Category: Management Sciences

Research spotlight: The hidden price tag of supplier reliability
Nathan Craig
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Lean thinking, Supply Chain, Operations, Management Sciences
N. Craig by special contributor Nathan Craig, asst. prof. management sciences, Fisher College of Business
Management Sciences staffer Spadaro given top OSU service award
Matthew Burns
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Problem Solving, Operations, Management Sciences
A longtime staffer in Fisher College of Business’ Management Sciences department was honored this week with a top service award from The Ohio State University.
Fisher, Productivity partner up on new service-sector lean certification
Matthew Burns
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Problem Solving, Lean thinking, Management Sciences
As more industries turn to lean principles to drive gains in productivity and increase cost savings, a longstanding partnership at The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business is expanding to match a burgeoning need for know-how.
Report: Mid-market firms have agility, edge for op-ex success
Matthew Burns
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Problem Solving, Lean thinking, Operations, Management Sciences
Middle market
A new survey on operations management in U.S. middle-market companies shows them uniquely positioned to make sustainable process improvements but still trailing their larger peers in developing formal implementation programs.
Q&A: Fisher prof in new book sees big supply chain challenges, opportunities on horizon
Matthew Burns
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Problem Solving, COE, Supply Chain, Management Sciences
Macrotrends, Research
Today’s fast-paced business world is a constant balancing act of tackling short-term challenges and positioning our organizations for future ones. For those beyond the five, 10, even 20-year horizon, two provocative questions linger: What are they, and what, if anything, can we do about them now?