COM Lunch and Learn: Learning from Supply Chain Disruptions: Building a More Resilient Future

COVID-19 has revealed the fragilities and risks that reside in global supply chains. Supply chain disruptions can emerge from areas that were not anticipated and have far-reaching consequences. Managing supply chain risks requires taking a pluralistic perspective to better anticipate, respond, and recover from disruptions. This talk examines supply chain risk from diverse perspectives and shares some theories that underlie each perspective. With each perspective, Professor Linderman also shares research that helps advance scholarship and offers practical insights. This talk hopes to help develop a framework that engages practitioners and scholars to better managing supply chain risk.

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Dr. Linderman is John J. Coyle Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Department Chair of the Supply Chain and Information Systems department at Penn State University. Prior to joining the Smeal College of Business he was the Curtis L. Carlson Professor in Supply Chain and Operations at the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and the Academic Co-Director of Joseph M. Juran Center for Research in Supply Chain, Operations, and Quality. Prof. Linderman has received a number of scholarly awards including being ranked in the 2020 Decision Science Journal as one of the top 10 most productive and influential scholars in the field, the 2018 Supply Chain & Operations Teaching Award (student nominated), 2016 Associate Editor Award Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2016 Operations Management Scholar Award (Career Award - Academy of Management), 2016 Associate Editor Award Decision Science Journal, 2015 Associate Editor Award Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2015 and 2011 Carlson School of Management Research Award, 2010 and 2006 Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award (Co-advisor), 2004 Academy of Management Chan K. Hahn Distinguished Paper Award. Professor Linderman’s research encompasses topics in process improvement (e.g., six sigma and lean), environmental management, innovation and supply chain risk.