Supply Chain Masters Students Place Third in Global Competition
A Smith School graduate student team placed third globally and second in the Americas in the Global Sustainability Supply Chain Student Competition. Their Project MapleGuard tackled inventory waste in fresh produce. They’ll present in Geneva, advancing sustainable supply chain solutions.
Public Pension Contract Minimalism
The national pension debt and COVID crises have collided. Post-pandemic economic decline has escalated existing financial strains on state and local pension plans, impacting workers and the public welfare. With unfunded obligations exceeding one trillion dollars, many of these plans are in jeopardy. But the movement to reform government pension contracts has yet to adopt an anchoring idea, leaving judicial decisions in disarray and policymakers without guidance about how to shore up troubled retirement systems. The crux of the problem is the many meanings of contract under state and U.S.
Adding Same-Day Delivery Boosts Sales for Retailers and Delivery Platforms
Big-box retailers like Target use same-day delivery to increase sales. Professor Martin Dresner finds integrating delivery platforms enhances overall online sales.
Dual Smith Degrees Help Alumnus Pursue Passion And Talent
Ed-Lamar Petion ’24, a digital artist and Smith School graduate in supply chain management and marketing, joined Microsoft's SCORE program. Balancing his career and art business, Petion draws inspiration from his upbringing and UMD resources to fuel his entrepreneurial journey.
Supply Chain Management Students Represent Smith at Networking and Case Competition Events
Smith Supply Chain Management students networked and applied learning at the WISE event and National Women’s Case Competition. Both events offered unique career insights, with UMD students participating in the latter for the first time, guided by Professor Tungtisanont and mentor Jen Braud.
Supply Chain Mapping, Not Climate Prediction, is Key to Mitigating Risk for Corporate Boards
The Financial Times recently tapped a UMD research team led by Smith’s Sandor Boyson to describe supply chain mapping as critical to corporate boards for mitigating climate risk.
Anenson Recognized as a University of Maryland Distinguished Scholar-Teacher
T. Leigh Anenson, a business law professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business since 2007, received the 2023 Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award from the University of Maryland. Acknowledged for her outstanding scholarship and teaching, Anenson discussed her upcoming book on the national pension crisis in her lecture.
The Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Award honors senior tenured members of the faculty who combine outstanding scholarly accomplishment with excellence in teaching and personify our image of the professoriate.
The Smith School's Professor of Business Law, T. Leigh Anenson will give her lecture on “The National Pension Crisis and the Constitution.”
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