Asoo J. Vakharia

Asoo J. Vakharia is the McClatchy Professor and Director of the Center for Supply Chain Management in the Warrington College of Business Administration at the University of Florida. Dr. Vakharia has taught in Warrington’s Department of Information Systems and Operations Management since 1994, and has a Ph.D. from the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Vakharia is a POMS and DSI Fellow and serves as Department Editor (POM-IS Interface Track) for the Production and Operations Management Journal. Having published extensively in the leading journals in the field, Vakharia’s current research examines issues in SCM with an emphasis on Green/Sustainable Product Development, Waste Management, and Reverse Supply Chains. His consulting work includes projects with AT&T Solutions Customer Care, Golden Eagle Distributors, Garrett Air Research, Motorola, Sweetheart Cups, Inc., and the University of Arizona Medical Center. Asoo's teaching interests are in Operations Management, Manufacturing Planning and Control, Design of Manufacturing Systems, Management of Service Operations, Operations Strategy, Management Science, International Logistics, Transportation and Logistics Systems, and MPC/ERP Systems Integration. He has also been involved in extensive Executive Teaching and has taught industry specific executive development courses for Tucson Electric Power Company, Citibank Universal Card Services, and AT&T Solutions Customer Care