Desautels professor on cultural sensitivity and western managers working in China
A piece at CNBM.net.cn quotes Desautels Professor Saibal Ray on how foreign workers in China can work smoothly with their Chinese counterparts.?
Integrated fleet mix and routing decision for hazmat transportation: A developing country perspective
Authors: Anand Kumar, Debjit Roy, Vedat Verter and Dheeraj Sharma
Publication: European Journal of Operational Research, Vol 264, No. 1, January 2018
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Managing Patient Admissions in a Neurology Ward
Authors: Saied Samiedaluie, Beste Kucukyazici, Vedat Verter, Dan Zhang
Publication: Operations Journal
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As Lush expands, pressure on producers mounts
According to the Globe and Mail, times are good for UK-based bath-bomb producer Lush. Right now, all of its North American stores are supplied from two Canadian production centres, but as business picks up in the southern US, the company is looking at opening a US factory to supply that market; since Lush is all about sustainable, preservative-free products, it needs a production facility to be near a given area’s retailers.
2016-17 Desautels Teaching Awards
Congratulations to Professor Juan Serpa and Professor Sujata Madan who have been selected as the recipients of the?2016-17 Desautels Faculty Teaching Award?for?Undergraduate?and?Graduate?teaching, respectively.?
Juan Serpa awarded 2017 FRQSC New Academics Grant
Juan Serpa, Assistant Professor in Operations Management was recently awarded a 2017 FRQSC New Academics Grant for his project "Estimation de la relation entre la qualité du produit et la proximité de la cha?ne d'approvisement".
Quality at the Source or at the End? Managing Supplier Quality Under Information Asymmetry
Authors: Mohammad E. Nikoofal, Mehmet Gümü?
Publication: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Forthcoming
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Restructuring the resident training system for improving the equity of access to primary care
Authors: Anna Graber-Naidich, Michael W. Cartera, Vedat Verter
Publication: European Journal of Operational Research, Volume 258, Issue 3, 1 May 2017, Pages 1143–1155
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Evaluating the role of simulation in healthcare innovation: recommendations of the Simnovate Medical Technologies Domain Group
Authors:?Madani, A.,?Gallix, B.,?Pugh, C.M., ?Azagury, D.,?Bradley, P.,?Fowler, D.,?Hannaford, B.,?Macdonald, S
Binary decision rules for multistage adaptive mixed-integer optimization
Authors:?Dimitris Bertsimas and?Angelos Georghiou?
Publication: Mathematical Programming, Vol. 167, No. 2, 2018, pp. 395-433
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Supply-chain tests and solutions for growing Lush handmade cosmetics
Lush’s North American factories in Vancouver and Etobicoke are putting out bath bombs at a frenetic pace to keep up with the demands of the rapidly-growing company — and the extremely short turnaround that a preservative-free product line entails. But as the company and the wider organic and Fairtrade industries grow, they put increased strain on suppliers and growers.
Facility Location and Capacity Acquisition under Carbon Tax and Emissions Limits: To Centralize or To Decentralize?
Authors:?Turken, N., ?Carrillo, J.,?Verter, V.
Publication:?International Journal of Production Economics
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Desautels students uncover the secret to a successful movie
A team of Desautels undergraduate researchers from a business statistics class taught by Assistant Professor Juan Camilo Serpa examined data from online film sites like IMDB and Rotten Tomatoes, plus box-office sales, to come up with a picture of just what it is that makes a movie successful. The team studied elements like star power, ratings and budget to determine the most influential factor.
Group Selling, Product Durability, and Consumer Behavior
Authors:?He, Y.,?Ray, S.,?Yin, S.
Publications:?Production and Operations Management
Pourquoi les manufacturiers doivent augmenter leur productivité de 5 % par année
?C’est extrêmement ambitieux, il faut en être conscient.?Electricity symbols ks2?Mais je pose la question : avons-nous le choix ?? demande le patron des MEQ dans un entretien avec Les Affaires.
