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May 2013

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Dr. Robert Kennedy appointed Dean of Ivey Business School
Featured case in Operations Management, Management Science & Information Systems
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Dr. Robert Kennedy appointed Dean of Ivey Business School

Professor Kennedy comes to Ivey following a 10-year career at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business where he has served in multiple roles that include Executive Director of the William Davidson Institute, Director of the Ross School Global Initiative, and the Tom Lantos Professor of Business Administration.

 

At Ross, Professor Kennedy published more than 50 cases and notes used in the school’s international business curriculum. Prior to his tenure at Michigan, Kennedy was a member of faculty at the Harvard Business School from 1995 through 2003. During that time, he published more than 60 case studies and notes on business issues in emerging markets.

Featured case in Operations Management, Management Science & Information Systems

Building Sustainable Distribution at Walmart Canada
by Robert Klassen, P. Fraser Johnson, Asad Shafiq

 

The director of logistics at Walmart Canada, was developing plans for a new distribution centre in Alberta. Senior management had presented her with a challenge: why not build the most sustainable distribution centre in the world? Yet, much remained unclear about how to translate this challenge into specific actions, while keeping in mind corporate goals for sustainability. Her team now was exploring three options that promised to be significantly greener: hydrogen fuel cells for forklift trucks, LED lighting and renewable energy generation from on-site wind turbines. Any investment in these sustainable technologies had to make business sense, and any decision could dramatically affect the distribution centre’s operating performance.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Encourage students to explore how sustainability can be translated into specific investments within a key segment of the supply chain.
  • Prompt students to consider strategic questions about how sustainability at a distribution centre can contribute simultaneously to corporate sustainability goals and operational excellence.

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About the authors

Robert is a Professor of Operations Management at the Ivey Business School. His research interests focus on exploring the linkages between operations and the natural environment, including international operations. His research has been published in Management Science, Journal of Operations Management, Academy of Management Journal, and Decision Sciences, among others. He is currently serving on the Editorial Review Board for the Journal of Operations Management. Robert was the Chair of the Operations Management division of the Academy of Management in 2001, and previously served as the Program Chair in 1999.

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Fraser Johnson is a Professor at the Ivey Business School, Western University and currently teaches courses in supply chain management and operations. Prior to joining Ivey, Professor Johnson worked in the automotive parts industry where he held a number of senior management positions in both finance and operations. 

In addition to the 14e of Purchasing and Supply Management, published by McGraw-Hill Irwin, he has published articles in a wide variety of magazines and journals in the area of supply chain management. Dr. Johnson is currently an associate editor for The Journal of Supply Chain Management and sits on the editorial review board for the Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management. He is currently a member of Advisory Committee for Signal Hill Equity Partners.

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