Education

Training in the real system: How immersive projects prepare the next generation of supply chain professionals

Thursday, March 5, 2026 · Corrine Chen
Immersive, industry-embedded supply chain projects place students inside real operating systems, helping them build stronger applied capabilities in lean thinking, process mapping, and operational analysis than traditional textbook case studies.

Learning by doing: How academic–industry partnerships prepare future leaders

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 · Corrine Chen
Academic–industry partnerships are accelerating supply chain talent development by giving students hands-on, real-world experience that improves performance, reduces lead times, and builds job-ready skills.

How we gamified mathematical optimization using burritos

Wednesday, April 16, 2025 · Lindsay Montanari, senior director, academic programs, Gurobi Optimization
Gurobi Optimization, in collaboration with Dr. Larry Snyder of Lehigh University, created a supply chain optimization game based on the ability to deliver burritos to customers, maximizing profits.

Unlocking retention: The role employee engagement plays

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 · Brian Straight
Employee engagement is a tricky proposition for many companies, but starting with communication is one way to jumpstart retention.

Inventory Management and the Supply Chain: Outlook 2025

Monday, October 28, 2024
Jason Miller, Eli Broad Endowed Professor of Supply Chain Management and Interim Chairperson of the Department of Supply Chain Management within Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business, breaks down inventory trends

ASCM introduces Supplier Relationship Management certificate

Thursday, July 18, 2024 · SCMR Staff
The Association for Supply Chain Management has introduced a new Supplier Relationship Management certificate designed to guide supply chain professionals on how to cultivate and sustain strong supplier relationships to ensure long-term resilience and mitigate risk.

An educated workforce is loyal, but what type of education is best?

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 · Bridget McCrea
In supply chain, an alphabet soup of certification credentials is available to employees, who must weigh which ones offer the best career opportunities.

How to get the most out of academic research

Friday, July 5, 2024 · Ken Cottrill
Companies can engage with academia on various levels through educational programs and the cross-sharing of knowledge. Another channel to engagement is research—the subject of this column.

Bite-sized nuggets offer real-time learning

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 · Brian Straight
Microlearning offers businesses the opportunity to focus training and education at relevant times and in ways that employees will engage with.

Augmented reality’s role in upskilling the workforce

Wednesday, May 15, 2024 · Brian Straight
Augmented reality is offering new opportunities to train the supply chain workforce of tomorrow, and upskill the workforce of today.

MIT CTL offering humanitarian logistics course

Monday, April 29, 2024 · Brian Straight
MIT’s Center for Transportation & Logistics is offering a 9-week course on humanitarian logistics.

AI, virtual reality is bringing experiential learning into the modern age

Wednesday, April 17, 2024 · Brian Straight
While hybrid and online learning is changing education, technology is also helping experiential learning maintain a strong footing in educating the workforce.

The Supply Chain Triad

Tuesday, March 5, 2024 · Michael J. Gravier
The long history of academia, industry and students working together to create supply chain solutions has never been more important as complexity increases.

Innovating Supply Chain Higher Education with Generative AI

Wednesday, February 21, 2024 · Vince Castillo, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
Using artificial intelligence in the classroom is not without concerns, but it also offers supply chain students access to an increasingly critical industry tool.

Project-Based Learning Moves the Classroom Into the Real World

Wednesday, January 17, 2024 · Brian Straight
Project-based learning is taking off at the university level, giving supply chain graduate students real-world experience to pair with theory-based instruction.
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