Mert is an Assistant Professor Supply Chain Management and Analytics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research addresses interdisciplinary problems at the interface of supply chain management, finance, and analytics with an emphasis on managing uncertainty and risk in complex supply chain problems. As a versatile researcher, Mert employs both mathematical and empirical methodologies in formulating and analyzing problems that exhibit disruption risk as well as uncertainties in various forms (e.g., supply, demand, quality, price, information).
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The moment they see the threat, they can initiate their contingency plans and then by the time of the landfall, at least they would be able to navigate in a more effective way. It’s a corridor that is hosting a lot of distribution centers, fulfillment centers, warehouses, so it goes beyond manufacturing.