Based on a partnership with IBM, The Smeal College of Business at Penn State University has opened a new Supply Chain laboratory, which is being relocated to Smeal's new Business Building on the University Park campus.

A Shared University Research (SUR) award from IBM provided Smeal with IBM software, server and storage technology to create the initial On-Demand Supply Chain Research Laboratory in the fall of 2003. The new lab is outfitted with additional IBM hardware, and will double as a classroom for Smeal students.