Rachna Shah receives Early Career Award from Production and Operations Management Society
Contact: Dawn Skelly, Carlson School of Management, (612) 624-8770, dskelly@csom.umn.edu
MINNEAPOLIS (May 8, 2007)—Rachna Shah , assistant professor at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, has received the Production and Operations Management Society’s Early Career Award, which recognizes academics who have achieved outstanding research accomplishments early in their careers.
Shah was chosen for the Wickham Skinner Early-Career Research Award due to the impact of her research and its ability to broaden, extend and alter the way that productions and operations management is practiced and viewed. Shah accepted her award at the Production and Operations Management Society’s annual conference in Dallas on May 7.
“Rachna’s selection of this award indicates and supports the breadth of talents and depth of the contributions of the Carlson School’s highly motivated faculty,” said Alison Davis-Blake, dean of the Carlson School of Management. “We are pleased that Rachna is being recognized for her achievements with this prestigious honor.”
Shah’s expertise includes lean production systems, supply chain management, information technology and empirical research methods. Her most current work focuses on lean production systems in manufacturing and service operations, the impact of information technology on supply chain management, and research methods and their implications in operations management and strategy research.
Shah received both her doctorate and master’s of business administration degrees from the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University. She is the recipient of Decision Science Journal’s Best Reviewer Award in 2004 and the 2004 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Research. Shah is also an editorial review board member for both Production and Operations Management and Decision Science Journal, and an associate editor for Operations Management Research Journal.
The Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) was founded in 1989 in collaboration with about 300 professors and executives. POMS is an international professional organization representing the interests of production and operations management professionals around the world and dedicated to improving, promoting and the field.
About the Carlson School of Management
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