Boeing Center for Technology, Information and Manufacturing

Director: Panos Kouvelis, Ph.D.

Home Page: http://bctim.wustl.edu/ Location: 237 Simon Hall

The BCTIM 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.

The affairs of the BCTIM are currently managed by Professor Panos Kouvelis, Director of the center, in conjunction with Dean Stuart Greenbaum, Dean of the Olin School of Business.

News Stories & Tip Sheets:

Showing Stories 1 through 3 of 15.  - Show More

Master's degree will give students competitive edge in vital career sector Olin Business School announces new degree in supply chain management May 18, 2009 -- The Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis will launch a Master of Science in Supply Chain Management specialized program in September 2009. The 12-month, 36-credit-hour program will be multi-disciplinary with a cutting-edge curriculum and active collaboration with industry leaders and the supply chain issues they encounter.

Battling the recession and slashing costs on the high seas New study shows how shipping business can stay afloat in sinking economy Feb. 26, 2009 -- Kouvelis Download A new study from the Boeing Center for Technology, Information and Manufacturing (BCTIM) at the Olin Business School, calls on shipping companies to increase their use of full-container loads with specific delivery dates to reduce costs and counter the effects of the recession on global trade. Panos Kouvelis, BCTIM director and distinguished professor of operations and manufacturing management at Washington University in St. Louis - Olin Business School, co-authored the study with Jian Li. In their paper, "Managing the New Uncertainty," they recommend the changes in the shipping supply chain as the "logical next step" for ocean freight services.

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.

Showing Stories 1 through 3 of 15.  - Show More

Faculty Experts:

Showing 2 Experts.

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

Showing 2 Experts.