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Program Summary
Operations management involves the study of management concerns related to the design, decision-making, and implementation of operating systems. Although manufacturing and supply-chain systems receive primary emphasis, other areas of study include operating systems to provide services or information. In recent U.S. News & World Report rankings of business schools, the production/operations area at Krannert consistently ranks among the top business schools.
Unique Features
- The Krannert Operations Management Program takes an analytical, operations-research, model-oriented approach.
- Operations Management Programs at the Krannert School are recognized as "Top 5" programs by US News and World Report and Business Week magazines.
- Krannert Operations Management Ph.D. students develop teaching skills under faculty guidance. Before graduation, every student is given the opportunity to demonstrate her/his teaching ability.
- Krannert Operations Management students enjoy an affiliation with the
Global Supply Chain Management Initiative
and the Purdue Center for International Business and Economic Research (CIBER), whose programs provide intellectual and financial resources to support Operations Management.
Student Profile
Applicants should have a solid background in engineering, applied mathematics, and/or operations research. Work experience in operations management is very desirable. A strong work ethic is essential.
Program of Study
The program of study for a Ph.D. in Operations Management is designed to achieve two goals: First, to help each student develop her/himself into a first-class researcher; second, to help each student develop her/his skills in teaching and gain experience in teaching operations management. Further information on the exact requirements of the Operations area can be found by going to the Operations Area Requirements web page and to the general Management Doctoral Program Requirements web page.
Financial Aid
Every student accepted into the Krannert Operations Management Program receives a waiver of tuition and fees and a stipend for living expenses. See below.
Exceptional students may be eligible for additional aid, such as The Ford Motor Company Supply-Chain Management Supplemental Award for Doctoral Study, or The Operations Management Alumni Fund Supplemental Award for Doctoral Study, which provides a supplement of $10,000 over three years.
Application and Financial Aid
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Faculty & Research Interests
Suresh Chand scheduling and production planning for multiperiod production inventory problems with varying demand forecasts
Maqbool Dada inventory systems, pricing models, service systems, international operations management
Vinayak Deshpande supply chain coordination, service parts management, contingency logistics systems
Qiaohai Hu supply chain competition, coordiation of operational and financial decisions, and operations in service industries
Ananth V. Iyer nalysis of the impact of promotions on logistics systems in the grocery industry and analysis of the impact of competitors on operational management models
Shrikant Panwalkar operational and logistic scheduling and quality management
Leroy B. Schwarz supply-chain management, manufacturing, e-enterprise, operations strategy
James E. Ward inventory-distribution system design, planar location models, interactive computing
Recent Graduates
(First/Last Name, year of graduation, dissertation title, placement)
Asima Mishra, 2008, Models for Managing Product Upgrade in Closed Loop Supply Chains, Intel.
Kannan Viswanath, 2007, Stochastic Location - Assignment on the Unit Interval, Norfolk Southern Corporation.
Xin Zhai, 2006, Retailer's Perspective in a Distribution Systems Under Different Levels of Information Visibility, Beijing University
Yanyi Xu, 2006, Base Stock Policies for Periodic Review Inventory Systems, Shanghai University
Jian Li, 2005, Inventory Models with Multiple Order Opportunities. Northeastern Illinois University
Jianghua Wu, 2005, Information Visibility and its Impact in a Supply Chain. Renmin University of China.
Jun-Yeon Lee, 2004, Agency Models in Supply Chain Management. University of Houston - Victoria.
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