Supply Chain Frontiers issue #8. Read all articles in this issue.
High Praise in the Journal of Commerce
MLOG graduates resoundingly endorse the value of their advanced logistics degrees in a special feature on education published by the Journal of Commerce.
"Supply-chain management professionals are finding that to get ahead in the field, an advanced degree is often a prerequisite," said the trade journal in its "Hitting the Books" article featured in the April 4, 2005, issue. Programs such as MLOG that give students a broad perspective are favored because: "A single area of expertise, such as transportation or purchasing, is no longer enough," it said.
The MLOG program helped graduate Jared Schreiber achieve his entrepreneurial goals at Teradata, the JoC reported. Said Schreiber: "I don't know how I could have done it otherwise. Prior to MIT who was going to look at my resume and say, 'This guy can bring new products to market'?"
The article also cites MLOG graduate, Chris Holt, Vice President of consulting services for UPS Supply Chain Solutions. Holt said that running a global supply chain requires more than functional expertise, and a company like his, that has made at least 28 acquisitions in less than a decade, needs leaders who "are global thinkers with managerial and technical skills."
The article said that MLOG 2004 graduates were recruited by a diverse set of companies including Warner Entertainment, McKinsey & Co., Dell, Celestica, Colgate-Palmolive, Deloitte & Touche, Johnson & Johnson, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Pepsi Bottling Group, Staples and W. R. Grace.