globalEDGE Business Beat with guest David Closs
Speaker: David Closs, Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University
Air Date: April 05, 2018
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with David Closs who is the John H. McConnell Chaired Professor in the Department of Supply Chain Management in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University.
Tomas Hult is Professor and Byington Endowed Chair in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Dr. Closs shares his view of why Michigan State University’s supply chain management brand is so amazingly strong worldwide, why MSU is ranked top in the world in undergraduate and graduate education in supply chain management, and what his focus is on today in the exciting space of supply chains to help companies drive the bottom-line. He also discusses MSU’s Axia Institute, formerly known as the Midland Research Institute for Value Chain Creation, and what it focuses on.
Speaker: David Closs, Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University
Air Date: September 15, 2016
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with David Closs who is Professor, McConnell Endowed Chair, and Chairperson of the Department of Supply Chain Management in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Closs together with David Hollister, Ray Tadgerson, and Tomas Hult recently released the book Second Shift: The Inside Story of the Keep GM Movement. This book – and the accompanying film documentary (Second Shift: From Crisis to Collaboration) – discusses a six-dimensional collaborative problem-solving approach called the Second Shift Model that can apply to any business or community, large or small, to maintain the communities global competitiveness. In this segment, Hult and Closs dialogue about the background of the Second Shift project, the most important component of the Second Shift Model, and the similarity between the book and the film documentary.
Speaker: David Closs, Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University
Air Date: September 15, 2016
Hosted by Tomas Hult, this segment of the globalEDGE Business Beat is an interview with David Closs who is Professor, McConnell Endowed Chair, and Chairperson of the Department of Supply Chain Management in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. Closs together with David Hollister, Ray Tadgerson, and Tomas Hult recently released the book Second Shift: The Inside Story of the Keep GM Movement. This book – and the accompanying film documentary (Second Shift: From Crisis to Collaboration) – discusses a six-dimensional collaborative problem-solving approach called the Second Shift Model that can apply to any business or community, large or small, to maintain the communities global competitiveness. In this segment, Hult and Closs dialogue about the learning experience other communities can take from Lansing’s experience with GM, the value to Lansing of having two of the newest GM plants in town, and the key takeaways for communities and multinational corporations.
Speaker: David Closs, Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University
Air Date: September 10, 2014
Tomas speaks with David Closs, John H. McConnell Chair in Business Administration and Supply Chain Management Professor at Michigan State University. They discuss trends seen in supply chain management over the past few years. They also discuss the increasing importance of reverse logistics as well as the circular supply chain.