Brent Williams Begins New Role as Interim Dean for Walton College
On August 14, Williams will switch roles and begin to serve Walton College as the interim dean.
August 7, 2023 | By Lori McLemore
The Supply Chain Leaders of Tomorrow
Supply chain managers make life better by helping people all over the world get what they want, where they want it, when it's wanted. These creative professionals enjoy processes, analytics, and working with people. From their first class to graduation, our students work on real problems with world-class faculty and industry-leading partners.
Elite Supply Chain Degrees
In 2022 and 2020, our undergraduate supply chain program was ranked # 1 in North America by Gartner, the leading global research firm.
This ranking is highly respected throughout industry, which makes our graduates very sought after as they move on to internships and careers.
As stated by Gartner, this #1 ranking is reflective of “inclusion of global content, great popularity within the industry, robust program size, strong internship and/or co-op participation, and starting salary.”
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How We Became the No. 1 Undergraduate Supply Chain Management Program
Walton’s Supply Chain Management Program Ranked No. 1 Again
Industry Opportunities
In addition to faculty expertise, our students benefit from the Walton College Supply Chain Management Research Center, which connects students to industry executives, internships, and job opportunities.
Academic Programs
In addition to faculty expertise, our students benefit from the Walton College Supply Chain Management Research Center, which connects students to industry executives, internships, and job opportunities. Recognizing the quality of the SCM program faculty and graduates, the U.S. News & World Report has rated the Walton Supply Chain program among the best in the United States.
Supply Chain Undergraduate Program
Bachelor’s Degree
Learn about Supply Chain from beginning to end, from planning and forecasting to sourcing, purchasing, shipping and storage. Prepare for careers at any number of companies that manufacture and distribute goods to customers.
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Supply Chain Graduate Programs
Master's Degree, MBA Concentration, Ph.D
Advance in your current career or transition into the supply chain profession. Our graduate degrees will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to drive success and deliver value in your organization.
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Online Supply Chain Management Degree
Bachelor's Degree
This online program provides a flexible and cost-effective opportunity to pursue a supply chain degree, whether you are new to college, completing a degree started years ago, or seeking an additional degree to enhance your skillsets.
Learn MoreExecutive Education
Redesign your operations for peak performance.
Walton provides trusted advisors to help in moving your company's strategies forward. Our cadre of instructors includes seasoned practitioners and nationally-recognized faculty from a variety of industries and disciplines.
Learn MoreThe Supply Chain Management Research Center
Benefit from the College's Supply Chain Management Research Center, which connects students to industry executives leading to job opportunities, internships and other support.
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New & Noteworthy
Walton College Seniors Receive AWESOME Scholarship
Rachel Spencer, a senior studying supply chain management, and Lily Raccasi, a senior majoring in international business with a supply chain concentration, were selected as AWESOME 2023 Excellence in Education Scholars.
May 15, 2023 | By Nathan Bramwell
Born for the Business: Dean Matthew Waller
With a genuine fascination for all things business and a love of both learning and teaching, it is hard to imagine any job better suited for him.
January 30, 2023 | By John Callahan
Supply Chain Curriculum at Walton
The Walton SCM curriculum is designed to be experiential. Indeed, industry is the lab in which supply chain students learn.
Walton SCM students are given opportunities to learn, experience, and apply supply chain knowledge and skills through industry project-based courses, internships, student clubs, global study abroad, and industry case competitions.
Through our integrated curriculum model, students are equipped with the foundations and experiences to excel in careers in the supply chain industry.
Supply Chain Courses
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Recent Intern Spotlights
Intern Spotlight: Sam Silva-Nash
In this episode of the Supply Chain Internship Spotlight Series, Brian Fugate is joined by LASA co-founder Sam Silva-Nash to discuss her internships at Academy Sports, FedEx, and Tyson Foods.
