Mili Mehrotra

Mili Mehrotra

Assistant Professor

Supply Chain and Operations

Education

PhD 2010
Operations Management The University of Texas at Dallas

MS 2010
Supply Chain Management The University of Texas at Dallas

MS 2002
Mathematics Banaras Hindu University, India

BS 2000
Mathematics Banaras Hindu University, India

Expertise

Socially Responsible Supply Chains and Operations Management

Discrete models in operations management

Service operations

Production planning and logistics

Supply Chain Management

Mili Mehrotra is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain and Operations in the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.  She received her PhD in Operations Management in 2010 from the University of Texas at Dallas.  Her research lies in the domain of sociallyresponsible supply chains and operations management. In particular, she is interested in developing and analyzing incentive schemes, and studying coordination and optimization issues that arise in practice due to the actions taken by a wide variety of stakeholders for achieving broader social objectives.  She is also interested in using discrete models for analyzing problems in service operations, production planning, and logistics. Her papers have been accepted for publication in Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Operations Research, and Production & Operations Management.

Selected Works

"Closing a Supplier's Energy Efficiency Gap Through Assessment Assistance and Procurement Commitment," Jason Nguyen, Karen Donohue, Mili Mehrotra. To appear in Management Science.

"Bundling Payments for Healthcare Services: Proposer Selection and Information Sharing," Diwakar Gupta, Mili Mehrotra, Operations Research, Vol. 63, No. 4, July 2015, pp. 772788.

"Efficient Distribution of Water Between HeadReach and TailEnd Farms in Developing Countries", Milind Dawande, Srinagesh Gavirneni, Mili Mehrotra, Vijay Mookerjee, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Vol. 15, No. 2, Spring 2013, pp. 221238.

"Pricing and Logistics Decisions for a Provider in the Cash Supply Chain, Mili Mehrotra," Milind Dawande, Vijay Mookerjee, and Chelliah Sriskandarajah, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 21, No. 5, SeptemberOctober 2012, pp. 954–974.

"Production Planning with Patterns: A Problem from Processed Food Manufacturing," Mili Mehrotra, Milind Dawande, Srinagesh Gavirneni, Mehmet Demirci, and Sridhar Tayur, Operations Research, Vol. 59, No. 2, March/April 2011, pp. 267282.

"A Depository Institution's Optimal Currency Supply Network under the Fed's New Guidelines: Operating Policies, Logistics, and Impact," Mili Mehrotra, Milind Dawande, and Chelliah Sriskandarajah, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 19, No. 6, NovemberDecember 2010, pp. 709724.

"An Analysis of Coordination Mechanisms for the U.S. Cash Supply Chain," Milind Dawande, Mili Mehrotra, Vijay Mookerjee, and Chelliah Sriskandarajah, Management Science, Vol. 56, No. 3, March 2010, pp. 553570.

Current Activities

Current Research

Socially Responsible Operations Management, Supply chain management, Discrete models in operations management; in particular, service operations, production planning, and logistics