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Professor to Speak at ITC

The Indianapolis Transportation Club (ITC) is featuring Dr. Kuntal Bhattacharyya during its annual dinner on Tuesday, December 6 at the Primo Event Center in Indianapolis. He will discuss career development opportunities and building the next generation of supply chain leaders.

Dr. Bhattacharyya is an associate professor of operations and supply chain management as well as Project Director of the GEODIS Logistics 4.0 Innovation Hub in Plainfield.

Read more at https://www.indstate.edu/business/news/2022#drbitc

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Sycamores! Come along to the Day of OSCM Panel Talks next Tuesday in the Smith Magna Carta Courtroom.

The discussions will feature prominent leaders from the supply chain and logistics industry and will entail topics around careers and success in the supply chain industry.

More details on https://www.indstate.edu/business/OSCM/day

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Congratulations to Operations and Supply Chain Management major Cameron Bridges on earning his Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

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OSCM students Jacob Johnson, Gavin Englert, Cameron Bridges, and Alijah Rogers-Peterson recently took third place in the highly competitive Gregg Sherrill Case Competition hosted by Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis.

Their position was within three points of first place! The team described the event as an “amazing opportunity” both to compete against other colleges as well as gain “experience and knowledge” whilst doing so.

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As well as visiting Endress+Hauser our OSCM and MBA students were also visited GEODIS and Toyota Material Handling. Thank you all for hosting us. The students had a great day and learned a lot from you.

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Thanks to Endress+Hauser for hosting some of our OSCM & MBA students and telling them something about the company and your supply chain management practices.

Images: Nicole Otte, Director of Workforce Development at Endress+Hauser and Indiana State alumna.

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Dr. Paul Schikora has spent more than two decades teaching in the Scott College of Business's Operations and Supply Chain Management program. Today, he still enjoys helping students prepare for rewarding jobs in this dynamic industry. "We push them hard and expect a lot, but we put a lot back into them – to change their mindset, how they approach the class, and approach life," he says.

Learn more about Dr. Schikora and the OSCM program at peopleofstate.com/dr-paul-schikora/

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Operations and Supply Chain Management major Cameron Bridges has spent the last couple of months as in intern with Toyota Material Handling as a Logistics Analyst. He says “I can proudly say that I have learned so much. TMH has given me major organizational skills and has really helped me understand what being a logistics analyst entails.”  

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Procurement Customer Interface Manager – Helicopters at Rolls Royce, Kyle Varble has been selected by Conexus Indiana to share the story of his career progression from the Scott College of Business to the aerospace and defense industry as part of Make IN Move - https://makeinmove.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW9VrZ4JRGY

See what a major in OSCM from Indiana State can do for you - https://www.indstate.edu/business/OSCM

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Gavin Englert is a Supply Chain Specialist Intern at North American Lighting’s Corporate Headquarters this summer. When he’s not working, he’s likely studying for classes at Indiana State University, working out or cooking!

Visit our Operations and Supply Chain Management program pages - https://www.indstate.edu/business/OSCM 

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Nick Burton is a recent graduate of the Scott College of Business with a degree in Operations and Supply Chain Management. He now works at Equifax on their EWS Tax Services Team and is a member of their Graduate Development Program.

See what a degree in OSCM can do for you - https://www.indstate.edu/business/OSCM

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Networks Scholar Charlotte Barger recently graduated with a degree in Operations and Supply chain Management. She is starting her career in the Operations Leadership Development Program at GEODIS in Indianapolis.

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Michelle White is a 2018 graduate of the Scott College of Business with a degree in Operations and Supply Chain Management. While here she won the prestigious Alan C. Rankin Distinguished Senior Award.

Michelle now works as a Forecast Planner at Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis. Earlier this month Michelle was named one of Conexus Indiana’s Rising 30, and even more recently was featured in an Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2CBl76LNRI

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Congratulations to alumni Michelle White (’18), Forecast Planner at Rolls-Royce and Roland Wilson (’19), Assistant Operations Manager – Variable Labor at GEODIS Americas for being among the Conexus Indiana’s Rising 30. Both majored in Operations and Supply Chain Management.

  https://www.conexusindiana.com/rising-30/

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Ryan Hannaford will graduate this May with a degree in Operations and Supply Chain Management and has accepted a position at North American Lighting to work as a supply chain specialist.

His favorite part of Student Philanthropy was getting to raise money with other motivated individuals to give back to the university and his favorite ISU memory was doing the fight song when he was an orientation leader.

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“Congratulations! Your team is invited to the 2020 ASCM Case Competition Regional Round!” came the message from the Association for Supply Chain Management. This meant our OSCM team of Charlotte Barger, Dylan Eggers, Makayla Irish, and Casey Phillips were one of only 8 teams selected to advance to the regional competition.

The team has already spent a month on the competition and it won’t be over until the finals October.

Congratulations as well to their instructors, Dr. Kuntal Bhattacharyya, Dr. Paul Schikora and Mr. Kenneth Jones. Kudos for a valiant effort by Cameron Bridges, Nick Burton, Sarah Williams, and Taylor Young.

Read more about the competition at https://www.apics.org/case-competition/