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Essential reading from leading researchers and scholars on the latest trends and topics relevant to global supply chain management.
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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.
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Graduate Programs See Increase in Enrollment, Student Interaction
The Graduate School at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, hasn’t let the pandemic stop it from having record enrollment and increased interaction with students.
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Pandemic Drives Supply Chains to More Agile Future
University of Tennessee Research Finds Key Trends Shaping Transportation
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The Importance of Supply Chain Jobs during and after COVID-19
COVID-19 has highlighted the often underrated importance of supply chains.
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Izabela Vandeest Interview Part 2: Bringing Students an Executive MBA Experience with White Glove Service
This is the second half of a two-part interview with Izabela Vandeest, Program Manager for the Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business.
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Izabela Vandeest Interview Part 1: CPA and Twice UT Alumna Finds Passion Offering White Glove Service for a World-class Educational Experience at Haslam College of Business Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain
Izabela Vandeest is proud to be the Program Manager for the Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business.
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UT Graduate Uses Logistics to Help Football Teams Manage Equipment Better
Apply business science to sports and what do you get? In 2002, it was a research paper that found NFL coaches punt too often on fourth down.
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Haslam’s Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative Reports Positive Inaugural Year
Members of the Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative celebrated a rewarding first year in a recent Zoom meeting during which its initial year-end report was delivered.
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Haslam Professor First Recipient of Healthcare Supply Chain Performance Award
Randy V. Bradley, professor of information systems and supply chain management in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Dean S. Ammer Award for Healthcare Supply Chain Performance Excellence.
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Can Supply Chain Integrity Predict Sustainability?
Led by values-driven millennial consumers, the market is putting considerable pressure on companies to be ethically responsible, part of the increasing focus on companies’ environmental, social and financial performance.