ManMohan S Sodhi

Professor Sodhi received his Ph.D. in management science from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA in 1994. Subsequently, he taught operations management at the University of Michigan Business School where his research in the trucking industry was funded by the Sloan Foundation. His research interests lie in supply chain management, in particular in supply chain risk and in supply chain sustainability.

Prof. Sodhi also had a visiting position at the Indian School of Business (ISB) where he was Executive Director of the Munjal Global Manufacturing Institute (May 2011-Sep 2013).

Prior to joining Cass Business School in August 2002, Professor Sodhi was Vice President at a software company based in San Jose. Previously, he worked as Director for enterprise e-business strategy at Scient and, prior to that, as Manager in the Supply Chain Practice at Accenture. He has worked with clients in a variety of industries including consumer electronics, commodity and specialty chemicals, petroleum products distribution, hospitality industry procurement, and airlines.

He has published in numerous academic and managerial journals including Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Interfaces, and Supply Chain Management Review. He is currently Deputy Editor for Production and Operations Management (POM) and has been Editor of the Annual Edelman Awards issue of Interfaces and Editor-in-Chief of INFORMS Online.

Qualifications

• MS (Industrial Engg and Management), North Dakota State University, Fargo, United States, Aug 1985 – May 1987
• B.Tech (Mechanical Engg), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India, Jan 1979 – Jan 1984
• PhD, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States

Visiting Appointments

• Visiting Professor, Kühne Logistics University, Sep 2014 – Sep 2015
• Visiting Professor and Executive Director, Indian School of Business, Munjal Institute for Global Manufacturing, Jun 2011 – Sep 2013

Memberships of Committees

Member, INFORMS, IT Committee, 1992 – 1994

Memberships of Professional Organisations

• Member, INFORMS, 1988 – present
• Member; reviewer for JORS, The OR Society
• Member, Editorial Board for POM journal, Production and Operations Management Society

Languages

Hindi, Panjabi; Punjabi and Urdu.

Expertise

Primary Topics

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Production & Operations Management
• Risk
• Risk Management
• Risk Modelling
• Supply Chain Management

Additional Topics

• Fixed-Income Investments
• Management Science
• Mathematical & Quantitative Methods
• Multivariate statistics
• Simulation Methods
• Stochastic Processes

Industries/Professions

• pharmaceuticals
• chemicals
• consumer goods
• agribusiness
• electronics
• banking
• airlines
• oil & gas
• management consulting
• automotive
• railways
• high technology
• manufacturing

Geographic Areas

• Africa
• Americas - North
• Asia
• Europe - Western

Research

Lately I have been looking at 'sustenance': managing supply chain risk sustaining the company, sustainability refering to sustaining the environment and hence of the company in the environment, and social enterprise and the poor as suppliers to sustain society at large and hence the company.

Research Topics

• Supply chain risk
• Sustainability and the supply chain
• Social enterprise and the supply chain
• Supply chain partnerships

Books (6)

• Sodhi, M.S. and Bhargava, R. (2015). Perspectives on India’s Defence Offset Policy. SAGE Publications India. ISBN 978-93-5150-229-6.
• Sodhi, M. and Tang, C. (2012). Managing Supply Chain Risk. London: Springer Verlag. ISBN 978-1-4614-3237-1.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C. (2011). Managing supply chain risk (forthcoming).
• Sodhi, M. and Tang, C. (2010). A Long View of Research and Practice in Operations Research and Management Science: The Past and the Future. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4419-6810-4.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2010). Introduction: A Long View of Research and Practice in Operations Research and Management Science. Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (Eds.), SPRINGER. ISBN 978-1-4419-6809-8.
• Sodhi, M. and Sodhi, N. (2008). Six Sigma Pricing: Improving Pricing Operations to Increase Profits. Financial Times Press. ISBN 978-0-13-228852-1.

Chapters (9)

