The Axia Institute is strategically positioned as the premier value chain innovation center, working to help industry solve its greatest challenges.
Value Chain Approach
Value chains represent all the steps and links in a system from beginning to end. When every step and link performs at its best, the entire value chain performs at its best. Businesses and non-profits benefit from enhanced value chain management.
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News and Events
Bahar Aliakbarian Presents at the Midland Business Alliance
March 16, 2020
Dr. Bahar Aliakbarian of the Axia Institute recently presented at the Midland Business Alliance’s February Issues and Answers session. The event, Employers’ Update on the Opioid Crisis featured a panel of professionals from the medical field, health agencies and academia. The panel addressed workplace challenges caused by the opioid crisis and outlined strategies for managing these risks.
The Axia Institute Hosts Global Logistics Forum
March 26, 2020
The Axia Institute recently hosted Bridging the Gap: Establishing a Global Logistics Community to Jointly Address Common Challenges. The goal of the event was to help Axia and its partners begin thinking about ways to address shipping challenges across the global supply chain.
Industry Leaders Featured at Revolutionizing Patient Safety: Securing the Medication Supply Chain Virtual Conference
October 2020
On October 6, 2020, the Axia Institute hosted a virtual industry-focused event on the critical value chain to secure the supply chain for prescription medication. Revolutionizing Patient Safety: Securing the Medication Supply Chain provided a relevant forum for the important issue of patient safety and brought together industry professionals to discuss this important challenge. The Axia Institute would like to thank its sponsors including the Council of Pharmacy Executives and Suppliers (CPES), the Council of Supply Chain Executives (CSCE), eAgile, Fresenius Kabi, GS1, and IntelliGuard for helping underwrite this important event.
Ten Count Consulting Joins the Axia Institute
November 2, 2020
Michigan State University’s Axia Institute is pleased to announce that Chicago-based Ten Count Consulting, LLC has joined the Axia Institute as a General Member.
Getting COVID-19 Vaccines from the Factory to the Pharmacy – A Discussion with Dr. Bahar Aliakbarian
December 2020
Bahar Aliakbarian is an expert in supply chain management in pharmaceuticals and a professor at the School of Packaging at Michigan State University. Here, she describes the vaccine supply chains of Pfizer and Moderna, which are expected to be the two major early suppliers of the COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. She also talks about challenges in distribution and the work being done to ensure safe and systematic delivery of the vaccines.
Value Chain Certificate Program
Spring 2021 Event
About: The program’s structure is based upon a portion of the graduate-level Supply Chain Management concentration in The Eli Broad College …
New Research Leader Joins the Axia Institute
December 16, 2020
Michigan State University’s Axia Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Carlos A. Marino as Research Leader – Value Chain Digitization …
New Members to Join the Axia Institute Governance Board
December 17, 2020
Gary Burns, CEO of eAgile, Inc., and Gordon Krass, CEO of IntelliGuard® will join the Axia Institute’s Executive Advisory Board (EAB) …
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