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Ravi Anupindi is the David B. Hermelin Professor of Business Administration & Professor of Operations Management at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. 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).

His main research and teaching interests include supply chain management, strategic sourcing, supply chain risk, lean operations, supply chain sustainability, value chains for economic development, and health care delivery. His work has appeared in several leading journals including Management Science, Operations Research, Journal of MSOM, Marketing Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. His current projects include decision models for commodity operations, supply chain risk management maturity framework, voluntary producer responsibility for sustainability, distribution in emerging markets and study of health market innovations in India / Africa.