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Event Highlight: Fall '23 Supply Chain Pre-Career Fair Networking Event
The Fall 2023 Walton Supply Chain Pre-Career Fair Networking event featured the most ever companies and students in attendance, and was a huge success.
October 2, 2023 | By Nathan Bramwell

Event Highlight: Fall '23 NWA Supply Chain Shadow Day
Several companies around Northwest Arkansas participated in the twice-a-year Shadow Day for supply chain management students from the University of Arkansas' Sam M. Walton College of Business.
September 19, 2023 | By Nathan Bramwell

Intermodal Provides a Greener Option for Freight, but Barriers Remain
Intermodal freight transportation is a way to lower carbon footprints, but regulation, railroad concentration, and too little investment in infrastructure limit wider use.
June 29, 2023 | By Matt Waller, Andrew Balthrop

Does Banking Turbulence Threaten Supply Chains?
Recent bank failures threaten to plunge the economy into recession. Bank runs also threaten supply chain finance, resulting in supply chain disruptions.
May 11, 2023 | By Andrew Balthrop, Jason Miller

Event Highlight: Spring '23 SCM Student Showcase
This course is a hallmark of the practice based learning that is embedded into the Walton SCM curriculum as well as the SCMRC L.E.A.D. mission of engaging leading industry organizations in the classroom. Within this course, students tackle real world supply chain challenges, ideating, researching, and ultimately proposing solutions to the sponsoring company.
March 20, 2023 | By Nathan Bramwell