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Survey Ranks Smeal's Supply Chain Program No. 1

A survey of 126 companies and 19 academic institutions conducted by AMR Research, a research firm focused on the global supply chain and its supporting technologies, has identified Penn State's Smeal College of Business as having the best supply chain program in the United States in terms of industry value, program depth, and program scope.

Paper Receives Honorable Mention for Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper

Jack Hayya, Terry Harrison, and X. James He (Fairfield University) received Honorable Mention for Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Paper for their paper entitled “Crashing Stochastic Lead Times” submitted for the DSI Annual Meeting, November 14-17, 2009, at New Orleans.

MPS Student Paper to be Published  in Wiley & Sons Textbook

Michael Jacobs, Toys “R” Us, Inc.,  Senior Vice President of Logistics and second year student in the Master of Professional Studies in Supply Chain Management Program, will have his SCM 594 Professional Paper published in John Wiley & Sons forthcoming book, The Shipping Point: Rethinking China’s Role in Global Supply Chain Management.   According to a John Wiley & Sons’ prospectus, “The book [to be published in January 2010] will focus on the re-emergence of China as an economic superpower and the impact this will have on global supply chain management.  The book will also describe changes taking place in consumer retail and how the convergence of these elements will drive the formulation of leading edge supply chain innovation in the 21st century.”  His professional paper will be a chapter titled “The Origin Consolidation Supply Chain Model.”  Michael’s advisor is Dr. John E. Stevens, Director of the Master’s program.

Fall 2009 SC&IS Career Fair

The Fall Supply Chain Career Fair was held on September 23-24, 2009, in the Smeal Business Building Atrium. This Career Fair was once again a huge success.  We had a combined total of 90 companies attending with 500 students from Supply Chain, MIS, IST, and Industrial Engineering. During the following two days after the Fair, the companies conducted interviews with students.

Along with the Supply Chain Career Fair, we hosted our Supply Chain “Coffee House” on Monday night with 12 corporate sponsors running concurrent information sessions with about 170 students attending the event.

On January 25, 2010, the Supply Chain Coffee House will kick off the Spring 2010 recruiting activities.  The Supply Chain Career Fair will follow on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 26-27, 2010.

Michael Rothkopf Memorial Conference

On June 1-3, 2009, the Michael H. Rothkopf Memorial Conference was held to honor and celebrate the life and work of Michael H. Rothkopf. The broad themes of the conference were research areas that Mike Rothkopf studied throughout his career: the theory and practice of auctions, energy policy, and more broadly, market design. The conference was made possible thanks to generous sponsorship by the Smeal College of Business and INFORMS. More than 60 guests attended the conference and keynote speakers included world renowned scholars of auctions and market design:

Peter Cramton - University of Maryland
Jacob Goeree – University of Zurich
Steve Graves - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ron Harstad - University of Missouri
Richard O'Neill - Chief Economic Advisor FERC
Shmuel Oren - University of California, Berkeley
Tuomas Sandholm - Carnegie Mellon University
Rakesh Vohra - Northwestern University

For a complete list of guests, talk abstracts and pictures, please visit: http://www.smeal.psu.edu/rothkopf-conference.

Laura Rothkopf has established a Graduate Scholarship in memory of her late husband, Professor Michael H. Rothkopf. The scholarship will provide recognition and financial assistance to outstanding graduate students enrolled in the Master of Professional Studies in Supply Chain Management Program.

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