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Virginia Business The Bureau of Labor Statistics has projected a nearly 28% rise in demand for logistics professionals in the United States through 2031, notes Jeff Smith, chair of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Department of Supply Chain Management and Analytics within VCU’s business school.https://www.virginiabusiness.com/article/port-of-entry/

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"Appliances are heavy, take up significant cubic space in a load, and are more difficult to move to their final destination than are some other retail products,” says Jeff Shockley, associate professor of supply chain management and analytics at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Jeff Shockley, Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management and Analytics of VCU School of Business was asked by Wallethub: "what tips do you have for celebrating Christmas on a budget?"

The semester-long competition, which was sponsored by Altria and hosted by the Departments of Supply Chain and Analytics and Information Systems, challenged students to solve a real-world business problem for a chance to win up to $5,000 in prize money.

School of Business professor David Berdish and his students strive to help fight food insecurity in the community through a project they have been working on in his classes Supply Chain Management and Analytics and Logistics and Distribution Strategy.

Jeff Shockley at Virginia Commonwealth University says Virginia presents unbeatable competitive advantages: access to Washington D.C. and proximity to the central logistics command at Fort Lee south of Richmond.

During the recent VCU Business Graduate Kickoff, incoming graduate students had the unique opportunity to see firsthand how recent global supply chain crises have had a direct impact on patient care locally at VCU Health.

With the CHIPs Act, the hope is to reverse course by investing billions into the field, including $39 billion in incentives for new or expanded manufacturing. "It's a big investment, I hope it really spurs a lot more innovation," Jeff Smith, Chair of the Supply Chain Management Analytics Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, said.