phd in supply chain management in canada

PhD in administration - Logistics and Operations Management

Phd in administration – logistics and operations management.

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Are you planning on a career in academia or business in the field of logistics and operations management? Do you want to conduct research using empirical methods or operational research models? Do your PhD at a world-class school, in an internationally renowned community of professors and researchers.

Your PhD in short

• Offered by HEC Montréal jointly with Concordia and McGill universities and the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). This partnership gives you access to resources (faculty and courses) rarely available elsewhere in the world.
• Full-time program allowing you to complete your studies in four or five years.
• Tuition fees waived and competitive funding for the first four years of your studies.
• Many links with businesses and research centres.

For a career in academia or in industry

of the graduates in this specialization hold positions as professors at universities in Canada, the United States, and the Middle East. The others are working in the private sector, as analysts, consultants, or managers.

Among the best

Our PhD students publish their research in top-tier journals, including:

• Computers & Operations Research
• INFORMS Journal on Computing
• International Journal of Production Economics
• Operations Research
• Transportation Science

The awards won by doctoral graduates are also proof of their excellence.

• Yossiri Adulyasak in 2014 for his thesis Models and solution algorithms for production routing problems .
• Masoud Chitsaz in 2020 for his thesis Integrated Production and Transportation Planning .
• Karima Afif in 2021 for her thesis Sustainable product packaging: exploring the organizational buying decision and the effect of the weight-based packaging tax .
• Yossiri Adulyasak in 2013 for his article Optimization-Based Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for the Production Routing Problem .
• Narges Seresthi in 2021 for his article Capacitated stochastic lot sizing problem with aggregate service level constraints .
• Maricela Arellano won the prize for the best article (in the field of supply chain and operations management) at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in 2017.
• Narges Sereshti won the Best Paper Award in the journal Omega in 2021 for her article Capacitated stochastic lot sizing problem with aggregate service level constraints .
• Ali Kermani and Sina Shahnejat-Bushehri won the Best Applied Paper Award at the 10th IFAC conference on Manufacturing modelling, Management and Control in 2022.

Be part of innovations in research

“I embarked on my PhD studies motivated to develop scientific management insights in the area of service operations management. The faculty immensely helped and encouraged me to conduct research which involved various methodologies including qualitative analysis, empirical methods and quantitative artificial neural network approaches. At no point in my research did I feel left alone.” Nikhil Varma, PhD. Assistant Professor, Anisfield School of Business, (USA)

Varied research interests

Empirical research.

• Healthcare operations management
• Humanitarian logistics
• Operations strategy
• Purchasing management
• Service operations management
• Supply chain management
• Transportation management

Applied operational research

• Hospital logistics and operations
• Network design
• Production and distribution planning
• Supply chain analytics
• Transportation and route planning
• Sustainable logistics in the agri-food chain

“The focus on high-quality research enabled me to become a post-doctoral research fellow at MIT (SMART), and next apply my knowledge in practice at a major supply chain solution provider (JDA). Now I can take this experience back into my classroom and my research.” Yossiri Adulyasak, PhD. Assistant Professor, HEC Montréal

For more information on the research interests of professors in this Department , see the page on logistics and operations management research at HEC Montréal (in French).

An exceptional research milieu

HEC Montréal is a centre of excellence in logistics and operations management, with world-renowned professors in this field. Most of them receive research grants from well-known research organizations, and some hold a research chair or professorship.

• Canada Research Chair in Supply Chain Analytics , directed by Yossiri Adulyasak
• Canada Research Chain in Humanitarian Supply Chain Analytics , directed by Marie-Ève Rancourt
• Canada Research Chair in Logistics and Transportation , directed by Jean-François Cordeau
• Chair in Supply Chain Operations Planning , directed by Raf Jans

Research professorships

• Professorship Supply Chain Canada: Claudia Rebolledo
• Professorship in Clean Transportation Analytics: Jorge Mendoza Gimenez

Department faculty and students work closely with several research centres:

• Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT)
• Supply Chain Forum – HEC Montréal
• Group for Research in Decision Analysis (GERAD)
• Institute for Data Valorization (IVADO)
• Pôle santé HEC Montréal (Healthcare management hub)
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Management (PhD)

Located in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics , our PhD in Management program will turn you into an advanced researcher with both theoretical and practical understanding of the complex problems of business management. We offer five distinct fields, including:

• Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management

Develop unparalleled research abilities.

Work alongside leading academics.

Apprentice-style approach to learning.

Let's Talk About Your Future

We understand that pursuing a doctoral degree is a big decision. We’re here to help you work through your options to choose the program that is right for you.

We offer information sessions and one-on-one consultations to help you make the best decision. The sooner we connect with each other, the closer you are to realizing: it’s what’s inside that sets us apart.

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Program Details

Program structure.

The program is structured to be completed in four years.

In the first two years, you will complete 11 half-credit courses and write the comprehensive exams. Comprehensive exams are typically completed at the end of your second year.

In the third and fourth years of the program, you will focus on completing your dissertation proposal and dissertation. In order to develop and refine your research skills, you are expected to engage in research throughout the program.

You will also complete a non-credit course on university teaching.

Faculty with Supervisory Status

While we do not require you to have an approved faculty supervisor selected when you apply, we encourage prospective applicants to learn about the interests and ongoing research of our faculty members. If you'd like to connect with a professor about their research work, email [email protected] and we can connect you with them.

Available Fields

Challenge yourself and work with experts in your field as you write and defend your doctoral dissertation. You can pursue research in any of our five fields: 

• Accounting  

The Accounting field in Laurier’s PhD in Management program prepares you for an academic career. You will be encouraged to focus your learning and research in empirical financial accounting or behavioural accounting.

Our program provides students with a breadth of knowledge of accounting theory and research methodologies. Through teaching and research assistantships, coursework, seminars, and independent research, students develop analytical and interpretive skills as well as intellectual independence. We welcome applications from students in accounting or related fields, such as finance or economics.

We have one of the largest Accounting programs in Canada with 34 faculty and lecturers. Over the past 21 years, we have had 10 gold medallists on the Uniform Final Evaluation (now the Common Final Examination, administered by CPA Canada); this is more than any other university in Canada.

PhD in Management, Accounting Field Coordinator:

• Jonathan Farrar, PhD
• See all Lazaridis faculty members in Accounting

Research Environment: Accounting

You will work independently and ethically in an advanced research program and will receive training in conducting original research, preparing scholarly publications, and communicating knowledge.

As a student in the Accounting field you will have access to:

• A small student-to-faculty ratio.
• Excellent research facilities through the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics and the CPA/Laurier Centre for the Advancement of Accounting Research and Education.
• Research funding and external grants.
• Cutting-edge research.

Course Offerings: Accounting

Accounting students can focus their learning and research in empirical financial accounting or behavioural management accounting. Below are the course offerings for each respective focus.

Empirical Financial Accounting courses:

• BU801: Management Foundations
• BU802: Research Methodology
• BU817: Survey of Accounting Research
• BU827: Seminar in Financial Accounting
• BU837: Seminar in Management Accounting
• BU843: Seminar in Advanced Financial Econometrics
• BU847: Seminar in Archival Research in Accounting
• EC620: Microeconomics I
• EC640: Macroeconomics I
• EC655: Econometrics
• MF703: Seminar in Corporate Finance

Behavioural Management Accounting courses:

• BU800: Fundamentals of Behavioural Research
• BU804: Organizational Behaviour
• BU842: Consumer Behaviour
• BU857: Seminar in Behavioural Research in Accounting
• MS700: Univariate and Multivariate Statistics
• PS800: Advanced Multivariate Methods

Candidate Profiles: Accounting

• Nicholle Kovach
• Harjot Mehmi
• Oluwasegun Popoola
• Kainan (Paul) Xiong

Graduate Placements: Accounting

Academic Placements

The Finance field in Laurier’s PhD in Management program is designed for the brightest and hardest-working individuals who are seeking academic and research positions. We welcome applications from students in business and related fields, such as economics, accounting, statistics and mathematics.

Our invigorating research environment is supported by highly productive and internationally recognized scholars who publish in top journals. As well, many of our graduate students have won best paper awards at conferences and have published their work in high-ranked journals.

Building on finance theory, our PhD students undertake research in four key areas of financial management: financial markets, corporate finance and governance, options and futures, and market microstructure.

PhD in Management, Finance Field Coordinator:

• Michael Brolley, PhD
• See all Lazaridis faculty members in Finance

Research Environment: Finance

We create a nurturing environment where you have access to:

• Funding and help to apply for external grants to attend and present at premier conferences.
• Widely used databases, such as WRDS, Bloomberg, Datastream, Markit, OptionMetrics.
• A weekly finance seminar series.
• A personalized approach and a small student-to-supervisor ratio.
• Excellent research facilities through the Financial Services Research Centre.

Course Offerings: Finance

• BU753: Empirical Studies in Fixed Income
• BU803: Theory of Asset Pricing
• BU823: Seminar in Financial Economics
• BU833: Empirical Asset Pricing
• BU853: Market Microstructure, Trading and Investment Strategies
• BU863: Empirical Corporate Finance

Candidate Profiles: Finance

• Siamak Dehghanpour
• Thi Minh Hien Nguyen
• Manisha Thapa

Graduate Placements: Finance

Non-Academic Placements

The Marketing field in Laurier’s PhD in Management program offers you the opportunity to conduct research on contemporary topics of theoretical and managerial significance. Our areas of specialization include consumer behaviour, innovation, marketing strategy, brand management, and services marketing. We welcome applications from those with education and/or experience in business and marketing or a relevant field such as psychology and economics.

