Supply Chain Managementfor Higher Education

Adonis V. GarcesDIT - SPUP

SCM in Higher Education

Supply Chain Management (SCM) principles is an innovative management strategy to implement in higher learning educational systems to achieve learning outcome and qualified graduates with exemplary education and career pathways. These quality graduates are produced with the knowledge and job skills that can align with the requirements and quality expectations of the employers in the industries. Learning outcomes is measured and justified operational effectiveness and efficiencies

Improving operations, better outsourcing, increasing profits, enhancing customer satisfaction, generating quality outcomes, tackling competitive pressures, increasing globalization, increasing importance of E-commerce, and growing complexity of supply chains.

Why SCM?

A Conceptual Framework A Holistic View of an Educational Supply

Chain

University

Students

Internal & External Projects

Graduates

Supplied Input (Raw Materials)

Supplied Output(Finished Products)

Research Outcomes

Society

Process Consumer

Suppliers of the student (High School/College)

Suppliers of the faculty (Other universities)

Self funding students Source of Fund –

family (parents, siblings, relatives, etc.)

Educational Supplier

Government and private organizations (Scholarship)

Suppliers of assets or equipment (Furniture, computer, networking equipment, etc.)

Suppliers of educational materials (Stationery, instruction materials, etc.)

Educational Supplier

Suppliers of Internal Research Projects (University Self Funding)

External Research Projects (External research funds, CHED, private organizations, etc.)

Research Supplier

Graduates with desirable quality

Family (Parents, Siblings, Relatives, etc.)

Employers of government and private organizations

Education Customers

Funding organizations of research projects

Quality research outcomes (Researchers, Research Publications, Findings etc.)

Others (Research Professional)

Research Customers

Human Resource Contribution: Quality Graduates

Research Contribution: Quality Research Findings

Society [Consumer]

Programs Establishment

University Culture Faculty Capabilities Facilities

University

Graduates with desirable quality Graduates Benchmarking Graduates Value Enhancement

Quality Research Outcomes Problem solution, pure theory, thesis findings,

internal and external projects applications, researchers, research publications or research findings.

Supplied Output

E-Commerce Strategry

e-Learning is the use of technology to enable people to learn anytime and anywhere. e-Learning can include training, the delivery of just-in-time information and guidance from experts.

Higher education and its colleges and universities, both public and private, are inevitably accountable for the utmost evidence of learning. The emergence of higher education learning institutions to provide evidence of learning is increasing and expected. Many taxpayers such as parents and students demand that their funds are spent efficiently to achieve the utmost evidence of learning.

Conclusions

Research Framework of Education Supply Chain, Research Supply Chain and Educational Management for the Universities. Retrieved March 12, 2013 from www.charm72.com/Programs/PPT/Research_Framework_of_Education_Md.%2520Mamun%2520Habib.ppt

Supply Chain Management for Higher Education. Retrieved March 12, 2013 from http://ebookbrowse.com/6pcs-supply-chain-management-for-higher-education-docx-d377856396

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