Executive Education

Supply Chain Management

Course Takeaways

• Open/Close At the conclusion of the program, you will be able to...
  • Build personal and corporate networks to enhance your supply chain knowledge.
  • Refresh and challenge your perspectives on the role of supply chain management in corporate success.
  • Incorporate feedback to increase your confidence to pursue and lead changes needed to realize a supply chain of the future.
  • Sell your vision of a supply chain of the future to stakeholder audiences.
  • Create a consumer-centric supply chain strategy.
  • Evaluate which suppliers and customers will give you the best ROI with respect to creating supply chain value.
  • Analyze supply chain activities with an eye towards enhanced consumer value creation.
  • Position yourself and your organization as supply chain experts.

Our Faculty

• Open/Close Keely L. Croxton, Professor of Logistics

  Keely L. Croxton is a Professor of Logistics in the Department of Marketing and Logistics at The Ohio State University.  Her research interests are in supply chain management.  She has developed an expertise in supply chain resilience, focused on helping companies balance their inherent vulnerabilities with their management capabilities in order to effectively respond to disruptions in the supply chain.  She is also interested in further developing a process-oriented framework for supply chain management, with special focus on demand management and relationship management.  Her research has been published in several leading journals and she has been awarded the Bernard J. LaLonde Best Paper Award for the Journal of Business Logistics.  She is also the author on several chapters of Supply Chain Management: Processes, Partnerships, Performance. She received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University.  Before joining academia, she worked in the automotive, paper and packaging, and third party logistics industries.  

  At The Ohio State University, Keely teaches modeling, forecasting, and supply chain management at the undergraduate, MBA, Ph.D. and Executive Education levels.  She also teaches Social Impact to MBA students.  She is on the advisory board of OSU’s Global Water Initiative.

• Open/Close A. Michael Knemeyer, Distinguished Professor of Logistics

  A. Michael Knemeyer is a Distinguished Professor of Logistics in the Department of Marketing and Logistics at The Ohio State University.  He holds a Ph.D. in logistics from the University of Maryland, College Park.  His dissertation focusing on logistics outsourcing won the Institute for Supply Management outstanding dissertation award.  He received his BSBA in logistics and marketing from John Carroll University, where he was recognized as the outstanding logistics student in his graduating class.

  His research focuses on the areas of logistics outsourcing, supply chain risk management, and supply chain collaboration. Mike’s work has been accepted for publication in leading journals, including Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Supply Chain Management Review, Journal of Business Logistics and Journal of Supply Chain Management. Findings from his research have also been cited in World Trade Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.  He is co-author of two books:  Contemporary Logistics and Building High Performance Business Relationships. He is also the author on several chapters of Supply Chain Management: Processes, Partnerships, Performance.  

  At The Ohio State University, Mike teaches a variety of undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level courses. He is a frequent speaker at academic conferences, executive education seminars, and professional meetings.  He has received recognition for excellence in teaching at the University of Maryland and The Ohio State University.

• Open/Close Cancellation/ Transfer Policy

  All cancellations and transfers must be received in writing. Submit your request via email to Jennie McAndrew at mcandrew.28@osu.edu with the name of the program, followed by “cancellation” or “transfer” in the subject line.

  • Cancellations must be made at least thirty (30) days prior to the first day of the program in order to be eligible for a full refund.
  • Cancellations must be made at least fourteen (14) days prior to the first day of the program in order to be eligible for a 50% refund.
  • Any cancellations made less than fourteen (14) days prior to the first day of the program will forfeit the registration fee.
  • If you for any reason are unable to attend the program, please consider sending someone in your place. Participants can transfer their registration to someone else within their organization at no charge up to 24 hours before the first day of the program.