A connector between industry, faculty, and students for exchanging ideas, advancing supply chain knowledge, and cultivating future supply chain leaders.
Industry Collaboration
The SCMRC partners with organizations to solve real-world challenges through applied research, executive convenings, and talent development. These engagements include executive education programs and industry-focused forums that equip leaders with practical, data-driven insights for managing complex global supply networks. The Center also connects companies with emerging supply chain professionals through student-centered events and experiential learning opportunities, strengthening the pipeline between research, industry practice, and future leaders.
Research
The SCRMC research advances both theory and practice. Our themes are resilience, performance, and data-driven decision-making in complex global networks. By translating research findings into executive-level content, white papers, and practitioner forums, we ensure insights influence both academic thought and operational practice. The Center also fosters collaborative research opportunities that engage faculty, students, and industry partners in tackling emerging supply chain issues together.
Thought Leadership
The SCMRC is a credible voice in the national conversation on supply chain strategy, translating our research insights for leaders through media commentary and executive-level content that informs decision-makers across industry, policy, and academia. By addressing issues related to critical infrastructure, network resilience, and long-term supply chain performance, the SCMRC helps shape how organizations think about managing risk and complexity in interconnected systems.
The Contested Logistics Consortium brings together University of Arkansas faculty, industry leaders, and defense stakeholders to frame the most pressing logistics challenges in contested environments and translate commercial supply chain expertise into actionable, mission-relevant insight. It serves as a collaborative engine for producing decision-quality research and thought leadership that strengthens national logistics readiness and resilience.
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The Supply Chain Management Research Center within the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is teaming up once again with Plug and Play to host the 2026 Supply Chain Trends & Expo event on Wednesday, April 22, in Bentonville.
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The fourth and final paper in the 2035 vision-back series examines what modernized sustainment must look like and what it takes to get there: AI-driven demand forecasting, real-time asset visibility, and autonomous distribution as the operational layer that brings it all together.
05/27/2026 | By Alex Solis
Supplier codes of conduct are widely used but often ineffective because they enforce compliance instead of enabling collaboration across the supply chain.
05/26/2026 | By Remko van Hoek
For those of us who study inventory and supply chain resilience, Admiral Samuel Paparo's April 2026 INDOPACOM posture statement is a useful artifact.
05/20/2026 | By Matt Waller
Matt Waller
Executive Director of the SCMRC
Brian Johnson
Director of Corporate Relations
Janeth Gabaldon
Director of Sponsored Research
Donnie Williams
Director of Industry-Student Engagement
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