Adam Cockrell

• DBA, Business Administration, DePaul University, 2018
• MSA, Accountancy, Aurora University, 2014
• MBA, Leadership, Technology & Operations Management, Aurora University, 2011
• BBA, Operations Management & International Business, University of Cincinnati, 2005

• Clinical Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 to present
• Negotiations Leader, Pursuits and Commercial Excellence, EY, 2019 to present

• Cockrell, A. (2019). How Networking Can Help You Find The Best Suppliers. Procurious.  link >
• Cockrell, A. (2017). Social Currency in Procurement: Do you know enough to be dangerous? Procurious.  link >

Purchasing and Supply Management, Strategic Sourcing, and Operations Management.

As organizations look for more efficient ways to grow and optimize their supplier network to meet demands, the strategic sourcing process must be streamlined through both online and offline networks. As a scholar and researcher, I am interested in understanding how social networking may be used to improve sourcing decisions and behavior through the mechanism of social currency when searching for strategic suppliers.

• Purchasing and Supply Mgmnt (BADM 324) Examines the analysis, planning, and forms of organization that are associated with the buying functions in business. Major focus on the principal issues involved in the procurement of raw materials, components, equipment, operating supplies, and services. Also treats the unique aspects of institutional and government purchasing. Case problems constitute a major vehicle of instruction.

• Strategic Sourcing (BADM 565) This course aims to provide students with an understanding of the impact that sourcing and supply management have on the success and profitability of firms in today's business environment. We will look at some of the factors that need to be considered when making sourcing and supplier management decisions (make or buy, in-sourcing, and outsourcing; quality; quantity and inventory; prices; costs; supplier selection; supplier evaluation; globalization), and discuss the influence that sourcing and supply management have on other functional activities, such as product design, inventory management, etc.