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Newly established department bridges gap between academia, business

 The department o Supply Chain Management and Marketing

Sciences (SCMMS) at Rutgers Business School (RBS) has been

recognized as a top 15 program in a report issued by AMR

Research Inc. which assessed leading U.S.-based university 

supply chain programs in 2009. In the report, which looked to

match industry needs with a university program’s capability to

deliver the quality and quantity o supply chain management

proessionals, Rutgers Business School was ranked 8th in

“depth o program” and 10th in “industry value.” Overall the

strength o SCMMS’s program was ranked 11th, comparing

similarly to programs at Syracuse University and the University 

o Michigan.

 The research cited Rutgers Business School as one o the

bright spots in the next tier o programs ater the top ve,

“Rutgers University is another growing program, with an

undergraduate program being added this summer to build

upon a strong group o proessors.” The report also highlighted

the strength o RBS’s research in risk management and

sustainability.

One o the keys to the department’s success is the high

regard the industry has or proessor Lei Lei, PhD, chair o 

the Department o Supply Chain Management and Marketing

Sciences. “Proessor Lei has developed a vision or the

supply-chain management program that drives a high level o competency, generates employment success or the students,

impactul results or the hiring companies and builds upon

the reputation o Rutgers University,” said Roy Anderson, vice

president o Global Procurement at MetLie.

“In addition to being a supply chain subject matter expert,

Proessor Lei is a consummate proessional and a leader

 who is well respected by students, academics, administrator

 Top 15 ranking for Supply Chain Management & Marketing 

Sciences department at Rutgers Business School

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Multidisciplinary programs

•270degreeprogramstopartner 

 with at Rutgers University 

•Dualdegreesthatdeliverbusiness, 

science, and technology credentials

demanded by local, national

& global markets

Strong corporate partnerships

•Partnershipswithleadingexecutives  

at top corporations

•Nearamajorcenterofglobalbusiness,  

20 minutes rom New York City 

•Distinctcareeradvantagesforstudents

Real world, international experiences

•Highemploymentplacementfor  

graduates

•Studentteamcasecompetitionvictories

•Globalnetworkofover30,000RBS alumni,&over380,000universitywide

Leaders in research

•World-classindustryexperiencedfacu

•Addressingmajorsocietaltrends  

& issues globally 

•Researchprojectsleveragedby  companies

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Lei Lei, PhD, proessor and chair o the Department o 

Supply Chain Management and Marketing Sciences, leads

students on a tour o the Port o Newark, New Jersey.

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andbusinessprofessionalsineveryinteraction,”addedWilliam

D. McLaury, CPIM, Executive Director, North American Pharma

Supply Chain, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. “She is one

o the main reasons that Novartis Pharmaceuticals continues to

actively support the RBS Center or Supply Chain Management.”

As the results o AMR Research’s study demonstrated, RBS

is becoming a nationally ranked, top-rated supply chain

department.“Weareaccomplishingthisgoalthroughour

excellence and unique strength in world-class research,

innovative teaching, and high quality service in supply chain

management to client companies and industry,” said Rutgers

Business School Dean Michael R. Cooper, PhD. “The new Supply 

Chain Management and Marketing Sciences department plays

an important role in delivering to students the business, science,

and technology credentials demanded by today’s leading

corporate employers,” added Cooper.

Companies are taking notice, recruiting more RBS graduates or

 jobs in supply chain management. According to AMR Research,

RBS had one o the top recruited graduate programs in the U.S.

 The undergraduate program starts in the all 2009 semester.

Nationally recognized as a leader in industry collaboration, the

SCMMS department lls a crucial need or businesses competing

in a global economy that ace rising logistics, outsourcing, and

security challenges. This collaboration is helping companies

 with complex logistics to succeed by improving eciencies and

efectiveness in the end-to-end supply chain cycle.

Rutgers Business School team impressessupply chain management industry executives

to win case competitionA team o masters students rom Rutgers Business School

 won the Rutgers Center or Supply Chain Management annualcase competition. Student teams rom our distinguishednortheast schools competed beore a panel o industry 

 judges rom DP&C Enterprises, L’Oreal USA, MetLie, NovartisPharmaceuticals, PSEG, Schering-Plough, and SchindlerElevator Corporation.

In addition to Rutgers Business School, the other schoolscompeting in the challenge were the College o Engineering,NewJerseyInstituteofTechnology;MartinJ.WhitmanSchoolo Management, Syracuse University; and P.C. Rossin College o Engineering and Applied Science, Lehigh University.

“The competition is an excellent opportunity or students to

showcase their business skills beore a panel o senior industry executives,” said Dr. Lei Lei, Proessor at Rutgers BusinessSchool and Director o the Rutgers Center or Supply ChainManagement. “Business executives also enjoy the chance tosee top students in action.”

StudentteamswereassessedintheApril3rdcompetitionontheir analysis o critical business issues, quality o solutions,articulation o ideas, presentation style, and responses toquestions rom the judges. The winning team rom RutgersBusiness School included rst year MBA students Som-MingLeu, Ishma Sharma, Sarika Tandon, and Lin Yi.

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Rutgers Business School–Newark and New Brunswick (RBS) is an integral part o one o the nation’s oldest, largest, and most distinguished institutions

ofhigherlearning:Rutgers,TheStateUniversityofNewJersey,foundedin1766.RutgersBusinessSchoolhasbeenaccreditedsince1941byAACSB

International–the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools o Business—a distinction that represents the hallmark o excellence in management

education.Today,withafocusonBusiness,Science,andTechnology,RutgersBusinessSchooliseducatingmorethan4,500undergraduateandgradua

students at two main campuses in New Jersey as well as six satellite locations in New Jersey, China, and Singapore. Steeped in academic excellence, w

adistinguishedfacultyandacorpsofover30,000successfulalumni,RutgersBusinessSchoolishighlyrankedbythe Financial Times, U.S. News & Wor

Report, BusinessWeek, and The Wall Street Journal . It is recognized as one o the top three business schools in the greater New York metropolitan area

isranked#6nationwidefor“MostCompetitiveStudents”byThe Princeton Review ; and is part o the campus that is ranked #1 in diversity nationwide

U.S. News & World Report , or 12 straight years.

 AMR’s research highlighted the strength

of RBS’s research in risk management and

sustainability.