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The Importance of Inventory Management for Supply Chain Organizations
Inventory management is an important part of managing a supply chain. Find out how an MS SCM degree can help you make an impact on your company's bottom line.
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.
A Guide to Demand Forecasting in Supply Chain Management
One of the greatest challenges in supply chain management is demand forecasting. This guide covers the essentials for supply chain professionals and academics.
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.
In Memoriam: Mary Holcomb
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.
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.
Purchasing’s Hidden Dilemma: Conflicted Role in New Product Development Costing
Organizations that want to remain competitive make controlling costs and growing profit margins top priorities.
Holiday Season Shipping Issues: Your Questions Answered
With the novel coronavirus still wreaking havoc on the economy, holiday shoppers are naturally anxious about gifts they have ordered arriving on time.
Why Logistics is an Essential Part of Supply Chain Management
Advanced logistics, lean management, and optimization produce the most efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable supply chains.
UT Named Innovation and Economic Prosperity University
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has earned national recognition as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) University. This designation acknowledges the exceptional ways UT cultivates community engagement, economic growth and workforce development across the state of Tennessee and beyond.