Udatta Palekar

Professor Udatta Palekar is an Associate Professor and Executive Director of the Supply Chain Management in the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Professor Palekar is an expert in Supply Chain Management and Optimization and teaches and researches in that area. His work has appeared in leading journals in business and industrial engineering. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the US Army and the US Air Force and numerous large corporations. He has also consulted for a number of Fortune 100 companies on supply chain optimization.

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Operations Management: Strategy and Quality Management for the Digital Age (Coursera)

In this course you will focus on process improvement. You will learn how to set organizational priorities for continuous process improvement, how to execute process improvement projects, and how to sustain the initiative for continuous improvements. Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: understand the [...]

Operations Management: Analysis and Improvement Methods (Coursera)

In this course, you will learn about the role of operations and how they are connected to other business functions in manufacturing- and service-focused organizations. You will learn and practice the use of decision-making frameworks and techniques applicable at all levels, from management-level strategic decisions such as connecting process [...]