Center for Supply Chain Management

Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute exists to connect the world through Global Supply Chain Management with Network, Education, and Advanced Research (NEAR). Capitalizing upon its global network, industry experience and renowned faculty, USC Marshall is poised to become one of the top thought leaders in the realm of global supply chain management. As an industry leader in cultivating top business talent, the Randall R. Kendrick Global Supply Chain Institute will lead the effort to streamline efficiency and supply chain in our increasingly global economy. Our state of the art resource institute will work with country-specific supply chain gateways to keep our member community updated with news, trends and critical changes in the industry.

Founded in 2005, the Research Institute for Regulatory Economics is a think tank with the goal of building up knowledge on the interplay between competition and demands for regulation. The pursued research focused in the beginning mainly on network-based energy supplying and electronic communications industries. Since 2020 the institute expanded its research focus regarding climate change.The Research Institute for Regulatory Economics convenes international researchers for scientific exchange on the subjects of efficiency measurement in regulated industries, efficacy and effects of regulation as well as the relationship between regulation and investment/innovation. We strive for a productive sharing of knowledge with practitioners, allowing us to ally academic research with politically relevant decision-making processes.

The Operations and Supply Chain Center at the Darla Moore School of Business helps its partner firms to optimize their supply chain networks, remove waste and process inefficiencies and implement new process strategies through faculty-led student consulting projects.

The Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management is dedicated to supply chain excellence. Executive and alumni boards, industry partners, and faculty support undergraduate, master’s, and MBA students with applied learning opportunities and a cross-functional curriculum. Students gain experience and knowledge in the areas of marketing, operations management, financial management, and analytics.

The primary mission of the Supply Chain Management Center is to bring together executives, UF faculty and students in order to pursue excellence in Supply Chain Management practice, education and research.

The Supply Chain Management Center at the Robert H. Smith School of Business is dedicated to conducting research and education designed to further the discipline of supply chain management.The center operates under a single strategic vision for supply chain management: The collaborative, real-time, end-to-end, risk-tolerant supply chain.