Prof. P. Chandiran

QUALIFICATION & SPECIALIZATION : B.E., M.B.A., Ph.D. (Anna University)n Logistics & Supply Chain Management

EXPERIENCE IN YEARS TEACHING/PRACTICE/INDUSTRY/RESEARCH : 27 years of teaching / 3.5 years of industry / 18 years of research

Overview

Prof.P.Chandiran is Professor of Operations Management and Supply Chain Management at Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, India. He has about 26 years of experience in teaching, consultancy and research and has published research articles in both international and national journals in the area of Operations and Supply Chain Management. He heads the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management as Chairperson and co-ordinates the One Year Executive Diploma Program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. He has worked in the Telecom industry for about three and half years after pursuing an MBA at the Department of Management Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University. He has completed his Ph.D. in the area of reverse supply chain from Anna University.

He was involved in international collaboration with ALTIS, Catholic University at Milan, Italy in terms of research and teaching. He is part of MBA (Social Entrepreneurship) program launched in African nations of Kenya and Ghana. He went to Nairobi and Accra to handle Operations Management courses for this program.

Apart from regular academics, he is involved in curriculum revision for Full time PGDM and One year programs, admission process and other general administration works.

Academic Biography

Prof.P.Chandiran is Professor of Operations Management and Supply Chain Management at Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, India. He has about 27 years of experience in teaching, consultancy and research and has published research articles in both international and national journals in the area of Operations and Supply Chain Management. He heads the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management as Chairperson and co-ordinates the One Year Executive Diploma Program in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. He has worked in the Telecom industry for about three and half years after pursuing an MBA at the Department of Management Studies, Madurai Kamaraj University. He has completed his Ph.D. in the area of reverse supply chain from Anna University.

Apart from regular academics, he is also Associate Dean for Weekend and Diploma programs taking care of PGDM-WE, PGPL and Executive Diploma programs. He is involved in curriculum revision for Full time PGDM and One year programs, admission process and other general administration works.

Research and Publications

Publications:

Journal:

1. Can driver supply disruption alleviate driver shortages? A systems approach, P Chandiran , M Ramasubramaniam, VG Venkatesh, V Mani, Yangyan Shi, Transport Policy, Vol.130, January 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.10.002

2. Incentive Modelling in Reverse Supply Chain Network of Indian Automotive Battery Industry: A System Dynamics Approach, (2015), IIMS Journal of Management Science, Vol.6, No.1, pp. 24-41

3. Integration of on-board diagnostics with system dynamics to study road transport pollution, M Gunaselvi, P Chandiran, R Suryaprakasa Rao, R K., Dilli Babu, (2016) International Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol.6 (6), 1006-1026

4. Optimization of Inventory for Two Level Multiple Retailers-Single Manufacturer Reverse Supply Chain, (2014) Operations and Supply Chain Management 7 (1), 32-37

5. Design of Reverse and Forward Supply Chain Network: a case study, (2008) International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Vol. 4, No. 5, pp. 574-595

6. An Exploratory Study on Reverse Supply Chain in Paper Recycling Industry-The ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management,Vol.1, No.3, June 2004, pp. 49-58

7. ‘Reverse Supply Chain Management- Issues and Challenges’- The ICFAI Journal of Operations Management, August 2005

8. E-SCM Practices in Indian Industries-‘E-Business’, September 2005

9. ‘Product Life Cycle and Promotion Strategies in Cellular Telecom Industry’ –Indian Journal of Marketing, Vol.XXXV, No.11, November 2005

10. “Supply Chain Drivers and Auto-component industry”- The ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management,V0l.II, No. 4, December 2005

Conference Presentations (National and International):

1. Solid waste recovery supply chain networks – Structure and Operations” at the 2012 POMS Annual Conference. April 20 to April 23, 2012, at the Chicago Marriot Downtown Magnificient Mile, Chicago, U.S.A. (P.Chandiran and M.Ramasubramaniam, LIBA)

2. “Managing a Supply Chain with Joint Replenishment, Channel Coordination, Deteriorating items, Exponential Demand” at the 2012 POMS Annual Conference. April 20 to April 23, 2012, at the Chicago Marriot Downtown Magnificent Mile, Chicago, U.S.A. (P.Chandiran and M.Ramasubramaniam, LIBA)

3. Direct Port Delivery: Strategies and Challenges for implementation – An Indian Perspective- POMS 2018 annual conference at Houston on 5^th May 2018, Presented at the conference physically.

Books/Book Chapters:

1. Operations Strategy, (2020), Cengage Learning India, New Delhi

2. Trade Prediction Outcomes During Pandemic and Its Impact in Lean Implementation, L Aravindh Kumaran, P Anand Inigo, P Chandiran – Lean and Green Manufacturing, 2022, Springer

3. Case study: Waste to Wealth—A Distant Dream?: Challenges in the Waste disposal Supply Chain in Bangalore, India , Case -26 prepared by M. Ramasubramaniam and P. Chandiran- The Supply Chain Management Casebook: Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM, Chuck Munson (ed.), FT Press: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, 2013 ,edited by Chuck Munson, Ph.D.

4. Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management-Bozarth and Handfield, International 3^rd Edition –Contributions by P.Chandiran, International edition, Pearson, 2013

5. Performance Improvement through Vendor Rationalization – ABC Tractor Ltd (ATL), Case study , Reference no. 619-0048-1, Registered with Case Centre in 2019