Donald D. Eisenstein

Donald D. Eisenstein studies the analysis of logistical systems including production, material handling, scheduling, routing, and distribution. His research has been funded by IBM and the National Science Foundation. His research has appeared in Operations Research, Management Science, and Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, among other journals. He has presented research at numerous INFORMS National Meetings as well as ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meetings. His most recent project surveyed CEOs of mid-size and larger companies about their views on the role of supply chains and their organization's strategy and success. The study provides several recommendations on how to achieve that goal, beginning with designing their processes around the customer and then working backwards.

He has won the Hillel J. Einhorn Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Chicago and a 1999 Operations Research Meritorious Service Award. He is an associate editor of Operations Research and Global Management Research and serves on the editorial board for INFORMS Journal of Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. He is a member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, the Production and Operations Management Society, and the Council of Logistics Management.

Eisenstein, who has worked as a systems engineer at E-Systems, Inc., in Dallas, has two bachelor's degrees. One is in engineering management and the other is in mathematical science. He received both from Southern Methodist University in Dallas in 1982. He received a master's degree in operations research in 1983 and PhD in 1992 in industrial and systems engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He joined the Chicago Booth faculty in 1992.

Selected Publications

With J. Bartholdi, III, "A Production Line That Balances Itself," Operations Research (1996).

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With Ananth V. Iyer, "Separating Logistics Flows in the Chicago Public Schools," Operations Research (1996).

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With Ananth. V. Iyer, "Garbage Collection in Chicago - A Dynamic Scheduling Model," Management Science (1997).

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With J. Bartholdi, III and L. Bunimovich, "Dynamics of 2- and 3-Worker Bucket Brigade Production Lines," Operations Research (1999).

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With J. Bartholdi, III and R. Foley, "Performance of Bucket Brigades when Work is Stochastic," Operations Research (2001).

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