Manufacturing

The university's Boeing Center for Technology, Information and Manufacturing is a center set up jointly by Washington University's John M. Olin School of Business, the Boeing Company and other corporate partners, with a view to fostering a more meaningful, mutually beneficial interaction between industry and academe, on issues relating to technology in general and IT, or information technology, in particular, and their impact on the firm in general, and more specifically on the management of its operations and those of its supply chain partners.

The BCTIM seeks to better expose members of the academic community (both teachers and the taught) to world-class technology, operations and supply chain management practices, and thus contribute to their research and teaching activities, or learning experience, respectively. It aims to provide industry with access to cutting-edge applied research and up-to-date educational and instructional material dealing with such issues. Finally, the BCTIM helps the pool of graduates - that the center's industrial partners routinely recruit from - become more "tech-savvy" and knowledgeable than they might have otherwise been.

Faculty Experts:

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Sergio Chayet Assistant Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management Chayet's area of expertise is in decision analysis, inventory control, production planning and scheduling and operations strategy. He also studies strategic planning for production and service organizations using queueing and game-theoretic models; control and management of manufacturing systems; ... Expertise: Operations management, inventory control, production planning and scheduling, operations strategy, decision analysis. Direct contact: (314) 935-6769 / chayet@wustl.edu

Panos Kouvelis Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management Panos Kouvelis Download Kouvelis is an expert on global supply chain security and on the efforts of homeland security officials to secure the 30 million containers that are shipped into the United States annually as part of the manufacturing and distribution supply chain. He's also an expert source on a variety of business-related ... Expertise: marketing, e-commerce, operations management, manufacturing management, facility layout, inventory control, production planning, … Direct contact: (314) 935-4604 / kouvelis@wustl.edu

Kenneth Harrington Managing Director of Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Harrington Mr. Harrington spent over 25 years in the telecommunications and information technology business. He has been a senior executive for five start-up companies and has also been involved with turn-around and roll-up consolidations in the technology industry. He is currently the Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship ... Expertise: entrepreneurship, economics, telecommunications industry, life sciences industry, international development Direct contact: (314) 935-9134 / harrington@wustl.edu

Tava Lennon Olsen Associate Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management Tava Lennon Olsen Download Expertise: management science, math programming, simulation modeling, Stochastic Processes, operations management, manufacturing management, inventory control, … Direct contact: (314) 935-4732 / olsen@wustl.edu

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News Stories & Tip Sheets:

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Managing the supply chain How the Gap could have avoided entanglement with child labor Nov. 21, 2007 -- If it is a surprise to Gap Inc. that some of its clothing manufactured in India was made by young children, then the company didn't do a thorough job investigating the pros and cons of international outsourcing, according to Panos Kouvelis, the Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

When recalls call Avoid one of business's pitfalls through resiliency Aug. 7, 2007 -- Mattel and Ford are just the latest in a long line of companies to enact a product recall. Whether it's lead paint or tainted dog food, every manufacturer faces the potential that its product needs to be taken off the shelf. How a firm handles its logistics and marketing after and before a recall can make or break a company's success in the long run.

Private equity may be best bet for Jaguar & Land Rover Expert available to discuss offers Ford receives for the car companies July 19, 2007 -- A private equity acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover might be the best thing to happen to the companies, according to a professor at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis. "The public-equity firms will clean house," said Anne Marie Knott, associate professor of strategy. "They will find the areas of poor performance and turn them around."

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U.S. research making great leap Philadelphia Inquirer Nov. 6, 2006 -- Eager to tap into China's pool of dirt-cheap engineers and technical employees who earn $5,000 to $10,000 a year, hundreds of European and U.S. companies have opened research centers throughout China in the last two years. WUSTL political science professor Andrew Mertha warns that companies should be careful because of the seriouis problem of intellectual property piracy.

Making pills the smart way Business Week April 26, 2004 -- Despite its high-tech image, the pharmaceutical industry is less adept at manufacturing than you might expect. The Food & Drug Administration recently found hundreds of quality violations at drug companies and some factory processes are so antiquated that companies can't even pinpoint the cause of the snafus. Manufacturing may have become the poor stepchild of the pharmaceutical industry, but now, that stepchild is getting the attention it deserves. Jackson A. Nickerson of the Olin School of Business is leading an effort to find and correct flaws in drug-manufacturing practices and in FDA regulations, and he predicts huge economic gains. "Everyone has said that costs could decline by up to 50%," said Nickerson in the May 3, 2004, online issue of Business Week.