FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., Oct. 21 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news release:

Where supplies are positioned before a crisis can determine how effectively organizations respond when it arrives. For LTC Clay Woody, a U.S. Army officer and doctoral student in the U of A's Department of Industrial Engineering, that challenge connects academic research with military planning.

Woody brought both perspectives to an Oct. 6 panel on contested logistics for an audience primarily from U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM). He served alongside Leighann Martin of the Defense Logistics Agency and Brig. Gen. Ronnie Anderson of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command (CASCOM). The panel discussion was offered by Scholara Education, LL...