Udatta Palekar

Associate Professor Emeritus of Business Administration

Biography

Udatta Palekar is an Emeritus associate professor of business administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Palekar joined Illinois in 1986, and in addition to his professorship responsibilities, he served as director of the Supply Chain Management Program for 14 years. He focuses his research on supply chain modeling, manufacturing planning, optimization, pricing, and distribution channels. Palekar received his BE in production engineering from Bombay University in 1982, his MS in industrial engineering from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo in 1985, and his PhD in industrial engineering from SUNY-Buffalo in 1986.

Contact

4027 Business Instructional Facility

515 Gregory Dr

Champaign, IL 61820

217-333-1665

palekar@illinois.edu

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Educational Background

Ph.D., IE, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1986
M.S., IE, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1985
B.E., Production Engineering, Bombay University, 1982

Positions Held

Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019 to present
Executive Director, Supply Chain Management Program, Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018-2019
Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2019
Director, Supply Chain Management Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2018
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, 1993-2005
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, 1987-1993
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, 1986-1987

Recent Publications

Palekar, U., J. Karlof (Ed.) Forthcoming. Application of column generation techniques to retail assortment planning. Interger Programming: Theory and Practice CRC Operations Research Series.
Simoes, D., Caixeta-Filho, J., & Palekar, U. (2018). Fertilizer distribution flows and Logistics costs in Brazil: changes and benefits arising from investments in port terminals. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 21 407-422.
Langer, A., Totoni, E., Palekar, U., & Kale, L. (2017). Energy-optimal Configuration Selection for Manycore Chips with Variation. International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, 31 (5), 451-466.

Other Publications

Articles

Lee, J., Palekar, U., & Qualls, W. (2011). Supply Chain Efficiency and Security: Coordination for Collaborative Investment in Technology. European Journal of Operational Research, 210 (3), 568-578.
Tang, D., & Palekar, U. (2011). Scheduling large-scale micro/nano biochemical testing: Exact and heuristic algorithms. Computers & Operations Research, 38 942-943.
Xiao, Y., Palekar, U., & Liu, Y. (2011). Shades of Gray: The Impact of Gray Markets on Authorized Distribution Channels. Quantitative Marketing and Economics, 9 (2), 155-178.
Tang, D., & Palekar, U. (2010). An integrated planning approach for a nanodeposition manufacturing process. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 51 561-573.
Palekar, U. (2008). On Estimating the Distribution of Optimal Traveling Salesman Tour Lengths using Heuristics. European Journal of Operational Research, 186 (1), 111-119.
Palekar, U. (2008). Retail replenishment models with display-space elastic demand. European Journal of Operational Research, 186 (2), 586-607.
Palekar, U. (2005). Aggregate production planning for continuous reconfigurable manufacturing process. Computers & Operations Research, 32 1213-1236.
Kim, K., Chhajed, D., & Palekar, U. (2002). A Comparative Study of the Performance of Push and Pull Systems in the Presence of Emergency Orders. International Journal of Production Research, 40 (7), 1627-1646.
Chhajed, D., & Palekar, U. (1997). Dominant Graphs for Rectilinear Network Design in the Presence of Barriers. IIE Transactions, 28 (4), 255-263.

Book Chapters

Palekar, U., R. Meller et al. (Ed.) (2004). Joint load building and vehicle routing problem. Progress in Material Handling Research:2004 Charlotte, NC: The Material Handling Institute.

Conference Proceedings

Palekar, U., Daruka, G., & Singh, M. (2016). Optimal Product Line Pricing for Two Customer Segments with an Extension to Multi-Segment Case. Proceedings of the ICORES.
Langer, A., Venkatraman, R., Palekar, U., & Kale, L. (2013). Parallel Branch-and-Bound for Two-stage Stochastic Integer Optimzation. International Conference on High Performance Computing (HiPC.

Presentations

Palekar, U. (2010). Large Scale Supply Chain Optimization Modeling. Xerox Knowledge Forum.
Palekar, U. (2009). Emerging Trends in Supply Chain Management. Caterpillar Distinguished Speaker Series.
Xiao, Y., Palekar, U., & Liu, Y. (2008). Beneficial and Detrimental Effects of Parallel Importation in Distribution Channel. Marketing Science Conference.
Lee, J., Palekar, U., & Qualls, W. (2007). Supply Chain Coordination for Collaborative Technology Adoption. Marketing Science Conference.
Lee, J., Palekar, U., & Qualls, W. (2007). Supply Chain Coordination for Collaborative Technology Adoption. Marketing Science Conference.
Shi, H., Liu, Y., & Palekar, U. (2007). Strategic Secondary Market Creation and Reactionary New Product Introduction for Durable Goods. Marketing Science Conference.

Working Papers

Bushey, E., Palekar, U., & Yuan, H. The Effects of Information Diffusion on Dynamic Pricing Decisions.

Teaching Interests

Supply Chain Management, Optimization, Marketing Models

Research Interests