Anyone majored/working in Operations/Supply Chain Management?

DarkKnight666
Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:10:49 +0000

I’m in bit of bind here: I’m considering majoring in Operations and Supply Chain Management but before I commit, I need to know if it lives up to the reputation it’s getting.

Many sources (my school faculty,WSJ, and other news media) call this field the “next big thing,” as companies increase the complexity of their supply chain and internal operations, demanding more employees to manage all that. And beyond that, it’s not just about supply chain management; this field also covers any regarding a company’s internal operations, including logistics, IT, or project management. While that sounds nice, there’s a few things I want answers for


So far, I’ve met almost no one who majored in this field (not counting a few students in my school). Is it because it’s just not as sexy as Corporate Finance or Investment Banking, or is it really a terrible job that nobody wants?
All of my school’s alumni working in this field come from engineering backgrounds. So if demand for jobs in this field really start to grow, would employers want engineers or people who actually majored in Operations/SCM?


This is a relatively new field, and I generally don’t trust new fields of study because they generally haven’t had time to develop so there’d be absolutely no useful applications yet. But computer science is also new and ever since the digital age really started, the demand for people with computer backgrounds has skyrocketed, and it’s still the #1 most in-demand major today. I wonder if Operations/SCM would also experience something similar to that.

For the record, I do like studying Operations/SCM. I tried studying engineering at first and epically failed that, but I still had an almost engineering type of mindset. This field is foten perceived as the “engineering approach to business,” which is why I like it and am able to do well in this class far better than most of my peers.