We would like to express our deepest gratitude for three women who have served on the AWESOME Advisory Board since the beginning and who have now completed their tenure: Joann Michalik, Nancy Nix, and Fran Tucker. Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson’s two most recent Lighthouse awards bring the company’s total to seven. One of the new designations is for J&J’s approach to end-to-end customer connectivity in its orthopedics business and the other is for its Vision Care order-fulfillment operations in London. Continue reading
When the AWESOME Board of Advisors was formed in 2014, Frances Tucker was invited to join and represent the academic community. Educating future supply chain professionals has been her focus and passion since her early days at Syracuse University.
After finishing her PhD in logistics with a minor in marketing at Ohio State University in 1979,… Continue reading
Michelle reflects on what we’ve learned in 2021 about being authentic leaders in spite of expectations some women leaders have placed on themselves in the past. Continue reading
Betsey Nohe, whose career at Morton Salt spanned 10 years – most recently as Vice President Supply Chain, Quality and R&D, Americas – is beginning a new professional venture as Executive Supply Chain Partner (ESCP) with Gartner. Over the past two years, while fulfilling those responsibilities with Morton, Betsey earned both a master’s degree and a PhD in Philosophy. … Continue reading
On Wednesday, November 17, AWESOME’s Founder and Chair Ann Drake became the first woman to deliver the Northwestern University Transportation Center’s William A. Patterson Transportation Lecture – now in its 39th year. Speaking also as the President and Founder of Lincoln Road Enterprises, Ann described the background for her topic —… Continue reading
At the recent AWESOME Scholar CONNECT! event, our 2021 AWESOME Excellence in Education Scholars met with Stephanie Powell Thomas, PhD, Associate Professor of Practice, Executive Director of Women Impacting Supply Chain Excellence (WISE) at the University of Arkansas, and AWESOME Advisory Board member,… Continue reading
As supply chain organizations increase their interest in reducing their environmental footprint, one of AWESOME’s 2021 sponsors – Ernst & Young LLP (EY US)– has reached a major sustainability milestone and is now carbon negative. The global EY organization achieved carbon neutrality at the end of 2020; in January of 2021, EY leadership issued an ambition to be carbon negative in 2021 by setting targets to significantly reduce the organization’s absolute emissions and remove and offset more carbon than it emits. To reach the goal, EY followed through on seven key elements. Continue reading
There’s no one better-positioned to talk about the challenges of 2020 than Kathy Wengel, the Vice President and Chief Global Supply Chain Officer at Johnson & Johnson. In her AWESOME Out-In-Front Talk, Kathy spoke about how J&J is building a resilient, and flexible supply chain ecosystem that’s committed to digital transformation. Continue reading
At the recent LIGHTNING Round, AWESOME leaders talked about steps their companies are taking – and, in some cases, planning to take – to improve sustainability. Which steps are feasible and have the potential to have the greatest impact vary by industry and type of business. Continue reading
