With over 30 years of experience in the areas of transportation logistics, warehouse operations and last mile delivery, Norman W. Staples is a supply chain veteran. He is also a lifelong learner. Having earned two bachelor\u2019s degrees in Business and in Management, Staples understands the challenges to continues one\u2019s education while working full time and raising a family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s these challenges that \u201cspun me into taking on one last feat \u2013 to gain a Master Certificate in Supply Chain Management and Operations from MSU<\/a>,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAs an adult learner, and one of diverse background, you are constantly challenged to dig-deep into thought,\u201d explains Staples. \u201cI am proud to say that this program has opened my thought selections in tackling current and future projects.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a Transportation Manager at McLane Company, Inc., a supply chain services provider in the grocery and foodservice industry, Staples says, \u201cI\u2019ve already felt the differences in how the master certificate has supported my post-education [career].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy peers as well as upper management recognize this accomplishment and have come to me for specific ideas on what I\u2019ve learned,\u201d he explains. \u201cThere\u2019s a feeling within me that \u2018I\u2019ve arrived\u2019 in offering-up my education along with my years of experiences\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n New ideas Staples has gained and is applying include planning and forecasting<\/a> supply chain scenarios, his favorite takeaway from the certificate program. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can put together scatterplots, look for linear regression solutions now, understand short run and long run concepts\u2014to name a few,\u201d he says. \u201cIt makes it fun to solve a problem with such knowledge given to me from Professor Talluri<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The opportunity to learn from the leading faculty of the top-ranked supply chain program<\/a> was a deciding factor for Staples in choosing MSU\u2019s online Master Certificate in Supply Chain Management and Operations. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMSU has a great supply chain school within the Broad College of Business<\/a>, and it ranks high in best-in-class for colleges that offer Logistics and SCM curriculums<\/a>,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe Fun in Solving Problems and Finding Solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n