Travelogue 1: Greetings from India
Travelogue 1: Greetings from India By Natalie Ferris, senior in horticulture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign This series of posts was written by students in the ACES 298: Postharvest Loss Prevention study abroad program, which introduces participants to postharvest processes of grains and perishables and loss prevention in the Bihar and Punjab areas […]
Reflection on Stepping out of Our Comfort Zones in India
Reflection on Stepping out of Our Comfort Zones in India By Rachael Jensen and Annie Stasaitis, College of Business Supply Chain Management students The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. As our trip comes to a close, we now have time to reflect […]
Other Localized Supply Chains: Observations from an Auto Plant Tour
Other Localized Supply Chains: Observations from an Auto Plant Tour By Daniel Bodemer and Cody Williams, Supply Chain Management students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. We spent the first six days of our trip […]
What We Found Different about Farming Systems in North versus South India
What We Found Different about Farming Systems in North versus South India By Joel Hood and Abby Sugar, Supply Chain Management students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. Today, the SCM group had the opportunity […]
Commissioner Commentary: Discovering the Roles of the Middleman
Commissioner Commentary: Discovering the Roles of the Middleman By Katie Janson and Elayna Kramer, Supply Chain Management students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. While interviewing the farmers in Chennai, we kept hearing about a […]
What Seeing a World Wonder was Like on Our First International Trip
Commissioner Commentary: Discovering the Roles of the Middleman By John Mueller and John Pease, Supply Chain Management students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. When we hopped on the bus for the fifth day of this […]
Contrasts in India, Day 4
Contrasts in India, Day 4 By Mary Happ, senior in Crop Science, and Cruz Xu, sophomore in Supply Chain Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India in March 2015. Stepping off the domestic flight to New Delhi, it was clear […]
A Tale of Two Markets: Insights about the Different Ways Products Reach Consumers in India
A Tale of Two Markets: Insights about the Different Ways Products Reach Consumers in India By: Sarina Zhou and Jamie Dalton, senior and sophomore in Supply Chain Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India – March 23, 2015. During the second […]
Hearing from Locals on Farming in South India: Day 1
Hearing from Locals on Farming in South India: Day 1 By: Joe Goley and Korawat (Kay) Tanwisuth, Sophomores in Supply Chain Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India – March 21, 2015. We started the first of our nine-day journey with […]
Things Are Heating Up in India: Day 2
Things Are Heating Up in India: Day 2 By: Shannon Dolehide and Ashley McInerney, Juniors in Supply Chain Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The following post was written by students on an ADM Institute-sponsored observation study tour through India – March 22, 2015. When we signed up for the 2015 Agricultural Supply Chains in […]
