The Bowersox graduate groupThe MSU Department of Supply Chain Management and the MSU Supply Chain Council hosted the 8th Annual Michigan State University Donald J. Bowersox Graduate Supply Chain Challenge Oct. 12-13, 2017. Created for the top-ranked supply chain management programs, the challenge used a simulated real-time competitive supply chain strategy environment to challenge the students and objectively assess their skills to design and manage a dynamic supply chain against a common scenario.

Congratulations to Arizona State University, the first-place winner of the Supply Chain Challenge. The Arizona State University team includes Thu Nguyen, Enny Kho, Saagar Anand, and Spencer Campbell. Following in second place was Penn State University, with Tennessee State University taking third.

Teams from Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Penn State, Purdue, University of Tennessee, and Arizona State University attended the competition.The Arizona State team

Thank you to the members of the MSU Supply Chain Council who attended the event: BASF Corporation, United Technologies Corporation, Meijer, Johnson Controls, Bayer, American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Robert Bosch LLC, and HAVI Global Solutions.