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CSCMP honors trailblazers with annual awards

2024 DSA winner Heather Sheehan
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Here’s a recap of the annual awards given during this year’s conference September 29 – October 2.

Supply Chain Xchange Staff
By Supply Chain Xchange StaffOct 01, 2024
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Honoring supply chain professionals and companies for their contributions to the industry is a tradition at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals annual EDGE Conference. The following are some of the recognitions given out this year.

  • The 2024 Distinguished Service Award was presented to Heather Sheehan, owner of Crispy Concepts LLC, instructor with Penn State University, and board member and adjunct faculty member with the University of Denver’s Transportation & Supply Chain Institute.
  • Sheehan, along with Roger Penske, chairman of Penske Corp., were inducted into CSCMP’s Supply Chain Hall of Fame.
  • Travis Kupla, Ph.D, of the University of Arkansas, won the Doctoral Dissertation Award for his paper “How Supply Chains Respond to Disruptions: Three Essays on Responses to Operational, Geopolitical, and Natural Disaster Disruptions.”
  • The Bernard J. La Londe Best Paper Award was given to Matias G. Enz from the University of Missouri-Saint Louis, and Douglas M. Lambert from The Ohio State University for their paper “A Supply Chain Management Framework for Services.”
  • Wenting Li and Dr. Yimin Wang of Arizona State received the E. Grosvenor Plowman Award for their research paper, “A Procurement Advantage In Disruptive Times: New Perspectives On ESG Strategy And Firm Performance.”
  • The Teaching Innovation Award was given to Dr. Shane Schvaneveldt of Weber State University for his paper, “A Lean 5S Experiential Learning Game for Logistics and Supply Chain Management.”
  • Meg Schmidt Duncan, recently retired director of strategic sourcing at Koch Logistics, was presented with the 2024 Gail Rutkowski Transportation Excellence Award. The award recognizes individuals and companies who use their knowledge, connections, and industry expertise to educate, support, and create long-term impact in transportation-related fields.
To see a full list of honorees, please visit cscmp.org and click on the tab "Academia & Awards."
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