The evolution of business schools: Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University

Desired skillsets are constantly changing and adapting to the needs of ever evolving businesses across the globe. Therefore business schools must change what they teach. Professor Morty Yalovsky tells Emily Sexton-Brown about these changes…

Read full article: Changeboard, July 29, 2016 

Supplier selection considering product structure and product life cycle cost

Authors: Ebrahimipour, V., Maleki Shoja, B., Li, S.

Publications: International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

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Kabtek improves production throughput up to 20% with CablePlan

CablePlan Plannica reduces the planning cycle from days to minutes. It enhances and improves the decision making of production planners. CablePlan reduces the manual workload and releases the decision makers’ valuable time, enabling them to regain responsiveness and flexibility in the planning cycle.  CablePlan enables planners to increase their planning horizon, enables smarter optimization and allows planning considering multiple objectives.

Di Grappa leaves McGill for private sector position

After a 30-year career in higher education, including more than five years in his current role as McGill’s Vice-Principal (Administration and Finance), Michael Di Grappa has accepted a senior position with Canderel, a Canadian real estate company based in Montreal, Principal Suzanne Fortier announced on Tuesday, March 29.

Pourquoi les manufacturiers doivent augmenter leur productivité de 5 % par année

La tâche est douloureuse, mais indispensable, affirme Éric Tétrault, président des Manufacturiers et exportateurs du Québec (MEQ). Pour profiter pleinement du futur accord de libre-échange avec l'Union européenne, les entreprises québécoises doivent accroître leur productivité d'au moins 5 % par an au cours des 10 prochaines années.

Assessment of U.S. firm-level climate change performance and strategy

Authors: Yu, Y., Wang, D.D., Li, S., Shi,

Assessment of U.S. firm-level climate change performance and strategy

Authors: Yu, Y., Wang, D.D., Li, S., Shi,

BMO and Catalyst Canada Introduce BMO Millennial Leaders Advisory Council

BMO Financial Group and Catalyst Canada have announced the launch of the BMO Millennial Leaders Advisory Council on Inclusion. The Group is made up of 30 female student leaders from universities across Canada. 

Supply-Side Story: Risks, Guarantees, Competition, and Information Asymmetry

Authors: Gümüş, M.,  Gurnani, H., and Ray, S.  

Publication: Management Science

Railway crew capacity planning problem with connectivity of schedules

Authors:  Şahinb, G. and Suyabatmaza, A. C.

Publication: Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

The Impact of Product Substitution and Retail Capacity on the Timing and Depth of Price Promotions: Theory and Evidence

Authors: Gumus, M., Kaminsky, P., and Mathur, S.

Publication: International Journal of Production Research

GE expansion suggests Canadian manufacturing may get boost from U.S. gridlock

Canadian manufacturing could be on the brink of a much-needed investment boost from an unlikely source: the U.S. government. ... “Given that our dollar is weak, the timing is such that, if we are ready, we can take advantage absolutely,” said Saibal Ray, associate dean at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management.

Effects of upstream and downstream mergers on supply chain profitability

Authors: Zhu, J., Boyaci, T. and Ray, S.

Publications: European Journal of Operational Research

Supply chain design for unlocking the value of remanufacturing under uncertainty

Authors: Chen, W., Kucukyazici, B., Verter, V., Jesús Sáenz, M.

Publication: European Journal of Operational Research

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Teaching the business of sustainability

A team led by Steve Maguire, Director of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM) , has been named winner of the 2014 Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Integration of Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula, for conceiving and implementing the new Managing for Sustainability Major and Concentration (MSUS) programs for Bachelor of Commerce students at McGill.