Course

• EMBA 847:  Managerial Decision Support Models
  Fall 2008
  

Research interests/Areas of expertise

• Purchasing and supply chain management with emphasis on supplier evaluation and rationalization, buyer-seller negotiation models, and optimal supply network design; technology evaluation and justification with emphasis on advanced manufacturing and information technologies; and multi-factor models for performance evaluation and process improvement in manufacturing and service industries
  

Bio(s)

• Sri Talluri earned the B. S. degree in mechanical engineering in India in 1989, the M. S. degree in industrial and manufacturing systems engineering and the Ph. D. degree in production and operations management from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1992 and 1996, respectively. He is a Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University. His research interests are in the areas of purchasing/supply chain management, technology evaluation and justification, performance evaluation and business process improvement. Research methodologies mainly include optimization methods with emphasis on linear, mixed-integer, multi-objective programming and data envelopment analysis. He has about 50 journal publications in a variety of academic journals including the IIE Transactions, Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Production Research, European Journal of Operational Research, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and has presented papers in various national and international conferences. His research is funded by companies and organizations such as Lear Corporation, McNeil Healthcare, and Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies. His consulting experience includes a variety of companies in the area of supply chain optimization, which include SAP, Johnson & Johnson, Dash Optimization, and Gateway.
  
  Dr. Talluri was the recipient of John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Endowed Emerging Scholar Award for outstanding scholarly contributions in 2004. He serves as a Department Editor for IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Associate Editor for the Decision Sciences Journal and the International Journal of Production Research, editorial review board member for Production and Operations Management and other journals, and reviewer for many journals. He served as the Track Chair for Supply Chain Management at the 14th and 16th Annual Production and Operations Management Conferences, and the Track Chair for Sourcing Management for the 18th Annual POMS Conference. In addition, Sri also served as an Associate Executive Director for POMS from 2006-2009. He is a member of honor societies such as Alpha Pi Mu and Phi Kappa Phi and professional organizations which include the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), and the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS).
  
  Professor Talluri has about twelve years of teaching experience and has taught a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of supply chain management, operations management, operations research/management science, and statistics.
  
  Sri's hobbies include Tennis (rating: 4.5), Chess, and Bridge. He won the MAC Tennis League Championship for the past couple of years.

Articles

• Talluri, S., and Lee, Y.J. (2010). Optimal Supply Contract Selection. International Journal of Production Research (forthcoming).

• Yao, T., Jiang, B., Young, S., and Talluri, S. (2009). Outsourcing Timing, Contract Selection, and Negotiation. International Journal of Production Research (forthcoming).

• Narasimhan, R., and Talluri, S. (2009). Perspectives on Risk Management in Supply Chains. Journal of Operations Management 27: 2. pp. 114-118.

• Jiang, B., Talluri, S., and Calantone, R. (2008). Determinants of Interoutsourcing: An Analytical Approach. Decision Sciences 39: 1. pp. 65-84.

• Kull, T. and Talluri, S. (2008). A Supply-Risk Reduction Model Using Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 55: 3. pp. 409-419.

• Talluri, S., Narasimhan, R., and Viswanathan, S. (2007). Information Technologies for Procurement Decisions: A Decision Support System for Multi-Attribute E-Reverse Auctions. International Journal of Production Research 45: 11. pp. 2615-2628.

• Narasimhan, R., Talluri, S., and Mahapatra, S. (2006). Multi-Product, Multi-Criteria Model for Supplier Selection with Product Life Cycle Considerations. Decision Sciences 37: 4. pp. 577-603.

• Talluri, S., Chung, W., and Narasimhan, R. (2006). An Optimization Model for Phased Supplier Integration into E-Procurement Systems. IIE Transactions 38: 5. pp. 389-399.

• Das, A., Narasimhan, R., Talluri, S. (2006). Supplier Integration- Finding an Optimal Configuration. Journal of Operations Management 24: 5. pp. 563-582.

• Swink, M., Talluri, S., and Pandejpong, T. (2006). Faster, Better, Cheaper: A Study of NPD Project Efficiency and Performance Tradeoffs. Journal of Operations Management 24: 5. pp. 542-562.

• Narasimhan, R., Talluri, S., Sarkis, J., and Ross, A. (2005). Efficient Service Location Design in Government Services: A Decision Support System Framework. Journal of Operations Management 23: 2. pp. 163-178.

• Talluri, S., and Narasimhan, R. (2005). A Methodology for Supply Base Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 52: 1. pp. 130-139.

• Talluri, S., and Narasimhan, R. (2004). A Methodology for Strategic Sourcing. European Journal of Operational Research (This paper is ranked 15 in highly requested papers in EJOR from April 2002-April 2004 with 1,255 requests) 154: 1. pp. 236-250.

• Narsimhan, R., Talluri, S., and Das, A. (2004). Exploring Flexibility and Execution Competencies of Manufacturing Firms. Journal of Operations Management 22: 1. pp. 91-106.

• Sundarraj, R. P., and Talluri, S. (2003). A Multi-Period Optimization Model for Procurement of Component-Based Enterprise Information Technologies. European Journal of Operational Research 146: 2. pp. 111-123.

• Talluri, S., and Narasimhan, R. (2003). Vendor Evaluation with Performance Variability: A Max-Min Approach. European Journal of Operational Research 146: 3. pp. 543-552.

• Talluri, S., Vickery, S. K., and Droge, C. L. (2003). Transmuting Performance on Manufacturing Dimensions into Business Performance: An Exploratory Analysis of Efficiency. International Journal of Production Research 41: 10. pp. 2107-2123.

• Talluri, S., and Baker, R.C. (2002). A Multi-Phase Mathematical Programming Approach for Effective Supply Chain Design. European Journal of Operational Research (This paper is ranked 21 in highly requested papers in EJOR from April 2002-April 2004 with 1,114 requests) 141: 3. pp. 546-560.

• Talluri, S. (2002). A Buyer-Seller Game Model for Selection and Negotiation of Purchasing Bids. European Journal of Operational Research 143: 1. pp. 171-180.

• Talluri, S. (2002). Single Price System Model for Optimal Decisions in Capital Equipment Purchasing. International Journal of Production Research 40: 4. pp.1003-1016.

• Talluri, S., and Sarkis, J. (2002). A Model for Performance Monitoring of Suppliers. International Journal of Production Research 40: 16. pp.4257-4269.

• Talluri, S., and Sarkis, J. (2002). A Methodology for Monitoring System Performance. International Journal of Production Research 40: 7. pp. 1567-1582.

• Talluri, S., Whiteside, M.W., and Seipel, S.J. (2000). A Nonparametric Stochastic Procedure for FMS Evaluation. European Journal of Operational Research 124: 3. pp. 528-538.

• Sarkis, J., and Talluri, S. (1999). A Decision Model for Evaluation of Flexible Manufacturing Systems in the Presence of Both Cardinal and Ordinal Factors. International Journal of Production Research 37: 13. pp. 2927-2938.

• Talluri, S., and Sarkis, J. (1997). Extensions in Efficiency Measurement of Alternate Machine Component Grouping Solutions. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 44: 3. pp. 299-304.

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