Ravi Anupindi

Ravi Anupindi is the David B. Hermelin Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Operations Management. He is the Program Director for the Master of Supply Chain Management Program. He was a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (Fall 2010) and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, India (Winter 2011). Prior to joining the University of Michigan in 2002, he taught at the Stern School of Business, New York University (2000-2002) and the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University (1993-2000).

Ravi's main research areas include supply chain management, strategic sourcing, supply chain risk management, lean operations, supply chain sustainability, value chains for economic development and global health care delivery. His current projects include decision models for commodity operations, supply chain risk management maturity framework, voluntary producer responsibility for sustainability, and health care delivery issues in TB, Malaria, and vaccines. His work has appeared in several leading journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of MSOM, Marketing Science, The Lancet, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Ravi serves on the editorial boards of Operations Research , POMS , and Journal of M&SOM. Ravi is a member of Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), Institute for Supply Management (ISM), Supply Chain Thought Leaders (SCTL) group, Supply Chain Risk Leadership Council (SCRLC), and the Global Health Supply Chain Consortium (GHSCC). He is a member of the advisory board and executive committee for the People That Deliver Initiative for Global Health. At the University of Michigan, he serves as the Chair of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights. He also served on the Executive Committee of the Ross School of Business.