Management Science Department
Faculty Profile
Jayanth Jayaram
Associate Professor Management Science Department Contact Information Phone: (803) 777-5976 jayaram@moore.sc.edu |
Biography
Dr. Jayanth Jayaram is an Associate Professor of Management Science and Ph.D Program Coordinator in the Moore School of Business at University of South Carolina. Dr. Jayaram joined the Moore School of Business in Fall 2002. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences in the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon. He obtained his Ph.D. in supply chain management from Michigan State University and MBA in general business administration from Central Michigan University. He has had eight years of work experience in multinational companies and consulting firms prior to his MBA. He is professionally certified as a Chartered Accountant from India. At the Moore School, Dr Jayaram has played an active role in the inception, development and growth of the Center for Global Supply Chain and Process Management (GSCPM) having helped make presentations to prospective company clients (such as Westinghouse, Pfizer, Milliken, Michelin, ENODIS and Ingersoll Rand), visiting prospective clients along with other faculty, participating in client meetings, scoping out and supervising student projects at the undergraduate and MBA levels. He has successfully managed applied learning projects at the graduate level in companies such as Belk, Target, Ingersoll Rand, Sonoco, Westinghouse Electric, Hubbell Power Systems, Sam’s Club and Rockwell Automation. At the undergraduate level, he has supervised applied learning projects in companies such as Wendy’s, Firehouse Subs, Budweiser of Columbia, Cregger Company, Gold’s Gym, Dick Smith Car Dealership and SCANA. Apart from teaching at the Moore School, Dr Jayaram has taught at the University of Oregon, Michigan State University and at the Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore and Calcutta). His research interests are in global operations strategy, supply chain management, new product development and strategic purchasing. He currently serves on (or has served on) the editorial review boards of several operations management journals such as Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, Production and Operations Management Journal, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management and Journal of Business Logistics. His research interests are in global operations strategy, supply chain management, new product development and strategic purchasing. His PhD work in the area of supply chain integration mechanisms in new product development projects was awarded the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM) Doctoral Dissertation Award. He has been successful in obtaining research grants from Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), Family Owned Business Institute (FOBI) and Institute of Supply Management (ISM). He has served on several college-wide committees including Student Academic Responsibility Committee, Faculty Executive Committee (FEC) for the PhD program representing Management Science Department, Library Committee, and Task Force for Masters Education. At the University level, he has served as a member of the Faculty Senate, Chairperson of the Committee on Scholastic Standards and Petitions, Faculty Associate to the Office of Academic Integrity and Faculty advisor to two student organizations, Delta Sigma Pi and Indian Cultural Exchange (ICE). To the discipline, Dr. Jayaram has made valuable contributions by serving as an external examiner of research grant applications made to National Science Foundation (NSF), Austrian National Science Foundation and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. He has also served as a co-editor of a special issue for the Journal of Operations Management, as a Proceedings Coordinator for Annual Conferences, and also served on several committees in professional associations such as Decision Science Institute (DSI), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) and American Society of Quality (ASQ). Education
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