• Formentini, M., Sodhi, M.M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2016). The evolution of Barilla’s durum wheat supply chain contracts for triple bottom line benefits. Organizing for Sustainable Effectiveness (pp. 109–126).
• Sodhi, M.M.S. and Sodhi, N.S. (2012). Using Lean Six Sigma to Improve Pricing Execution. The Oxford Handbook of Pricing Management ISBN 978-0-19-175056-4.
• Sodhi, M. and Tang, C. (2010). Supply chain risk management. In Editor-in-Chief, J.J.C. (Ed.), Wiley Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, 8 volume-set Wiley.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2010). Conclusion: A Long View of Research and Practice in Operations Research and Management Science. In Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (Eds.), (pp. 275–297). SPRINGER. ISBN 978-1-4419-6809-8.
• Sodhi, M. and Tang, C. (2009). Time-based disruption risk management. In Blackhurst, J. (Ed.), Managing Supply Chain Risk and Vulnerability: Tools and Methods for Supply Chain Decision Makers Springer-Verlag.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2009). Managing Supply Chain Disruptions via Time-Based Risk Management. In Wu, T. and Blackhurst, J. (Eds.), (pp. 29–40). SPRINGER-VERLAG LONDON LTD. ISBN 978-1-84882-633-5.
• Sodhi, M. and Holland, W. (2008). A Simple Method for Regulators to Cross-Check Operational Risk Loss Models for Banks. In Christodoulakis, G. and Satchell, S. (Eds.), The Analytics of Risk Model Validation (pp. 79–90). Amsterdam ; Boston: Elsevier/Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-7506-8158-2.
• Sodhi, M. and Son, B.G. (2007). Math Modelling: What skills do employers want from graduates. In Haines, C., Galbraith, P., Blum, W. and Khan, S. (Eds.), Mathematical Modelling ICTMA 12: Education, Engineering and Economics (pp. 212–220). Horwood Publishing, Chichester UK.
• Sodhi, M. (2002). Managing supply-chain challenges and B2B solutions within the chemical industry. In Warkentin, M. (Ed.), Business-to-business Electronic Commerce (pp. 132–146). London: Idea Group Publishers.

Journal Articles (67)

• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2017). Supply Chains Built for Speed and Customization. MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 58(4), pp. 6–9.
• Tang, C.S., Sodhi, M.S. and Formentini, M. (2016). An analysis of partially-guaranteed-price contracts between farmers and agri-food companies. European Journal of Operational Research, 254(3), pp. 1063–1073. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2016.04.038.
• Sodhi, M.M.S. (2016). Natural disasters, the economy and population vulnerability as a vicious cycle with exogenous hazards. Journal of Operations Management, 45, pp. 101–113. doi:10.1016/j.jom.2016.05.010.
• Son, B.G., Sodhi, M., Kocabasoglu-Hillmer, C. and Lee, T.H. (2016). Supply chain information in analyst reports on publicly traded companies. International Journal of Production Economics, 171, pp. 350–360. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.10.011.
• Sodhi, M. (2015). Conceptualizing Social Responsibility in Operations via Stakeholder Resource-Based View. Production and Operations Management, 24(9), pp. 1375–1389. doi:10.1111/poms.12393.
• Sodhi, M.M.S. (2015). Conceptualizing Social Responsibility in Operations Via Stakeholder Resource-Based View. Production and Operations Management, 24(9), pp. 1375–1389. doi:10.1111/poms.12393.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2014). Guiding the next generation of doctoral students in operations management. International Journal of Production Economics, 150, pp. 28–36. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.11.016.
• Chopra, S. and Sodhi, M.S. (2014). Reducing the risk of supply chain disruptions. MIT Sloan Management Review, 55(3), pp. 73–80.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2014). Supply-Chain Research Opportunities with the Poor as Suppliers or Distributors in Developing Countries. Production and Operations Management, 23(9), pp. 1483–1494. doi:10.1111/poms.12161.
• Sodhi, M.S., Sodhi, N.S. and Tang, C.S. (2014). An EOQ model for MRO customers under stochastic price to quantify bullwhip effect for the manufacturer. International Journal of Production Economics .
• Singhal, K., Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2014). POMS initiatives for promoting practice-driven research and research-influenced practice. Production and Operations Management, 23(5), pp. 725–727. doi:10.1111/poms.12229.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2014). Buttressing Supply Chains against Floods in Asia for Humanitarian Relief and Economic Recovery. Production and Operations Management, 23(6), pp. 938–950.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Yatskovskaya, E. (2014). Developing a sustainability index for companies’ efforts on responsible use of water. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 63(7), pp. 800–821. doi:10.1108/IJPPM-03-2013-0053.
• Bourlakis, M., Sodhi, M.S. and Son, B.-.G. (2013). The relative emphasis on supply-chain/logistics topics by UK industry in hiring postgraduates and by UK universities in teaching and research. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 16(6), pp. 506–521. doi:10.1080/13675567.2013.841134.
• Sodhi, M.S., Sharma, J., Singh, S. and Walia, A. (2013). A robust and forward-Looking industrial production indicator. Economic and Political Weekly, 48(48), pp. 126–130.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2013). Strategies and tactics of Chinese contract manufacturers and western OEMs (2001-2011). International Journal of Production Economics, 146(1), pp. 14–24. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.10.014.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2012). Special Issue of Production and Operations Management: Socially Responsible Operations. Production and Operations Management, 21(4), pp. 795–796. doi:10.1111/j.1937-5956.2012.01378.x.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2012). The Impact of Promotional Pricing on Unit Sales in the MRO Sector. POM .
• Graves, S.C. and Sodhi, M.S. (2012). Introduction: 2011 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Interfaces, 42, pp. 1–4. doi:10.1287/inte.1120.0624.
• Sodhi, M.S., Son, B.G. and Tang, C.S. (2012). Researchers' perspectives on supply chain risk management. Production and Operations Management, 21(1), pp. 1–13. doi:10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01251.x.
• Sodhi, M., Kocabasoglu, C., Son, B.G. and Hillmer, S. (2012). A statistic to detect dissonance among individual pairs in matched-pair datasets with an application to retailer-supplier relationships. Working paper .
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2011). The incremental bullwhip effect of operational deviations in an arborescent supply chain with requirements planning. European Journal of Operational Research, 215(2), pp. 374–382. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2011.06.019.
• Sodhi, M.M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2011). Social enterprises as supply-chain enablers for the poor. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 45(4), pp. 146–153. doi:10.1016/j.seps.2011.04.001.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2011). Determining supply requirement in the sales-and-operations-planning (S&OP) process under demand uncertainty: a stochastic programming formulation and a spreadsheet implementation. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62(3), pp. 526–536. doi:10.1057/jors.2010.93.
• Bollapragada, S. and Sodhi, M.S. (2011). Introduction: 2010 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Interfaces, 41, pp. 3–7. doi:10.1287/inte.1100.0548.
• Sodhi, M. (2011). The incremental bullwhip effect of operational deviations in an arborescent supply chain with requirement planning. EJOR .
• Sodhi, M. and Tang, C. (2011). Social enterprises as supply-chain enablers for the poor as producers. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences .
• Sodhi, M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2011). Social enterprises as supply-chain enablers for the poor. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences .
• Sodhi, M.S. and Son, B.G. (2010). Content analysis of or job advertisements to infer required skills. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61(9), pp. 1315–1327. doi:10.1057/jors.2009.80.
• Sodhi, M., Ausink, J. and Baldwin, L. (2010). How to transform purchasing. Working paper .
• Bollapragada, S. and Sodhi, M.S. (2010). Introduction: 2009 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Interfaces, 40, pp. 1–4. doi:10.1287/inte.1090.0484.
• Sodhi, M.M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2009). Modeling supply-chain planning under demand uncertainty using stochastic programming: A survey motivated by asset-liability management. International Journal of Production Economics, 121(2), pp. 728–738. doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.02.009.
• Sodhi, M. and Tang, C. (2009). Rethinking links in the supply chain. Criticaleye .
