Supply Chain — ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 18:43:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 Rong Li /faculty-experts/rong-li/ Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:51:35 +0000 /?post_type=faculty-experts&p=155885 Rong Li is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management in The Martin J. Whitman School of Management at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. Professor Li specializes in supply chain risk management, integrated risk management, and inventory management with learning from real-time information.

Dr. Li’s research in supply chain risk management involves theoretical and data-driven modeling, aiming to help managers better face different types of risk with available risk management tools.

She has coedited the first handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains. Her research works have been published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, etc. One of her papers was among the top 20 most cited articles of all time (IIE Transactions, as of June 2015); another paper was a finalist for the best paper award in the supply chain and logistics track of ISERC.

Dr. Li received a B.S. in Mathematics from Nankai University, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.

]]> 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.

]]> 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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