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Professor profile
Derek Atkins
The University of British Columbia
· Business
design
Supply Chain Management
operation Inventory systems for both retail
manufacturing Product in Planning Inventory Management Safety Management
maintenance The setting of policies
their implementation Production planning
scheduling systems The design
staffing of customer support facilities Multi-stage
About
Regular biography
Derek Atkins is a Retired Faculty member at The University of British Columbia, affiliated with the BUS department. His research interests include Supply Chain Management, design and operation of inventory systems for both retail and manufacturing products, inventory management, safety management, maintenance, policy setting and implementation, production planning and scheduling systems, and the design and staffing of customer support facilities. He has focused on multi-stage and multi-echelon inventory and production systems. His work includes publications on topics such as inventory management, healthcare policy, and operations research applications in emergency care and long-term care capacity planning.