Center For Supply Chain Excellence

Mission

The Center is dedicated to promoting regional education in supply chain business fields, especially logistics, transportation, and global trade. A collaborative relationship between business firms, the University, and College of Business faculty/staff will guide the center's growth, direction, and resources.

Specifically, the center's objectives are to:

• Provide continuing education programs and courses in supply chain related fields, especially Logistics, Transportation, and Global Trade.
• Serve as a regional logistics and SCM resource and information center
• Meet the demand for SCM professionals by increasing the number and quality of undergraduate students completing the Niagara University College of Business SCM program
• Our graduating logistics students have been hired into important local businesses such as Delphi, Kodak, Rich Products, and Praxair, and national firms such as J.B. Hunt, Target Distribution, C.H. Robinson. Numerous Internship Opportunities and work experiences at: Delphi, various custom brokers, Auto Distributors of Buffalo, LTL carriers, Ingram-Micro, Rich Products, Allied Frozen, Bluelinx, and others.
• Center Pays for travel and registration fees for students to attend local professional meetings.
• Arranges Speakers and Site Visits
• Annually funds an NU student to attend National CLM/CSCMP Conference (6 years)
• Beginning in 2004, annually supports a student team to attend the logistics challenge in Pittsburgh. Pa.
• Pays registration fees for students to attend our Annual Conference in the fall, typically 15 students are able to network with local SCM professionals.