Our program centres on theory development, empirical analysis, and developing managerially relevant knowledge. It builds on core theories from marketing and other disciplines (including psychology, economics, and decision sciences). You will have the opportunity to acquire a broad range of methodological skills including experimental design, surveys, qualitative research, and quantitative modelling. Our focus is to hone your research skills both through course work and by actively collaborating with you in new or ongoing research projects.

PhD in Management, Marketing Field Coordinator:

• Fang Wang, PhD
• See all Lazaridis faculty members in Marketing

Course Offerings: Marketing

• BU812: Marketing Philosophy and Theory
• BU818: Qualitative Research Process
• BU822: Marketing Strategy
• BU852: Service and Relationship Marketing
• BU862: Research in Brand and Product
• BU872: Special Topics in Marketing

Candidate Profiles: Marketing

• Yijia (Vita) Cao
• Sakshi Korde
• Jeeshan Mirza
• Sidiqqique Mohammad
• Andrea Reaume
• Jee Hyuk Wi
• Fatemeh Vafaee Sefat

Graduate Placements: Marketing

Consumer Research Lab

The state-of-the-art Consumer Research Lab is equipped with 20 computer terminals, a projector, and software for controlled experimental studies and survey-based, online data collection. The lab also includes a small break-out room with a one-way mirror for focus groups, interviews, and other tasks relevant to research studies.

Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management (OB/HRM)

Our PhD in Management degree program with a concentration in Organizational Behaviour (OB) and Human Resource Management (HRM) is a four-year program. In the first two years, you will complete courses and your comprehensive exams. In years three and four, you will focus on research with your supervisor and other faculty members. Opportunities for teaching are also available. If you complete your MSc in Management with us, you will receive credit for those courses you have already completed, which can decrease the length of the time it takes to complete this degree. This program is designed for students who wish to become academics and researchers.

PhD in Management, OB/HRM Field Coordinator:

• Lindie Liang, Associate Professor
• See all Lazaridis faculty members in OB/HRM

Research Environment: OB/HRM

Why choose OB/HRM at Laurier?

You will have the opportunity to work closely with leading scholars in the field of OB/HRM and be involved with cutting-edge research throughout your studies. Building a strong research foundation (including exposure to different theories and methodologies) is important for success in your future career.

We only admit a small number of students each year to ensure that our students can receive the mentoring that they need to succeed in an academic career. You will receive personalized guidance and individualized attention as you develop your own research and prepare for your career.

Our faculty members devote an extensive amount of time and energy into developing our students’ research capabilities and skillsets. You will be encouraged to join projects that can build this foundation and provide you with opportunities to start building your résumé with conference presentations and publications.

Learning Outcomes: OB/HRM

You can expect coursework that is designed to provide a solid theoretical foundation in OB/HRM combined with exceptional statistical and methodological training, including research methods, research design, and quantitative analyses. You will also have the opportunity to delve deeper into topics with special topic courses, electives, and directed studies.

You will conduct your own research under the guidance of our faculty supervisors. You are expected to engage in research throughout the program, culminating in the completion of your dissertation.

You will have exposure to cutting-edge research from our faculty supervisors and guest speakers, as well as networking opportunities within the academic community.

Course Offerings: OBHRM

• BU814: Human Resource Management
• BU899: Doctoral Dissertation
• Five electives chosen in consultation with the OB/HRM field coordinator

Note:  Students admitted into the PhD program from the Laurier MSc in Management will be exempt from some courses already completed at the master’s level.

Candidate Profiles: OB/HRM

• Jane Phillips
• Sabah Rasheed

Graduate Placements: OB/HRM

The disciplines of Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management seek answers to fundamental questions about the design, production, and delivery of goods and services. We welcome applications from students with backgrounds in business, mathematics, engineering, economics and related fields. Graduates of our PhD are prepared for a career in academia or research.

PhD in Management, Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management Field Coordinator:

• Salar Ghamat, PhD
• Browse all faculty in Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management

Research Environment

• A personalized approach with a small student-to-faculty ratio.
• Cutting-edge research training by active leading researchers.
• Our Centre for Supply Chain Management whose mission is to create close ties between industry and academia.
• Our "Distinguished Speaker Series," which brings in world class presenters from around the globe.

Our faculty are leading researchers in fields such as sustainable and closed-loop supply chain management, logistics and transportation, operations management, management of innovation and technology, and stochastic modelling.

Over the past five years, faculty in Supply Chain, Operations and Technology Management have received more than $1 million in research grants from funding agencies, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), as well as grants from industry, including $500,000 from CN Rail. Our faculty members have published their research in top-tiered academic journals, including Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Manufacturing & Services Operations Management, JOM, JORS, Annals of OR, EJOR, Financial Management and IIE Transactions, to name just a few.

