An Enduring Legacy: The William Dillard II Leadership Chair
Matt Waller is poised to continue Bill Dillard’s vision for inspiring and influencing the next generation of business leaders.
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Supply Chain Hall of Fame
The purpose of the CSCMP Supply Chain Hall of Fame, hosted by the Sam M. Walton College of Business, is to shine a bright light on the greatest supply chain innovations and leadership accomplishments to date and to inspire the bright future of supply chain management and the professionals that will build this future.
News and Updates
Walton Professor Publishes Book on Supply Chain Innovators
In The Making of the Supply Chain: How Five CSCMP Supply Chain Hall of Famers Shaped the Industry, Remko van Hoek explores how the innovations of five pioneers in the discipline reshaped the ways we obtain our products and services and the role that supply chains play in business and the world around us.
10/30/2024 | By Ryan Sheets
Arkestro’s Museum of Procurement to Debut at the University of Arkansas
The Supply Chain Hall of Fame will host a new museum championing procurement’s past, present and future.
09/11/2023 | By Lori McLemore
CSCMP Supply Chain Hall of Fame Expands its Service to the Supply Chain Profession: Exhibit Highlights
In the past several months the CSCMP Supply Chain Hall of Fame has been busy and looks to be set for even busier times both in terms of exhibits and meetings and events.
09/19/2022 | By Remko Van Hoek
Watch: The SCM Hall of Fame 2021 Overview
This video takes you through the mission and vision of the Supply Chain Hall of Fame.
05/14/2021
Watch: Henry Ford Hall of Fame Exhibit
View two videos from the Supply Chain Hall of Fame that detail the Henry Ford hall of fame exhibit.
02/04/2021
Speakers for the event included: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, University of Arkansas Chancellor Joe Steinmetz, and Johnelle Hunt, co-founder of J.B. Hunt Transport Inc.
Upcoming and Recent Events
- Monthly CSCMP Roundtable meeting
- Walmart International Advancing Procurement Program
- MSC in Supply Chain Fall and Spring classes
- XNA Airport Authority Board of Directors
- WISE Symposium
- International Supplier Collaboration Board
- Dean’s Executive Advisory Board
- Business Integrity Advisory Board
Contact Us
Interested in visiting the Hall of Fame? Want to learn more about upcoming events or perhaps even partner with us to organize an event? Feel free to contact us via the contact button below.
Grand Opening Event
The CSCMP Supply Chain Hall of Fame
2024 Inductee
Roger Penske
Founder Penske Logistics
2023 Inductee
Lynn Fritz
Founder of the Fritz Institute for Humanitarian SCM
2022 Inductee
Beth Ford
President and CEO Land O’Lakes
2021 Inductee
John Menzies
Founder of the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN)
2020 Inductee
Taiichi Ohno
Creator of the Toyota Production System (LEAN)
2019 Inductees
James Casey
Founder and Former Chairman of UPS
Elizabeth Dole
Former United States Senator
Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt
Creator of the Theory of Constraints
George Raymond Sr.
Inventor of the Wooden Pallet and Pallet Jack
2018 Inductees
Michael Dell
Current Industry Transformation
Peter Drucker
Knowledge Creation
George Stephenson
Historical Industry Transformation
2017 Inductees
Jeff Bezos
founder and CEO of Amazon
George Lauer
Innovator the UPC Code
2016 Inductees
Henry Ford
Industry Titan
J.B. Hunt
(J.B.) Hunt, Knowledge Creator and Innovator
Malcom McLean
Industry Transformer
Henry Ford
George Laurer
Malcolm McClean
JB Hunt
Distinguished Service Award
2024: Heather Sheehan
Former VP Logistics and Procurement, Danahar Corp.
2023: Dr. Ted Stank
Professor University of Tennessee
2022: Masao Nishi
Nishi Strategic Advisory & Former CSCO Sysco Corporation
2021: Dale Rogers
ON Semiconductor Professor of Business at Arizona State University
2020: Dr. Matthew Waller Dean of the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas
2019: Kathy Wengel Executive Vice President and Chief Global Supply Chain Officer for Johnson & Johnson
2018: Dr. John Gattorna
author, academic and principal of a Sydney-based specialist advisory business, Gattorna
Alignment
2017: Dr. Nancy Nix
Executive Director of Achieving Women's Excellence in Supply Chain Operations, Management,
and Education (AWESOME)
2016: Dr. Chris Caplice
Executive Director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics
2015: Robert Martichenko Chief Executive Officer, LeanCor Supply Chain Group
2014: Mike Regan
Chief of Relationship Development, TranzAct Technologies, Inc.
