Supply Chain Management

Nada R. Sanders is Professor of Operations Management at the Raj Soin College of Business at Wright State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management from The Ohio State University, and M.B.A. from The Ohio State University, and a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Franklin University. She has taught for more than twenty years at a variety of academic institutions including The Ohio State University, Capital University, and Wright State University, in addition to lecturing to various industry groups. She has designed and taught classes for undergraduates, graduates, and executives on topics such as operations management, operations strategy, forecasting, and supply chain management. She has received a number of teaching awards including the College of Business Outstanding teacher Award.
Dr. Sanders has extensive research experience and has published in numerous journals such as Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, Sloan Management Review, Omega, Interfaces, Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, Journal of Applied Business Research, and Production & Inventory Management Journal. She has authored chapters in books and encyclopedias such as the Forecasting Principles Handbook (Kluwer Academic Publisher), Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management (Kluwer Academic Publisher), and the Encyclopedia of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (John Wiley & Sons). Dr. Sanders has served as Vice President of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), President of the Midwest Decision Science Institute, and has held numerous other positions within the Institute. In addition to DSI, Dr. Sanders? is active in the Production Operations Management Society (POMS), APICS. INFORMS. Council of Logistics Management (CLM), and the International Institute of Forecasting (IIF). She has served on review boards and/or as a reviewer for numerous journals including Decision Sciences, International Journal of Production Research, OM Review, Omega, and others. In addition, Dr. Sanders has worked and/or consulted for companies in the telecommunication, pharmaceutical, steel, automotive, warehousing, retail, and publishing industries, and is frequently called upon to serve as an expert witness.