Dec 28, 2015
If there’s anything we’ve learned in the last year, it’s that prediction is not only much more difficult than it looks, but also that the volatility and uncertainty in the global supply…
Dec 27, 2015
My most recent book co-authored with Gerard Chick, the Procurement Value Proposition, has received some nice accolades recently. The book was listed by Peter Smith of the site Spend Matters…
Dec 15, 2015
I am excited to announce an academic conference being hosted by Professor Eda Kemahlioglu Ziya and myself on sustainable supply chain management strategies in February. This is a follow-on session to…
Dec 9, 2015
The December 2015 SCRC meeting was held this week in the brand spanking new Talley Student Center, and was a resounding success. We had over 200 people attend the student…
Nov 26, 2015
As retailers prepare for “Black Friday”, what used to be the “biggest shopping day of the year” (the day after Thanksgiving), expectations are actually rather low. A reporter on CNN…
Nov 12, 2015
I had the opportunity to visit with Tim Cummins and Katherine Kawamoto from IACCM, who came by the SCRC offices yesterday to chat. We spent some time catching up on…
Nov 6, 2015
I will be leading a webinar with the Sourcing Interest Group next Nov. 12 at 2 PM, based on a study I have been working on with some folks at…
Oct 29, 2015
I spent some time this week with a group of procurement executives from Restaurant Supply Chain Solutions, a company that conducts all of the procurement and supply chain activity for…
Oct 23, 2015
This is a guest post from Director Clyde Crider of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative, based on an MBA panel he sat in on yesterday at NC State’s Poole College…
Oct 20, 2015
Bloomberg Businessweek released its MBA rankings today, placing the Jenkins MBA at number 29 among full-time MBA programs in the United States. This ranking is a notable jump from number 54 just…
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