Operations Department
Weatherhead's Department of Operations has a long and rich history as a center of education and scholarship--it was here that the world's first doctorate in Operations Research was granted.
The goal of the Department is to teach students the unique combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer-modeling for assisting managers in making decisions about complex organizational problems. We focus specifically on Supply Chain Management and the interface of Operations and Finance, but we also have several clusters of interest that include mathematical programming, stochastic optimization, computational finance, and scheduling.
Our programs--the MSM in Operations Research and the MSM in Supply Chain Management--attract a diverse, yet select group of students
from across the globe. The student-teacher ratio is small, allowing for one-on-one interaction with faculty who are among the top researchers and instructors in their field.


