Thursday, September 22, 2011
Daniel Guide, professor of operations and supply chain management and Binder Faculty Fellow at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, has been named co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Operations Management. The journal, published by Elsevier, is one of the leading publications in operations and supply chain management. It publishes original empirical research that will have a significant impact on theory and practice. (more)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
The Penn State Smeal College of Business has the No. 1 undergraduate and graduate programs in supply chain management in the country, according to a new report from Gartner. The technology research firm asked more than 400 supply chain practitioners and academics to rate U.S. supply chain education providers based on industry value, program size, and program scope. Penn State topped both the undergraduate and graduate programs lists. (more)
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
New research by Christopher Craighead, assistant professor of supply chain management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, suggests that managers in charge of supplier selection need to consider the risks involved at the beginning of the selection process instead of waiting until all supply decisions have been made. He and his co-authors have developed a two-phase supplier-selection approach that complements traditional models by providing a second step focused on risk considerations, including factors such as culture, economy, infrastructure, and political state. (more)
Monday, January 26, 2009
The editorial board of Business Horizons, the bimonthly journal of the Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, has chosen a paper co-authored by Christopher Craighead, assistant professor of supply chain management at Penn State's Smeal College of Business, for its 2008 Best Paper Award. (more)