Kamran Moinzadeh

Burlington Northern/Burlington Resources Professor of Manufacturing Management

Homer Simpson

Foster School of Business
University of Washington
565 Paccar Hall,
Seattle, WA 98195, USA

Email: kamran "at" uw.edu

Office: 565 Paccar Hall

Tel: 1-206-543-1932

Fax: 1-206-543-3968

RESEARCH

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  1. Stochastic Models in Production/Operations Management
  2. Inventory Management
  3. Supply Chain Management
  4. Order Expedition in Inventory/Distribution Management
  5. Economics of Quality Control in Modern Manufacturing

RESEARCH AWARDS

  1. Recipient of Dean’s Faculty Research Award (2001)
  2. Recipient of Operations Research Meritorious Service Award (1996)
  3. Recipient of Dean’s Faculty Research Award (1996)
  4. Recipient of Seafirst Faculty Excellence Award (1987)
  5. Recipient of Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award (1990)

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES

  1. Associate Editor, Operations Research, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, (2006-present)
  2. Department Editor, IIE Transactions, Department of Inventory and supply Chain Management, (1997-2000)
  3. Associate Editor, Management Science, (1998-2002)
  4. Associate Editor, Operations Research, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, (1995-1999)
  5. Associate Editor, Operations Research, Department of Manufacturing, Production and Scheduling, (1994-1995)
  6. Advisor to Production and Operations Management Society, (1998-2004)
  7. Editorial Board, IIE Transactions, (1996-1997)
  8. Associate Editor, IIE Transactions, Department of Inventory, (1990-1996)
  9. Referee: Management Science, Operations Research, Naval Research Logistics, Decision Science, European Journal of Operations Research, Production and Operations Management Society, IIE Transactions, OR Letters, MSOM.
  10. Reviewer: The National Science Foundation (NSF). 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

  1. Institute for operations research and management sciences (INFORMS), 1995- present, (Full Member)
  2. Institute of Industrial Engineers (Senior Member)
  3. Institute of Management Science, 1983-1994 (Full Member)
  4. Operations Research Society of America, 1983-1994 (Full Member)
  5. Cluster Chair for Production/Inventory Management: INFORMS National Meeting, Los Angeles, 1995.
  6. Chair of the Multi-Echelon Inventory Conference, Seattle, 1998.

