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ISEI Founder Jimmy Anklesaria receives 2022 J. Shipman Gold Medal Award

June 2, 2022: Jimmy Anklesaria, the founder of the UC San Diego Institute for Supply Chain Excellence and Innovation (ISEI), has been named the 2022 J. Shipman Gold Medal Award winner by the Institute for Supply Management. The award is in recognition of Anklesaria's distinguished service in the supply management profession.

Jimmy Anklesaria

Anklesaria founded the Institute for Supply Chain Excellence and Innovation (ISEI) at UC San Diego in 2017. This Institute is in the process of moving to its new home in the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The Rady School of Management, the Institute's original UC San Diego home, will remain actively involved in the Institute going forward.

"While 'systems-level thinking' is now a buzzword, Jimmy Anklesaria has been demonstrating the value of understanding the system, and the on-the-ground facts within the system, for decades. I look forward to the good we can do by getting more involved in the excellent work that Jimmy Anklesaria and the entire Institute for Supply Chain Excellence and Innovation are pursuing," said Albert P. Pisano, Dean of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. "I'd like to add my personal congratulations to Jimmy: the inspiration and support you provide to students and others interested in learning to solve supply chain challenges is inspiring!"

The J. Shipman Gold Medal Award is the Institute for Supply Management's most esteemed honor. It is presented annually to an individual who personally contributes to the advancements of purchasing and supply management while providing assistance and guidance to other professionals.

“Jimmy, like many Shipman Medalists, has profoundly influenced many generations of supply management leaders. Even while he advised some of the world’s most iconic companies, such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM, he has assiduously mentored and cultivated succeeding generations,” said Institute for Supply Management chief executive officer Tom Derry.

“I’m so humbled and honored to receive the Shipman Award and join 90 other awardees, many of whom I know and have worked with over the past three decades,” said Anklesaria. “I’ve learned so much from the supply chain community and hope to spend the rest of my career sharing experiences and ideas with the emerging leaders of our profession.”

In celebration of this new award, Anklesaria was interviewed on Manufacturing Talk Radio.

Anklesaria joins an elite group of J. Shipman Gold Medal Award winners, including three board members of the Institute for Supply Chain Excellence and Innovation (ISEI) at UC San Diego: Sue Spence in 2020; Tom Linton in 2019; and Bob Monczka in 2008.

Anklesaria is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds a law degree from University Law College, Bangalore and an MBA from University of San Diego. Anklesaria is the author of Supply Chain Cost Management: The AIM & DRIVE® Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results and is co-author of Zero-Base Pricing™: Achieving World-Class Competitiveness Through Reduced All-In-Cost with David N. Burt and Warren E. Norquist.
 

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Jacobs School of Engineering
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