Tan Miller
Director of the Global Supply Chain Management Program
Rider University, College of Business Administration

In the fall of 2008, I was honored to become a member of the Rider community as a full-time faculty member and as the Director of the Global Supply Chain Management Program.  I joined the university after working over 20 years in numerous supply chain and logistics positions in private industry and consulting.  Most recently I was the head of Johnson and Johnson’s US consumer distribution organization, and previously had led the US Consumer Healthcare Logistics organization of Pfizer Inc.

Rider began offering an undergraduate degree in Global Supply Chain Management in the fall 2009 semester, and our first majors graduated in May, 2011 – all with positions in the field of supply chain management.  The launching of the Global Supply Chain major culminated several years of very strong efforts by a number of Rider administrators and faculty. I have had the privilege of working with these colleagues since September of 2008, and in this short time have been extraordinarily impressed with both the understanding and the support that the Rider community has demonstrated for our program.

The supply chain program represents an inter-disciplinary effort that is jointly offered by the Department of Computer Information Systems and Supply Chain, the Department of Marketing, and the International Business program, with additional support from faculty with expertise in Management Science.  Since its inception, the Global Supply Chain Management Program has regularly sponsored activities such as bringing in outside speakers from private industry, holding symposiums for supply chain practitioners, and in general, enhancing the numerous relationships between the Rider community and supply chain professionals in both private industry and the non-profit sector. The objective of these efforts is to offer students a high quality major that will prepare them for future challenges and success as professionals in the fast growing field of supply chain management.

I am very excited about the progress of the Global Supply Chain Management Program, and look forward to working with colleagues in both the Rider and local supply chain communities to enhance this important new major. Please feel free to contact me at any time, as questions and suggestions are always both welcome and appreciated.

Sincerely,

Tan Miller
Director of the Global Supply Chain Management Program