Associate Professor  Md.Mamun  Habib
BRAC Business School (BBS), BRAC University, Bangladesh and University of Texas - Arlington (UTA), USA,  Bangladesh

Title: Tertiary Educational Supply Chain Management

Abstract:

This keynote paper would demonstrate Educational Supply Chain Management, as the application of SCM in the service industry, which would unlock other applications of SCM in different arenas. Integrated Tertiary Educational Supply Chain Management (ITESCM) model constructs were identified and confirmed by 493 respondents, representing experts and administrators, faculty, staffs of the university, employers, graduates, etc. The resulting model was subsequently evaluated for accuracy and validity by multiple linear regressions (MLR) analysis and the structural equation modeling (SEM) technique. The research model provides a novel approach for decision-makers of each supply chain components to review and appraise their performance toward fulfillment of ultimate goals i.e. producing high-caliber graduates and high-impact research outcomes, which represent two main contributions, for the betterment of the end customer, i.e., the society.

Biography:

Dr. Md. Mamun Habib is an Associate Professor at BRAC Business School (BBS), BRAC University, Bangladesh. In addition, Dr. Habib is the Visiting Scientist of University of Texas – Arlington, USA. Prior to that, he was Associate Professor at Asia Graduate School of Business (AGSB) at UNITAR International University, Malaysia and the Dept. of Operations Research/Decision Sciences, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM), Malaysia. Earlier, he was also working as Associate Professor at the Dept. of Operations Management, American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB). He is the Editor-in-Chief in International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM), London, UK (SCOPUS Indexed). He accomplished his Ph.D. and M.S. with outstanding performance in Computer & Engineering Management (CEM) under the Graduate School of Business (GSB) from Assumption University, Thailand. His Ph.D. research was in the field of Supply Chain Management.