Latest News: July 2008

Smeal Professors Pen Eighth Edition Of Supply Chain Textbook

South-Western Cengage Learning has published the eighth edition of Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective, a textbook coauthored by five supply chain academics, including two professors at Penn State's Smeal College of Business. The book is the work of Smeal's John J. Coyle and Robert A. Novack, along with Edward J. Bardi of the University of Toledo, Brian Gibson of Auburn University, and C. John Langley of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Smeal CIO Elected Chair Of National Business School Technology Group

Ginger Breon, chief information officer at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been elected chair of the Technology in Business Schools (TBS) Roundtable, an affinity group of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) dedicated to advancing business school information technology.

Voigt Appointed Co-Director Of QMM Program

Robert Voigt, professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, has been named co-director of the Quality and Manufacturing Management (QMM) Program.

Newspaper: Skilled Work Force Still Needed In Manufacturing

Even as the number of overall manufacturing jobs declines in the United States, manufacturers continue to be in need of highly skilled manufacturing engineers, which is the focus of the Quality and Manufacturing Management Program at Penn State.

Research: To Win In Baseball And Business, Spend More On Pitchers

Major League Baseball teams with more highly skilled and experienced pitchers and catchers fare better than those with equally skilled and experienced position players, according to a new report coauthored by a professor at Penn State's Smeal College of Business. The study suggests that baseball teams—and teams, in general—could do better by allocating more resources to their strategically core roles.

Smeal EMBA Renews Philadelphia Venue Contract, Improves Facilities

The Smeal College of Business Executive MBA Program has renewed its contract with The ACE Conference Center in Philadelphia, keeping the program at the same convenient location while upgrading the facility to provide students with more comforts and amenities.

Op-Ed: In Hard Economic Times, Take Care Of Customers So They'll Take Care Of You

"The best opportunity for increasing sales in uncertain times is by paying close attention to your client base," writes Patrick Cataldo, associate dean for executive education. "Losing customers is expensive. It's estimated to cost an anticipated 500 percent more to land a new client than it costs to take care of one that is already doing business with you."

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