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Nominations open for 2023 Supply Chain Hall of Fame

CSCMP members have until January 16, 2023, to nominate supply chain leaders who have made outstanding contributions to the field.

Who is your supply chain hero? Nominations are now open for CSCMP’s Supply Chain Hall of Fame Class of 2023 and will close on January 16, 2023.

CSCMP's Supply Chain Hall of Fame recognizes those industry leaders who have helped define and transform the discipline of supply chain management. Inductees are announced annually at the Council’s EDGE Conference, which will be held this year in Kissimmee, Florida, on October 1–3.  


To be eligible, each Hall of Fame inductee must have at least 20 years of experience in supply chain and logistics and fall under one of the following categories: 

  • industry transformers, who have created an innovative supply chain technology, business, or process or have driven legislation or regulation that has transformed the industry,
  • knowledge creators and communicators, such as researchers, authors, journalists, and consultants, or 
  • industry leaders/practitioners.

Past inductees include James Casey, founder and director of UPS; management consultant Peter Drucker; former Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Dole; Amazon founder Jeff Bezos; Taiichi Ohno, creator of the Toyota Production System; and George J. Laurer, inventor of the UPC barcode. Additionally, all of CSCMP’s Distinguished Service Award winners have been inducted into the Hall of Fame.

To nominate a supply chain leader for this award, visit cscmp.formstack.com/forms/2023_hall_of_fame_nomination_form

 

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