Selected Research Topics

• Customer acquisition, retention, and service quality for a call center: Optimal promotions, priorities, and staffing.
• Socially optimal location of facilities with fixed servers, stochastic demand and congestion.
• Flow control in capacity-constrained queueing systems with non-stationary arrivals.
• The effect of demand-supply mismatches on firm risk.
• Cost Analysis of an (S-1,S) Inventory system with two demand classes and rationing.
• Towards more innovative, eco-efficient sustainable product designs: Proposing a new DEA-based methodology.
• Corporate payout policy, cash savings, and the cost of consistency: Evidence from a structural estimation.
• An analysis of a widely used version of the CUSUM tracking signal.
• Inventory competition for news vendors with profit targets.
• Transshipment between competitive retailers.
• Three essays in product development: Competition, sustainability and channel structure.
• Modeling and analysis of value-based healthcare delivery.
• Exploring hopes and fears from supply chain innovations: An analysis of antecedents and consequences of supply chain knowledge exchanges.
• The transient collaboration model: Theory building, structural formation, and network operationalization.
• BU805: Deterministic Quantitative Analysis
• BU815: Stochastic Analysis and Simulation
• BU825: Foundations of Supply Chain Management
• BU845: Seminar in Supply Chain Management I
• BU855: Seminar in Supply Chain Management II
• BU859: Foundations of Operations Management

Candidate Profiles

• Amirhossein Adhami
• Atousa Akhlaghy
• Negin Karimani
• Parang Zadtootaghaj

Graduate Placements

"We provide a supportive and personalized approach that enables our students to get involved in state-of-the-art research. Our candidates graduate with skills, knowledge and experience in demand by academia, industry and government organizations."

Madhu Kalimipalli, Professor

The AACSB accreditation is based on a portfolio of performance metrics and that includes high quality teaching, high quality research and a high quality environment that we provide for our students.

Take the first step in your graduate education and apply to one of our graduate programs. Follow our three-step admission process — we’ll walk you through how to apply and prepare for your first day as a graduate student.

• Start: Fall (September) only
• Format: Full-time
• Jan. 15: First consideration deadline
• March 15: Final application deadline for international applicants
• Aug. 15: Final application deadline for domestic applicants

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis within deadlines until we reach enrolment capacity.

Note: Domestic and international applications for the MSc and PhD in Management program are no longer being accepted for the September 2024 cohort. If you are interested in applying to these programs for the September 2025 cohort, please connect with a recruiter at [email protected] .

Admission Requirements

• A master’s degree in business or related field with a minimum B+ standing.
• Evidence of strong quantitative skills, normally by successful completion of the GMAT Focus exam with a score of 595 or higher (formerly GMAT score of 650 or higher). You can consult the GMAT conversion table . We will also accept a GRE score. A GRE score must convert to the minimum 595 GMAT Focus score required. Please note that the GMAT/GRE requirement is mandatory for the application and cannot be waived.
• Proficiency in English.
• Applications are reviewed by the graduate program committee, which considers all prior university grades, a statement of research interests, an academic writing sample, and letters of reference.

Application Checklist

Applications will be considered until the program is full.

After you have submitted your OUAC application , paid the non-refundable application fee, and Laurier has received your application, you'll receive an email from [email protected] advising you to upload the additional required documentation to Laurier’s Online Registration and Information System (LORIS) .

Please note, the application process and the uploading of supplemental documentation, which includes references, typically takes two weeks. To avoid disappointment, apply early.

An application for admission to our PhD program in Management must include:

• The OUAC Application Summary, which is generated after you complete your OUAC application (log back in to OUAC to retrieve it).
• Transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate work. Documents must be dated within the past six months.
• A completed statement of intent.
• A resume of your academic and work experience. Include a history of your publication and scholarly paper activity and any other information you feel will interest the admissions committee.
• A sample of your scholarly writing (10-20 pages in length). This may be a chapter of your master's thesis or a paper written for a graduate course.
• Completed reference forms . Two academic references are required. Note: Reference forms are electronically submitted to Laurier by the referee and do not need to be uploaded.
• Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT) test scores. GMAT test scores of at least 85 percentile are standard. Where appropriate, corresponding Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) scores will be accepted.

Visit our Graduate Admissions Toolkit for more information about applying.

English Proficiency

Proficiency in written and spoken English is essential to graduate studies at Laurier. Applicants whose language of instruction during their previous postsecondary education was not in English must submit evidence of proficiency in English. If applicable, results from accepted testing services must be uploaded to  LORIS .

Your Next Steps

Tuition and funding.

Regardless of the type of graduate degree program you intend to pursue, financial planning is important. At Laurier, we want to provide you with as much information as possible about a variety of scholarship and funding opportunities and equip you with the skills to manage your finances effectively in the years to come.

Graduate Tuition and Funding

Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises

With the announcement of the   Lazaridis Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises , special funding will be available to students concentrating on the application of innovation and technology management as it relates to their respective fields of interest.

Waterloo Campus

This program is available on Laurier's Waterloo campus.

Laurier's Waterloo campus is home to more than 19,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Tucked into several city blocks, this campus is walking distance to your classrooms, food, and various campus amenities.

Laurier is a leading force in research among Canadian universities, and many of our research centres and institutes are housed in Waterloo.

