Research Trends in Inventory Management and Modeling 11th ISIR Summer School / Neuchatel, CH /August 19-23, 2013

Dear Colleagues, It is our pleasure to inform you that the preparations for the 11th ISIR Summer School in August, 2013 are going fine. However there are a few open places, so the organizers can still accept a few applications. See further details at the homepage of the Summer School: http://www2.unine.ch/isir-summer2013 The objective of the summer school is to provide a place for Ph.D. students to present their research work and to discuss various aspects with fellow students and senior researchers.

[Msom-society] Immediate Open Position for Asst Professor Finance/Accounting/Operations Management (non-tenure-track or visiting)

School of Industrial Engineering
Eindhoven University of Technology

(Non-tenure track / Visiting)
Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Finance & Accounting
(with an interface to Operations Management)

To commence as soon as possible, but not later than September 1, 2013, for the duration of 12 months.

The Hot New M.B.A.: Supply-Chain Management

By MELISSA KORN, The Wall Street Journal Companies are scrambling to hire people with supply-chain expertise. But these experts are hard to come by. Sensing growing demand, more than a half-dozen universities have recently introduced undergraduate majors, M.B.A. concentrations and even entire degree programs dedicated to procurement, inventory management and global supply-chain strategy.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324423904578523591792789054

[Msom-society] Post-Doc Position at Nanyang Technological University

\Post-Doc Research Fellow (Pharmaceutical inventory management) The Division of Systems and Engineering Management at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore invites applications for the postdoctoral research scholar position effective in October 2013. This position is supported by GlaxoSmithKline, a leading international pharmaceutical company. The candidate is required to have a PhD in Operations Research.

Best Student Paper Award at the 10th IEEE International Conference 17-19 JUL 13

Award name: Best student paper award, at the 10th IEEE International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM13) Paper Title: Equilibrium Contracting Strategy under Supply Chain to Supply Chain Competition Conference was held on July 17-19, 2013, Hong Kong, China. By: Yaner FANG, Biying SHOU, Yaoyu WANG, Zhongsheng HUA Yaner Fang is a PhD student under the joint CityU-USTC program.

Prof K K Lai Received the Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

Prof KK Lai received the 2014 Civil and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award at Michigan State University. As it is stated in the letter to him "What a privilege it is to pay tribute to you for your many accomplishments as well as for the pride you have brought to our department and the College of Engineering!”