Ravi Anupindi

Ravi Anupindi is the David B. Hermelin Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management and Faculty Director for the Master of Supply Chain Management Program at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor.  He was a visiting scholar at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University (Fall 2010) and at 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).
Professor Anupindi’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 research focuses on developing platforms for resource allocation decisions for interventions in Malaria and TB.

Professor Anupindi has taught MBA level core class in operations management and elective classes in strategic sourcing, global supply chain management, and innovations in global healthcare delivery as well as doctoral classes in supply chain sustainability and global health supply chains. He teaches in several open and custom executive education programs was director of the Leadership in Plant Operations program for executives. He has worked with several companies on various issues in operations and supply chain, sourcing, supply chain visibility and traceability, supply chain risk management, new product launch process, and emerging market access. He served on the advisory board of Duron Energy Private Limited (India). Under a USAID grant, he assisted University of Johannesburg in South Africa develop a graduate degree program in Supply Chain Management.

Professor Anupindi is the co-author of a textbook, Managing Business Process Flows (3rd Edition), Prentice Hall, 2011; the book is used as text for core operations management classes in several leading business schools. He has written several case studies on supply chain risk management, sustainability and healthcare delivery.

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 for the People That Deliver Initiative for Global Health. At the University of Michigan, he serves as Chair of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights.