Yingchao Lan, assistant professor of supply chain management and analytics, and her co-authors explored the use of multisiting physicians, who practice at more than one hospital, and their impact in reducing costs, such as lab-based diagnostics, radiology-based imaging procedures and prescriptions. Their findings indicated considerable savings passed onto patients, some as high as $9,348 per hospital visit.

When a start-up relies on external vendors to perform key tasks for product development, the company must design incentives to motivate the vendors. The organizational structure of the start-up affects the choice between sequential and concurrent development and plays a major role in determining the optimal development strategy. In a centralized setting, where all work is performed in-house, the sequential development strategy is preferred.

Public correctional facilities play an important role in operational execution of several public health programs, including screening and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. However, because of lack of capacity and resources, public health programs using correctional facilities are questioned by policy-makers in terms of their costs and benefits.

How can a firm can use its product mix, capacity allocation and pricing to respond to uncertainty and variation in economic conditions and consumer purchasing behavior? Firms sell multiple products typically face a trade-off. On the one hand, the products compete for the demand, as well as for the firm’s limited production capacity.

Given the growing number of socially conscious consumers, firms are increasingly concerned with sourcing from responsible suppliers. However, a firm’s suppliers are not always apparent to consumers. Therefore, we investigate two methods, price signaling and disclosure, which a firm can use to communicate its supplier selection to consumers. Motivated by the observation that some firms have begun to disclose their supplier information, including publishing lists of their suppliers, we consider a setting in which the firm may voluntarily disclose that information, but at a cost.

Dr. Liang Xu, assistant professor of supply chain management and analytics, explained the FDA tries to speed up the process for things such as developing a vaccine, but they are conscious of not compromising the scientific process, which involves multiple trials to demonstrate safety and effectiveness. His paper examines how the industry might implement a new mechanism into the process to help strike the right balance between speed and effectiveness. Currently, small size clinical trials take place to indicate whether a drug might work.

Schools close, elderly populations isolate and businesses shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. Özgür Araz, associate professor of supply chain management and analytics, believes decisions imposed to change the way we live in the short-term stem from critical research analysis now in the hands of government and health care providers.

Everyone knows the frustration of not having the right change to complete a purchase. Dr. Yunxia (Peter) Zhu, assistant professor of supply chain management and analytics, believes his research exploring the supply chain of currency may contain solutions to a situation made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.