平特五不中 Desautels professors and lecturers recognized at Faculty Awards
Across programs and subject areas, the 平特五不中 Desautels Faculty of Management recognizes the vital role that research, teaching, service and media engagement play in enriching the student experience and inspiring the next generation of leaders through the annual Faculty Awards. This year we recognize the following outstanding members of our faculty:
Research
平特五不中 expands its business analytics degree with online delivery
平特五不中鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management is launching an online version of its top-ranked Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program.
Delve: AI-griculture, A High-Tech Approach to Decarbonizing Agricultural Food Supply Chains
One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence鈥攁nd the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.
平特五不中-led MiXR platform will connect Canada鈥檚 food and beverage sector
Thousands of restaurants and retailers across Canada sell food and beverages, and the logistics of getting these products where they need to be are complex. A new platform is using data to make it all more efficient.
Offering a signing bonus can help companies recruit new worker鈥檚, but industry-wide worker shortages remain
Canada鈥檚 trucking industry has a worker shortage, and competition for qualified drivers is high. The last-mile delivery company Sysco is offering truck drivers up to $30 an hour 鈥� with a $10,000 bonus once they meet all of the company鈥檚 service standards. This type of incentive can help address a company鈥檚 need for employees in the short-term, but it doesn鈥檛 address the larger problem, said Prof.
Delve podcast: New Normal: How the Pandemic Changed Shopping Forever with Mehmet Gumus
How we shop today certainly isn鈥檛 the same as it was before March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic launched a swift if unsteady shift in shopping habits鈥攁nd retailers quickly learned that adaptation was essential to survival. Today, a hybrid retail approach is leading the way to increased sales.
Turning data into decisions
Professor Mehmet Gumus, Academic Director of the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program, joins SAP鈥檚 On-Demand Webcast to highlight how data interpretation impacts business decisions at every level of an organization.
QS ranks 平特五不中 MMA best in Canada, 10th in the world
Only two years since the program launched in 2018, the Master of Management (MMA) program at 平特五不中 has carved a spot in the top 10 business analytics programs in the world and taken the top spot in Canada.
Released today, the QS World University Rankings places the 平特五不中 MMA 10th in the QS Masters in Business Analytics Rankings 2021.
平特五不中 team creates COVID-19 dashboard to monitor Montreal and Quebec cases
Under the supervision of Professors Juan Serpa聽and聽Mehmet Gumus,聽a team of 平特五不中 Desautels students have partnered with students from the Faculty of Engineering to develop a dashboard that tracks COVID-19 cases in Montreal and Quebec.
Desautels students create dashboard to track COVID-19 cases in Canada
平特五不中 Desautels students Venkatesh Chandra and Ramy Hammam recently developed an analytics-based COVID-19 dashboard to monitor cases across Canada in an effort to combat the spread of panic and misinformation.聽
Delve: How to Keep Suppliers Honest鈥擨nstead of Allowing them Every Opportunity not to Be
New research from Prof Mehmet Gumus explores聽the challenges that companies face when monitoring product quality in distant factories, and how choosing the right contract structure can incentivize suppliers to deliver higher quality products.
This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of 平特五不中's Desautels Faculty of Management.
MMA Students Gain Hands-on Experience at Pratt & Whitney Canada
As core to the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program, the EXP Analytics Consulting module has MMA students working alongside industry professionals over a 10-month period solving a significant Data & Analytics problem, aimed to boost the client鈥檚 top or bottom lines.
Take a look at what our MMA students have to say after working with partner Pratt & Whitney Canada.
平特五不中 meets rising demand for specialty business degrees
Masters degrees in fields like finance and big data are quickly becoming a popular alternative to the traditional MBA for students looking to specialize. Professor Mehmet Gumus, Academic Director for the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA), and聽聽Rida Mehdi (MMA'19) weigh in on the unique advantages of a specialty degree.
Mehmet Gumus appointed to Editorial Board of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Mehmet Gumus, Associate Professor in Operations Management, was recently appointed to the Editorial Board of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM).
MMA students find inspiration on inaugural Study Trip in San Francisco
The 平特五不中 Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) degree is a pre-experience, twelve-month specialized program in the evolving field of management analytics with a strong emphasis on experiential learning.
As part of this hands-on learning, the first cohort of MMA students went on the program's inaugural Study Trip to San Francisco in June.
