“The OPIM department, and Wharton, prides itself in applied research that is both scientifically rigorous and relevant for the industry. Through a number of research centers at Wharton and a variety of Wharton-sponsored events, PhD students are offered unmatched access to companies and top managers who provide insights into current issues facing the industry and data needed to analyze these issues. Thus, our students come out of the PhD program exposed to industry issues and well-equipped to understand and analyze business problems.”
Gerard Cachon
The Fred Sullivan Professor; Professor of Operations and Information Management
Wharton's program in Operations and Information Management emphasizes research on real management problems and maintains a balance between theory and implementation. The faculty trains scholars in decision processes, information and decision technologies, information strategy, operations management, and operations research.
Faculty research applies analytic and empirical studies to important problems facing the private and public sectors, including: supply chain management; production planning and scheduling; product development; decision support systems; information-based strategy; systems development and implementation; and risk and environmental management.
Recent graduates have taken academic positions at such institutions as Harvard, Columbia, Stanford, Duke, the University of Chicago, INSEAD, NYU, UCLA, the University of Virginia, and the University of Michigan.
Faculty
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