Learn more about Laurier's campuses .

"With contributions from several university-based partners, ASPIRE provides graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with informative, hands-on professional skills training essential for degree and post-degree success."

Brent Wolfe , Associate Vice-President and Dean, Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

The Lazaridis School is committed to providing PhD candidates with a solid foundation from which to build successful academic careers. Many of our graduates receive offers for assistant professor and tenure-track positions from universities around the world, including:

• York University
• McMaster University
• University of British Columbia
• University of Waterloo
• SUNY Fredonia
• University of Memphis
• Kean University
• Zayed University, UAE

Not all of our graduates go on to pursue academic careers; some find success working for organizations in which they can apply their expertise in other ways. Graduates with non-academic positions include:

• Hosein Nooriaan, Senior Analyst, Risk Management, RBC Group
• Yunhua (Julie) Zhu, Senior Associate, PwC
• Gregory Tanguay, Marketing Director, Laborie
• David Whiteside, Happiness Research Fellow, Plasticity Labs
• Sara Babaee, Software Developer in Optimization, NAVBLUE an Airbus Company
• Tannaz Mahootchi, Senior Methodologist, Operations Research, Cancer Care Ontario

Program Recruiters

Brenda Burns Graduate Program Recruiter

Victoria MacKenzie Graduate Program Recruiter

Looking for more info? Contact the Lazaridis School .

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The Doctoral Program in Operations Management (OM) at the Ivey Business School is designed to prepare students for an engaging and enriching career in conducting meaningful scholarly-based research and teaching in leading schools of business administration.

The Doctoral Program in OM at the Ivey Business School has a strong track-record of exceptional first job placements in Top business schools around the world, including Georgia Tech, IE Business School, HEC Montreal, and many others.

The faculty members comprising this group include Dave Barrett, Jury Gualandris, Fraser Johnson, Rob Klassen, Deishin Lee, Larry Menor, Jason Nguyen, and Gal Raz. Their work is published in the top journals in the Operations and Technology Management disciplines, including Journal of Operations Management , Journal of Supply Chain Management , International Journal of Operations and Production Management , Management Science , Production and Operations Management , Manufacturing and Service Operations Management , Operations Research , and Academy of Management Journal .

The OM group has strong, important research collaborations with top universities and researchers around the world, including MIT, Arizona State University (CASN-RA), University College Dublin, Indiana University, Strathclyde University and Erasmus RSM School of Business, among others.

OM deals with the planning, control and improvement/innovation of the operational system that transforms inputs into outputs and enables value realization for and from customers. OM also deals with the emergence and capable functioning of supply chains as complex adaptive systems that span industries and countries. As such, students will be exposed to, and critically examine, both foundational and recent scholarly developments spanning a wide array of tactical and strategic issues underlying how work gets done in the firm and across firms in order to develop their own theoretical and practical insights on relevant OM topics. While improved decision making and action based upon rigorous empirical science is the primary focus and interest of the OP discipline group's faculty, students will also be introduced to relevant analytical/axiomatic modeling approaches and interdisciplinary theorization that may be informative to the scrutiny of the OM topics.

Students take the full spectrum of Doctoral Program and OM special field offerings; on occasion, students may be encouraged to register and complete courses offered by other Ivey discipline groups and UWO faculties that may be salient to their specific program of study and individual scholarly development. For example, those courses related to advanced statistical and econometrical techniques, network analysis and any relevant other. Other aspects of the program are tailored to fit the student’s own research, teaching and professional interests and requirements.

Areas of Research Focus

• Sustainable supply chain management
• Operations strategy
• Managing production and service systems and technologies
• Systematic operational improvement and innovation approaches
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PhD Student Opportunities

The doctoral program in Operations Management welcomes applications from qualified candidates with the following research interests:

Sustainable Supply Chain Management:

• Developing ESG transparency and accountability in extended supply chains (Professor Jury Gualandris)
• Tackling waste through sustainable and circular operations (Professors Deishin Lee and Jury Gualandris)
• Tackling behavioral biases to improve individual and firms' sustainable practices (Professor Jason Nguyen)
• Remanufacturing and recycling strategies in competitive settings (Professor Jason Nguyen)
• Environmental regulation and its implications on supply chains’ environmental innovation decisions (Professor Jason Nguyen)

Operational Systems Design and Functioning:

• Big Data-enabled processing, coordinative and learning capabilities (Professor Larry Menor)

Interdisciplinary Reseach with  Strategy, Accounting, Information Systems and Sustainability

• To examine how multiple actors address collective action issues and promote systemic transformation in food supply chains, focusing on  on how farmers and actors of the food chain interact with each other and develop communities of practices to define rules of interaction, agree on common food production principles, and promote sustainable change (Professor Jury Gualandris).

PhD Graduates

The doctoral program in Operations Management is designed for those interested in pursuing academic careers in operations management at top business schools.

