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Keynote Speakers

Dr. Kannan Govindan

 

 Dr. Kannan Govindan is an Associate Professor in Operations & Supply Chain Management in the Department of Business and Economics at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. He received BE in Mechanical Engineering, ME in Industrial Engineering and PhD in Supply Chain Management. He received a gold medal for the best Ph.D. thesis award. His research interests are in the areas of Logistics, supply chain management, Multi criteria decision making, Reverse Logistics and Fuzzy Set theory. He has published papers in International Journal of Production Research; Computers and Industrial Engineering; International Journal of Production Economics; OMEGA-International Journal of Management Sciences; Applied Mathematical Modelling; Resources, Conservation and Recycling; and Quality Engineering.  He has authored a book titled “Fuzzy Logic and Fuzzy Decision Making: Concepts and applications” and co-authored a book titled “Industrial Engineering and Management”. He is the Editor-in-chief for International Journal of Advanced Operations Management (IJAOM), International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling (IJBPCM), International Journal of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (IJLSCM) and International Journal of Industrial Engineering Practices (IJIEP).


Topic :
Modelling and Analysis of Logistics Network Design
Abstract
Globalization has prompted manufacturing firms to come to terms with environmental legislation and regulations, resulting in the manufacturing industry realizing the importance of adopting environmental friendly supply chain management (SCM) practices. A growing number of companies have realized that attaining effective SCM is only one side of the coin. The other side is to make SCM environmentally friendly. This has catapulted SCM to a new height that promises to give manufacturers a competitive edge over their rivals.   The purpose of this talk is to discuss the modeling aspects of strategic network design problem by addressing environmental issues.