{"id":4853,"date":"2006-09-01T16:14:38","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T20:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=4853"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:04:14","slug":"new-director-outlines-clear-vision-and-agenda-for-the-ryder-center-for-supply-chain-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2006\/09\/new-director-outlines-clear-vision-and-agenda-for-the-ryder-center-for-supply-chain-management\/","title":{"rendered":"New director outlines clear vision and agenda for the Ryder Center for Supply Chain Management."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #002d61;\"><strong><\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" width=\"135\" align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"#f4f4f4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/FacultyStaff\/lassarw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"156\" \/><br \/>\n<span>Walfried Lassar <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Supply chain management can affect every aspect of today\u2019s business environment\u2014from marketing, finance, and distribution to global logistics and international business. What\u2019s more, an increasing number of companies rely on supply chain management for competitive advantage. The magnifier effect makes a dramatic statement: a $1 reduction in cost from supply chain efficiencies is equivalent to a $12 increase in sales revenues.<\/p>\n<p>This broad, yet integrated, view of supply chain management is key to the strategy being set for the Ryder Center for Supply Management by <strong>Walfried Lassar<\/strong>, associate professor in the college\u2019s Department of Marketing and recently appointed Ryder Professor and Director of the Ryder Center for Supply Chain Management.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want the center to become a leading source for the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the science and practice of supply chain management,\u201d Lassar said. \u201cTo deliver on that goal, we are taking a multidisciplinary approach that views supply chain management as the dynamic integration of enterprises, their suppliers, and customers to determine, create, fulfill, and communicate value in today\u2019s global environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Center\u2019s  mission focuses on today\u2014and tomorrow.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Under  Lassar\u2019s direction, the Ryder   Center for Supply Chain  Management will work on programs designed to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>educate students to become future leaders in  supply chain management,<\/li>\n<li>develop research to contribute to the theory and  practice of supply chain management, and<\/li>\n<li>provide a forum to help the college\u2019s business  partners be on the leading edge of best practices in supply chain management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cIn the near-term, our emphasis is on research, and working papers will be published on our web site,\u201d Lassar said. \u201cIn addition, we plan to host a series of speakers on relevant supply chain management topics. The lectures will be open to students, faculty, and alumni.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the fact that the center is developing an Advanced Certificate of Supply Chain Management, which should be available to both business students and professionals starting in the fall of 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead over the next five years, Lassar outlined long-term plans that include \u201cestablishing professional and executive education programs in supply chain management and forming a student interest group to support outreach into the business community and to offer internship opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said he hopes to work closely with companies in South Florida to create programs that serve both the students and the business community.<\/p>\n<p>Lassar  is excited about the future of the center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe envision the Ryder Center for Supply Chain Management as a place to bring our faculty and students together with distinguished faculty from other universities and executives from leading corporations to identify, document, research, develop, and disseminate best practices in supply chain management,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lassar  brings the right combination of academic and business experience to this  leadership role.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lassar joined the Department of Marketing in 1998, bringing with him experience built both inside and outside the college classroom. His areas of expertise include marketing strategy in channels of distribution, new product management, and services marketing. His research has been published in many leading journals, including the <em>Journal of Marketing<\/em>, the <em>Strategic  Management Journal<\/em>, the <em>Journal of  Business and Psychology<\/em>, the <em>Journal  of Retailing<\/em>, and the <em>Journal of  Business Research<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLassar\u2019s appointment earlier this year as director of the Ryder Center for Supply Chain Management recognizes his distinguished record of research, service, and teaching in the fields of supply chain management and distribution,\u201d said <strong>Joyce J. Elam<\/strong>, executive dean of the  college.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the college, Lassar taught and conducted research at the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire, and the University of Miami. In addition, he has served as a consultant for the United Research Company and held marketing management positions at Howell Computer Company and Procter and Gamble, GmbH, in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Lassar holds a PhD in business and an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from the University of Southern California. He also earned a Diploma-Ingenieur in industrial engineering and business from Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>To  learn more about the Ryder   Center for Supply Chain  Management, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/centers\/ryder.cfm\">http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/centers\/ryder.cfm<\/a>.  For more information about upcoming programs, contact Lassar at 305-348-3898 or <a href=\"mailto:Walfried.Lassar@fiu.edu?subject=Rydr%20Center%20for%20Supply%20Chain%20Management\">Walfried.Lassar@fiu.edu.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walfried Lassar Supply chain management can affect every aspect of today\u2019s business environment\u2014from marketing, finance, and distribution to global logistics and international business. What\u2019s more, an increasing number of companies rely on supply chain management for competitive advantage. 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