Price College Of Business Receives Attention From Supply Management Review Magazine

The Norman Transcript

The supply chain management major at the University of Oklahoma's Michael F. Price College of Business recently was ranked as 20th in the nation in the September 2005 issue of Supply Management Review.

The rankings were based on a survey conducted by Stephen M. Rutner of Georgia Southern University and Stanley E. Fawcett of Brigham Young University, of professionals working in the supply chain/logistics areas. The survey respondents fall into two categories: academics researching and teaching logistics/supply chain subjects and practitioners working in the field. Price College's ranking was based on the academic respondents.

According to the publication, the original "State of Logistics Education" was reported in 1995 in the Journal of Business Logistics. The current study was conducted in 2004 to build upon the original study and to better understand how education resources have evolved over the 10-year period.

Price College added the supply chain management major into the marketing division in 2003, according to Dr. Patricia Daugherty, director of the marketing/supply chain management division."

Price College has given us tremendous support for the new program. They've provided the resources to help us get the program off the ground. We now have four division faculty who primarily teach and research in the logistics and supply chain area. However, virtually all of the division faculty have an interest in and support the new area. We've received considerable external interest to date, too. I get calls practically every week from business people with internship opportunities or who are interested in hiring our graduates," she said.

Daugherty also serves as editor of the Journal of Business Logistics, which has been ranked as the most prestigious journal in the area.

"OU has had a long history of leadership in distribution research," said Dr. Jack Kasulis, Price College associate dean for undergraduate programs and associate professor of marketing and supply chain management. "The two-year-old supply chain management major carries on the tradition of national recognition."