Always fair, kind, and deeply insightful.
Dr. Cem Canel is a Professor of Supply Chain Management and Director of the David S. Congdon School of Supply Chain, Business Analytics, and Information Systems in the College of Business at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW). Since joining UNCW in 1992, he has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate courses in operations and supply chain management. Previously, he served as chair of the Information Systems and Operations Management department within the Cameron School of Business. Canel holds a Ph.D. in Operations Management (1992), an M.B.A. in Operations Management (1987), and an M.S. in Industrial Engineering (1987), all from the University of Houston, as well as a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1982) from Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey.
Dr. Canel's research specializes in international facilities location and other key areas of operations management, including quality management and control, production and operations management, international operations management, and operations planning and scheduling. He has authored or co-authored over 40 peer-reviewed articles published in leading journals such as Computers and Operations Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, and Industrial Management and Data Systems. Key publications include "Quality Control Methods at a Hospital" (with D. Rosen, S. Mahar, and J. Taylor; International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, forthcoming), "Aggregate production planning - a multiple objective approach" (with Drew Rosen; Journal of Statistics and Management Systems, forthcoming), "A comparison of mathematical programming techniques for aggregate production planning" (with D. Rosen; Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, April 2008), and "Using ISO 90003 for Software 'Design and Development' in Large Virtual Teams" (with S. Das and U. Yaylacicegi; Industrial Management and Data Systems, 2008, Vol. 108, No. 6, pp. 775-793).