Dr. Mandyam Srinivasan joined the faculty in 1992. His current research interests are in performance modeling and evaluation of manufacturing systems. His teaching interests include performance evaluation, lean production systems design and operation, and supply chain management.

Dr. Mandyam M. Srinivasan is the Ball Corporation Distinguished Professor of Business and the Management Science Master's Program advisor. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Northwestern University. His professional experience includes five years of employment in the automobile manufacturing industry. He received the Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research from the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences in 2006.  He has won numerous awards for excellence in research and teaching.

Dr. Srinivasan's current research interests are in lean manufacturing, performance evaluation of manufacturing systems, and supply chain management. He teaches in the Core MBA, the Senior Executive MBA program, the Aerospace MBA program, the Professional MBA program, and in numerous programs run by the Center for Executive Education. His research and teaching efforts have been supported by grants and contracts from various organizations including Northern Telecom, General Motors, Allied Signal-Honeywell, IBM and the National Science Foundation. He is the Focus Issue Editor for IIE Transactions on Design and Manufacturing and an Associate Editor of International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems. Dr. Srinivasan has adopted a breakthrough approach to supply chain management in his book, Streamlined:  14 Principles for Building and Managing 1the Lean Supply Chain, published by Thomson in 2004, and the forthcoming book, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, to be published by Tata McGraw-Hill in 2007.  In his spare time he enjoys playing "music" on his guitar.

Selected Journal Publications

"Performance bounds for flexible systems requiring setups."  To appear in Management Science.  Co-author: M. P. Singh.

"A framework for capacity planning and machine configuration in flexible assembly systems.  Accepted for publication in International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, subject to minor revisions.  Co-authors: F. Lee and C. A. Yano.

"Warner Robins Air Logistics Center streamlines aircraft repair and overhaul."  Interfaces, January-February 2007 (to appear).  Co-authors: W. D. Best and S. Chandrasekaran.

"An efficient exact procedure for analyzing the state dependent polling model."  IIE Transactions, v 38, pp. 153-158.  February 2006.  Co-author:  M. P. Singh.

"Are you using the right supply chains design?"  To appear in Supply Chain Management Review, Summer 2005.  Co-author:  J. M. Reeve.

"Applying theory of constraints principles and lean thinking at the Marine Corps Maintenance Center."  Defense Acquisition Review Journal, pp. 134-145, August-November 2004,  Co-authors:  D. Jones and A. Miller.

"Woodward Aircraft Engine Systems sets work-in-process levels for high-variety, low-volume products."  Interfaces, v 33, pp. 61-69, July-August 2003.  Co-authors:  S. Ebbing, A. Swearingen.

"Exact analysis of the state dependent polling model."   Queueing Systems - Theory and Applications, v 41, pp. 371-399, 2002.  Co-author:  M. P. Singh.

"The relationship between preventive maintenance and manufacturing system performance."   European Journal of Operational Research, v 132, pp. 146-162, 2001.  Co-authors: D. Gupta, Y. Gunalay.

"Setups in polling models: does it make sense to set up if no work is waiting?"  Journal of Applied Probability, v 36, pp. 585-592, 1999.  Co-authors: R. B. Cooper and S-C. Niu. 

"Some reflections on the renewal theory paradox in queueing theory." Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis, v 11, no. 3, pp. 355-368, 1999.   Co-authors: R. B. Cooper and S-C. Niu. 

"Just how much does product variety cost?"  Management Science, v 44, no. 7, pp. 1017-1020, 1998.  Co-author: D. Gupta.           

"When does forced idle time improve performance in polling models?" Management Science, v 44, no 8, pp. 1079-1086, 1998.  Co-authors: R. B. Cooper and S-C. Niu.

"Production-Inventory systems with preventive maintenance." IIE Transactions, v 28, no. 11, pp. 879-890, 1996.  Co-author: H. S. Lee.

