News & Events

May 08

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• Ph.D. candidate Rod Thomas presented his paper (co-authored by Terry Esper and Ted Stank) entitled, “Exploring the Potential Negative Effects of Time Pressure in Supply Chain Relationships” at the 2008 Academy of Marketing Science Annual Conference.
  

Apr 08

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• Funda Sahin was awarded the Reagan Faculty Scholar title.
• Tom Mentzer was awarded the Richard D. Sanders award for Leadership in Executive Education.
• Diane Mollenkopf won the Allen H. Keally Outstanding Teacher Award.
• Ted Stank was a Ray and Joan Myatt Outstanding Teaching, Research and Service Award finalist.
• US News and World Reports ranked the supply chain and logistics graduate program as 10th among all private and public universities.
  

Mar 08

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• The UT Supply Chain Forum was mentioned in the article, “Integrating Different Logistics Systems After Acquisitions”. In the March 2008 World Trade Magazine.
• Paul Dittmann was featured in the Managing Automation magazine, March 2008 issue, entitled, “Back to Reality”.

Feb 08

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• Ted Stank hosted the Steelwedge Best Practice Leadership Forum Webinar entitled "Demand and Supply Integration: The Strategic Imperative of S&OP" on Tuesday February 26, 2008.
• Matt Myers and Mee-shew Cheung’s article, "Sharing Global Supply-Chain Knowledge," was accepted for publication in Sloan Management Review in the Spring Issue due out in April.
  

Jan 08

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• The January 18th Outreach supplement of the Knoxville News Sentinel recognized Jim Foggin, Paul Dittmann, and Mary and Brady Holcomb for their work optimizing Brunswick’s distribution network.
• Dr. John T. (Tom) Mentzer, Bruce Chair of Excellence, Dr. J. Paul Dittmann, former Whirlpool executive and the Director of Corporate Partnership and Reuben Slone, Executive Vice-President for OfficeMax, have signed a contract with Harvard Business Review to write a book---the working title is “Improving Shareholder Value With Your Supply Chain.”
  
  

Dec 07

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• Sloan, Mentzer, Dittmann, article was featured in SC Digest regarding their article, “Are You the Weakest Link in Your Supply Chain? – published by Harvard Business Review & authored by Reuben Slone (exec VP of Supply Chain at OfficeMax); Dr. John Mentzer (University of Tennessee), and J. Paul Dittmann, (formerly of Whirlpool and now also at the University of Tennessee). When SC Digest did their ERP versus Best-of-Breed supply chain software reports they spoke with dozens of people on the topic, they quoted that Dittmann was easily the most insightful.
  

Nov 07

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• iane Mollenkopf served as lead author on the article “Managing Internet Product Returns: A Focus on Effective Service Management,” which was nominated by the Decision Sciences Institute for best paper of the year.
• Supply Chain Strategy and Management Forum was held November 5 – 7.
• Dr. Ted Stank was quoted in Industry Week Magazine in an article entitled, “The Great Supply Chain Robbery”, by Jonathan Katz. November 2007 issue, pgs. 38 – 41.
• U.S. News and World Report ranked the UTK College of Business Administration’s Supply Chain Management /Logistics program #8 in the nation. Quoted in Business TN November 07 issue.
  

Oct 07

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• UT Logistics was recognized from CSCMP as second strongest publisher of supply chain articles.
• Diane Mollenkopf was highlighted by NEWS SENTINEL and KNOXNEWS.COM for her international experiences with students this past summer when she taught a course in Australia. October 8, 2007, entitled, “More Students Learning Overseas”.
• Ted Stank was interviewed as an expert for the article “Easy Access: Central Location, Transportation Links Make Knoxville Area a Hot Choice for Companies” which appeared in the NEWS SENTIAL and KNOXNEWS.COM.
• Rod Thomas’ paper "Exploring the Effects of Total Trust Asymmetry in Interfirm Supply Chain Relationships" has been selected as the best paper in the Young Researchers track of the 2007 CSCMP Educator's Conference in Philadelphia.
  Ted Stank was interviewed for a 07 – 08 Logistics Career Guide offered as a supplement to the Journal of Commerce and Traffic World, entitled, “Education on Demand”.
• Diane Mollenkopf and Mike West were given word of mouth recognition by students. Dean Jan Williams and Associate Dean Sarah Gardial had dinner with the Dean’s Student Advisory Council, a group of about 25 undergrads who serve as liaisons between the Dean’s office and the students. Over dinner, Sarah asked the students at her table with which teachers they were most impressed. These two were
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• Scott Ferguson, our current Gochberg scholar with the DSI Forums, placed second in the APICS Educational and Research Foundation 2007 Donald Fogarty International Student Paper Competition.

Sep 07

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• Tom Mentzer was quoted by the SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT REVIEW on the value of an executive education.
• Paul Dittmann was highlighted in the WORLD TRADE MAGAZINE in an article called WORLD TRADE’S FABULOUS 50 +1; which recognized him for his work in managing the Supply Chain Strategy and Management Forum and bringing researchers and industry professionals together to Collaborate around industry issues.
• Dianne Marshall organized the first Logistics Job Fair for undergraduates. The fair was a huge success and great opportunity for logistic majors to meet employers. The event is on its way to become an annual event.
  

Aug 07

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• Tom Mentzer was awarded the Armitage Medal winner by the Society of Logistics Engineers. This honor recognizes outstanding contribution to logistics literature and is awarded to recognize individuals whose published books and papers have improved and increased the general body of logistics knowledge.
• The CBA logistics program and MBA were among many programs at UT that rose in their ranking in the
  US NEWS & WORLD REPORT AND FORBES, reports the NEWS SENTINEL and KNOXNEWS.COM.
  

Jul 07

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• Tom Mentzer was quoted by the SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT REVIEW on the value of an executive education.
  
  

Jun 07

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• Tom Mentzer served as Logistics Advisor to the Tianjin Binhai New Area, People’s Republic of China.