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Panos Kouvelis

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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:
Panos Kouvelis
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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.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-4604
E-mail:kouvelis@wustl.edu
Address:Campus Box
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130

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Managing the supply chain

How the Gap could have avoided entanglement with child labor (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/10623.html)

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.


Advancing competitively requires firms to be self-aware and capable to implement plans, business professors say

Business innovation is not dependent on creative people (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7910.html)

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... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7910.html)


Professor to speak on whether the USGA system levels the playing field

Golf handicapping:Good for the strong, not the weak (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/7705.html)

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.


Why China is a threat to American companies

Low price doesn't always mean low quality, but it could mean a challenge to high-end products (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7318.html)

June 8, 2006 --
Low quality threatens the high end.
Low quality threatens the high end.
What company wouldn't attribute its profits to the quality product it produces? The answer might be: the company that competes on price. According to research from Washington University in St. Louis, producers of lower quality products actually have better prospects for gaining market share and improving their bottom line. The findings indicate the Chinese manufacturers could easily gain an edge over American producers. More... (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/7318.html)


Olin School of Business at forefront of building models to help businesses coordinate decisions

Globalization forces companies to align financial and operational departments, WUSTL professor says (http://news-info.wustl.edu/news/page/normal/5446.html)

July 5, 2005 --
In the global economy, running a business is especially risky when finance and operations are ignorant of the other's business. The risk factors go beyond the usual challenges of matching supply and demand to include unanticipated commodity price shocks, volatile exchange rates, and unexpected supply disruptions as a result of forces beyond our controls, such as physical disasters and terrorist attacks. Rather than let companies discover the perils the hard way, Professor Panos Kouvelis of the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis is spearheading efforts in academia to create models of how finance and operations can work together to achieve maximum success.



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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

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•Kouvelis' Web page (http://www.olin.wustl.edu/faculty/FacultyBio.cfm?UserName=kouvelis)

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