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When should you buy your holiday gifts? A supply chain expert has advice

When should you buy your holiday gifts? A supply chain expert has advice

Faculty November 19, 2021December 14, 2021 FIU Business 0 Comments

Shoppers should take a special strategic approach in 2021, says College of Business logistics guru Craig Austin. By David Drucker A supply chain expert has a warning for those putting off their Christmas shopping.  “It used to be you could order around December 18 and still get your gifts,” says Craig Austin MBA ’98, an assistant teaching professor at FIU […]

Well-tuned supply chains help and mitigate losses: Lessons from Puerto Rico.

Well-tuned supply chains help and mitigate losses: Lessons from Puerto Rico.

Contributors, More College News October 17, 2017July 15, 2019 FIU Business 1 Comment

By Craig Austin, Instructor, Department of Marketing and Logistics and Dr. Ron Mesia, Executive Director, Ryder Center for Supply Chain Management While many will look with horror and deep concern at the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria upon Puerto Rico and its inhabitants on September 20th, the suffering for the island is really only just […]