Supply Chain — ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾«Æ· Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:43:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Patrick Penfield /faculty-experts/patrick-penfield/ Fri, 16 Jun 2017 16:53:51 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=120241 Professor Penfield is a professor of supply chain practice whose research focuses on green supply chain, manufacturing, warehousing, 21st century supply chain management, purchasing, strategic sourcing and negotiations and Six Sigma. He also serves as the director of the executive education program at the Whitman School. Prior to entering academia, he was the vice president of operations for a local manufacturing company and has more than 15 years of experience in supply chain management, working with Johnson & Johnson, Philips Electronics, and The Raymond/Toyota Corporation.
During the pandemic, reporters from national and international news organizations have found Prof. Penfield to be a trusted source for information pertaining to supply chain issues impacting every aspect of daily life. Prof. Penfield has appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC, and has been quoted by numerous news outlets and agencies.

]]> Burak Kazaz /faculty-experts/burak-kazaz/ Mon, 28 Nov 2016 17:38:16 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=110634 Dr. Kazaz’s research interests include the integration of supply chain operations (purchasing, production, distribution), marketing (pricing, market segmentation), and finance (managing economic/currency risks, hedging), with a special interest in managing uncertainty and risk (e.g. exchange-rate fluctuations, supply disruptions, lead-time uncertainty, quality uncertainty, demand fluctuations) in global supply chains.

Dr. Kazaz aims to provide the business community with new perspectives on how to manage risk and uncertainty. His research offers solutions for managing global supply chains that operate under volatile international financial markets, such as exchange-rate fluctuations. Kazaz also investigates the impact of disruptions and supply uncertainty in pricing, production, and distribution activities. His work has found implementations in agricultural supply chains that experience supply and demand risk. His recent work on wine futures and pricing of young wines are carefully followed by industry leaders, and have been featured both in premier journals of business and in popular media.

]]> Julie Niederhoff /faculty-experts/julie-niederhoff/ Wed, 07 Sep 2016 19:20:24 +0000 http://sunews.leibowitz.co/?post_type=faculty-experts&p=103928 Professor Niederhoff is an Associate Professor in the Supply Chain Management department. Her research addresses issues of how individuals make decisions within the supply chain and what effect these have on the efficiencies and profits of the firms. Her work has been published in top research journals such as Management Science and Production and Operations Management as well as featured in articles in The New York Times, Science Daily, and Scientific American.

Professor Niederhoff’s research topics include supply chain contracting, behaviors related to supply chain, operations, and group dynamics and worker effort.

While at Whitman, Professor Niederhoff has taught courses for undergraduate core providing a first exposure to the field for many students. She’s also taught in the undergraduate and graduate electives for students majoring in the course. Professor Niederhoff was nominated for the Meredith Teaching award in 2014 and 2015.

Some of Niederhoff’s recent media mentions and features include:

  • , Daily Beast
  • , WSYR-AM 570
  • , Spectrum TV
  • , NBC Nightly News
  • , Consumer Reports
  • , CNN Podcast – Sanjay Gupta’s Coronavirus: Fact vs Fiction
  • , Vox
  • , CNN
  • , Fast Company
  • , New York Times
  • , today.com
  • , Supply Chain Dive
  • , Harvard Business Review
  • , WRVO
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