Developing and implementing global operations and supply chain strategies. As the research director of the US Manufacturing Futures Project - a research partnership among world's premier universities in EU, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and South Africa - he is particularly interested in the role that the operations function plays in enhancing an organization's global competitiveness. Recently, he is investigating strategic challenges in supply chain management faced by multinational corporations as they expand into the emerging economies like Eastern European countries and Asian nations.
