WHAT: Supply Chain Management Case Competition

at Rutgers Business School

WHO: Rutgers Business Schools Center for Supply Chain Management will host a case competition for schools with distinguished programs in the rapidly growing field of supply chain management. Student teams from:

Lehigh University

P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science

New Jersey Institute of Technology, College of Engineering

New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business

Penn State University, Smeal College of Business

Rutgers University, School of Engineering, and

Rutgers Business School

will compete before a panel of faculty and industry executives from companies such as AmerisourceBergen, AstraZeneca, Becton Dickinson, Johnson & Johnson,Park B. Smith Ltd., and PSEG.

WHEN : Friday, October 27, 2006, 1 5 pm

WHERE: Janice H. Levin Building, Rutgers-Livingston campus, Piscataway, NJ.

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BACKGROUND: Student teams will be judged on several key areas, including analysis of critical business issues,

originality of solutions, articulation of ideas, and presentation style. The winning team will receive a trophy and $1000. According to Dr. Lei Lei, associate professor at Rutgers Business School and director of the Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management, The competition is an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their business skills before a panel of senior industry executives. And the business executives also enjoy the chance to see top students in action.

FURTHER INFO : Rutgers Center for Supply Chain Management at cscm@rbs.rutgers.edu, or (973) 353-1169.