The H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management at the Whitman School is hosting the 66th annual Harry E. Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program on Oct. 8 from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at the School’s Lender Auditorium This year’s recipient of…
Weisi Liu Selected for NSN Student Sales & Marketing Conference
Weisi Liu, one of our Whitman students, was selected as one of the 99 top students from across the United States to participate the NSN Student Sales & Marketing Conference in Atlanta. She will join the top talent representing more than 20…
Whitman School Professor Implements Innovation Generation Process at Molson Coors
Patrick Penfield, professor of supply chain practice at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, recently worked to implement a process for innovation at the Molson Coors Brewing Company. Penfield is also the director of executive education…
Danielle Shields Receives AWESOME Scholarship
Danielle Shields a senior Whitman/Newhouse dual, majoring in supply chain management and advertising. Born in Southern California, Shields now resides in Saratoga Springs, where she works at the distribution center at Target for the summer. Shields is a recipient of the…
Whitman Supply Chain Management Students Helping Syracuse University “Fast Forward”
More than a dozen Whitman supply chain management graduate students are working on projects designed to help Syracuse University improve its sourcing processes, which could generate cost savings and create more effective purchasing processes for campus users. The projects engage…
Malbec and the Mambo: Professor Kazaz Brings Innovation to Industry and Teaching
To bottle or barrel? That is the question examined by Whitman’s Burak Kazaz, associate professor of supply chain management, and his co-authors in a paper recently accepted in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. “Our work is significant as it is…
New Research Creates Accurate Pricing Model for Wine Futures
Researchers from the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University have revealed a highly accurate model for pricing wine futures. In a recently accepted paper in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Burak Kazaz, PhD, Steven Becker Professor, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor…
#WhitmanWatch: Sandra Carruitero
Class of 2016 (Dec. grad) Majors: Retail Management, Supply Chain Management Hometown: Miami, Florida LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandracarruitero While Whitman classes have helped Sandra Carruitero gain knowledge in the fields of retail and supply chain management, her experiences outside of the classroom…
Mara Silver-Smith ’02: The Mutual Advantages of Alumni Engagement
Mara Silver-Smith’s resume reveals an accomplished career with posts at leading international brands. Her first position came after graduating from Whitman in 2002 with a degree in marketing and supply chain management. She was hired as an industrial engineer in…
Lihong Liang and Dr. Burak Kazaz publish research in accounting and supply chain
Recently, two of our very own Whitman professors made headlines after conducting research and having their findings accepted into well-renowned publications. Lihong Liang, associate professor of accounting, and Dr. Burak Kazaz, associate professor of supply chain, both have reached intriguing…
Whitman School Collaborates with Staples to Analyze Supply Chain Management Opportunities
The H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University is collaborating with Staples, Inc., in the first of its kind relationship to bring innovation and new research to the supply chain field. The collaboration will allow Whitman School…
Faculty Profile: Dr. Karca D. Aral
Karca D. Aral Assistant professor of supply chain management Ph.D., INSEAD kdaral@syr.edu Professor Karca Aral recently joined Whitman as an assistant professor in the supply chain management department. Aral’s research is primarily focused on procurement actions, sustainable procurement, sustainable supply…
#WhitmanWatch: Kenneth Dick
Class of 2015 Majors: Finance, Supply Chain Management Hometown: Skaneateles, New York LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kenneth-dick/a1/a95/9ba Kenneth Dick initially came to Syracuse with a plan to major in finance, but quickly discovered a secondary interest in supply chain and logistics that has…
Mambo, Malbec & Mentoring — The Many Pursuits of Burak Kazaz
Editor’s note: The following article first appeared in Whitman Magazine in the fall, 2014. It was written by George Bain. Students in Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management Burak Kazaz’s class learn their subject by reading a book about people…