Penn State Intercom......April 30, 2001

Center changes name to better reflect
its mission within the Smeal College

The former Center for Logistics Research in The Smeal College of Business Administration has begun operating under a new name: the Center for Supply Chain Research.

"The new name was selected to better portray the center's direction," explained William L. "Skip" Grenoble, executive director. The center is taking a more interdisciplinary approach to research.

The center is organized within Smeal College's Division of Research. Founded in 1989, it is a research community of scholars and practitioners dedicated to shaping practice in logistics and supply chain management in today's converging economies. The center draws upon faculty members from several academic areas as well as from other universities. Faculty affiliates are involved in several disciplines, including business logistics, management science, operations management, business law, geography, agricultural economics and industrial engineering.

The name change will involve a new wordmark and visual identity system, Grenoble said.

For information about the center, call Susan Purdum, administrative director, at (814) 865-0585, or visit online at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr.

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