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NZCS chat recap: ‘Not everything can be electrified’

This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ Net-Zero Carbon Summit on Thursday.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Alternative fuels for transportation

DETAILS: Logistics is about trade-offs and overcoming these trade-offs. There are many emerging alternative fuels for freight transportation and all of them have advantages and disadvantages. 

SPEAKERS: Matt Waller and Milton Bevington

BIOS: Waller is the dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas. His opinion pieces have...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/nzcs-chat-recap-not-everything-can-be-electrified

GSCW chat recap: Wengel on strengthening global supply chain through digitalization, integration

Matt Waller and Kathy Wengel discuss key trends in global supply chain

This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week. Day 3 focuses on food/perishables and consumer packaged goods.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Strategic trends in global supply chain 

DETAILS: Key trends emerged in the global supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic as suppliers, manufacturers and distributors collaborated to ensure critical supplies were distributed all over the world.

SPEAKER: Kathy Wengel is the executive vice president and chief global supply chain...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-recap:-wengel-on-strengthening-global-supply-chain-through-digitalization-integration

Global Supply Chain Week Day 3 preview: Food and CPG

Day Three of Global Supply Chain Week is about food and CPG.

John Tyson, chief sustainability officer of Tyson Foods (NYSE: TSN), is scheduled to kick off Day Three of Global Supply Chain Week, Feb. 24. Tyson will discuss sustainability in global supply chain management with Matt Waller, dean of Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas.

FreightWaves’ eight-day, virtual supply chain event will stream live from Feb. 22 through March 3. Feb. 24 focuses on food and consumer packaged goods (CPG) throughout supply chains.

This is not an...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/global-supply-chain-week-day-3-preview-food-and-cpg

Supply chain expert joins FreightWaves as adviser

Matt Waller, a renowned authority on supply chain management and industry trends, has joined FreightWaves in an advisory capacity.

Waller is the dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and a supply chain management professor at the University of Arkansas. He was the 2020 recipient of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ Distinguished Service Award. And he is no stranger to FreightWaves, having appeared on a number of programs, including Freightonomics, and spoken at events...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/supply-chain-expert-joins-freightwaves-as-adviser

J.B. Hunt gifts $1.5 million for sustainable, inclusive supply chains

J.B. Hunt gifted $1.5 million to the University of Arkansas for sustainable supple chains.

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. (NASDAQ: JBHT) announced a $2.25 million collaboration with the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas Tuesday.

The collaboration will fund the exploration of sustainable business practices and solutions for current and future challenges the supply chain industry faces, a release said. It also targets increased inclusion and diversity across the supply chain.

“At the highest level, we want to bring [environmental, social and governance]...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/jb-hunt-gifts-15-million-for-sustainable-inclusive-supply-chains

University of Arkansas supply chain management department ranked best in North America (with video)

arkansas supply chain

— University of Arkansas program nabs top spot in Gartner ranking

— Students benefit from location near major companies, Walmart, Sam’s Club

— New Master’s in Supply Chain Management program launches this fall

A few years ago, the supply chain management undergraduate program at the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas undertook a major revamp of its curriculum to better meet the demands of the marketplace. 

Faculty and administrators gathered best practices from academia...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/university-of-arkansas-supply-chain-management-department-ranked-best-in-north-america-with-video

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