UT Haslam News

Pandemic Drives Supply Chains to More Agile Future
University of Tennessee Research Finds Key Trends Shaping Transportation

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.

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.

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.

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.

Supply Chain Summer Workshop Provides Students Hands-on Experience in Lieu of Internships
The novel coronavirus’ impact on the U.S. economy has upended the business plans of many companies.

Haslam Student Wins Richter Scholarship
The R. Gene and Nancy D. Richter Foundation and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) have selected Spencer Strei, a supply chain management major with a collateral in international business and minor in statistics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, to receive the 2020 R. Gene Richter Scholarship.

Haslam Supply Chain Students Gain Real E-Procurement Experience in Class Project
Two professors in the Department of Supply Chain Management at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business recently created a semester-long gamified buyer-supplier project to give students experience dealing with the digital changes coming in supply chain management.

UT Haslam’s Graduate Supply Chain Program Moves to Second in Gartner Rankings
The graduate supply chain program in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Haslam College of Business is ranked second among programs in North America, according to a report from a leading industry research organization.

Breaking the Chain: GPO Changes and Hospital Supply Cost Efficiency
Procuring, transporting and storing medical supplies and devices can account for up to 40 percent of a hospital’s total operating expenses.