Nishant Kumar Verma

Nishant K Verma is a Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree (B. E.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. His doctoral research included the analysis of various flexibility issues in supply chains. This includes the study of flexible replenishment policies in the context of Vendor Managed Inventory and the flexibility requirements of manufacturing firms in general and manufacturing start-ups in particular. His other research interests include ‘Event Studies in Operations Management’ and issues in Supply Chain Management. Publications:

Verma, N. K., Chakraborty, A., & Chatterjee, A. K. (2014). Joint replenishment of multi retailer with variable replenishment cycle under VMI. European Journal of Operational Research, 233(3), 787-789. Verma, N. K., & Chatterjee, A. K. (2017). A multiple-retailer replenishment model under VMI: Accounting for the retailer heterogeneity. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 104, 175-187. Select Conferences:

‘Giving the Right Signals: Empirical Investigation of the Efficacy of Supplier Awards as Market Signal Mechanism’ XIX Annual International Conference of Society of Operations Management. Kolkata, India. December 2015 ‘Generalized joint replenishment model for multi-retailer scenario under VMI’ 27th European Conference on Operational Research. Glasgow, England, July 2015. ‘Exclusive outlets & E-tailing - Manufacturer's strategic instruments’ OR/MS Conference, INFORMS Annual Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California, USA