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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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Purchasing’s Hidden Dilemma: Conflicted Role in New Product Development Costing
Organizations that want to remain competitive make controlling costs and growing profit margins top priorities.
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Holiday Season Shipping Issues: Your Questions Answered
With the novel coronavirus still wreaking havoc on the economy, holiday shoppers are naturally anxious about gifts they have ordered arriving on time.
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Why Logistics is an Essential Part of Supply Chain Management
Advanced logistics, lean management, and optimization produce the most efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable supply chains.
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UT Named Innovation and Economic Prosperity University
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has earned national recognition as an Innovation and Economic Prosperity (IEP) University. This designation acknowledges the exceptional ways UT cultivates community engagement, economic growth and workforce development across the state of Tennessee and beyond.
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Graduate Programs See Increase in Enrollment, Student Interaction
The Graduate School at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, hasn’t let the pandemic stop it from having record enrollment and increased interaction with students.
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Pandemic Drives Supply Chains to More Agile Future
University of Tennessee Research Finds Key Trends Shaping Transportation
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The Importance of Supply Chain Jobs during and after COVID-19
COVID-19 has highlighted the often underrated importance of supply chains.
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Izabela Vandeest Interview Part 2: Bringing Students an Executive MBA Experience with White Glove Service
This is the second half of a two-part interview with Izabela Vandeest, Program Manager for the Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business.
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Izabela Vandeest Interview Part 1: CPA and Twice UT Alumna Finds Passion Offering White Glove Service for a World-class Educational Experience at Haslam College of Business Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain
Izabela Vandeest is proud to be the Program Manager for the Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business.
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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.