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In case you missed it, we're sharing each episode of the Penn State Smeal College of Business Better Business Podcast ???. Here's a preview of Episode 1 - Raising the Minimum Wage Listen online or via your favorite podcast streaming app: https://ow.ly/vPVh50N3UT

Exciting news! Listen to the Penn State Smeal College of Business Better Business Podcast ??? right here! Hosted by Smeal alum and financial journalist Farnoosh Torabi, each episode will bring research-based and real-world insights on the issues and trends shaping the world of business in America and abroad. Our guests are renowned Smeal faculty members, alumni, and other high-achieving thought leaders around the globe. They will offer perspectives that will help leaders like you do business better in the face of some of our most complex challenges today. Stay tuned! We'll share each episode from season 1 right here! Learn more about the Better Business Podcast here: https://lnkd.in/e9af9_P4

?? Brent Moritz, associate professor of supply chain management and CSCR co-director of research, was interviewed by CBN about the economic impact of the Baltimore bridge collapse. He shared about the rerouting going on in the supply chains for the auto, coal and other bulk materials industries as well as the larger impact on the logistics chain. "A lot of materials that would have come in through the port of Baltimore and gone through some of the logistics hub there would have gone south on the 695 bridge. Of course that's not there and that's going to add an hour to an hour and half of traffic for those shipments.... We'll see short term impacts and certainly regionalized, but probably not so much so for the rest of the country. So significant, but not catastrophic."

10 ways to maximize the benefits of warehouse automation ?? C. John Langley, Jr., clinical professor of supply chain management, explains why shippers and 3PLs are increasingly turning to automated systems. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gxuhUXJR

Chelsea Hammond, associate clinical professor of marketing, was quoted in a Quirk's Media article that showcases a compilation of innovative industry topics from 2023. Click here to read Chelsea's idea about collaboration: https://ow.ly/wPfr50QCbqm

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