UT Haslam News

Crowdsourcing Last Mile Delivery: Strategic Implications and Future Research Directions
From the moment the first online consumer put an item in a shopping cart and clicked “buy now,” supply chain management has been scrambling to adapt its distribution strategies to fit the new reality.

Leveraging the Digital Supply Chain
Digital technology is poised to revolutionize supply chain management in the coming years.

GSCI Collaborates in Release of EPIC Global Supply Chain Readiness Index
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), IHS Markit and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s, Global Supply Chain Institute Release EPIC Global Supply Chain Readiness Index

UT Researchers Co-Develop New Global Supply Chain Readiness Index
The environment – natural, political, business – is increasingly unpredictable. Given such uncertainty, how can supply chain leaders assess risk and measure supply chain capability globally?

GSCI Partners with Cass on Major Indexes
GSCI and Cass partner to redesign two major transportation industry indexes.

Haslam Moves Up Eight Spots in U.S. News & World Report MBA Rankings
The Haslam College of Business MBA program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, climbed eight spots in U.S. News & World Report’s 2021 Best Graduate Schools ranking. The college is now 23rd among public universities nationwide and 46th overall, up from 29th among publics and 54th nationally in 2019. Haslam’s Supply Chain Management program rose one spot among publics and nationally, coming in at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively.

Toward a Digitally Dominant Paradigm for 21st Century Supply Chain Scholarship
Many observers foresee dramatic upheaval on the short-term horizon for supply chain management (if the Harvard Business Review article “The Death of Supply Chain Management” is any indication) as traditional management is transformed by seamlessly interconnected digital information networks. Supply chain research, however, has thus far not adapted to accommodate the accelerating pace of change

Haslam College of Business Honors Newsome for Supply Chain Support
At its January Advisory Board meeting, the Global Supply Chain Institute (GSCI) in The Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, presented Jim Newsome, president and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), with the Distinguished Service Award. The award honors Newsome’s numerous, exemplary contributions to the field and to the Haslam College of Business.

UT Supply Chain Faculty Named Among World’s Top Researchers
Supply chain management faculty at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business are among the world’s best researchers in the field. Six past and present faculty were recognized by Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, for the quality, quantity and scope of their scholarship.

GSCI Faculty Redefines the Future of the Supply Chain
Haslam’s faculty are at the forefront of redefining the future of the supply chain. Their vision and expertise draw corporate partners, including Fortune 100 companies such as Amazon, Dell, FedEx Services, Google, Pepsico, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Walmart and more.