Journal Publications

1.

Sawhney, R. "Interplay between Uncertainty and Flexibility in the Value-Chain: Towards a Transformation Framework of Flexibility." (accepted) Journal of Operations Management, 2005.

2.

Sawhney, R. and Sumukadas, N. “Coping with Customs Clearance Uncertainties in Global Sourcing.” International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, vol. 35, no. 3&4, 2005.

3.

Sumukadas, N. and Sawhney, R.  “Workforce Agility through Employee Involvement.” Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) Transactions, June 2004.

4.

Hunt, S.C. and Sawhney, R. “Management Ph.D. Candidates’ Job Search: The Initial Interview.” Journal of Education for Business, May-June, 2003.

5.

Sawhney, R.  and Piper, C.J. “Value Creation Through Enriched Marketing-Operations Interfaces: An Empirical Study in the Printed Circuit Board Industry.” Journal of Operations Management, July 2002.

Articles in Proceedings (international or national conference)

6.

Sawhney, R.., Sumukadas, N., Sawhney, S., and Rathore, K.K., "Antecedents and Measures of Delivery Flexibility," accepted for presentation at the 9th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Pondicherry, India, December 16-18, 2005.

7.

Sawhney, R. and Sumukadas, N. “Delivery Flexibility: A Value Chain Approach,” to be published in the 36th annual proceeding of the Decision Sciences Institute; to be presented at the 36th Annual Meeting of the DSI, San Francisco, November 2005.

8.

Sawhney, R.., Sawhney, S., and Rathore, K.K., "Target Costing: A New Approach to Supplier Management,"presented at the 41st Annual Conference of the Midwest Business Administration Association, March 2005.

9.

Sawhney, R.. and Sawhney, S., "Enhancing Customer Value through Superior Marketing-Operations Partnership," accepted for presentation at the 8th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Mumbai, India, December 17-20, 2004

10.

Sawhney, R. and Sumukadas, N. “Global Supply Chain Uncertainties: Learning from Customs Clearance Workarounds,” published in the 35th annual proceeding of the Decision Sciences Institute; presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the DSI, Boston, November 2004.

11.

Sawhney, R., Hunt, S. and Rathore, K.K. “Influence of Individual Differences on the Job Search Process,” published in the proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Midwest Business Administration Association; presented at the 40th annual meeting of the MBAA, March 2004. Awarded the best paper, 2004, North American Management Society.

12.

Sawhney, R.. and Sumukadas, N., "Coping with Government Induced Uncertainties in Global Sourcing," accepted for presentation at the 7th Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Indore, India, December 19-21, 2003.

13.

Sumukadas, N. and Sawhney, R. “Workforce Agility Through Employee Involvement,” published in the 34th annual proceeding of the Decision Sciences Institute; presented at the 34th Annual Meeting of the DSI, Washington, D.C., November 2003.

14.

Sawhney, R.  “Impact of Environmental Protection on Supply Chain Management,” presented at the 39th Annual Conference of the Midwest Administration Association, March, 2003.

15.

Sawhney, R.  “Towards A Transformation Theory of Flexibility: A Case Based Approach in the Printed Circuit Board Industry,” published in the 33rd annual proceeding of the Decision Sciences Institute; presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the DSI, San Diego, November 2002.

16.

Sawhney, R. Awarded a Scholarship by Institute of Supply Management to develop and conduct a simulation game demonstrating operations management principles to the participants at the 13th annual, Institute of Supply Management Research/Teaching Symposium, March 2002. 

17.

Hunt, S., and Sawhney, R. “The Role of the Initial Interview in New Management Ph.D.’s Job Search,” published in the proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Midwest Business Administration Association; presented at the 38th annual meeting of the MBAA, March 2002. Awarded the best paper, 2002, North American Management Society.

18.

Sawhney, R. “How to teach operations management principles using hands-on exercise involving students.” Presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Midwest Business Administration Association, March, 2002.

19.

Sawhney, R. “Cross-Cultural Influence on the Conduct of International Supply Chains,” published in the 12th annual proceeding of the Institute of Supply Management/ National Association of Purchasing Managers; presented at the 12th Annual Meeting of the ISM/NAPM, March 2001. The paper was awarded a Scholarship.

20.

Sawhney, R.  and Piper, C.J. “The Impact of WIP Inventory on Delivery Performance Under Conditions of Demand and Process Uncertainty,” presented as a table-topic at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Francisco, November 2001.

21.

Sawhney, R. “A Revisit on SERVQUAL’s Dimensionality: Limitations in Evaluating the Core Component of Service Delivery,” accepted for presentation at the INFORMS International Conference-2001 in Hawaii, June 2001.

22.

Sawhney, R. “Cross-Cultural Influence on the Conduct of Supply Chains in the Automotive Industry.” Invited speaker, Global Automotive Conference, April 2001.

23.

Sawhney, R.  and Piper, C.J. “Marketing’s 4-P’s versus Operation’s 4-C’s: The Need To Integrate Marketing and Operations,”  published in the proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Midwest Business Administration Association; presented at the 37th annual meeting of the MBAA, March 2001.

24.

Sawhney, R. “How to Counter Government Created Uncertainties in the Supply Chain - A Strategic Option Adopted in the Indian Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Industry,” published and presented at the 9th International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association and The Third Worldwide Research Symposium on Purchasing and Supply Chain Management, May 24-27, 2000. The paper was awarded a scholarship.

25.

Sawhney, R.  and Piper, C.J. “Higher Customer Value Through Better Integration Between Marketing  And Operations: An Empirical Study,” published in the 31st annual proceeding of the Decision Sciences Institute; presented at the 31st Annual Meeting of the DSI, Orlando, November 2000.

26.

Sawhney, R.  and Piper, C.J. “Required, Actual, and Latent Flexibility: Where Should the Firms Focus?” published in the proceedings of the 36th Annual Conference of the Midwest Business Administration Association; presented at the 36th annual meeting of the MBAA, March 2000.

27.

Sawhney, R. and Piper, C.J. “Improving Plant Performance through Labor Flexibility: Management Actions That Work,” published in the 30th annual proceeding of the Decision Sciences Institute; presented at the 30th Annual Meeting of the DSI, New Orleans, November, 1999.