technology

Supply Chain leaders help in a myriad of ways… Executive Speaker Series

Corporate donations

Supply Chain internships

On-site recruiting / campus visits

Mentorship opportunities

Sponsoring named scholarships

On-site Plant Tours of Supply Chain/Operations

Other part-time / flexible employment

Funding student attendance to a professional Supply Chain Conference (ex. APICS)

Software demonstrations

Sponsoring APICS / ISM testing and/or membership(s) for a student(s)

And many other opportunities…

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Introducing…

Eastern Kentucky University

Global Supply Chain Executive Speaker Series

• Bringing senior-level Supply Chain Executives to campus throughout the academic year.

• Tonya Jackson/Exec VP-Supply Chain (Lexmark) was our first Speaker—190 people in attendance!

• Excellent opportunity for senior GSCM leaders to learn more about our program and meet our students…

• …and an equally wonderful opportunity for our students to gain ‘network access to senior supply chain execs, ask questions, etc.

Dr. Lana Carnes with Tonya Jackson

EKU Supply Chain students (and faculty) with Lexmark International VP-SCM Tonya Jackson

EKU Supply Chain students (and faculty) with Domino’s VP-SCM Troy Ellis (also ‘87 EKU alum)

Just closed (last week) on a SCM Summer 2017 internship(s) @ Domino’s Regional

Distribution Center (Erlanger, KY)

EKU faculty with SCM leaders from Hitachi Automotive Americas

EKU GSCM hosted Hitachi Automotive System’s Annual Supply Chain Conference on May 24th –nearly 600 people attended!

Hitachi alliance “paying huge dividends”• Multiple SCM internships!

• HR leaders participating at EKU events

• Hitachi held annual Supplier Conference &

Awards event at Center for the Arts mid-2016

“telling the EKU SCM story”

Our goal is to be the first school employers think of re top SCM

talent in the region!

Our SCM graduates are already working for some prestigious firms!

JP Fisher (humanitarian supply chain)

May 2015

Double Major:

Homeland Security

&

Global Supply Chain Management

EKU Magazine, Fall 2016

Supply Chain Certificate (recently approved!)

For non-SCM majors (university-wide)

Courses in each of the major pillars of Supply Chain

PlanSourceMakeDeliver

MKT315 Logistics/Transportation

MKT431 Procurement

MGT370 Operations Management

MGT375 Supply Chain Management

Many students (non-SCM majors) assessing value in understanding ‘core SCM’ areas Example: high ‘pull’ from Accounting students

due to SCM’s intensive study of ‘costs’ (transportation, raw materials, packaging, supplier development, etc.)

In summary…• Significant progress made over the past 3+ years—very

pleased, but much work to be done!

• Many ideas and plans to take advantage of the ‘positive momentum’

• Assessing other opportunities to “grow” the Supply Chain program:

• Supply Chain Executive education• Flexible course offerings (ex. evenings)• MBA courses in SCM

• Ongoing emphasis on developing alliances & partnerships with leading firms in the region

• We (EKU) want to be the first school employers think of re top SCM talent in the region!

James Kirby Easterling contact info:

• Email: James.Kirby.Easterling@eku.edu

• Address: Eastern Kentucky University BTC011, Richmond, KY 40475

• Office Tele: 859-622-7893

• Cell Tele: 859-779-5858

• LinkedIn: James Kirby Easterling

• Twitter: @EasterlingMMIB

Questions?

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