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Supply Chain Talent Building

October 18th, 2007 at 05:46am David Bush - Iasta

I was pointed to a very important press release over a month ago. Unfortunately, due to my inability to keep up with my normal daily duties and the breaking news and flurry of posts that came from within the eSourcing industry, I am only now getting to this.

There are a growing number of universities that are building up very strong supply chain departments which would be much like Michigan State, Arizona State, Penn State and others. It is encouraging to see a well respected company, like Flour, to invest so heavily in Clemson to build up the available pool of candidates to choose from. Clemson clearly benefits and would gladly take the investment and Fluor has major operations in SC that this helps keep expertise locally available with specializations of supply chain and construction/engineering.

This was basically the same sentiment of the Clemson top brass.

In accepting the gift, Clemson University President James F. Barker said, “This partnership is a prime example of business, industry, government and academia coming together for the betterment of the broader community. Our partnership with Fluor Corporation and the state match for the endowment reinforce and strengthen our established supply chain programs at Clemson. The quality of research to come will increase significantly and include models for business and industry everywhere.”

Fluor is definitely a company that “gets it” and this is a prime example of thinking big picture and long term. This amount of money is nothing to a company this size and the returns will last for decades and grow. Hat tip to Mike O, thanks!

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2 Comments Add your own

1. Alex | October 19th, 2007 at 9:37 am

I thought you’d like to know that thedailyinvestment.net/ is stealing your content and posting it without crediting you. He’s doing the same to me and to many others. I reported him to adsense abuse. The more of us who do that might make him stop getting paid for what we write.

google.com/adsense_dmca.html lists the steps to follow to file a complaint.
2. David Bush - Iasta | October 19th, 2007 at 12:03 pm

Alex, thanks for the heads up. There is no question about it, that site is stealing content and repurposing for Google ad fraud. I will submit a formal complaint as well and appreciate the heads up.

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