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Happy #NationalMentoringDay from the Center for Supply Chain Research! Mentorship is at the heart of academic and professional growth, and we're proud to foster an environment where experienced researchers, faculty, and industry professionals guide the next generation of supply chain leaders. Thank you to the incredible supply chain mentors who inspire curiosity and drive discovery! 💡👏

🚀✨ This week, four students from #PennState Smeal attended the 6th Annual WISE (Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence) Future Leaders Symposium along with CSCR Executive Director Donna Palumbo. The event, which focuses on fostering gender balance and empowering the next generation of supply chain leaders, featured sessions that explored the many dimensions of female leadership. We’re proud to support initiatives that champion diverse perspectives in the supply chain industry! Sophie Briseño, Katherine McVay, Sarah Drakas, Ananya Kurup, Donna Palumbo-Miele

🌟Student Spotlight: Haley Himmelreich is a third-year supply chain and information systems major who is minoring in information systems management. Haley is actively involved with SCMA and interned at Clark Associates for the past two summers. This upcoming summer, Haley will be interning at Henkel as a continuous improvement and logistics intern.👏 Read her full spotlight here: https://ow.ly/B62950TSyu7

This past weekend, I had a blast representing Penn State SCMA in the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Supply Chain Management's 10th Annual Race to Case Competition. In this unique case competition, contestants ran across Pitt's campus, solving various supply chain challenges. Points were added or deducted from your final score depending on the order you arrived at the next location. This made for a very fun and exciting event. I especially enjoyed the emphasis on cross-functional teams, as I had the opportunity to work with two close friends and Penn State Engineering Students, Tyler Cymbala and Connor Morse. I am extremely grateful for this fantastic learning opportunity, and I cannot thank Eric Paljug and Janice M. Trygar enough for making this event possible.

Enabling the benefits of operational flexibility 💡 Kusumal R., assistant research professor for CSCR, and Saurabh Bansal, professor of supply chain management, recently published a white paper describing techniques to enable the benefits of operational flexibility. The research discusses how flexibility paradoxes can be effectively attenuated by an informed implementation approach. Read more on the CSCR Research Portal: https://lnkd.in/gGQpGa4n Penn State Smeal College of Business

ICYMI: Akhil Kumar, professor of supply chain and information systems, is on the latest episode of the Better Business Podcast where he discusses the effects, implications, and opportunities of Artificial Intelligence! 🤖

🎉 Celebrating 35 Years of Excellence at CSCR! 🎉 This month, we marked CSCR's 35th Anniversary at our Corporate Supporters Meeting. It’s been an incredible journey, and we’re taking this time to reflect on the significant milestones that have shaped us over the years. A huge thank you to all of our corporate supporters, #PennState faculty, students, and alumni for your continuous support. Here’s to many more years of success together!

Enjoyed talking with you, Andy Gray! Happy to see SupplyChain247 recognize so many of the mentors, peers, and organizations that have helped me along the way! MIT Supply Chain Management Master's Program Center for Supply Chain Research® - CSCR® https://lnkd.in/eqQ7hUm5

🌟Student Spotlight: Ryan Hickey is a fourth-year supply chain and information systems and international politics major who is minoring in information systems management. Ryan currently serves as the president of Sigma Chi Mu Tau - Penn State and has interned at DuPont and Dell Technologies while at Penn State. After graduation, Ryan will be returning to Dell Technologies to join their Supply Chain Development Program. Read more here: https://ow.ly/3SyZ50TMhIe

Thank you to the Supply Chain Department, alumni, and student representatives for an incredible SCIS and MIS Exploration Week. We had the opportunity to engage with 351 University Park and Commonwealth Campus students during last night's panel, and another 59 students at today's table event in the Atrium. It's great to see students actively exploring majors in-person once again! We are definitely heading in the right direction. Special thanks to my UGE major exploration team, Dawn Maguire (she/her), Rebecca Winge and Florencia Gercar and another shoutout to the student panelists McKenna Schrenk and Sarah Langer, you both are superstars! Penn State Smeal College of Business, Center for Supply Chain Research® - CSCR®