Dr. Kelsey Taylor (2021 PhD)

Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba

Effectiveness of Social Enterprises: Aligning Strategies and Supply Chains for Impact

Social enterprises use market mechanisms to address social issues that are undesirable targets for intervention by conventional businesses. The pursuit of these goals comes with inherent operational constraints that must be mitigated for the organization to survive, but that are unavoidable without compromising the organization’s social mission. However, the assumption embedded in much of the SCM literature, that profit maximization is the ultimate goal, may lead to the implementation of practices... Read more about this thesis

Dr. Fernando Naranjo (2021 PhD)

Assistant Professor, Niagara University

Lean Supply Management in the Canadian Agri-food Sector

This thesis examines a novel conceptualization and operationalization of the lean supply management (LSM) construct and investigates its practical relevance for the Canadian agri-food sector. The thesis consists of three integrated essays, intended to advance the LSM scholarly theorization and managerial understanding. The first essay offers a systematic literature review to gain a better comprehension of the current state of research on LSM regarding its... Read more about this thesis

Dr. Asad Shafiq (2015 PhD)

Assistant Professor, California State University

Supplier social engagement, reciprocity of social practices and performance in supply chains

Over the last two decades, social and environmental issues in supply chains have attracted increased scrutiny and debate. Moreover, managers are realizing that irresponsible behavior by their supply chain partners is negatively projected to their firm, with the potential for causing adverse publicity, reputational damage, and costly legal obligations. In my dissertation, I focus on supplier engagement efforts of firms aimed at encouraging suppliers to behave in a socially responsible manner... Read more about this thesis

Dr. Sara Hajmohammad (2015 PhD)

Assistant Professor, Telfer School of Management

Three Essays on Sustainable Operations Management

This dissertation consists of three essays on sustainable operations management. The unifying theme in this work is the focus on sustainability-related risks originating from an organization’s internal operations or its supply chain, operational-level initiatives for managing such risks, and the determinants and subsequent outcomes of those initiatives. The first essay focuses on safety and environmental risks and looks into the role of a safety-oriented culture in effectively managing them.... Read more about this thesis

Discipline Coordinator

Jason Nguyen

Jason Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Operations Management and Sustainability groups at Ivey. Prior to joining Ivey, Jason was a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia and was a founding faculty at the College of Business and Management, VinUniversity Hanoi, Vietnam. He holds a Ph.D. in Supply Chain and Operations Management from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, US. M.Sc. in Operations Management from Singapore Management University and B.Eng in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University.

Jason’s research aspiration is to contribute academic insights for the movement toward a global circular and sustainable economy that minimizes the consumption of resources, energy, and emissions. In his research, Jason utilizes tools from game theory, optimization, behavioral experiments, econometrics, and big data analytics to rigorously conceptualize and analyze how firms’ sustainable choices (configurations and operational decisions), as well as the resulting performance and profitability, are influenced by organizational antecedents and external factors (regulations, policies, incentive mechanisms, supply chain relationship and other stakeholders’ behaviors and perceptions). The primary research objective is to provide managerial insights that guide and inform the development and implementation of more effective environmental policies and incentive schemes. His research papers have been published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals including Management Science, Manufacturing and Services Operations Management and Environmental and Resource Economics.

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University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, R3T 2N2

Department of Supply Chain Management

The Asper School of Business Department of Supply Chain Management brings together academic experts in the field of logistics, management science, operations management, and transportation economics. The department works directly with the Transport Institute under a joint mandate to develop a centre of excellence in transportation, logistics, and supply chain management.

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What is supply chain management.

Supply Chain Management is the process of strategically managing the flow of goods, services and information and the relationships within and among organizations, in order to deliver greater value and enhanced customer service. It includes the interaction of logistics and transport, operations, purchasing, and some elements of marketing and information technology. It focuses on serving relevant stakeholders, including customers, suppliers, shareholders, employees, communities, and policy makers. Several major forces have driven the development of supply chain management, including:

• the increased complexity of organizations
• the globalization of commerce
• the evolution of information technology

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the crucial role supply chains play in the global economy. From managing stockouts of toilet paper to facilitating the rapid manufacturing and deployment of vaccines around the world, supply chain and logistics managers adapted quickly to mitigate the crisis.

Why study supply chain

In 2020, B. Comm. graduates who majored in supply chain management had a 100% employment rate soon after graduation and had some of the highest average salaries across all majors offered at the Asper School of Business. The technical and managerial skills you will develop studying supply chain management will prepare you for a dynamic career across a range of industries.

Our history

On July 1, 2004, the Asper School of Business launched its new Department of SCM, bringing together nine academic staff members from logistics, management science, operations management, and transportation. The Department of SCM works with the Transport Institute under our joint mandate to develop a Centre of Excellence in Transportation, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management.

The Department of Supply Chain Management fosters an active and collaborative learning and research environment, providing undergraduate and graduate students a competitive advantage through innovative course options.

Meet the faculty, staff, and graduate students within the Asper School of Business Department of Supply Chain Management.   

