Topic: Universities & Colleges

Five critical challenges facing supply chain planning talent and leadership development

Thursday, June 27, 2024 · Dan Pellathy Whether companies seek to manage complex cross-functional processes better, increase digitalization and automation, or build greater agility, planning is central to their strategic initiatives, including talent development.

Profit-driven network redesign through value-creation services

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 · Morgan DeHaan and Yujia Ke When modeling a network redesign, a model that shifts the focus onto revenue generation over cost reduction opens new opportunities in decision-making

Procter & Gamble’s Amy Rardin announced as NexGen Supply Chain keynote speaker

Tuesday, June 25, 2024 · Brian Straight Amy Rardin has proven successful at finding innovative solutions that lead to supply chain wins at Procter & Gamble. She will share some of that knowledge with the NextGen Supply Chain Conference audience in her keynote address.

NextGen Supply Chain Conference announces Johnson & Johnson’s Luis Roman as keynote speaker

Friday, June 21, 2024 · SCMR Staff Johnson & Johnson’s Luis Roman will incorporate his supply chain expertise in his keynote address at the upcoming NextGen Supply Chain conference.

Developing a dynamic S&OP process for third-party logistics

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 · Richard A. Elmquist and Luis Dávila The preservation of food characteristics and quality within a temperature-controlled environment presents a complex challenge in the food supply chain. Developing a dynamic S&OP process is one way to address this.

Procurement control tower: Proof of concept through machine learning and natural language processing

Wednesday, June 12, 2024 · Bishwajit Kumar and Pablo Barros Gomez Implementing a procurement control tower provides advanced insights to the sponsor company, bringing end-to-end visibility, enhanced exception management, improved decision-making, improved risk management, cost savings, and more, an MIT CTL capstone research project found.

Building corridors to a greener future

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 · Elizabeth Bruttomesso and Shruti Pant An analysis of electric trucks, barges and rail showed varying degrees of benefits when attempting to move cargo from a port to a warehouse in this MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics SCM Capstone project.

MIT CTL offering humanitarian logistics course

Monday, April 29, 2024 · Brian Straight MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics is offering a 9-week course on humanitarian logistics.

AI, virtual reality is bringing experiential learning into the modern age

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 · Brian Straight While hybrid and online learning is changing education, technology is also helping experiential learning maintain a strong footing in educating the workforce.

Predicting stockouts: Enhancing FMCG resilience through data-driven insights

Wednesday, April 3, 2024 · Madeleine Lee and Kamran Iqbal Siddiqui Cutting-edge data analysis and predictive modeling techniques are revolutionizing the FMCG industry, helping companies prevent stockouts, improve case fill rates (CFRs), and boost resilience in a volatile market.

Project-Based Learning Moves the Classroom Into the Real World

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 · Brian Straight Project-based learning is taking off at the university level, giving supply chain graduate students real-world experience to pair with theory-based instruction.

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The changing face of supply chain executive education

Monday, July 3, 2023 · Bridget McCrea How the global pandemic, labor shortage and rapid advances in technology are changing the development of and participation in supply chain executive education.

DOT launches national University Transportation Centers Program

Monday, February 27, 2023 · SCMR Staff The intent is to improve the mobility of people and goods across the country.

Gartner Gives First-Place Supply Chain Management Ranking to University of Arkansas

Monday, June 29, 2020 · Patrick Burnson The supply chain management undergraduate program in the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas has been ranked No. 1 in North America by the leading global research firm Gartner.

The University of Washington’s Master of Supply Chain Scholarship Announced

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 · SCMR Staff The University of Washington's top-ranked Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics degree program has announced that it will award several scholarships to students (up to $20,000) beginning in Autumn Quarter 2020.