Are there any special courses a student considering a career in distribution should take right now?
I am a big fan of IE courses. If you are taking pure business classes in supply chain, you are missing a big part of where that demand is, what industry is really looking for. Q: You mean industrial engineering? A: Industrial engineering, with the focus in the supply chain area. Industrial engineering historically was focused on manufacturing, but that has changed. In the United States, there are more supply chain programs that are now applying IE techniques and skill sets. Q: Looking back on it, what has been the biggest change you’ve seen in logistics and distribution? A: I would say one would be technology. We used to have to build our own technology. We used to have to figure out for ourselves what the problem was and how we would solve it. Now, there is so much technology out there that you can just buy off the shelf—and you can customize it, you can implement it in a matter of weeks instead of years, and you can do it at a fraction of the cost. Because of that enabling technology
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