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The Asper School of Business offers undergraduate and graduate programs, along with executive education courses for supply chain and logistics focused individuals.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management (BComm) (Honours)

By studying logistics and supply chain management, you will examine and tackle issues that relate to procurement, strategic outsourcing and making trade-offs for the benefit of the supply chain.

Master of Supply Chain Management and Logistics (MSCM)

The Master of Supply Chain Management and Logistics is a professional master’s program designed to prepare students for leadership positions within the broad field of supply chain management and logistics.

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Your Asper MBA will equip you with the knowledge, skills and experience you need to achieve your personal and professional goals. The Asper MBA program is designed to meet the market-driven needs of today's industry professionals.

Master of Science in Management (MSc)

The Asper School of Business's Master of Science (MSc) in Management program is designed for students who want to pursue in-depth management studies and develop their research skills by working one-on-one with some of the best research scholars in North America.

PhD in Management

The management PhD program is central to the mission of the Asper School of Business at UM. Students are mentored in their research program and in the development of teaching skills. Asper PhD graduates go on to fulfill the increasing need for Canadian-trained management academics.

James W. Burns Executive Education Centre

We provide executive training and professional development programs designed to enhance your skills in areas including leadership, marketing and business development, communication, management, business acumen and project management.

University of Manitoba Transport Institute

Located at the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba, the Transport Institute (TI) is a world-renowned research institute in transportation and logistics. With a rich history of more than 30 years, TI researchers actively undertake outstanding collaborative scholarly research and publications, facilitate the transfer of knowledge to professional communities, and train graduate students to become competent scholars in transportation and logistics. TI plays a highly important role in defining Canada and the world’s future scholarly research direction of transportation and logistics.

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Department of Supply Chain Management Asper School of Business Room 631, Drake Building 181 Freedman Crescent University of Manitoba (Fort Garry campus)  Winnipeg MB R3T 5V4 Canada

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The complexity of modern organizations necessitates the use of mathematical modeling techniques. Management Science and Operations Research are concerned with the application of mathematical models to decision problems in business, industry, government and other organizations. 

Our PhD program offers a wide variety of courses in Management Science, Operations Research and Operations Management, exposing students to the latest methods, recent modeling approaches and current issues in the general areas of operations and logistics. 

For specific program requirements, please refer to the departmental program website

Quick Facts

Program enquiries, admission information & requirements, 1) check eligibility, minimum academic requirements.

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies establishes the minimum admission requirements common to all applicants, usually a minimum overall average in the B+ range (76% at UBC). The graduate program that you are applying to may have additional requirements. Please review the specific requirements for applicants with credentials from institutions in:

• Canada or the United States
• International countries other than the United States

Each program may set higher academic minimum requirements. Please review the program website carefully to understand the program requirements. Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission as it is a competitive process.

English Language Test

Applicants from a university outside Canada in which English is not the primary language of instruction must provide results of an English language proficiency examination as part of their application. Tests must have been taken within the last 24 months at the time of submission of your application.

Minimum requirements for the two most common English language proficiency tests to apply to this program are listed below:

TOEFL: Test of English as a Foreign Language - internet-based

Overall score requirement : 100

IELTS: International English Language Testing System

Overall score requirement : 7.0

Other Test Scores

Some programs require additional test scores such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) or the Graduate Management Test (GMAT). The requirements for this program are:

The GRE or a comparable test is required. Please check the program website.

2) Meet Deadlines

September 2025 intake, application open date, canadian applicants, international applicants, deadline explanations.

Deadline to submit online application. No changes can be made to the application after submission.

Deadline to upload scans of official transcripts through the applicant portal in support of a submitted application. Information for accessing the applicant portal will be provided after submitting an online application for admission.

Deadline for the referees identified in the application for admission to submit references. See Letters of Reference for more information.

3) Prepare Application

Transcripts.

All applicants have to submit transcripts from all past post-secondary study. Document submission requirements depend on whether your institution of study is within Canada or outside of Canada.

Letters of Reference

A minimum of three references are required for application to graduate programs at UBC. References should be requested from individuals who are prepared to provide a report on your academic ability and qualifications.

Statement of Interest

Many programs require a statement of interest , sometimes called a "statement of intent", "description of research interests" or something similar.

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Students in research-based programs usually require a faculty member to function as their thesis supervisor. Please follow the instructions provided by each program whether applicants should contact faculty members.

Instructions regarding thesis supervisor contact for Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Science (PhD)

Citizenship verification.

Permanent Residents of Canada must provide a clear photocopy of both sides of the Permanent Resident card.

4) Apply Online

All applicants must complete an online application form and pay the application fee to be considered for admission to UBC.

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Financial Support

Applicants to UBC have access to a variety of funding options, including merit-based (i.e. based on your academic performance) and need-based (i.e. based on your financial situation) opportunities.

Program Funding Packages

We provide a financial package that includes tuition plus $30,000 per year for the first five years of the PhD Program.

