Abstract

This paper investigates the education supply chain, the research supply chain, and educational management as major constituents in integrated educational supply chain management (SCM) for the universities. This empirical study depicts a holistic view, comprising inputs, the process, and outputs of the educational supply chain. Educational management represents the process component, which may be accomplished in three levels, including strategic, planning and operating levels. The exploratory research provides educational management a new dimension to understand how supply chain management contributes to successful university operations. This conceptual framework provides two main contributions including human resource contribution and research contribution to the end customer, i.e. the society.