Research & News Updates
What is different about COVID-19 and other supply chain disruptions?
Sometimes the classroom really does mimic life. Brent Moritz, Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management, taught his first online class on Monday, March 16th, since Penn State moved to remote/online instructions. Dr. Moritz discovered his prescheduled class syllabus notes were covering supply chain management risk reflecting reality’s supply chain urgency for firms, industries, and society with the spread of COVID-19. Learn more about Moritz’s relevant research he shares in the classroom.
Professor Daniel Guide Named POMS Fellow for Sustainability Research
Professor Daniel Guide’s last name already gives it all away— the Smeal Chaired Professor of Operations & Supply Management is an inspiring and endowing leader who guides the center’s students, faculty and research initiatives to full success.
Top Five Smeal Lifelong Learning Webinars You Cannot Miss
CSCR® is no stranger to lifelong learning. The very essence of the center’s excellence is its ability to provide the tools and resources necessary for the Smeal community to grow in their supply chain expertise.
Off the Cuff With Steve Tracey
Whether you’re graduating, rebranding or watching trends unfold, the only thing that is constant for us is change. To this end, the world is full of opportunity and the field of supply chain, in a nutshell, is one of opportunity’s many hubs— serving as a stage for community, leadership and research in both private and public sectors.
2020 Third-Party Logistics Study
It’s that time of year again, where the Penn State Smeal College of Business partnered with Penske and Infosys Consulting to conduct a 3PL (third-party logistics) study to help stay current on shipper interrelationship and behavior trends.
The Cognitive Supply Chain
For generations, it’s been up to humans to keep supply chains running smoothly. But the past decade’s advances in artificial intelligence (AI), automation and the Internet of Things (IoT) have forever changed the way companies track and manage products, providing more information than ever about what’s happening at the ground level.
Smeal Lifelong Learning Encourages Growth in All Stages of Life
Too often, education is considered a finite tool, its culmination of degrees an end to the journey of arduous study and number two pencils. The Smeal College of Business, however, grasps the process of learning quite differently, where education is a limitless spiral of knowledge that caters to self-improvement as it ebbs and flows to the advancements of the world around us.
The Longest Yard
For years, logistics professionals have referred to the final leg of the order delivery process as the last mile. It has always been important, but as the volume of e-commerce orders rises exponentially, last-mile logistics has taken on increased significance for delivery service providers, and is now front and center in the minds of shippers.
Penn State Smeal to open Center for the Business of Sustainability in 2020
The Penn State Smeal College of Business will launch the Center for the Business of Sustainability (CBoS) in 2020 to support how business meets the growing demand for resources in a socially just and environmentally sustainable manner.
CSCR®️ welcomes Lockheed Martin and Retail Business Services as Newest Corporate Sponsors
At first glance, Lockheed Martin, the world’s largest defense contractor, and Retail Business Services, the services company of Ahold Delhaize USA, might not have a lot in common. A closer look, however, allows The Center for Supply Chain Research® to reveal the exciting news that both are now the newest corporate sponsors.
CIO REVIEW features CSCR Research on AI and Supply Chain Management
Center for Supply Chain Research research featured in CIO Review's Supply Chain Management Special Edition looks at how companies are looking to artificial intelligence to conquer their Big Data analysis challenges in supply chain planning, sourcing, production, distribution and logistics.
Four SC&IS Seniors Awarded 2019 MIT Supply Chain Excellence Award
Four Smeal College of Business Supply Chain students were awarded the MIT Supply Chain Excellence Award, recognizing top seniors studying supply chain.
CSCR Welcomes FreightWaves and Capital One as Corporate Sponsors
Freight industry expert FreightWaves and Fortune 500 firm Capital One join the Center of Supply Chain Research as corporate sponsors.
Researchers study mobile money system to help developing world’s entrepreneurs
Chris Parker and Jason Acimovic, fellow Smeal College of Business Supply Chain and Information Systems assistant professors along with Harvard Business School’s David Drake and Karthik Balasubramanian co-author research in mobile money systems in developing countries.
Penn State Executive Programs’ offerings can strengthen your business and advance your career
Learn how the newly revamped Penn State Executive Programs can transform your business's supply chain, management and leadership objectives.