According to an article in Fast Company, people who understand decision behavior have an advantage when it comes to negotiations, including asking for a raise. The article, written by, Vivian Giang, focuses on six things people commonly do that can negatively impact the outcome of negotiations. Continue reading
A panel of leading women in supply chain was featured at the Transform 2018 Executive Tech Summit sponsored by project44. Their topic was “Smooth Scaling: The Path to Being Truly Digital.” Continue reading
Anne Welsh McNulty rose to the top of her profession, but not without some discouraging experiences along the way. She draws on those experiences in an article for Harvard Business Review imploring women to support each other at work. Continue reading
In the 1960s, when Jocelyn Bell Burnell was a top graduate student at Cambridge University, she was dedicated to a project of exploring the universe in search of “pulsars” — collapsed stars that are now considered among the most important astronomical finds of the 20th century. But in 1974, when the discovery was recognized as a break-through and her advisor was presented with the Nobel Prize, Bell Burnell’s name wasn’t mentioned. Continue reading
Almost 100 new students to the University of San Diego campus began the school year by participating in a disaster simulation exercise designed to show how supply chain decisions affect people’s lives – especially during a disaster. Mary Long, director of USD’s Supply Chain Management Institute (SCMI) and an AWESOME Advisor, included the exercise in orientation activities as an engaging way to introduce more students to the impact of the supply chain field. Continue reading
Ann Drake, Chairman and CEO of DSC Logistics and Founder of AWESOME, has been named the recipient of C200’s Entrepreneurial Champion Award for 2018. She will be honored at the Luminary Awards Luncheon at the 2018 C200 Conference on October 18 in Texas. Continue reading
The American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) activated prior to Lane’s landfall on the Hawaiian Islands in August, hosting several days of coordination calls to share information and assist with any issues arising from disruptions to supply chains for businesses operating in Hawaii. Kathy Fulton, Executive Director of ALAN, spoke about the organization’s work at the 2018 AWESOME Symposium and in a follow-up story. Continue reading
The FIATA World Congress in New Delhi, India, on September 26-29 is the first of three upcoming powered by AWESOME events involving Nancy Nix, AWESOME Executive Director Emeritus. Other events on the November calendar are the 20th Annual CIO Forum in Austin, Texas, and the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Continue reading
