Kamlesh Mathur

Kamlesh Mathur is a Professor and Chair of the Operations Department at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University. He has been affiliated with the institution since his initial appointment in 1980 and contributes to supply chain logistics, vehicle routing, and service center location optimization.

• Education: PhD (Case Western Reserve University, 1980), MS (Wayne State University, 1976), MTech (IIT Kanpur, 1975), BE (Engineering College Jodhpur, 1972)

His research focuses on supply chain distribution, emphasizing vehicle routing efficiency and service center location strategies. Recent publications highlight stochastic optimization, multi-echelon logistics, and reverse supply chain design, with applications in manufacturing and telecommunications.

Key trends in his work include location-allocation modeling, heuristic algorithm development, and interactive software systems for operations research problems, reflecting interdisciplinary applications from biomedical engineering to radio frequency management.

Dr. Mathur teaches courses in business statistics, predictive modeling, and global supply chain logistics. He serves on the editorial review board of the Journal of Business Logistics and is a long-standing member of INFORMS.