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Essential reading from leading researchers and scholars on the latest trends and topics relevant to global supply chain management.
Straight From the Source: What Makes an Intern Return?
This is one of two posts based on sessions from the 2023 Fall Supply Chain Forum, which took place from November 7–9 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Attendees may download the full presentation from the session under Resources in the GSCI app. Read the first article on leadership and talent development with Tennessee softball coach Karen Weekly.
Why Supply Chain Planning is More Critical Than Ever Before
This is the first in a series of blog posts based on the applied research report, “Advanced Supply Chain Planning: Leading Edge Capabilities Needed to Win in 2030,” by the research team of Michael Burnette, Dan Pellathy, Karen Mathews, and Daniel Myers. Download the white paper.
Leadership and Talent Development with Tennessee Softball Coach Karen Weekly
This is one of two posts based on sessions from the 2023 Fall Supply Chain Forum, which took place from November 7–9 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Attendees may download the full presentation from the session under Resources in the GSCI app.
Intermodal Association of North America Awards $25K Scholarship to Support UT Supply Chain Students
The supply chain management department at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, was recently awarded $25,000 in scholarship funds to support undergraduate students by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA).
How To Make Your Executive MBA for Global Supply Chain Application Stand Out
How quickly is the global supply chain management market expanding? Data indicates it should double in size between 2020 and 2026. A compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of nearly 11 percent should catapult the global supply chain market value from $27.2 billion in 2022 to $75.6 billion by 2032. Clearly, now is a great time […]
UT Haslam’s Executive MBA Achieves Major International Ranking
The Executive MBA program (EMBA) in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business ranks No. 14 among U.S. public universities, No. 31 nationally and No. 92 globally in the London-based Financial Times’ latest executive MBA rankings.
UT Haslam’s Executive MBA Earns Top 10 in Major Ranking
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business Executive MBA is rising in national recognition. The program placed No. 9 among public institutions and No. 22 nationally in Poets&Quants’ (P&Qs’) 2023 ranking of college executive education programs. The new numbers are a significant leap from Haslam’s ranking in 2022, which stood at No. 22 among publics and No. 44 nationwide.
What to Know About Coming US Industry Emissions Reporting Rules
Disclosure requirements for U.S. industry greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are inevitable. However, what form these requirements will take is unclear, according to Alex Scott, associate professor and Gerald T. Niedert Professor of Supply Chain Management, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business. As evidence of these rules’ fait accompli, Scott cites several developments in this blog.
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.
UT’s Haslam College of Business Gains in U.S. News Undergrad Rankings
The Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been named a top 25 public business school. In the 2024 U.S. News & World Report’s Best Undergraduate Business Programs rankings, the college moved up one spot to No. 25 among public universities while the Department of Supply Chain Management held the No. 3 public spot for a third consecutive year.