August 3, 2020
Intern Spotlight: Ruben Chung Loo
This week on the Supply Chain Internship Spotlight Series, Stephanie Thomas is joined by ASCA VP of Finance Ruben Chung Loo to discuss his summer internship at Copa Airlines.
August 3, 2020
Intern Spotlight: Natalie Frauenheim
During this episode of the Supply Chain Internship Spotlight Series, Brian Fugate is joined by WISE President Natalie Frauenheim to discuss her summer internship at Maxim Integrated.
August 3, 2020
Supply Chain Faculty at the University of Arkansas
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CSCMP Supply Chain Hall of Fame
The Council for Supply Chain Professionals is the world's preeminent professional association dedicated to the advancement and
dissemination of research and knowledge on supply chain management. Thanks to the
generous support of Johnelle Hunt and the Blass family, the University of Arkansas,
Sam M. Walton College of Business will host, coordinate and organize exhibits and
events related to the CSCMP hall of fame at a new location that will open near campus
in Rogers, AR.
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Supply Chain Insights
Intermodal Provides a Greener Option for Freight, but Barriers Remain
Intermodal transportation is environmentally promising, but infrastructure, competition, regulatory, and network efficiency barriers still remain.
July 7, 2023 | By Matt Waller and Andrew Balthorp
Why Inflation is Bad for Your Health
Inflation impacts healthcare supply chain infrastructure and creates asymmetrical price stickiness. Could SCM education be key to fighting these effects?
December 1, 2022 | By Ryan Sheets, David Dobrzykowski, Claudia Rosales, Andrew Balthorp
Taking the Robot Out of the Human: Strategic Supply Chain Process Automation
Employees are wary of automation, but a streamlined supply chain is a huge asset to most companies. How does robotic process automation respond to this problem?
September 15, 2022 | By Ryan Sheets, Remko van Hoek, Mary Lacity
Is Scarcity the Mother of Innovation? Nonprofits’ Response to the Pandemic
Necessity's the mother of invention, but is scarcity the mother of innovation? Hunger relief NFPs' response to dire operating circumstances prove it is.
July 19, 2022 | By Miranda Stith, Iana Shaheen
The Deeper Value of Being Ranked #1
Gartner ranked U of A's undergraduate supply chain program #1 for two consecutive cycles. Find out why students, and the companies that hire them, should care.
June 23, 2022 | By Stephen Caldwell
The Unseen Benefits of E-commerce
Policies addressing highly visible e-commerce problems may do more harm than good, especially if they reinforce the status quo and foreclose on new ideas.
June 21, 2022 | By Mitchell Simpson, Robert Jensen, Brent Williams
Think Big: Using Supply Chain Complexity to Increase Financial Returns
For some firms, a more horizontally complex - aka diversified - supply chain allows them to more efficiently turn inventory over and provides needed resiliency.
May 17, 2022 | By Mitchell Simpson, Claudia Rosales
Doing the Smart Thing: The Effect of Female Decision Makers in the Supply Chains
New research discusses the benefits of women’s inclusion in the supply chain team dynamic and shows that women supply chain professionals are more collaborative.
March 30, 2022 | By Ryan Sheets, Evan Wordlaw, John Aloysius
Learning from the Past to Manage Future Crises
The pandemic is global, and our efforts to mitigate its effects must also be global. Find out how marketing, retail, and other sectors can act effectively.
March 15, 2022 | By Emilija Sarma, Scot Burton
Closing the Loop on a Cracking Whip: Viewing Port Congestion Through the Lens of System Dynamics
From the outside, supply chains can seem simple and straightforward. Find out how recent events have affected them and why they can be so hard to safeguard.
February 23, 2022 | By Travis Tokar, Andrew Balthrop, and Ron Gordon
Industry Value
Walton Supply Chain students enter the work force with industry experience, strategic and operational understanding of the supply chain, skills and tools to analyze today’s data driven challenges, and the managerial competence to achieve company goals.
