Supply Chain Operations & Manufacturing

This consortia includes faculty members from supply chain management, finance and marketing, and applied economics. The groups' overall objective is to design and develop sustainable hemp-related supply chains from field to consumer and assess the triple-bottom-line based value propositions and discover and promote market opportunities and stakeholder management. Potential research topics might include:

Infrastructure and transportation systems analysis
Linkage of materials production and processing facilities
Consumer insights, market analyses, demand/supply analyses
Supply chain digitization, governance, and standards
Post-harvest processing, and manufacturing
Supply chain sustainability

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Current Research

Qualifying a novel adhesive from hemp oil for CLT and mass timber
Sustainably Incorporating Hemp Bio-based Economy into Western US Regional Rural and Tribal Lands
Hemp-based Fiber Materials, Technology, and Commerce as Drivers for Northwest American Indian Tribal Economic Development