Clarkson’s Global Supply Chain Management Program

Clarkson’s Global Supply Chain Management program continues to be recognized as one of the finest programs in the nation, rated 13th in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report rankings.  

This issue of Linkages illustrates why we have maintained a top-20 ranking for seven consecutive years. Read about the latest supply chain management news, research and educational initiatives, including:  

• Why Professor Fred Miao is gaining international recognition for his scholarship on sales force management and buyer-supplier relationships.
• How

  Dr. Farzad Mahmoodi

  Professors Mary Graham and Sandra Fisher are addressing an under-researched field as guest editors of a special issue of Human Resource Management that examines the “people factor” in the supply chain.
• How undergraduate Patrick Chevier helped a division of Honeywell reduce excess inventory by applying models he learned in class.

We hope you enjoy this issue and welcome your feedback.

Farzad Mahmoodi, Ph.D.
Professor of Operations Management, and
Director of Global Supply Chain Management Program
mahmoodi@clarkson.edu