Summer 2022

Marty and Ann Brown’s Volunteer Spirit

From his years as an accounting student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to his position as president and CEO of PYA, a nationally prominent accounting and consulting firm, Marty Brown (HCB, ’85) has achieved great success.

Yemisi Bolumole

Teaching from the Inside

A new world opened to Yemisi Bolumole when she was tasked with investigating how third-party logistics service providers might solve distribution issues.

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Kelli Ross

Growth and Opportunity

Free Purchase Returns?

Lenient Returns Policies for Customized Products May Increase Companies' Profits

New Horizons in Accounting

Michael Chan & Andrew Roberts

Helping Employers and Veterans Speak the Same Language

Consortium for Social Enterprise Effectiveness (CSEE) Celebrates Continuing Success, Lauds Alex Miller

Home Federal Bank

A Profitable Partnership

AMAze Students Create Marketing Solutions for Corporate Partners

Haslam’s Upward Trajectory

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Thought Leadership

Inside Higher Ed

“As we move from lower-income to higher-income areas, we don’t see a proportionate increase in lottery sales. Lower-income areas purchase a disproportionate amount of lottery tickets.”

Celeste Carruthers - William F. Fox Distinguished Professor of Labor Economics

Dallas Business Journal

"A decade ago, most supply chain leaders were focused on functional operational issues within their own areas of the supply chain such as procurement, logistics, or manufacturing operations. The C-suite was several managerial levels removed, making direct communication rare. Cost-cutting was often seen as the major value that supply chain could provide to the business."

Shay Scott - Professor of Practice; Vice Dean & Chief Operating Officer, Digital Learning

NBC News

“When there is demand, it comes in huge surges, but, of course, production doesn’t work that way. Production requires long, steady runs with plenty of setup time to get quality where it needs to be. Running big production batches leaves the manufacturers with product facing limited shelf life, ranging from 6 to 12 months, depending on the test type.”

Thomas Goldsby - Dee & Jimmy Haslam Chair of Supply Chain, David P. Perrot Supply Chain Management Faculty Fellow

New York Times

“There’s empire building within organizations. People will say, ‘I have autonomy. I don’t want metrics on my list of key performance indicators that I don’t have direct control over.”

Ted Stank - Harry J. & Vivienne R. Bruce Chair of Excellence

CBS News

“The pandemic has honed the skills in collaboration. Some states and local governments have worked that more adeptly. Others are still working it out.”

Mary Long - Lecturer

Wall Street Journal

“If you go over budget, people will be mad at you, but you’ll still have a job come Monday. And so the tendency is to make sure that we don’t stock out.”

Ted Stank - Harry J. & Vivienne R. Bruce Chair of Excellence

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