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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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Guide to Supply Chain Planning
Effective supply chain planning offers invaluable competitive advantage.
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Managing Transportation and Logistics in Supply Chains
Maintaining well-organized logistics and supply chain management is essential to keeping a competitive advantage.
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UT Haslam Expands Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain; Currently Recruiting Ambitious Supply Chain Professionals for January 2020 Intake
UT Haslam’s Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain, a top-ranked, nationally-recognized and highly focused program, is currently accepting applications for Spring of 2020 enrollment.
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Guide to Supply Chain Optimization
An introduction and a guide to supply chain optimization discusses the process of getting a product from Point A to Point B before it eventually ends up in the hands of the end-customer.
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UT Haslam Currently Recruiting Supply Chain Professionals for January 2020 EMBA
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business is currently accepting applications for spring 2020 enrollment in its top-ranked Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain.
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Study Projects High Performance Organization Best Practices for 2025
What will it take for businesses to perform at a high level in the supply chain and hold a competitive advantage over their rivals in the next decade?
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New UT Study Highlights Obstacles, Possibilities for Women in Supply Chain
Women make up 40 percent of the workforce in supply chain organizations, yet only 15 percent of these firms have female representation at the executive levels, recent research shows.
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Sustainability in Supply Chain: How to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Reducing carbon emissions needs to be a global priority. Supply chain managers can help.
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The Continuing Impact of 21st Century Supply Chain Technologies
Supply chain managers have a critical role to play in ensuring the success of data implementation.
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Guide to Becoming a Chief Logistics Officer
Learn more about the role of a chief logistics officer.