Panos Kouvelis

Panos Kouvelis served as an associate professor at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and as an assistant professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He has published three books and over 80 papers in top-quality academic journals. Kouvelis has held visiting appointments with the Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, where he taught in the executive programs in Barcelona, Chicago and Singapore, WHU- Koblenz School of Management, Germany, and Singapore Management University, Singapore. He has consulted with and/or taught executive programs for Emerson, IBM, Dell Computers, Boeing, Hanes, Duke Hospital, Solutia, Express Scripts, Spartech, MEMC, Ingram Micro, Smurfit Stone, Reckitt & Colman, and Bunge on supply chain, operations strategy, inventory management, lean manufacturing, operations scheduling and manufacturing system design issues.

Area of Expertise:

International Business, Management Strategy, Technology Management, Supply Chain Management, International Business, Management Strategy, Technology Management

Research Interests:

Global supply chain management, operations and finance interfaces, risk management in supply chains, commodity risk management, operations strategy, managing the innovation process, marketing/manufacturing interfaces, product line design, lean manufacturing, inventory control, operations planning, project management, cyclic scheduling, manufacturing system design, management science and optimization.

Awards/Honors:

• Fellow of POMS Award, 2016
• Appointment to the Academic Council, ALBA Graduate School of Business, The American College of Greece, 2015
• Founders Day Distinguished Faculty Award, Washington University in St. Louis, 2013
• EMBA Reid Teaching Award, Washington University, Olin School of Business, 2009
• EMBA Reid Teaching Award, Washington University, Olin School of Business, 2008
• M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, M&SOM, 2005
• EMBA Reid Teaching Award, Washington University, Olin School of Business, 2003
• M&O Classes I, II, III and V Teaching Awards, M&O, 2002
• Best Research Paper, Institute of Industrial Engineers for service to their flagship journal, 2000
• MBA Reid Teaching Awards, Best Teacher of the Year, Washington University Olin School of Business, 2000
• EM3 Program Teaching Award, 1999
• EM3 Program Teaching Award, 1998
• MBA Reid Teaching Awards, Best Teacher of the Year, Washington University Olin School of Business, 1998
• Ranked as the 7th most productive researcher of production & operations management in U.S. business school, 1993