Associate Professor, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biography
Ananth Krishnamurthy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His research targets the development and state-of-the-art application of performance modeling techniques in the design and analysis of manufacturing systems and supply chains. Topics of interest include production inventory systems, assembly operations, product variety and customization, material handling and warehouse systems, lead time reduction and quick response manufacturing. His research is supported by federal agencies as well as industry. Dr. Krishnamurthy also serves as the Director of the Center for Quick Response Manufacturing, and the inter-disciplinary Masters Program in Manufacturing Systems Engineering. He is a member of INFORMS, IIE, SME, and APICS.
Research Expertise
Design and Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Systems and Supply Chains, Quick Response Manufacturing, Queuing Theory and Stochastic Models, Optimization and Simulation