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Gérard Cachon
Fred R. Sullivan Professor of Operations and Information Management,  Department Chair

Professor Cachon is an expert in supply chain management and operation strategy with a focus on how new technologies transform competitive dynamics and enable novel operational strategies. His recent research is centered on sustainable operations and the impact of climate change on supply chains.

He is the Editor-in-Chief of Management Science¸ the premier academic journal for scientific analysis across all business disciplines. He is the Chair of the Operations and Information Management department, a Fellow and former President of the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society of INFORMS, and a former Editor-in-Chief of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.

He is the author of Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management (2ed), which has been used in undergraduate, MBA and executive MBA courses at Wharton as well as at numerous other business schools throughout the world. He has received several teaching awards for effective course delivery.

His articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Operations Research, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics among others.

Publications
Robert Swinney, Gérard Cachon, Serguei Netessine (2011), Capacity investment timing by start-ups and established firms in new markets, Management Science, 57(4). 763-777
Gérard Cachon, Robert Swinney (2011), The value of fast fashion: quick response, enhanced design, and strategic consumer behavior, Management Science, 57(4). 778-795
Gérard Cachon, Pnina Feldman (2011), Pricing Service Subject to Congestion: Charge Per-Use Fees or Sell Subscriptions?, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 13(2). 244-260
Gérard Cachon, Gurhan Kok (2010), Competing manufacturers in a retail supply chain: on contractual form and coordination., Management Science, 56(3). 571-589
Gérard Cachon, Marcelo Olivares (2010), Drivers of finished goods inventory in the U.S. automobile industry., Management Science, 56(1). 202-216

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Current Research
Gérard Cachon 2011, Supply chain design and the cost of greenhouse gas emissions
Gérard Cachon, Pnina Feldman 2010, Dynamic versus static pricing in the presence of strategic consumers
Gérard Cachon, Pnina Feldman 2010, Is advance selling desirable with competition?
Gérard Cachon 1999, Competitive and cooperative inventory management in a two-echelon supply chain with lost sales.

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Honors And Awards
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society Fellow, 2011
Penn Fellow: One of six mid-career Penn faculty chosen for this leadership development program, 2011
M&SOM Best Paper Award Finalist 2010 for "In Search of the Bullwhip Effect", 2010
"Tough, But I'll Thank You in 5 Years Award", 2009
MSOM Society Service award, 2008

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Executive Education
Executive Development Program

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Cachon Gérard
Gérard Cachon
 3730 Walnut Street
543 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
Philadelphia, PA19104
Phone: (215) 573-8743
Fax: (215) 898-3664
cachon@wharton.upenn.edu

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Research Interests: Supply chain management; incentives in operations management; assortment planning