GlobalAutoIndustry.com teams up with Wayne State and AIAG to offer auto industry certificate program in purchasing and supply chain management
GlobalAutoIndustry.com announced it is teaming up with Wayne State University's Mike Ilitch School of Business and AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) to offer a certificate program to automotive industry professionals worldwide. The partners will offer their fourth annual Automotive Industry Certificate in Purchasing and Supply Chain Management beginning on Feb. 16, 2017, at AIAG headquarters in Southfield, Mich. Students can attend the program in Southfield or via the Internet. According to John Taylor, director of supply chain programs in the Mike Ilitch School of Business, the program is geared toward employees at original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), third-party logistics (3PL) companies, trucking companies and suppliers in the global automotive/vehicle industry. Past attendee companies have included GM, Ford, FCA, Lear, Ryder, among other industry leaders. "This program is targeted at staff that are new to supply chain, who are looking to broaden their purchasing and logistics related skills, and who may or may not have had formal auto related SCM (supply chain management) training in school," said Taylor, who is one of the creators of the partnership with AIAG. "It covers many of the big issues they face in their current jobs and that they will face as they continue to advance in their careers."
