Topic:An Educational Perspective on Supply Chain Management and Entrepreneurship, and Green/Sustainable Supply Chain Research
Time:10:00-12:00 am, 3rdJuly
Location:A928
Lecturer:Dr. Amy Z. Zeng
Seminar Abstract: This seminar is comprised of two parts. The first part explores a new direction of pedagogical innovation in response to current buzz on college entrepreneurship – how to integrate entrepreneurship into supply chain management and logistics curriculum to expand students’ entrepreneurial perspective. The two subjects are usually taught separately in business classrooms, and yet the knowledge and skillsets are inseparable and indispensable when it comes to planning and launching new business ventures. The first part of the seminar describes how to use course projects designed based on real start-ups in supply chain and logistics courses to expand students’ entrepreneurial mindset and points out the intersection of these two subjects so as to expand the respective curriculum. The second part of the seminar discusses green/sustainable supply chains – a hot topic at the forefront of today’s supply chain management, and shares some of my current research projects and findings in this area.
Speaker’s Short Bio:
Dr. Amy Z. Zeng
(azeng@wpi.edu)
| Dr. Amy Z. Zengis currently a Full Professor, Associate Dean and Director of Operations and Industrial Engineering Program at the Foisie School of Business of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. She holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Pennsylvania State University, an M.S. in Industrial Engineering from University of Washington, and a B.S. in Industrial Management Engineering from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Dr. Zeng has over twenty years of teaching experience in the U.S. and has taught supply chain management for a variety of audiences. Her research interests center on coordination mechanisms and decision-making under risk in both forward and reverse supply chain and on logistics process improvement in various industry sectors. Dr. Zeng has published over ninety articles in peer reviewed academic journals, books and conference proceedings, delivered nearly a hundred speeches at a wide range of occasions, and led numerous research and teaching innovation projects. Additionally, Dr. Zeng has consulted companies with respect to global supply chain and logistics management, lean principles implementation, quality management, inventory and materials management, and process analysis and capacity planning.
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School of Economics & Management
2015-06-18
