Ryan Jackovic poses with the award at the IISE annual conference and expo, held in May.

The paper, titled "Financial Risk in Supply Chains: Predicting Bankruptcy in Private Firms Using Public Data", was co-authored by Khir and Sanders. According to a summary provided by Khir, the paper focuses on bankruptcy as a measure for assessing the financial risk of companies within supply chain networks. "This paper introduces a simple, yet effective, bankruptcy prediction model tailored for private U.S. companies, leveraging only publicly available information.

Jackovic's thesis is focused on risk assessment and optimization of resilient food supply chains in the defense sector.

Source: Reem Khir

Writer: Dave Montgomery