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Empowering Future Leaders

A collaboration of AIAG and the Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business, this unique program helps developing professionals gain critical skills and knowledge in purchasing and supply chain management. Global Supply Chain Management programs at WSU’s school of business are consistently ranked in the top 25 in the nation by Gartner, a respected technology-industry research and advisory firm. The AIAG-WSU partnership brings leading academics together with proven industry experts to provide course participants a thoroughly advanced understanding of supply chain strategy and practice. 

Program Focus

• Forward-looking supply chain strategies with a focus on practical applications beyond theory
• Emerging technologies and tools to monitor supply chain health
• Trends, disruptors, and business implications
• Agile new product development
• Strategic purchasing
• Supply chain sustainability
• Essential leadership, people management, supply chain, sustainability, and continuous improvement knowledge and skills
• Networking opportunities to support next-level success

Participant Profile and Expectations

This program is designed for developing high-performing middle senior managers who have eight to 12 years of purchasing and supply chain experience and a transformational leadership disposition. Attendees are nominated by their companies to take part in the program and also work closely with senior leaders at their companies who provide mentoring and accountability.

Hands-on Experience

Distinguished from similar courses by its participatory nature, this three-day development program is far more than just another lecture-based seminar. Attendees learn with, and from, 20 to 25 peer participants, as world-class program facilitators lead engaging sessions on the practical applications of cutting-edge supply chain strategies and tools.

Following the program’s conclusion, attendees are tasked with leading a supply chain transformation project of their company’s choosing, where new knowledge and skills can be applied, and business gains tracked. This project should directly relate to the program’s curriculum and focus on an area not previously addressed by the attendee or company.

Four months after completing the program, participants reconvene for a second, two-day session to report on their transformation project outcomes, including the estimated financial impact on their companies and lessons learned throughout the process.

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