<p>Im trying to figure out which one I'd like to do. I don't like programming or chem, but both are required for IE. I love math though!!!</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You have answered your question already. If you do not like programming or chem, but both are required for IE, then you should choosse Supply Chain Management. Michigan State, Arizona State, and Penn State have some of the top programs in Supply Chain Management in the nation.</p>
<p>I was considering OU’s Michael F. Price business school.</p>
<p>Their site says a lot of high quality comments.</p>
<p>OU is good as well. The key to a good major is the number and types of companies that recruit there. The business world know where the good candidates are. The term often use is “target school”. Find out from OU’s Career Office who recruit there for SCM major and you will have a good idea.</p>
<p>is there any money in scm?</p>
<p>There’s a lot of career paths one can take in SCM and there is definitely money to made. Entry-level is the same as the other business concentrations. After some years experience a few possible paths are operations management, logistics/transportation manager, process consultant, and then on to VP/Director of supply chain or owning your own consulting business, which is where the big money comes in.</p>
<p>Supply Chain Management is the highest-paid (out of college) major in the business school at Arizona State. Except for a few engineering majors, it is the highest-paid major at the entire university. </p>
<p>I considered changing my major to IE from Supply Chain (what I am now), and he said in 5-10 years, it will be the same major because they are so interlinked. Both majors have great career potential. I love math, but hate programming, and Supply Chain gives me the perfect amount of logic/analytics, with a touch of people and process thrown in. </p>
<p>Choose a school that will get you the best career opportunities! I can’t stress this enough. Look at their career fairs, their hiring statistics, etc.</p>
<p>christalena, have you and your senior classmates been successful in landing full time jobs with the SCM degree this year?</p>
<p>I’m a senior at Ohio State majoring Logistics and Operations, which are our equivalents to SCM and I completely agree with christalena2 that you need to go to a target school if you’re planning on going into SCM. From what I’ve seen at my interviews and internships, the main target schools were OSU, MSU, ASU, and PSU. Other schools would be UConn, University of Tennessee, and University of Texas. There were kids with degrees in IE at my interviews, but I think a lot of IE students are more geared towards manufacturing. So if you want to do anything in manufacturing or in a manufacturing type environment, you should probably go into IE. I think that companies that tend to be more volume focused (like consumer packaged goods) will hire more SCMs vs companies that are more focused on engineering (like precision equipment) who will lean more towards IEs.</p>
<p>Christian2, In case you were wondering, my job search went well as did most of my classmates who had previous internship experience, but my classmates who interned at smaller companies or had less-relevant (or even none) work experience are still looking. Pretty much every company is looking for people with relevant past experience, good grades, and leadership on campus, so when you’re looking at colleges make sure that you’re going to pick one where you’re going to be able to get those kinds of experiences. Also, I wouldn’t say that SCM pays more than other business majors, but my offers have been in the same range as my friends majoring in accounting and finance.</p>
<p>Feel free to PM me, if you have any more specific questions.</p>
<p>Sorry for the late reply, but I have had the same experiences as Thanol. Students who do well in classes, have internship experience, and volunteer for leadership roles have done very well in the job search at ASU. All of us seem to have the problem of choosing the right opportunity from all our offers, rather than finding one in the first place (which is a good problem to have in this environment). It is very possible if you try hard and are passionate about what you choose to do.</p>
<p>Maybe a late reply, but maybe it will help someone.</p>
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<p>The degrees will not necessarily merge, but you are seeing top IE schools add SCM tracks to their degree. The schools take a highly quantitative and mathematical approach to solving supply chain and logistics problems then add in some case studies and business courses to round out the education.</p>
<p>Graduating with an SCM degree will put you at a severe mathematical disadvantage to someone that graduates with an IE degree. In business undergraduate programs, professors will teach you the application of a technique (for example, linear algebra using Excel) but will not go into the complex formulation that allow you to understand the limitations of the methodology. </p>
<p>The biggest concern for an SCM major, though, is how to compete with the IE+MBA combination that is becoming very popular these days. That’s the degree combination that I see rising to the top in supply chain organizations and consultancies these days.</p>
<p>What do you guys think of University of Arkansas for Supply Chain Management? Also, it is ranked 15th by US News and got Walmart and their suppliers in their backyard?</p>