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Faculty and students from different schools, departments and disciplines work together on long-term (6+ months) and short-term (~10 weeks) research projects. The types of research project include: Theoretical and model based research; empirical research; detailed field-based studies.
The Forum's current research interests include:
- Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) & wireless technologies, Mobile-Commerce
- Supply chain social and environmental responsibility
- Product and process design
- Supply chain security
- Information technology and e-business
- Demand planning and order fulfillment
- Logistics & outsourcing
- Supplier contracting and partnerships
- Developing Product Architecture and Platforms (Design for Variety)
- Incentives and performance measures
- New value creation & supply chain for amorphous products
- Managing core competencies
- Managing product transitions
- Supply chain management in emerging economies such as China
- Industry-wide supply chain integration
- Procurement strategies
- Multi-echelon inventory modeling
- Pricing and demand shaping
