Kamlesh Mathur

Professor and Chair
Operations Department
Weatherhead School of Management
Co-Director
Master of Business Analytics and Intelligence
Weatherhead School of Management
Co-Director
Master of Engineering and Management
Weatherhead School of Management

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

Doctor of Philosophy
Case Western Reserve University
1980
Master of Science
Wayne State University
1976
Master of Technology
Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur, India
1975
Bachelor of Engineering
Engineering College - Jodhpur, India
1972

Teaching Information

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

Institute for Operations Research and management Science, 1980 - Present

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