Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Faculty associates in research in this are Prof N. Hemachandra and Prof G.Raghuram (IIM-Ahmedabad).

Major work is in the areas of

Inventory management policies in multi-stage systems (including some studies in reverse logistics and perishable inventory systems)
Logistics operations and pricing strategies on network wide operations (with applications to container and other modes of freight movement)
Diagnostic studies and performance measurement of supply chains
Contracts in logistics and supply chain management

Some writings and studies are listed here.

Narayan Rangaraj , "An analysis of Operations, Mode Choice, Pricing and Network Economics of Container Movement", International Workshop on IT-Enabled Manufacturing, Logistics and Supply Chain Management held in Bangalore during December 15-16, 2003. (PDF Link)

K.Chandrasekhar, Nitish Dave, N. Hemachandra and Narayan Rangaraj " Timing of Discount Offers for Perishable Inventories" Sixth Asia Pacific Operations Research Society, Delhi, December 2003: (PDF Link)

M.S.Gharote, N.Hemachandra and Narayan Rangaraj, "Periodic Review Inventory Policies for a Hybrid Production System with Stocking and Disposal Options", ISL-2004 (International Symposium on Logistics) at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, July 2004.

A. Chande, S. Dhekane, N.Hemachandra and Narayan Rangaraj, "Perishable Inventory Management and Dynamic Pricing using RFID", published in Sadhana