UT Haslam News
Everything You Need to Know from the Spring 2025 Supply Chain Forum
From April 8–10, the Global Supply Chain Institute and the Department of Supply Chain Management welcomed hundreds of business professionals, industry leaders, and top students to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for learning, networking, and recruiting opportunities.
IANA Awards UT Funds to Support Supply Chain Management Students
The Intermodal Association of North America will allocate $90,000 in academic awards to Haslam’s Department of Supply Chain Management from 2025 to 2027.
UT and IAMPE Enter into Agreement to Benefit Supply Chain Management Education
The International Association of Maritime Port Executives will offer professional certifications to qualifying students in UT’s supply chain programs.
GSCI’s Tom Goldsby Weighs Effects of a Trade War on Supply Chains
A new challenge for global supply chains has emerged with the recent election of President Donald Trump, who has made tariffs on imported goods a central focus of his second administration. An expert with the Global Supply Chain Institute shares his perspective on the potential affects.
Third Annual SCM Summer Camp for High School Students Takes Place July 13-18 in Knoxville
This summer, UT hosts the third Supply Chain Management Summer Camp for high school students from July 13-18. Filled with hands-on learning, college readiness sessions, and visits to Supply Chain Forum partner companies, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience for any high school junior or senior interested in the discipline.
Online Master’s in SCM Student Delivers UT Graduate Hooding Ceremony Address
Yolanda Buendia Barrientos, a Cummins employee based in Mexico and graduate of the UT Master of Science in Supply Chain Management Online, gave the address at the Graduate Hooding Ceremony in December 2024. She is the first online student at UT ever to be given the honor.
Retailers that make it harder to return stuff face backlash from their customers
In 2018, L.L. Bean ended its century-old “lifetime” return policy, limiting returns to one year after purchase and requiring receipts. The demise of this popular policy sparked backlash, with several customers filing lawsuits. It also inspired my team of operations management researchers to study how customers respond when retailers make their return policies more strict. Our key finding: Whether they often or rarely return products they’ve purchased, consumers object unless those retailers explain why.
Major Supply Chain Organization Honors Tom Goldsby as Distinguished Fellow
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) selected Thomas Goldsby for its 2024 class of CSCMP Distinguished Fellows.
Everything You Need to Know from the Fall 2024 Supply Chain Forum
From April 9–11, the Global Supply Chain Institute and the Department of Supply Chain Management welcomed hundreds of business professionals, industry leaders, and top students to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Yemisi Bolumole Contributes to Federal Study and Publication on Long-Haul Driver Compensation and Safety
UT Knoxville supply chain management professor Yemisi Bolumole contributed to a nationwide study examining the impacts of compensation methods on driver retention and safety in the trucking industry. The report, which Congress requested, was conducted by experts recruited by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.