Center for Supply Chain Innovation
The Center for Supply Chain Innovation brings together faculty, students and industry professionals to advance end-to-end supply chain solutions. Through partnerships and applied learning, the center supports innovation across global supply networks.
About the Center
The center focuses on how organizations design, manage and optimize supply chains in an increasingly complex global environment. Through industry collaboration and experiential learning, it connects academic insight with real-world supply chain challenges.
The Future of Supply Chain Innovation
Watch how the center fosters innovation and insight through applied learning, industry partnerships and evolving supply chain strategies.
Industry Engagement & Experiential Learning
The center connects students with industry partners through applied projects, competitions and collaborative experiences that reflect real-world supply chain challenges.
Raytheon Invitational
Students from top business schools compete in this national case competition, engaging with corporate leaders and exploring real-world supply chain challenges in a competitive setting.
Graduate Case Competition
TCU hosts graduate supply chain students from across the country in a competitive case environment judged by senior executives and industry professionals.
Student Organization
The Organization for Supply Chain Studies connects students with peers, alumni and industry professionals through networking, events and career-focused programming.
Business Technology Camp
The center supports early exposure to supply chain and technology through programs like Business Technology Camp, introducing high school students to real-world applications of analytics, logistics and innovation.
Events & Engagement
The center hosts industry panels, networking events and corporate engagements that connect students, alumni and professionals across the supply chain community.
Leadership & Advisory
Explore the people who drive our work and impact.
The center’s advisory board includes industry leaders who support student engagement, experiential learning and program development while strengthening connections between the university and business community.
- Derek Barnhill- Director of Supply Chain
- David Boelens- Learning and Development Lead, Raytheon (RTX)
- Patrick Collier- Senior Vice President, Global Manufacturing & Technical Operations
- Cindy Elliott- Director, Business Industry Sector and Corporate Responsibility Lead, ESRI
- Carter Garrett- Chief Commercial Officer, United Freight Solutions
- Steven Hammer- Division Executive Director, Supply Chain, AdventHealth
- Katelyn Harrison- Director, Supply Chain, Frito-Lay
- Jimmy James- Director, Technical Operations Procurement, American Airlines
- Ian Kinne- Director, Logistics Innovation, Hillwood
- Michael Leen- VP, Sales, Growth and Revenue Executive
- Todd Podell- Vice President and Chief Sourcing Officer, BNSF Railway
- Kari Reynolds- Senior Director, Supply Chain, PepsiCo
- Jim Shoppa- President and Owner, Shoppa's Material Handling
- Luiz Solia- Global Vice President, Industry Principal, Kinaxis
- Hobey Strawn- Vice President, North American Distribution, TTI