As we discover every year with our Logistics Management Salary Survey, education pays.
Further evidence of this has just emerged in a new report.
Forty institutions participated in the third edition of the Gartner report on U.S. university undergraduate supply chain programs.
Intended to support chief supply chain officers (CSCOs), heads of supply chain strategy and supply chain HR partners in building a strong portfolio of university recruiting and internship partners, Gartner’s supply chain university research is back for its third iteration.
U.S. undergraduate supply chain programs have made impressive progress since we formally began this research in 2008, efforts which have helped grow and improve the supply of supply chain talent.
There are four impressive areas of growth, three of which should be welcome news to industry:
The fourth area of growth, while perhaps not so welcome for the hiring companies, is great news for supply chain professionals as a community: salaries are up roughly 10% over 2011.
Top students from top programs can command a 50% premium over the average and, in many programs, new supply chain graduates handily outearn finance and accounting majors.
Forty institutions participated in the third edition of our report on U.S. university undergraduate supply chain programs. Here we identify program strengths and gaps as well as overall progress made in the past three years.
Supply Chain Talent Attribute Model
With the Talent Attribute Model as the capabilities framework for the ideal supply chain, we test university curricula for the completeness of their offerings against the 12 stations. Effectively, we are testing for curriculum alignment with the functional integration of a modern supply chain. It continues to be relevant, as our latest surveys continue to show the expansion of the supply chain organization (see “Survey Analysis: Chief Supply Chain Officers Conquer Organizational and Capability Challenges to Grow”) as well as a desire by industry for recruits who can grasp bigpicture, integrated supply chain concepts.
Among Key Findings
Gartner’s Recommendations to Employers Include:
Related: Supply Chain Talent Is a Growing Gap for Leaders and the Impact Is Enormous