Graphic for May 4, 2023 SCAN meeting

Supply Chain Traceability: Improving Africa’s Agric and Health Sectors

Supply chain traceability is the key to unlocking the potential of Africa’s agricultural and health sectors. It involves establishing transparent and efficient processes to track and verify the movement of goods throughout the supply chain, from production to consumption. In the rapidly evolving landscape of Africa’s economies, embracing supply chain traceability is a crucial step …

CARISCA achieves ‘huge victory’ with journal publication

CARISCA achieved “a huge victory” this spring, in the words of executive director Dale Rogers, with a publication in one of the world’s leading supply chain journals. The Journal of Business Logistics published a paper by a CARISCA research team online May 1. It will be in the June print edition.  The article, “In search …

New project director takes helm

CARISCA welcomed a new project director to the team this spring, as David Schlinkert was promoted into the role in April. He previously served as the director of monitoring, evaluation, research and learning.  As project director, Schlinkert is responsible for the overall management, operations and coordination of CARISCA, through the term of its funding by …

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Startups in the Supply Chain Ecosystem—Practice and Research

Startups are associated with innovation, emerging technologies, digitalization and disruptive business models. But the scholarly supply chain, logistics and operations management literature has up to now paid little attention to startups’ role in the supply chain ecosystem.  Stephan Wagner, professor and chair of logistics management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), …

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Crafting a Pitch for a Trade Journal

You have conducted your research and now comes the hard part—getting published. While publishing in academic journals is critical for advancing knowledge, getting your research published in a trade journal will expand awareness of your work and its results to a wider audience. Trade journals have a different set of requirements and expectations than academic …