Careers in Supply Chain Management
How a UT Education Unlocked Opportunities for Redwood Logistics SVP Christopher Vettel
Christopher Vettel (’11), SVP of customer success for Redwood Logistics, discusses how studying supply chain at the Haslam College of Business has contributed to his success as well as shares his career advice for current and future students
Young Haslam Alum’s Career Is Already at an ‘APEX’
Stephanie Yeap’s (HCB, ’16, MSBA, ’18) busy academic career at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business included an internship at Eastman, a global specialty materials company. Her performance led the company to offer her a full-time supply chain analytics project manager position in 2019. She has since been promoted to analytics translator and senior data scientist.
High School Students Thrive at Inaugural SCM Summer Camp
Over six days from July 9–14 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, more than a dozen high school juniors and seniors from Tennessee and other states learned about leadership, how to prepare for college, and the benefits of majoring in supply chain management.
Taking Leap Paid Off for MS SCM Online Grad Russell McLendon
This story is the third in a new series, Mapping Success, which shares how the Global Supply Chain Institute and UT’s supply chain management education programs impact the lives and careers of students and professionals in the industry. Read the first about how the MS SCM Online helped Ron Wallace transition from public education to procurement and how EMBA-GSC accelerated Smita Davis’s move into senior leadership.
SCM Summer Camp to Help Create Pathways to Success for High School Students
This summer, more than a dozen high school students from Tennessee and three other states will participate in the first-ever Supply Chain Management (SCM) Summer Camp, which runs from July 9–14 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The six-day camp is organized in partnership with the Haslam College of Businesses’ Office of Community and Diversity Relations and aims to introduce rising high school juniors and seniors from underrepresented communities to the dynamic world of supply chain management.
Accelerating into Senior Leadership: How the EMBA-GSC Benefitted Smita Davis
This story is the second in a new series, Mapping Success, which shares how the Global Supply Chain Institute and UT’s supply chain management education programs impact the lives and careers of students and professionals in the industry.
From Public Education to Procurement: MS SCM Online Key to Ron Wallace’s Successful Career Transition
This story is the first in a new series, Mapping Success, which shares how the Global Supply Chain Institute and UT’s supply chain management education programs impact the lives and careers of students and professionals in the industry.
Q&A with Two Top Leaders in Supply Chain Industry
Barbara Melvin, president and CEO of South Carolina Ports, and Annette Danek-Akey, Penguin Random House’s chief supply chain officer, share their thoughts on their supply chain operations.
Father-Son Duo Take on UT’s Master’s in Supply Chain Management Online Together
Like so many parents with children in college, John Knox was fascinated to hear about his son’s studies in an unfamiliar field: supply chain management. “He would talk to me about what was going on in his classes and how motivated and excited he was to get into supply chain,” John says. “He talked a […]
The Role of Integrated Business Planning in Growth Companies
Integrated business planning (IBP) is a process that can deliver efficiency and cost savings to all aspects of a supply chain. While implementing an IBP process may involve structural changes in how business and operations planning is done within an organization, the resulting improvements in supply chain operations are worth the effort.