What is the future of sustainability in supply chain education?

Matt Waller shares insights about the role of sustainability in supply chain education.

Supply chains are striving to improve sustainability as companies downstream demand it. As sustainability gains importance in the eyes of companies, consumers and investors, educating the next generation of supply chain professionals will need to adapt. 

FreightWaves asked Matt Waller, dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business and a supply chain management professor at the University of Arkansas, about how supply chain education may evolve.

Waller is also a FreightWaves adviser and will speak...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/what-is-the-future-of-sustainability-in-supply-chain-education

Walmart associates offered free MIT supply chain management course

MIT kicked off a session of its online SCM course for Walmart associates.

While working in strategic sourcing for a Canadian metal mining company, Laura Allegue sought to further her professional education. 

“I Googled: ‘Which is the best [supply chain management] program in the world?’ and I found the MicroMasters program,” Allegue said in an interview with FreightWaves.

She soon enrolled in MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) online MicroMasters program in supply chain management (SCM), which is designed to “educate the world for free” by providing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/walmart-associates-offered-free-mit-supply-chain-management-course

Sustainability Q&A with DHL Supply Chain experts

DHL Supply Chain experts talk about sustainability efforts.

DHL Supply Chain has established a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs that the company says it plans to continue building upon.

To find out more about DHL Supply Chain’s ESG initiatives as customers demand more sustainable practices, FreightWaves interviewed Mark Kunar, executive vice president, strategy, transportation and automotive, engineering and manufacturing, chemical and energy at DHL Supply Chain, and Emily Davis, director of sustainability and DHL’s GoGreen...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/sustainability-qa-with-dhl-supply-chain-experts

Supply chain veteran leading Denver’s Transportation Institute

University of Denver Transportation Institute

The University of Denver has appointed David Fisher to executive director of its Transportation Institute (DTI), a graduate education program designed for transportation, logistics and supply chain executives.

Fisher brings more than 30 years of supply chain experience to the position.

“We sought a leader with a strong business acumen, industry insight and collaborative spirit, someone who can further the DTI mission of developing the future leaders of transportation, logistics and supply chain,”...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/supply-chain-veteran-leading-denvers-transportation-institute

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

Gartner releases Supply Chain University Top 25 for 2020

Gartner

Global research and advisory firm Gartner on Wednesday released its 2020 Supply Chain University Top 25, showcasing the best in North American undergraduate and graduate education.

The top three undergraduate programs, in order of ranking, were the University of Arkansas,* Rutgers University and Penn State.

The top three graduate programs, in order of ranking, were Penn State, the University of Tennessee and Georgia Tech.

The rankings were based on three categories of criteria: program scope,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/gartner-releases-supply-chain-university-top-25-for-2020

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