Vakharia, Asoo J

Asoo J. Vakharia is the McClatchy Professor and Director of the Supply Chain Management Center in the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida. Professor Vakharia is a DSI and POMS Fellow and a recipient of the DSI Distinguished Service Award. His published work has appeared in numerous academic journals and he has served as Editor of the Decision Sciences Journal (2009-2014). Currently, he serves as co-Department Editor for the Production and Operations Management Journal. 

Asoo’s teaching interests are in Operations/Supply Chain Management, International Logistics, Transportation and Logistics Systems, and Supply Chain Analytics. In addition to teaching in the graduate, MBA, and executive MBA programs at the University of Florida, he has also developed and taught industry specific executive development courses in SCM Analytics. His industry experience includes several years as a strategy consultant and working with firms such as AT&T Solutions Customer Care, e-Diets.com, Golden Eagle Distributors, Garrett Air Research, Motorola, Sweetheart Cups, Inc., University of Arizona Medical Center, and Vistakon, Inc.