A team of four UNT students took home second place in the National Rams Operation Stimulus Supply Chain Case Competition, held on Friday, March 3, 2023. Team members included Yoseph Almetnawy, Jarius Cherry, Zachary Kvale and Regan Weaver.

Now in its 40th year, Operation Stimulus is the longest-running supply chain and logistics student case study in North America. Future supply chain leaders from the nation’s preeminent universities are invited to compete in solving a complex real-world problem. In round 1, teams present their solutions before judges, who then send the top four scoring teams to round 2. For round 2, teams have 90 minutes to solve a complex twist to the problem and present a renewed solution.

This year’s round 2 competitors were UNT, University of Indiana, University of Arkansas and University of Oklahoma. Indiana won first place in a close call, with UNT only 2 points behind. 

“While we would have preferred first place, it is sweet to have come in ahead of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Nationally, those two universities have been ranked number 1 and 2, consecutively, in our field of study. UNT was ranked number 1 in Texas by Gartner’s Biennial Top 25 North American Supply Chain Undergraduate Program. Our aim is to move up in the National ratings,” said Weaver, logistics and supply chain management junior and president of the UNT Logistics and Supply Chain Management Student Business Organization.

Dr. Terrance L. Pohlen, senior associate dean and professor of logistics, was the team’s advisor. Team support was also championed by Chris Peavy, director of Ryan College of Business Programs and associate director for the Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 

The team thanks all faculty who supported them.