SCM Advantage: A Professional Development Program for Supply Chain Students
The SCM Advantage program encourages engagement and provides promotion and development opportunities for Walton SCM Students.
The program is a critical tool that ensures Walton SCM students develop important inter-personal, communication, and leadership skills in parallel to the leading curricular knowledge being gained through formal course work. This ensures the Walton SCM program is providing the industry with advanced talent to lead their supply chains into the future.
Through a progressive series of engagement and leadership development activities, Walton SCM students are awarded value add services provided by the department. These value add services include the SCM Internship Spotlight Video Series, Online Resume Book, Video Resumes, and Professional Development Industry Certificates.
Supply Chain Management Research Center at Walton College
The Supply Chain Management Research Center (SCMRC) at the Sam M. Walton College of Business sponsors and promotes supply chain, logistics, and transportation research and education.
We provide thought leadership to consumers, to business leaders, and to policy makers through relevant and rigorous research, events, and peer to peer discussions. Learn more.
Industry Engagement: Lean Processes Training with Simmons Foods
Industry Interactions with Supply Chain Student Groups and Clubs
Our goal is to introduce students to a wide network of individuals and opportunities to build their professional futures.
Sigma Chi Mu Tau, the Supply Chain Management Honor Society founded by the Department of Supply Chain Management at the Sam M. Walton College of Business
Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence (WISE) is a Walton College student-lead organization with an active executive branch working to deliver a new perspective by increasing awareness and interest in logistics and supply chain management through programming, mentoring, networking and other special events.
The Arkansas Supply Chain Association (ASCA) is dedicated to outreach and professional development among college students interested in a supply chain and logistics career. Our goal is to introduce students to a wide network of individuals and opportunities to build their professional futures.
Faculty Adviser
Donnie Williams, executive director of the Supply Chain Management Research Center,
serves as the faculty adviser for ASCA. He may be contacted at DWilliams3@walton.uark.edu.
Global Initiatives in Supply Chain
With transcontinental research partnerships with other universities, as well as faculty-led study abroad programs focused on supply chain, Walton College is growing it's reputation as a logistics knowledge center for industry and scholarship.
China Partnerships
The department of SCMT has partnered with two universities in China to develop undergraduate bilingual talent. Combined, the two programs consist of approximately 400 students who study for 3 years in China then have an opportunity to transfer to Fayetteville campus and receive a degree from UA Walton College in Supply Chain Management.
Soochow University is strategically located in Suzhou which boasts one of the leading manufacturing and logistics hubs in China.This along with the close proximately to Shanghai, Hangzhou and Nanjing provides a robust regional connection to industry and students.Kunming University of Science and Technology is strategically located in the Southwest most Yunnan Province in China which is the primary logistics connection to key neighbors of Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar.
From a research perspective the department is engaged in two significant projects.
One, with multi-year funding from the Walmart Foundation, helping lead supply chain food safety research in China with university collaborators at China Agriculture University in Beijing, Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and South China Agriculture in Guangzhou.
The other is beginning our 4th year of research with the Ministry of Transportation and Alibaba's Logistics group Cainiao. This longitudinal research is focused on retail supply chain issues and a benchmark comparison of US and China macro economic logistics cost.
Faculty Interview: China Initiatives
John Kent is the Director of Supply Chain China Initiatives at the University of Arkansas, and has made significant strides in facilitating relationships with universities in China.
Study Abroad
U of A Faculty-Led: International Business Seminar in Brazil
Brazil is very relevant from a supply chain perspective as one of the world’s largest economies. Students study and visit companies in Rio de Janeiro and Recife. Learn more.
U of A Faculty-Led: International Business Seminar in China
Emphasis on the changing business environment in China, and exposure to opportunities and challenges of international logistics.
Faculty leadership for the trip comes from Supply Chain Professor John Kent. Learn more.
More Study Abroad Destinations
Faculty-led study abroad programs expose Walton College students to international business realities, preparing them to work and succeed in a global economy. View destinations.
