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ODT offers integrated programs in the broad areas of supply chain and operations, business analytics, and information systems, all within an atmosphere that blends academic rigor with camaraderie and support. Together, the three areas of study in ODT combine and complement one another to increase efficiencies, improve processes, and deliver goods and services that affect everyone’s daily lives. The areas of study include:

  • Supply Chain and Operations
  • Business Analytics
  • Information Systems

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Professional interests

Frank E. Akaiwa

Frank E. Akaiwa

Senior Lecturer
fakaiwa@iu.edu
HH 4100
Bloomington

Business Process Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Applications, XML Tools and Techniques, Database Management and Spreadsheet Analysis Tools and Techniques, Emerging Technologies

Syd H. Alavi

Syd H. Alavi

Clinical Assistant Professor
sydalavi@iu.edu
HH 4100

Operations and Supply Chain Management; AI applications in: Operations Management, Process Design, Design Thinking, and Business Analytics

S. Chris Albright

S. Chris Albright

Professor Emeritus
HH 4100

Spreadsheet Modeling for Optimization, Statistical Analysis and Simulation, Developing Excel Add-ins for Statistics, Statistics for Research, Stochastic Models in Management Science, Quantitative Methods for MBA Core, Web Page Development and Database Access with .NET, Data Mining, VBA for Excel

Joonho Bae

Joonho Bae

Acting Assistant Professor
baejoon@iu.edu
HH 4100

Sustainable operations, energy markets, battery storage systems, operations management

Joseph Baird

Joseph Baird

Senior Lecturer
jnbaird@iu.edu
HH 4100
Bloomington

Operations & Decision Technologies

Hillol Bala

Hillol Bala

Professor
hbala@iu.edu
HH 4100
Bloomington

Digitalization in organizations and society, including healthcare contexts; IT-enabled organizational change; IT use, adaptation, and impacts; enterprise systems implementation

George Ball

George Ball

Associate Professor
gpball@iu.edu
HH 4100
Bloomington

Product recall causes, effects and the recall decision-making process. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory policy, pharmaceutical, medical device, and automotive supply chain quality

Jason Ray Beal

Jason Ray Beal

Adjunct Lecturer
jrbeal@iu.edu
HH 4100

Operations & Decision Technologies

Doug Blocher

Doug Blocher

Professor
dblocher@iu.edu
HH 4100
Bloomington

Customer Order Scheduling, Changeover Scheduling, Supply Chain Management, Lead Time/Cycle Time Reduction

Lance Bradshaw

Lance Bradshaw

Lecturer
lbradsh@iu.edu
HH 4100

Operations & Decision Technologies

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By visualizing and analyzing large data sets, the S326 course I developed introduces useful tools to leverage network resources and social features and offers hands-on practices to explore economic relationships embedded in social media data.

Lucy Yan, Professor

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