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Emerson Distinguished Professor of Operations and Manufacturing Management
Expertise: marketing, e-commerce, operations management, manufacturing management, facility layout, inventory control, production planning, production scheduling, operations strategy, international business, management science, math programming, management strategy, international operations, supply chain management, supply chain security, healthcare outsourcing, e-fullfillment strategy, marketing interfaces, manufacturing interfaces, lean manufacturing, project management, cyclic scheduling, manufacturing system design, discrete optimization
Bio:
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 issues including outsourcing in the health care industry and homeland security measures in the supply chain. His other areas of expertise include international operations; supply chain management and operations strategy; outsourcing management; global logistics; inventory and procurement management; e-business and e-fulfillment strategies; marketing/manufacturing interfaces and manufacturing system design.
Prior to joining Olin, Professor Kouvelis served as an associate professor at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and as an assistant professor at the University of texas at Austin. He has published two books and more than 60 papers in top-quality academic journals.
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Education:
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Ph.D. at Stanford University
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Master's Degree at University of Southern California
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M.B.A. at Stanford University
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Bachelor's Degree at National Technical University of Athens
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Cruise control
Expert advises automakers to take it slow on road to recovery
Nov. 13,
2009 -- GM releases its first quarterly results post-bankruptcy on Nov. 16. U.S. auto sales in October equaled an annualized rate of 10 million vehicles. That's a steep drop from the 17 million cars sold each year from 1991-2007. Not even a robust recovery from the recession is expected to boost sales near previous highs. Bailouts, bankruptcies and cash for clunkers have helped keep the industry afloat this year. Yet, the reality of too many factories and workers remains as demand continues to dip. Supply chain expert Panos Kouvelis says auto makers need to keep the brakes on production and proceed with caution. Video available.
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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 --
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.
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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.
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Advancing competitively requires firms to be self-aware and capable to implement plans, business professors say
Business innovation is not dependent on creative people
Oct. 9,
2006 --
American companies continue to grapple with staying competitive in the global economy. Increasingly, companies and business gurus are citing innovation as the key to sustaining American business' strength. What's not clear is what it means for a company to be innovative. Washington University business professors say the best way to infuse innovation into a company is not by hiring creative people, but by managing innovation in a systematic way. More...
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Professor to speak on whether the USGA system levels the playing field
Golf handicapping:Good for the strong, not the weak
Sept. 11,
2006 -- Research indicates that the system for computing golfers' handicaps favors strong, steady players. The professor will present his findings on Friday, September 15. 10:30 a.m., at the Charles F. Knight Center on Washington University's campus. The lecture is sponsored by the Boeing Center for Technology, Information and Manufacturing at the Olin School of Business.
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Additional Background:
Areas of Expertise: Marketing - E-Commerce; Operations & Manufacturing Management - Facility Layout; Inventory Control, Production Planning, and Scheduling; Operations Strategy; Quality; Intenational Business; Management Science - Math Programming; Management Strategy
Research interests: International operations, supply chain management, e-business and e-fulfillment strategies, marketing/manufacturing interfaces, manufacturing strategy, lean manufacturing, project management, cyclic scheduling, manufacturing system design and discrete optimization
Selected Publications:
- "Flexible and Risk Sharing Supply Contracts Under Price Uncertainty," Management Science, with C.L.Li, 1999
- "The Effects of Selling Packaged Goods on Inventory Decisions," Management Science, with R. Ernst, 1999
- "Global Operations and Logistics: Text and Cases,"John Wiley & Sons, 1998
- "The Newsvendor Problem in a Global Market: Optimal Centralized and Decentralized Control Policies for a Two Market Stochastic Inventory System," Management Science, with G. J. Gutiemez, 1997
- "Robust Discrete Optimization and Its Applications,"Kluwer Academic Publishers, with G. Yu, 1996
Academic/professional activities:
- Department Editor: IIE Transactions
- Associate Editor: Supply Chain Management in Management Science
Awards/honors:
- Reid MBA Teaching Award, 1998, 2000
- EM3 Program Teaching Award, 1998, 1999
- Ranked as the seventh most productive researcher of POM in US business schools in period 1989-1993
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