"Polling systems with state-dependent setup times." Queueing Systems, v 22, pp. 403-423, 1996. Co-author: D. Gupta.

"A decomposition theorem for polling models: the switchover times are effectively additive." Operations Research, v 44, no. 4, pp. 629-633, 1996. Co-authors: R. B. Cooper and S-C. Niu.

"The variance paradox and its implications for Japanese production theory."  Interfaces, v 26, no. 4, pp. 69-77, 1996. Co-author: D. Gupta.

"When should a roving server be patient?"  Management Science, v 42, no. 3, pp. 437-451, March 1996. Co-author: D. Gupta.

"The individual station technique for the analysis of polling systems."  Naval Research Logistics, v 43, no. 1, pp. 79-101, 1996. Co-authors: H. Levy, A. G. Konheim.

"Relating polling models with non-zero and zero switchover times." Queueing Systems - Theory and Applications, v 19, no 1-2, pp. 149-168, 1995. Co-authors: R. B. Cooper and S-C. Niu.

"Descendant Set: An efficient approach for analysis of polling systems." IEEE Transactions on Communications, v 42, no. 2/3/4, pp. 1245-1253, 1994. Co-authors: H. Levy and A. G. Konheim.

"Optimal replacement policies for systems with multiple standby components."  IEEE Transactions on Reliability, v 43, no. 3, pp. 414-422, 1994. Co-author: H. S. Lee.

"The M/G/1 queueing system with vacations and timer-controlled service."  IEEE Transactions on Communications, v 42, no. 2/3/4, pp. 1846-1855, 1994. Co-authors: J. Chiarawongse and T. J. Teorey.

"Expected waiting times in single-device trip-based material handling systems."  European Journal of Operational Research, v 75, pp. 200-216, 1994. Co-authors: Y. A. Bozer and M. S. Cho.

"Trip-based material handling systems: throughput capacity analysis."  IIE Transactions, v 26, no. 1, pp. 70-89, 1994. Co-authors: Y. A. Bozer and M. S. Cho.

"Tandem AGV systems: a partitioning algorithm and performance comparison with conventional AGV systems."  European Journal of Operational Research, v 63, pp. 173-191, 1992. Co-author: Y. A. Bozer.

"On pseudo-conservation laws for the cyclic server system with compound Poisson arrivals."  Operations Research Letters, v 10, no. 8, pp. 453-460, 1992. Co-author: J. Chiarawongse.

"Which one is responsible for WIP: the workstations or the material handling system?" International Journal of Production Research, v 30, no. 6, pp. 1369-1399, 1992. Co-author: Y. A. Bozer.

"Characteristics of optimal workload allocation for closed queueing networks."  Performance Evaluation, v 12, pp. 165-268, 1991.  Co-authors: F. Lee and C.A. Yano.

"Random review production/inventory systems with compound Poisson demands and arbitrary processing times."  Management Science, v 37, no. 6, pp. 813-833, 1991.  Co-author:  H. S. Lee.

"Non-deterministic polling systems."  Management Science, v 37, no. 6, pp. 667-681, June 1991.

"The optimal configuration and workload allocation problem in flexible manufacturing systems."  International Journal for Flexible Manufacturing Systems, v 3, no. 3/4, pp. 213-230, 1991.  Co-authors:  F. Lee and C. A. Yano.

"Tandem configurations for Automated Guided Vehicle systems and the analysis of single vehicle loops."  IIE Transactions, v 23, no. 1, pp. 72-82, 1991.  Co-author:  Y. A. Bozer.

"Design and operation of flexible assembly systems for large products:  a simulation study."  Journal of Manufacturing Systems, v 10, no. 1, pp. 54-66, 1991.  Co-authors:  F. Lee, C. A. Yano.

"NetMod:  A design took for large-scale heterogeneous campus networks."  IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication, v 9, no. 1, pp. 15-24, 1991.  Co-authors:  D. W. Bachmann, M. E. Segal, T. J. Teorey.