
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
Axia Institute Research Grant – From Cherry Pits to Cosmeceuticals
MSU’s Targeted Support Grant for Technology Development (TSGTD) awarded the Axia Institute’s Dr. Bahar Aliakbarian into transforming cherry pits to cosmeceuticals.
Establishing Grades for Pharmaceutical RFID Tag Performance
In the Axia Lab, RFID technology is used to test tags that are graded based on GS1 Tagged Item Performance Protocol (TIPP) Guidelines, establishing more reliable performance of tagged items.
Axia Institute empowers innovation in pharmaceutical industry
Spring 2022 Virtual Event
About: The program’s structure is based upon a portion of the graduate-level Supply Chain Management concentration in The Eli Broad College …
Fall 2022 Value Chain Certificate Program
Spring 2022 Virtual Event
About: The program’s structure is based upon a portion of the graduate-level Supply Chain Management concentration in The Eli Broad College …
Michigan State University’s Axia Institute Announces the Launch of Axia Lab™
The Axia Institute of Michigan State University announced the creation of Axia Lab™, a premier research and consulting service leading the way in radio frequency identification (RFID) tagged item assessments, testing, compliance, and technical implementations.
New Director of Research & Development
Michigan State University’s Axia Institute Lead Researcher, Bahar Aliakbarian, Ph.D., has been promoted to Director of Research & Development.
Comments on the FDA’s Drug Supply Chain Security Act, an important area of focus for our Institute
Read more about our proposed collaborative approach for helping secure the supply chain for prescription drugs using interoperable GS1 standards.
Meet Our 2021 Intern Class
Join us in welcoming the Axia Institute’s 2021 Intern class! We cannot wait to see what they accomplish throughout the course of this internship. Learn more about Satwik, Drew, Sadana and Nate in our most recent blog post.
New Axia Executive Director Named
John Hatfield has been appointed the new Executive Director of The Axia Institute, replacing Dr. Charles Hasemann, who has served as Interim Executive Director since January 2021.
Exploring Supply Chain Management Strategies – Event Recap
On May 19, the Axia Institute hosted its third Revolutionizing Patient Safety webinar titled Exploring Supply Chain Management Strategies with a Patient-Centric Approach.

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Graduate studies, certificate programs and seminars in value chain creation and optimization.

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The Axia Institute is affiliated with many leaders in value chain creation and development, including the MSU Eli Broad College of Business, whose supply chain management program consistently ranks #1. We routinely draw on all our partners’ expertise to better serve you.

