Efficient and effective Operations/Supply Chain Management forms the key functional area in defining an organization s success in today s competitive global environment. This Symposium Proceedings focuses on the role of Analytics in Operations /Supply Chain Management, particularly in the context of multi criteria decision making. It highlights emerging concepts and potential applications in descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics fields. The 46 articles presented in the proceedings are from over 100 contributors from academics and industry. These 46 articles are classified into 6 groups based on the main theme of the respective studies. These groups are: (1) Analytics for Operations Strategy; (2) Analytics for Performance Analysis; (3) Analytics for Resource Planning/Allocation; (4) Analytics for Sequencing and Scheduling; (5) Analytics for Product/Process Management; and (6) Supply Chain Analytics. Contents: Part I - Analytics for Operations Strategy Part II - Analytics for Performance Evaluation Part III - Analytics for Resource Planning/Allocation Part IV - Analytics for Sequencing and Scheduling Part V - Analytics in Product/Process Management Part VI - Supply Chain Analytics.

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Dr. Muthu Mathirajan is Chief Research Scientist at the Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He received M.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Madurai Kamaraj University and Postgraduate Diploma in Operations Research from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University. He also received M.Sc. (engineering) degree in Applied Operations Research and Ph.D. in Operations Management from IISc. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Singapore Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alliance in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Dr. Chandrasekharan Rajendran obtained his B.E. (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering from University of Madras, M.E. in Industrial Engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from IIT Madras. He joined the Faculty of IIT Madras in 1987, and is serving there as a Professor since the year 2000. His areas of interest include Operations and Supply Chain Management, Sequencing and Scheduling, and Total Quality Management. Prof Sowmyanarayanan Sadagopan obtained his Ph.D. in Operations Research from Purdue University in 1979 (Professor A. Ravindran was his Thesis Adviser). He has taught at IIT Kanpur and IIM Bangalore for 20 years before assuming charge as Director of IIIT Bangalore in 1999. His main contributions in the past 20 years have been in the area of computer applications in industry and government sectors, and technology and policy for higher education in India. Dr. Arunachalam Ravindran is a Professor and former Department Head of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Formerly, he was a faculty member in School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University for 13 years (1969-82) and at University of Oklahoma for 15 years (1982-97). He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering with honors from India. Dr. Parasuram Balasubramanian has been a Consultant, Group Leader, CIO, CEO and Profit Centre Head in Information Technology industry in his career spanning four decades. He has played a noteworthy role in establishing analytics practice in India and India as a premier offshore service destination. He was instrumental in introducing high quality standards for software delivery services and in building up the skill sets of thousands of employees. He has worked in India, Jamaica and USA. Over the years, he has sustained considerable interest in academics and executive training.

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