Ph.D. Operations and Supply Chain Management

Multiple faculty in the INFO group are in the lead on understanding how and when to respond, even before disaster strikes, for humanitarian disasters. Scholars in the group seek to have students who desire to find ways to mitigate disaster. The experts in the group study natural disaster preparation as well as man-made disasters, such was war-time operational mitigation strategies.

The INFO group has many world-renowned experts in behavioral operations and partners with groups around the globe to understand multicultural issues surrounding behavioral supply chain issues. On-going research using cutting-edge technologies is showing how decision structures are not as simple as thought in the past. Students will learn and find means to be at the forefront of emerging technologies and understanding behind the causes, not just outcomes, of human behavior.

Multiple faculty members are at the forefront of Circular Economies and Closed-Loop Supply Chains in the area of operations and information systems. With the hundreds of billions of dollars of consumer returns, approaching over a trillion per year, as well as the omnipresent need to improve energy consumption and optimize distribution of energy resources, the faculty of the Information and Operations Management department are at the forefront of international faculty on tackling these world challenges.