2013: Abré Pienaar
CEO, iPlan
2012: Ann Drake
Chairman & CEO, DSC Logistics
2011: Dr. James R. Stock
Frank Harvey Endowed Professor of Marketing, University of South Florida
2010: Charles L. Taylor
Founder and Principal, Awake! Consulting
2009: Joel L. Sutherland
Managing Director of Lehigh University's Center for Value Chain Research
2008: Arthur Mesher
CEO, The Descartes Systems Group Inc.
2007: Dr. Thomas W. Speh
Distinguished Professor of Distribution, Miami University
2006: Herbert S. Shear
Chief Executive Officer, GENCO
2005: Dr. Martin G. Christopher
Professor of Marketing and Logistics, Cranfield University, UK
2004: Dr. John Thomas Mentzer
Distinguished Professor of Logistics, University of Tennessee
2003: H. Lee Scott, Jr.
Chairman, Wal-Mart Corporation
2002: Donald J. Schneider
Chairman, Schneider Logistics, Inc.
2001: Ralph W. Drayer
Vice President Customer Service & Logistics, Procter & Gamble
1999: Richard F. Powers
President, Insight, Inc.
1998: William C. Copacino
Managing Partner, Andersen Consulting Strategic Services Practice
1997: Dr. Yossi Sheffi,
Professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1996: Larry S. Mulkey
President, Ryder Integrated Logistics
1995: Joseph C. Andraski
Vice President Integrated Logistics, Nabisco Inc.
1994: Roger W. Carlson
Executive Vice President, Exel Logistics-North America
1993: Dr. C. John Langley
John H. Dove Distinguished Professor, University of Tennessee
1992: Howard S. Gochberg
Vice President (retired), Land O'Lakes, Inc.
1991: Dr. John J. Coyle
Exec. Director, Center for Logistics Research, Pennsylvania State University
1990: Roger W. Kallock
Chairman, Cleveland Consulting Associates
1989: Frederick W. Smith
CEO/Chairman, Federal Express Corporation
1988: George A. Gecowets
Executive Vice President, Council of Logistics Management
1987: Ronald E. Seger
Vice President, A.T. Kearney, Inc.
1986: Dr. Douglas M. Lambert
Professor of Marketing, University of South Florida
1985: Arthur W. Todd
Director of Purchasing, Lincoln Electric Company
1984: Bob Packwood
United States Senate
1983: Bernard J. Hale
Vice President, Distribution Services, Bergen Brunswig Corporation
1982: Jerome D. Krassenstein
Vice President, Chessie System
1981: Robert V. Delaney
Manager of Distribution, International Paper Company
1980: Clifford F. Lynch
Vice President of Distribution, Quaker Oats Company
1979: Wendell M. Stewart
Vice President, A.T. Kearney, Inc.
1978: Robert J. Franco
Vice Chairman, Spector Industries
1977: Kenneth B. Ackerman
Chairman, Distribution Centers, Inc.
1976: Dr. Bernard J. LaLonde
Professor of Marketing & Logistics, The Ohio State University
1975: Burr W. Hupp
Managing Director, Drake Sheahan/Stewart Dougall
1974: Dr. James L. Heskett
Professor of Business Logistics, Harvard University
1973: Robert E. Schellberg
Vice President, Distribution, Eastman Kodak Company
1972: Warren Blanding
Executive Vice President, Marketing Publications, Inc.
1971: Mark Egan
Tourism Advisor for Turkey
1970: Gayton E. Germane
Professor of Logistics, Stanford University
1969: Bruce J. Riggs
General Traffic Manager, Norton Company
1968: Dr. Edward W. Smykay
Professor, Michigan State University
1967: E. Grosvenor Plowman
Vice President, Traffic, US Steel
1966: Dr. Donald J. Bowersox
Vice President/General Manager, E.F. MacDonald Stamp Company
1965: Will Gribble
Director, Customer Service, Pillsbury Company