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Procurement -- Performance-based LogisticsThese days, when the U.S. Department of Defense buys a fighter jet from Lockheed Martin, it doesn't simply pay... More »
'Power by the Hour': Can Paying Only for Performance Redefine How Products Are Sold and Serviced?
Imagine paying for your car only when it works. O... More »
Morris A. Cohen
Panasonic Professor of Manufacturing and Logistics; Professor of Operations and Information Management and Systems Engineering; Co-Director, Fishman-Davidson Center for Service and Operations Management
Research Publications Biography
Research Areas
Service supply chain strategy & solutions; supply chain coordination; global operations strategy; product design management; benchmarking of manufacturing/logistics systems; manufacturing/marketing interfaces; procurement/supplier management.
Current Projects
1) Supply chain coordination — Development of incentives and information sharing policies to support material management in supplier/buyer relationships. 2) Service supply chain customer service differentiation and revenue models. Digital transformation of the Value Network — Empirical evaluation of e-Commerce impact on design and management of supply chain procurement, design and other functions. 3) Semiconductor equipment supply chain — Evaluation of customer/supplier relationships for capital equipment procurement (semiconductor industry) and the role of information sharing. 4) Scheduled maintenance material consumption in the airline industry.
