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(2023) \u201cUtilizing People, Analytics, and AI for Decision Making in the Digitalized Retail Supply Chain,\u201d <em>Journal of Business Logistics<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jbl.12355\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jbl.12355<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Choi, T.Y., Netland, T. H., <strong>Sanders, N.R<\/strong>., Sodhi, M. S., Wagner, S. M., (2023), \u201cJust-in-Time for Supply Chains in Turbulent Times,\u201d <em>Production and Operations Management<\/em>, 32 (7), 2331-2340, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/poms.13979\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/poms.13979<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sanders, N.R.<\/strong> (2023), \u201cGlobal Economy 2023: Covid-19 Turned Global Supply Chains Upside Down \u2013 3 Ways the Pandemic Forced Companies to Rethink and Transform How They Source their Products,\u201d <em>The Conversation<\/em>, 2023 (1).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sanders, N.R<\/strong>., Wood, J. (2021). &#8220;The Secret to AI is People.&#8221; <em>Harvard Business Review<\/em>,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Special Issue \u201cThe Best of HBR,\u201d 128-131. (<em>Note<\/em>: This is an updated version of a 2020 HBR paper. It was hand-selected by HBR Editorial Staff to be updated and presented as the Best of HBR in a Special Issue on AI, November 2021).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sanders, N.R., \u201cHow to Use Big Data to Drive Your Supply Chain,\u201d&nbsp;<em>California Management Review,<\/em>&nbsp;Volume 58, No. 3, 2016, 26-48.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sanders, N.R<\/strong>. <em>The Humachine: Humankind, Machines and the Future of Enterprise <\/em>(with John D. Wood), Routledge, 2023 (2<sup>nd<\/sup> edition).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sanders, N.R<\/strong>. <em>Operations Management <\/em>(with R. Dan Reid), John Wiley &amp; Sons, 8<sup>th<\/sup> edition, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sanders, N. R<\/strong><em>. Fundamentals of Sustainable Business <\/em>(with John D. Wood), John Wiley &amp; Sons, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> edition, 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sanders, N.R<\/strong>. <em>Supply Chain Management: A Global Perspective,<\/em> John Wiley &amp; Sons, 3<sup>rd<\/sup> edition, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industry &amp; Academic Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanders has held a range of leadership roles in both academic and professional organizations and has served on numerous Executive Boards. She has provided training and consulting to a range of Fortune 500 companies, including&nbsp;<em>Dell, Amazon, IDG, Nike, AT&amp;T, CIBA Corning, Mattel, MTC<\/em>&nbsp;Corp., and many others. She is a frequently called upon&nbsp;<strong>keynote speaker and expert witness<\/strong>&nbsp;having worked with firms such as&nbsp;<em>Jones Day<\/em>;&nbsp;<em>Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease;<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Quinn, Emanuel, Urquhart &amp; Sullivan, LLP&nbsp;<\/em>and others. She is a frequent quest on all the major media on outlets including CNN, NPR, BBC, CNBC, New York Times, The Economist, The Atlantic, Boston Globe, and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards &amp; Recognition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Awarded the <em>POM Sushil Gupta Distinguished Service Award<\/em> for contribution to the profession (2023).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranked as World's Top 2% of Scientist in <a href=\"https:\/\/melissasoong.medium.com\/3-professors-from-the-data-initiative-at-northeastern-damore-mckim-school-of-business-ranked-as-a907d42fbdaa\">2020 Stanford Study<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Awarded the <em>Robert D. Klein Lecturer Award<\/em>, Northeastern University, 2022.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Board of Economic Advisors, <em>Association of Industries of Massachusetts (AIM<\/em>), 2021- Present<em><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Award created in the name of Nada Sanders as recognition of significant contribution by <em>Production &amp; Operations Management Society (POMS).<\/em>&nbsp; Award named:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Nada SandersEmerging Economies Doctoral Dissertation Award for Latin America and the Caribbean<\/em>, July, 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top Innovation Books of 2020, <em>The Humachine: Humankind, Machines and the Future of Mankind <\/em>(Taylor &amp; Francis), InsideOutside.io (https:\/\/insideoutside.io)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outstanding Book Category 2019&nbsp; <em>The Humachine: Humankind, Machines and the Future of Mankind<\/em> (Taylor &amp; Francis).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Center for Management Consulting Excellent (CMCE) Consulting Research Award Finalist 2020, \u201cThe Secret to AI is People,\u201d <em>Harvard Business Review<\/em>, August, 2020. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmce.org.uk\">www.cmce.org.uk<\/a>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>President, <em>Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)<\/em> (2019 \u2013 2020)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty Affiliate, <em>Global Resiliency Institute (GRI<\/em>), Northeastern University (2017-Present).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Top 10 most downloaded paper for 2017 and listed as a \u201cmust read\u201d:&nbsp; Sanders, N. 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