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August 06, 2010
University Establishes Supply Chain Management Major
By Doug Caverly
Not all college degrees were created equal. Someone with a kinesiology major will have trouble being thought of as anything other than a jock, for example, while law students are respected. But wherever it winds up in that hierarchy, it seems important to report that a university has begun letting students major in supply chain management.

In 2007, Georgia's Clayton State University only had two supply chain management classes, according to David Beasley. Then the college began to allow students to minor in the subject. Now, it seems supply chain management has climbed to the top of the figurative pile, which signals that it's gained respect.

John Mascaritolo, the director of logistics practices at Clayton State, was largely responsible for the change. He explained to Beasley, "There's no discipline in the corporate world that doesn't touch or interface with the supply chain process. . . . Georgia recognizes that supply chain is an economic initiative."

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