Supply chains strengthen diversification Anand Kunnathur PhD, senior associate dean, UT College of Business Administration Mark Vonderembse PhD, professor and interim chair of Finance, UT College of Business Administration Beyond automotive: Anand: “The economic downturn has decimated the automotive industry and contracted its supply chain. That supply chain is not only central for the economy of the region, it is absolutely essential for job creation. The University is playing a role through the creation of the Vehicular Supply Chain Institute. Its mission is to study the supply chain associated especially but not exclusively with the automotive industry and come up with fact-finding documents as well as suggestions for revitalizing the supply chain by diversification.”
implemented. We’re also considering how that will expand into a regional information exchange for health-care data, so all medical entities in northwest Ohio will share information — reducing costs, increasing speed of treatment and making it easier for patients to access their data and carry it from physician to physician.” To see more, visit
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The health-care supply chain initiative: Mark: “Health care is now the largest industry in the United States, consuming about seventeen percent of the gross national product. As a result, it is no longer possible not to consider effective resource allocation. “We are beginning to look at how the University Medical Center will improve its operations through electronic medical records, currently being
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