• Denton, B.T. and Sodhi, M.S. (2009). Introduction: 2008 Franz Edelman award for achievement in operations research and the management sciences. Interfaces, 39(1), pp. 2–5. doi:10.1287/inte.1080.0422.
• Sodhi, M.M.S. and Son, B.G. (2009). Supply-chain partnership performance. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 45(6), pp. 937–945. doi:10.1016/j.tre.2009.05.004.
• Sodhi, M. and Holland, W. (2009). A loss distribution model for operational risk derived from pooled bank losses. Journal of Financial Transformation, 25, pp. 155–160.
• Sodhi, M. and Son, B.-.G. (2009). Supply-chain partnership performance. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 45, pp. 728–738.
• Sodhi, M.M.S., Son, B.G. and Tang, C.S. (2008). ASP, the art and science of practice: What employers demand from applicants for MBA-level supply chain jobs and the coverage of supply chain topics in MBA courses. Interfaces, 38(6), pp. 469–484. doi:10.1287/inte.1080.0377.
• Sodhi, M. and Tang, C. (2008). Is the East Following the West or its own Destiny for Industrial Development? A Research Agenda based on Supply-Chain Integration. Operations and Supply Chain Management, 1(1), pp. 19–30.
• Sodhi, M.M.S. and Tang, C.S. (2008). The OR/MS ecosystem: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Operations Research, 56(2), pp. 267–277. doi:10.1287/opre.1080.0519.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Son, B.G. (2008). ASP, the art and science of practice: Skills employers want from operations research graduates. Interfaces, 38(2), pp. 140–146. doi:10.1287/inte.1080.0342.
• Bhalla, A., Sodhi, M.S. and Son, B.G. (2008). Is more IT offshoring better?. An exploratory study of western companies offshoring to South East Asia. Journal of Operations Management, 26(2), pp. 322–335. doi:10.1016/j.jom.2007.02.005.
• Denton, B.T. and Sodhi, M.S. (2008). Introduction: 2007 Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Interfaces, 38, pp. 2–4. doi:10.1287/inte.1070.0338.
• Bhalla, A., Sodhi, M. and Son, B.-.G. (2008). Is more offshoring better? An exploratory study of western companies offshoring IT-enabled services to S.E. Asia. Journal of Operations Management, 26, pp. 322–335.
• Sodhi, M., Son, B.G. and Tang, C. (2008). What employers demand from applicant for MBA-level supply chain jobs and the coverage of supply chain topics in MBA courses. Interfaces, 38, pp. 469–484.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Lee, S. (2007). An analysis of sources of risk in the consumer electronics industry. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 58(11), pp. 1430–1439. doi:10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602410.
• Sodhi, M. and Chopra, S. (2007). In search of RFID�s sweet spot. The Wall Street Journal, 38412, pp. R8–R10.
• Chopra, S. and Sodhi, M.S. (2007). Looking for the Bang from the RFID Buck. Supply Chain Management Review .
• Sodhi, M. and Chopra, S. (2007). Looking for RFID Benefits in the Supply Chain. Order to Cash, July .
• Sodhi, M., Holtham, C.W. and Melville, R. (2006). Designing student teams. OR/MS Today, 33(1), pp. 46–51.
• Holtham, C.W., Melville, R.R. and Sodhi, M.S. (2006). Designing student groupwork in management education: Widening the palette of options. Journal of Management Education, 30(6), pp. 809–817. doi:10.1177/1052562906287967.
• Sodhi, M., Holtham, C. and Melville, R. (2006). Designing student workgroups: Widening the palette of options. Journal of Managment Education, 30, pp. 809–817.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Sodhi, N.S. (2005). Six Sigma pricing. Harvard business review, 83(5), pp. 135–154.
• Sodhi, M.S. (2005). LP modeling for asset-liability management: A survey of choices and simplifications. Operations Research, 53(2), pp. 181–196. doi:10.1287/opre.1040.0185.
• Sodhi, M.M.S. (2005). Managing demand risk in tactical supply chain planning for a global consumer electronics company. Production and Operations Management, 14(1), pp. 69–79.
• Sodhi, M. (2005). LP modeling for asset-liablity management: A survey of choices and simplifications. Operations Research, 53, pp. 181–196.
• Sodhi, M.S. (2005). Managing Demand Risk in Tactical Supply Chain Planning for a Global Consumer Electronics Company. Production and Operations Management, 14, pp. 69–79.
• Sodhi, M.M.S. (2004). How to do strategic supply-chain planning. MIT Sloan Management Review, 45(1), pp. 69–75.
• Holland, W. and Sodhi, M. (2004). Quantifying the effect of batch size and order errors on the bullwhip effect using simulation. International Journal of Logistics, 7(3), pp. 251–261. doi:10.1080/13675560412331298518.
• Sodhi, M.S. and Norris, S. (2004). A flexible, fast, and optimal modeling approach applied to crew rostering at London Underground. Annals of Operations Research, 127(1-4), pp. 259–281.
• Chopra, S. and Sodhi, M.S. (2004). Managing risk to avoid supply-chain breakdown. MIT Sloan Management Review, 46(1), pp. 53–61.
• Sodhi, M. (2001). Applications and opportunities for operations research in Internet-enabled supply chains and electronic marketplaces. Interfaces, 31(2), pp. 56–69. doi:10.1287/inte.31.2.56.10633.
• Sodhi, M. (2000). Getting the most from planning technologies. Supply Chain Management Review - Global Supplement, 3(4 - Winter), pp. 19–23.
• Sodhi, M. (1996). Development of a DSS for Fixed-Income Securities Using OOP. Interfaces, 26(2), pp. 22–33. doi:10.1287/inte.26.2.22.
• Sodhi, M. (1995). An OR/MS Guide to the Internet. Interfaces, 25(6), pp. 14–29. doi:10.1287/inte.25.6.14.
• Sodhi, M. and Chopra, S. Managing the Cost of Risk Reduction in the Supply Chain. European Financial Review .
• Sodhi, M. and Sodhi, N. Fix the Handful of U.S. Hospitals Responsible for Out-of-Control Costs. Harvard Business Review .

Course Directorship

• 2008 - 2013, MSc Supply Chain Trade and Finance, Director

Subject/Academic Leadership

• 2004 - 2014, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Subject Leader

Editorial Activities (15)

• Production and Operations Management (POM) Review - new journal, Editor, 2015 – present.
• MSOM, Referee, 2014 – present.
• Production and Operations Management (POM), Special Editor, 2013 – 2014.
• Production and Operations Management (POM), Special Editor, 2013 – present.
• IJPDLM, Member of Editorial Board, 2012 – present.
• International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management, Member of Editorial Board, 2010 – present.
• Journal of Operations Management, Referee, 2009 – present.
• Interfaces - Annual Edelman Issue, Editor, 2007 – 2011.
• INFORMS Online, Editor, 2007 – 2010.
• Journal of International Logistics and Trade, Member of Editorial Board, 2005 – present.
• EJOR, Referee, 2005 – present.
• Journal of Applied Math and Decision Sciences, Associate Editor, 2003 – 2007.
• Annals of Operations Research, Referee, 2002 – 2004.
• Management Science, Referee, 2001 – 2003.
• POM, Member of Editorial Board, 2001 – present.