Program News
Johnson & Johnson, Palmetto Health Richland Join School's Center for Global Supply Chain and Process Management
The Moore School of Business’s Center for Global Supply Chain and Process Management has announced two new members – bringing its total membership to seven. Each member firm pays $30,000 annually to join the Center.
The new members are Palmetto Health Richland, one of the largest hospital systems in Columbia, and Johnson & Johnson (Orthoclinical Devices Division), the New Jersey-based manufacturer of pharmaceutical, medical/surgical, and other health products.
The Center was launched in 2005 as a way to foster relationships on multiple fronts between the Moore School and the business community. Moore School professors and students do consulting projects with Center members, helping the companies improve their top and bottom line performance through better deployment of their existing resources.
"We are finding strong synergies between the development of our undergraduate and graduate programs in global supply chain and operations management, student placements in jobs, and the outreach created by the Center in fostering deep relationships between the Moore School of Business and leading multinational organizations," said Dr. Manoj Malhotra, the Center’s founder and director, and the Jeff B. Bates Professor and chairman of the Business School’s Management Science Department at the University of South Carolina.
The other members of the Center are Sonoco (since 2005); Westinghouse-Toshiba (Nuclear Fuels Division) and Pfizer (Capsugel Division) (since 2006); and Mead Westvaco (Chemical Division) and Colonial Insurance (since 2007).
In a related development, Target, Inc. has given the Department of Management Science a competitive grant of $5,000 that will be used to start a Supply Chain Management Student Club in the fall of 2008 at the Moore School. The club’s mission will be to help students launch successful careers in operations and supply chain management. The club is expected to sponsor a student speaker series, provide networking opportunities with managers, and provide training for students to develop their leadership traits and skills.
Dr. Jayanth Jayaram, Associate Professor of Management Science who spearheaded the grant application effort, will supervise the activities of the new student club.
The Target Grant Awards are based on several factors, including past performance in promoting students careers in supply chain management, capabilities in building relationships between the business school and corporations, and the quality of the supply chain management program at the recipient school.
"Our success on multiple fronts is a testimonial to the sustained hard work and commitment to outstanding thought leadership, teaching, and outreach that has been shown by faculty members in the Management Science Department over the course of years," said Malhotra.
Jan Collins
February 2008