Ana Muriel | Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Associate Professor

Associate Department Head

ELab 213D

213D ELab
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

muriel@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-4242

(413) 545-1027

Supply Chain Management Research Group

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Education

B.Sc., University of Seville, 1993;
M.Sc., Northwestern University, 1994;
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1997

Research

Logistics and supply chain management

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Industrial Engineering

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Publications

“Machine Scheduling, Linear Programming and List Scheduling Heuristics,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel and D. Simchi-Levi. Operations Research 46, Number 5, pp. 729-741 (1998).
“On the Effectiveness of Zero-Inventory Ordering Policies for Economic Lot-Sizing Models with Piece-Wise Linear Cost Structures,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel, Z. J. Shen, and D. Simchi-Levi. Operations Research 50, Number 6, pp. 1058-1067 (2002).
“Effective Zero-Inventory Ordering Policies for the Single-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Problem with Piece-Wise Linear Cost Structures,” L. M. A. Chan, A. Muriel, Z. J. Shen, D. Simchi-Levi, and C.-P. Teo. Management Science 48, Number 11, pp.1446—1460 (2003).
“Capacitated Multicommodity Network Flow Problems with Piece-wise Linear Concave Costs,” A. Muriel and F. Munshi. IIE Transactions 36, Number 7 / July 2004, pp. 683 - 696.
“Managing Flexible Capacity in a Make-to-Order Environment,” E. Bish, A. Muriel and S. Biller. Management Science 51, Number 2, 167-180 (2005).
“Impact of Partial Manufacturing Flexibility on Production Variability,” A. Muriel, A. Somasundaram and Y. Zhang. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 8(2), pp.192-205 (2006).
“Optimal Implementation and Benefits of Rolling Inventory,” A. Muriel and R. Ruiz-Benitez. IIE Transactions 38, Number 6, July 2006, pp. 591 – 603. Highlighted in the Research section of IE Magazine, July 2006.
“Impact of Price Postponement on Capacity and Flexibility Investment Decisions,” A. Muriel, Y. Zhang and S. Biller. Production and Operations Management 15(2), pp. 198 – 214, (2006).
“Optimal Ordering Policies with Convertible Lead Times,” G. Gallego, Y. Jin, A. Muriel, G. Zhang and V.T. Yildiz. European Journal of Operational Research 176 (2), January 2007, pp. 892-910.
“Measuring the Impact of Increased Product Substitution on Pricing and Capacity Decisions under Linear Demands,” B. Lus and A. Muriel. Production and Operations Management 18(1), January 2009.
“Single-Warehouse Multi-Retailer Inventory Systems with Full TruckLoad Shipments,” Jin, Y. and A. Muriel. Naval Research Logistics 56(5), 450-464, August 2009.
“The Impact of Flexibility and Capacity Allocation on the Performance of Primary Care Practices,” H. Balasubramanian, A. Muriel and Liang Wang. Flexible Services and Manufacturing 24 (4), 422-447, December 2012.
“Consumer Returns in a Decentralized Supply Chain,” R. Ruiz-Benitez and A. Muriel. International Journal of Production Economics, 147, Part C, 573 – 592, January 2014.
“Dynamic allocation of same-day requests in multiphysician primary care practices in the presence of prescheduled appointments” H. Balasubramanian, S. Biehl and A. Muriel. Healthcare Management Science, 17(1), 31-48, 2014.
“Guidelines for Scheduling in Primary Care under Different Patient Types and Stochastic Nurse and Provider Service Times,” HJ Oh, A Muriel, H Balasubramanian, K Atkinson, T Ptaszkiewicz. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering 3 (4), 263-279.
“When to Offer Low-Quality or Remanufactured Versions of a Product,” Y. Jin, A. Muriel and Y. Lu. Decision Sciences Volume 47, Issue 4, August 2016

Honors

2017 IISE Best Track Paper, IISE Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.
2015 Leadership Award Finalist, Pratt & Whitney, E. Hartford, CT.
2015 Diversity Ally, College of Engineering, UMass Amherst
2009 INFORMS Moving Spirit Award.
Premio Nacional de I+D en Logística Integral (National R&D Award in Logistics), 1er Congreso de Logística y Gestión de la Cadena de Suministro, Zaragoza, Spain, Sept.’07.
Best Paper Award in the Closed Loop Supply Chain Track, POMS-Dallas, May 2007.
“2007, 2010, 2013, and 2015 IE Advisor of the Year,” UMass Amherst.
2006-2007 Community Service Learning Fellow, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
“2004 Meritorious Service Award,” Operations Research, An INFORMS Journal.
Oberwolfach NSF Fellow, 2004.
Ramón y Cajal Award, from the Ministry of Science and Technology in Spain, 2004.
Nominated for 2003 and 2011 Distinguished Teaching Award, U. of Massachusetts.
“2003 and 2009 IE Professor of the Year,” University of Massachusetts Amherst.
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002.
“2001 Meritorious Service Award,” Operations Research, An INFORMS Journal.

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