PUBLICATIONS

  1. “Supply Chain Coordination with Multiple Shipments: Subsidizing the Retailer’s Inventory,” (with Shi Chen and Hau Lee)
  2. “A two-class rental model with subscription (or waiting-list) based demand,”(with A. Jain, H. Mamani and A. Dumrongsiri)
  3. “Contracting Models for P2P Content Distribution,” (with Y. Li and Y. Tan)
  4. “Impact of Retailers with Knowledge of Supplier’s Inventory on Supply Chain Performance,” (with A. Jain and H. Mamani)
  5. “The Value of Flexibility in Projects: The Impact of Resource Buffers and Dynamic Scheduling” (with T.D. Klastorin and H. Mamani)
  6. “Leadtime Management through Expediting in a Continuous Review Inventory System,” (with Hamed Mamani), Production and Operations Management (POM), 23, 1, 95-109, 2014.
  7. “A Single-Supplier, Multiple-Retailer Model with Single-Season, Multiple-Ordering Opportunities and Fixed Ordering Cost,” (with Y.P. Zhou and A. Jain), Operations Research, 5, 1098-1110, 2012.
  8. ”Incorporating Delay Mechanism in Ordering Policies in Multi-Echelon Distribution Systems,” with Y.P. Zhou. IIE Transactions, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2008, pp. 445-458.
  9. "Coordinated Replenishment and Shipping Strategies in Inventory/Distribution Systems," with M. Gurbuz and Y.P. Zhou. Management Science, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2007, pp. 293-307.
  10. A decentralized Supply Chain Coordination Policy when demand is random,(with Klastorin and Son) (.pdf)
  11. ”A Supply Chain Model with Direct and Retail Channels,” with A. Dumrongsiri, M. Fan, and A. Jain. European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 187, No. 3, 2008, pp. 691-718.
  12. Economic Control and Inspection Policies for High Speed Unreliable Production Systems, (with Y. Tan), IIE Transactions, 37(8), 711-724, 2005 (paper)
  13. A Supply Chain Model with reserve Information,(with Apurva Jain), to appear in Manufacturing, Service and Operations Management, 7(4), 360-378,2005 (paper, appendix)
  14. Value Based Design of Electronic Commerce servers,î (with Tan and Mookerjee); Informs Journal of Computing,17,99-110,2005(.pdf)
  15. A Multi-Echelon Inventory System with Information Exchange, Management Science,44,414-422,2002 (.pdf).
  16. Coordinating Orders in supply chains through price discount, with T.D. Klastorin and J. Son),3,679-690,2002, IIE Transactions(.pdf).
  17. "An Improved Ordering Policy for Continuous Review Inventory Systems with Arbitrary Inter-demand Time Distributions," IIE Transactions, 33,2,111-118, 2001.
  18. "Analysis of Maintenance Policies for M machines with Deteriorating Performance," (with E. Berk), IIE Transactions, 32,5,433-444, 2000.
  19. "Adjustment Strategies for a Fixed Delivery Contract," (with S. Nahmias), Operations Research, 3, 408-423, 2000.
  20. "An Archiving Model for a Hierarchical Information Environment," (with E. Berk), European Journal of Operational Research, 123, 1, 206-225, 2000.
  21. "The Impact of Discharge Decisions on Health Care Quality," (with Emre Berk), Management Science, 44, 400-415, 1998.
  22. "Lot Sizing with Randomly Graded Yields," (with S. Nahmias), Operations Research, 6, 974-986, 1997.
  23. "Analysis of a Production/Inventory System Subject to Random Disruptions," (with P. Aggarwal), Management Science, 43, 334-342, 1997.
  24. "An Information Based Multi-Echelon Inventory System," (with P. Aggarwal), Operations Research, 5, 694-701, 1997.
  25. "The Impact of Small Lot Ordering on Traffic Congestion in a Physical Distribution System," (with T.D. Klastorin and E. Berk), Special Issue of Supply Chain Integration and Coordination, IIE Transactions, 8, 671-680, 1997.
  26. "Replenishment and Stocking Policies for Inventory Systems with Random Deal Offerings," Management Science, 43, 334-342, 1997.
  27. "Measuring the Impact of a Delay Buffer on Quality Costs with an Unreliable Production Process," (with T.D. Klastorin), Management Science, 41, 513- 523, 1995.
  28. "Order Expedition in Multi-Echelon Production/Distribution Systems," (with P. Aggarwal), IIE Transactions, 2, 86-96, 1994.
  29. "On the Use of Buffer Inventories to Minimize Costs with Unreliable Machines," (with T.D. Klastorin and L. Matheson), IIE Transactions, 5, 50-62, 1993.
  30. "An Inventory Model of Immediate and Delayed Delivery," (with C. Ingene), Management Science, 5, 536-548, 1993.
  31. "Optimal File Management in a Hybrid Storage System," (with T.D. Klastorin, G. Diehr and B. Han), European Journal of Operational Research, 64, 3, 370-383, 1993.
  32. "An (S-1,S) Inventory System with Emergency orders," (with Charles Schmidt), Operations Research, 2, 308-321, 1991.
  33. "A Repairable Item Inventory System with Diagnostics and Repair Service," (with H.L. Lee), European Journal of Operational Research, 40, 2, 210- 221, 1989.
  34. "Operating Characteristics of the (S-1,S) Inventory System with Partial Backorders and Constant Resupply Times," Management Science, 4, 472-477, 1989.
  35. "Optimal Production Lot-Sizing Under Learning Effects," (with T.D. Klastorin), IIE Transactions, 21, 1, 2-10, 1989.
  36. "Approximate Order Quantity and Reorder Points for Inventory Systems where Order Arrives in Two Shipments," (with H.L. Lee), Operations Research, 2, 277-287, 1989.
  37. "A Continuous Review Model for an Inventory System with Two Supply Modes," (with S. Nahmias), Management Science, 34, 761-773, 1988.
  38. "A Continuous Review Inventory Model with Constant Resupply Time and Defective Items," (with H.L. Lee), Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 34, 365-380, 1987.
  39. "Operating Characteristics of a Two-Echelon System for Repairable and Consumable Items under batch Ordering and Shipment Policy," (with H.L. Lee), Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 34, 457-467, 1987.
  40. "Two-Parameter Approximations for Multi-Echelon Repairable Inventory Models with Batch Ordering Policy," (with H.L. Lee), IIE Transactions,19, 2, 140-149, 1987.
  41. "A Model for Continuous Production Control with Warning Signals to Fault Occurrences," (with H. Lee and G. Tagaras), Journal of the Operational Research Society, 37, 5, 515-523, 1986.
  42. "Batch Size and Stocking Levels in Multi-Echelon Repairable Systems," (with Hau L. Lee), Management Science, 12, 1567-1581, 1986.