--> Research Interest - Prof. SP Sarmah

Research Interests

  • Supply Chain Management and Logistics

  • Reverse Logistics

  • Manufacturing/Production Planning & Control

  • Waste Management

  • Operations management

Supply Chain Quote

“ Supply chains cannot tolerate even 24 hours of disruption. So if you lose your place in the supply chain because of wild behavior you could lose a lot. It would be like pouring cement down one of your oil wells.” - Thomas Friedman

Significant Contributions

Use of credit option as contract mechanism to coordinate between different members of supply chain and sharing of profit between the members.

Establishment of theoretical model and validation through empirical study of disintermediation of intermediaries in Indian tea supply chain.

Development of decision support model for the determination of optimum number of suppliers and order quantity allocation under disruptive events in a supply chain.

Measurement of suppliers’ satisfaction about the buying organization’s performance.

Application of data mining technique for the development of spare parts inventory management policy.