Average Funding

• 4 students received Teaching Assistantships. Average TA funding based on 4 students was $4,386.
• 5 students received Research Assistantships. Average RA funding based on 5 students was $27,560.
• 5 students received internal awards. Average internal award funding based on 5 students was $10,723.

Scholarships & awards (merit-based funding)

All applicants are encouraged to review the awards listing to identify potential opportunities to fund their graduate education. The database lists merit-based scholarships and awards and allows for filtering by various criteria, such as domestic vs. international or degree level.

Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)

Many professors are able to provide Research Assistantships (GRA) from their research grants to support full-time graduate students studying under their supervision. The duties constitute part of the student's graduate degree requirements. A Graduate Research Assistantship is considered a form of fellowship for a period of graduate study and is therefore not covered by a collective agreement. Stipends vary widely, and are dependent on the field of study and the type of research grant from which the assistantship is being funded.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)

Graduate programs may have Teaching Assistantships available for registered full-time graduate students. Full teaching assistantships involve 12 hours work per week in preparation, lecturing, or laboratory instruction although many graduate programs offer partial TA appointments at less than 12 hours per week. Teaching assistantship rates are set by collective bargaining between the University and the Teaching Assistants' Union .

Graduate Academic Assistantships (GAA)

Academic Assistantships are employment opportunities to perform work that is relevant to the university or to an individual faculty member, but not to support the student’s graduate research and thesis. Wages are considered regular earnings and when paid monthly, include vacation pay.

Financial aid (need-based funding)

Canadian and US applicants may qualify for governmental loans to finance their studies. Please review eligibility and types of loans .

All students may be able to access private sector or bank loans.

Foreign government scholarships

Many foreign governments provide support to their citizens in pursuing education abroad. International applicants should check the various governmental resources in their home country, such as the Department of Education, for available scholarships.

Working while studying

The possibility to pursue work to supplement income may depend on the demands the program has on students. It should be carefully weighed if work leads to prolonged program durations or whether work placements can be meaningfully embedded into a program.

International students enrolled as full-time students with a valid study permit can work on campus for unlimited hours and work off-campus for no more than 20 hours a week.

A good starting point to explore student jobs is the UBC Work Learn program or a Co-Op placement .

Tax credits and RRSP withdrawals

Students with taxable income in Canada may be able to claim federal or provincial tax credits.

Canadian residents with RRSP accounts may be able to use the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) which allows students to withdraw amounts from their registered retirement savings plan (RRSPs) to finance full-time training or education for themselves or their partner.

Please review Filing taxes in Canada on the student services website for more information.

Cost Estimator

Applicants have access to the cost estimator to develop a financial plan that takes into account various income sources and expenses.

Career Outcomes

102 students graduated between 2005 and 2013. Of these, career information was obtained for 100 alumni (based on research conducted between Feb-May 2016):

Sample Employers in Higher Education

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Its current research focus emphasizes Supply Chain Management and Health Care Management. Graduates from the Management Science PhD program are respected for both the quality and creativity of their research. Many of them hold positions at leading schools in Canada, the USA and worldwide. Others have taken up careers in a wide variety of organizations.

Enrolment, Duration & Other Stats

These statistics show data for the Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Science (PhD). Data are separated for each degree program combination. You may view data for other degree options in the respective program profile.

ENROLMENT DATA

Completion Rates & Times

• Research Supervisors

This list shows faculty members with full supervisory privileges who are affiliated with this program. It is not a comprehensive list of all potential supervisors as faculty from other programs or faculty members without full supervisory privileges can request approvals to supervise graduate students in this program.

• Cohen-Hillel, Tamar
• Paat, Joseph (Mathematical optimization; Programming in operational research (including linear and nonlinear programming); Mixed integer programming; Combinatorial optimization; Polyhedral Geometry; Convex optimization)
• Ryan, Christopher (Operations & Logistics; Optimization (discrete and infinite-dimensional); Design (contract, market, information); Learning (statistical, organizational))
• Yan, Julia (Integer Programming, Optimization, Transportation, Operations Research)

Doctoral Citations

Sample Thesis Submissions

• Essays on healthcare delivery analytics
• Essays in healthcare operations research
• Online learning and decision making : algorithms and Bayesian analysis

Related Programs

Same academic unit.

• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Accounting (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Finance (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Management Information Systems (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Marketing and Behavioural Science (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Organizational Behaviour (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Strategy and Business Economics (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (PhD)
• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in Urban Land Economics (PhD)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Business Analytics (MBAN)
• Master of Management (MM)
• Master of Science in Business Administration in Finance (MSCB)
• Master of Science in Business Administration in Management Information Systems (MSCB)
• Master of Science in Business Administration in Transportation and Logistics (MSCB)
• Professional Master of Business Administration (PMBA)

Further Information

Specialization.

Management Science and Operations Research are concerned with the application of mathematical models to decision problems in business, industry, government and other organizations. 

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