Kamlesh Mathur, PhD, understands supply chain logistics, or the movement of goods from raw materials to finished products, and the crucial role it plays in business operations. His research focuses on the distribution aspects of the supply chain, providing management tools in two key areas. In the first, Mathur’s studies look at how efficient routing and scheduling of delivery vehicles used to distribute products can result in substantial savings for companies. His second topic considers the question of where to locate claim and service centers for the greatest efficiency and effectiveness.
Dr. Mathur’s research has appeared in numerous journals including Transportation Science, Computers and Operations Research, and European Journal of Operations Research. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science and sits on the editorial review board for the Journal of Business Logistics.
Dr. Mathur received his PhD from Case Western Reserve University. Since his appointment to the faculty at Weatherhead School of Management, he has taught such courses as Business Statistics and Quantitative Analysis, Computer Simulation, and Supply Chain Logistics.
Initially Appointed: 1980
Education
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
Courses Taught
- Business Statistics and Quantitative Analysis
- Operations Research and Supply Chain Management
- Predictive Modeling
- Business Analytics
- Business Forecasting
- Global Supply Chain Logistics
Office Hours
By Appointment Only
Professional Memberships
External Appointments
- Editorial Review Board Member, Journal of Business Logistics, 2013 - Present
- Faculty Director, EMBA Program, 2011 - 2013
- Committee Chair, Department Chair, 2007 - Present
Publications
- Venkateshan, P. , Mathur, K. , Ballou, R. H. (2017).
A Two-Echelon Multisource Weber Problem European Journal of Operational Research - Venkateshan, P. , Mathur, K. (2015).
A heuristic for the Multisource Weber Problem with Service Level Constraints Transportation Science - Venkateshan, P. , Mathur, K. (2011).
An Efficient Column-Generation-Based Algorithm for Solving a Pickup-and-Delivery Problem (vol. 38, issue 12, pp. 1647-1655) Computers & Operations Research - Venkateshan, P. , Mathur, K. , Ballou, R. H. (2010).
Locating and Staffing Service Centers Under Service Level (vol. 201, issue 1, pp. 55-70) European Journal of Operations Research