Operations management emphasizes quantitative methods of analysis, and uses computers to solve major economic decision problems in the operations area of large organizations. Typical problems addressed are scheduling production, managing complex distribution systems, choosing locations for production facilities, and maintaining the quality of physical goods and services. Students in operations management at the Johnson School work closely with the faculty and students in Cornell's College of Engineering, especially the School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering.

Faculty: Amr Farahat, Srinagesh Gavirneni, John O. McClain, Lawrence W. Robinson, L. Joseph Thomas, Nan Yang
Selected Journals: Management Science, Operations Research

Recent operations management dissertations and places of first employment:

"Management of U-Shaped Production Systems," Emil Zavadlav, University of Texas

"The Steady-State Output Processes of Finite Buffered Production Lines of Identical Machines with Exponential and Non-Exponential Service Times," Kevin B. Hendricks, College of William and Mary

"Analysis of Serial Production Systems Using Simulation and Behavioral Experiments," Kenneth L. Schultz, Indiana University

"The Simulation of Self-directed Production Systems: Incorporating Human Factors," David C. Juran, Columbia University