Sources: Yar Ebadi, 785-532-7227, yebadi@k-state.edu;
and Chwen Sheu, 785-532-4363, csheu@k-state.edu
Pronouncer: Chwen is shwin; Sheu rhymes with "shoe"
News release prepared by: Katie E. Schurman, 785-532-2753, schurman@k-state.edu
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN EXPERTS TO GATHER AT K-STATE
MANHATTAN -- The challenge of moving goods from manufacturers to customers all over the world is drawing supply chain experts to Kansas State University for a conference this week.
The Global Manufacturing Research Group will convene on campus for its annual meeting July 12-14. Twenty-five members from 10 countries plan to attend.
Chwen Sheu, a professor of management who holds the Paul B. Edgerley Chair in K-State's College of Business Administration, is also president-elect of the research group. He is coordinating the conference.
By exchanging results and ideas with academics and manufacturers, the group hopes to strengthen links between research and practice. In the last 17 years, the organization has published three books and more than 200 academic articles.
This summer's conference focuses on the organization's commitment to supply chain management research, in particular its ongoing worldwide survey.
Attendees will form groups that concentrate on such subjects as outsourcing, purchasing and forecasting. Participants will leave with preliminary results from the survey, outlines for manuscripts and a better acquaintance with their colleagues.
"The K-State College of Business Administration is in a strong position in Kansas and surrounding states to be a major contributor to the academic study and business practice in supply chain management, with a particular focus on East Asia," said Yar Ebadi, dean of the college. "And recent curriculum changes have integrated the study of supply chain management across management and marketing."
Other K-Staters planning to attend the conference include Ike Ehie, associate dean of the College of Business Administration and a faculty fellow; Anil Gurung, visiting assistant professor of management; and George Cai, assistant professor of management.