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In Memoriam: Mary Holcomb

UT Haslam News

18 February 2021

Mary Holcomb, professor at the Haslam College of Business for more than 28 years, passed away on Friday, February 12, 2021. Mary was a true Vol for life.

Mary Holcomb
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Supply Chain Management 101

MS SCM - Online Students

March 24, 2021

How COVID-19 Highlighted Distribution Resource Planning in 2020

Distribution resource planning is key to creating the type of resilient supply chain we need after COVID-19.

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Supply Chain Management 101

March 19, 2021

A Guide to Forecasting Demand in a Stretched Supply Chain

No matter what chaotic elements are introduced — from COVID-19 to geopolitics — demand forecasting is an essential element of supply chain management.

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UT Haslam News

March 12, 2021

COVID-19 Drives Shareholders to Value More Resilient Supply Chain Design

For almost 20 years, supply chains’ value to the organization centered on efficiency and cost minimization, creating complexity and—as COVID-19 has demonstrated in the extreme—leaving enterprises vulnerable to disruption.

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UT Haslam News

February 5, 2021

A Logistics Logjam Is Coming – Are We Ready?

Two irresistible forces soon will crash together in the Western world: the e-commerce boom and the accelerating population shift to urban areas. When these two trends collide, they’ll create a challenge that United States and European logistics systems currently can’t handle.