Sunil Chopra
IBM Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems
Professor of Operations
Sunil Chopra is the IBM Distinguished Professor of Operations Management. He was also Interim Dean of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University from 2009-2010. From 2006 – 2009, he served as Senior Associate Dean: Curriculum and Teaching. He became a faculty member of the school in 1989. Previously he was an Assistant Professor at the Stern School of Business Administration at New York University. He has a PhD in Operations Research from SUNY Stony Brook.
Professor Chopra’s research and teaching interests are in Operations Management, Logistics and Distribution Management, design of communication networks and design of distribution networks. He has co-authored the books Managing Business Process Flows and Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. Both books are published by Prentice Hall and are used at several of the top business schools to teach Operations Management and Supply Chain Management respectively. The Supply Chain Management book was awarded the best book of the year for 2002 by the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). Professor Chopra has won several teaching awards at Kellogg.
He has been Departmental Editor for the journals Management Science and an Associate Editor for the Decision Sciences Journal, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Operations Research. His recent research has focused on risk management in supply chains. He has also studied distribution systems in a variety of companies trying to identify market, manufacturing, and product characteristics that drive the structure of a supply chain.
He has consulted for a variety of firms.
- Operations management
- network design
- combinational optimization
- Operations management
- network design
- combinational optimization
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PhD, 1986, Operations Research, State University of New York, Stony Brook
MS, 1984, Operations Research, State University of New York, Stony Brook
BT, 1981, Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi -
IBM Distinguished Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1995-present
Interim Dean, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2009-2010
Senior Associate Dean, Curriculum and Teaching, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2006-2009
Chairman, Managerial Economics and Decision Science, Northwestern University, 2000-2002
Director, Master of Management and Manufacturing program, Northwestern University, 1998-2006
Associate Professor, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1992-1995
Assistant Professor, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, 1989-1992
Assistant Professor, Leonard N. Stern School of Business Administration, New York University, 1986-1989 -
Saul Gass Expository Writing Award, INFORMS Annual Meeting
Saul Gass Expository Writing Award, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2019
Winner Case Category - Indian Management issues and Opportunities, EFMD Case writing competition, 2015
A-List of Management Academics, Business Educators, 2011
Executive MBA Program Outstanding Teaching Awards, Kellogg School of Management, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999
Kellogg Alumni Professor of the Year Award, Kellogg School of Management, 2005
Selected IIE Book of the Year for Supply Chain Management, IIE, 2002 -
Department Editor, Management Science, 2003-2005
Associate Editor, Management Science, 2000-2002
Associate Editor, Operations Research, 1997-1999
Distribution Channel Management
For senior leaders who have responsibility for distribution strategy and channel management in virtually any business model, this rigorous, one-of-a-kind learning experience delivers a practical approach to the challenges of creating highly effective go-to-market growth strategies.
Supply Chain Management
Revolutionize your operations with the latest tools, techniques and models for efficient — and effective — supply chain management. The experts will show you how to meet the complex challenges of managing facilities, inventories, transportation, information, outsourcing, strategic partnering and more.
Strategic Decisions in Operations (OPNSX-454-0)
This course builds on the core operations management class with an emphasis on strategic level decisions. It emphasizes the long-term, "big" decisions firms face in structuring their operations. Topics covered range from evaluating flexible technologies to designing supply chains.
Supply Chain Management (OPNS-455-0)
What are the key capabilities a supply chain must develop to support the business strategy of a firm? What is the relationship between the desired capabilities and the structure of a supply chain? This course provides a framework to answer these questions. We define supply chain structure in terms of the following drivers of performance: facilities, information, inventory and transportation. The relationship between structure and performance is analyzed using various case studies that require students to develop analytical spreadsheet models to support their decision making. Students are taught the strategic role of the supply chain. The course also discusses methodologies for designing and planning a supply chain.
