Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems

Dr. Simchi-Levi holds a Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University. His research currently focuses on developing and implementing robust and efficient techniques for logistics and manufacturing systems. He has published widely in professional journals on both practical and theoretical aspects of logistics and supply chain management.

Dr. Simchi-Levi has been the principal investigator for more than five million dollars in funded academic research. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Operations Research, the flagship journal of INFORMS, the former Editor-in-Chief of Naval Research Logistics and a member of the board for several scientific journals including Management Science, Networks, Transportation Science and Telecommunication Systems, and a former Area Editor of Transportation for Operations Research. His Ph.D. students have accepted positions in leading academic institutes including Berkeley, Columbia U., U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, U. of Michigan, Purdue U., Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech.

Dr. Simchi-Levi is co-author (with Julien Bramel) of The Logic of Logistics, published by Springer in 1997 (1st Edition) and in 2004 (2nd Edition) (with Xin Chen and Julien Bramel). His second book, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain (with P. Kaminsky and E. Simchi-Levi) was published by McGraw-Hill in August 1999 (1st edition), 2002 (2nd edition) and 2007 (3rd edition). It received the Book-of-the-Year award and the Outstanding IIE Publication award given in 2000 by the Institute of Industrial Engineers. The book also received the Outstanding First Edition of the Year award given in 2000 by McGraw-Hill. It was selected by Business 2.0. December 2001 issue, as the best source for slashing time and cost and increasing productivity in the supply chain. It has been translated to Chinese, Japanese, Korean and and Portuguese. His 3rd book (with P. Kaminsky and E. Simchi-Levi), Managing the Supply Chain: The Definitive Guide for the Supply Chain Professional, was published by McGraw-Hill in December 2003. The book serves as a reference for consultants and managers involved in any one of the processes that make up the supply chain.

Updated March 2008

News and announcements:

Books Published by David Simchi-Levi

Prof. Simchi-Levi in Supply Chain Review – Carbon tool to embrace credits and trading advantages (April 1, 2008)

Prof. Simchi-Levi in InfoWorld: Carbon-measuring software evolves (March 22, 2008)

McGraw-Hill publishes third edition of Simchi-Levi book (October 11, 2007)

Engineers create SpaceNet--the supply chain (March 28, 2007)

Research by Prof. David Simchi-Levi and colleagues: Flu vaccine shortages can be avoided (January 13, 2007)

David Simchi-Levi elected INFORMS Fellow, co-authors Pierskella Award Best Paper (November 15, 2006)

Prof. David Simchi-Levi featured in Forbes (May 1, 2006)

Prof. Simchi-Levi to speak with Microsoft CEO (February 22, 2006)

MIT Researchers Visit Mars on Earth (November 20, 2005)

David Simchi-Levi named Editor-in-Chief of Operations Research (August 5, 2005)

It Came from Outer Space - Efficiently (June 24, 2005)

ESD Professors Receive NASA Funding for Interplanetary Supply Chain Management Research (May 12, 2005)

Second Edition of The Logic of Logistics Published (October 20, 2004)

New Book Published: Handbook of Quantitative Supply Chain Analysis: Modeling in the E-Business Era,  David Simchi-Levi et al editors (May 21, 2004)

Simchi-Levi named Editor-in-Chief of Naval Logistics Research (September 21, 2003)

New leadership at LFM-SDM (June 12, 2003)