ACS Rubber Division: Free webinar on the impact of COVID-19

The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) will host a free webinar to discuss the impact of the Coronavirus on the elastomer industry.

>Wednesday, 1 April 2020; 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. EST

In this webinar, Dr. Mahesh Srinivasan, Associate Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management and Director of the Institute of Global Business in the College of Business Administration at The University of Akron, will review potential economic, logistic and sourcing impacts.

Dr. Mahesh Srinivasan, Ph.D. (Source: Rubber Division, ACS)

Dr. Mahesh Srinivasan is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management and Director of the Institute of Global Business in the College of Business Administration at The University of Akron, Ohio. He has a Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management and a master’s degree in Business Logistics from The Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune, India. Dr. Srinivasan’s interests are in the areas of Supply Chain and Operations Management, including global supply chains, supply chain risk management and supply chain disruptions. His research articles have appeared in many prestigious peer review journals, including the Journal of Business Logistics, International Journal of Production Economics, Transportation Journal, Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, Business Horizons Journal, Management Research Review, European Management Journal and International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems. He serves on the Editorial Review Boards of the Journal of Business Logistics and Journal of Transportation Security. He was a part of the Working Committee of President Obama’s initiative on Advance Manufacturing Partnership (AMP) 2.0. He also has multiple years of industry experience working for a major German multinational company, in addition to consulting with companies in the areas of Supply Chain and Logistics Management.

Contact:

  • To join the webinar at 10:00 a.m. EST on 1 April 2020:
  • iPhone one-tap: US:
    • +19292056099, 684185077# or +13126266799, 684185077#
  • Or Telephone:
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  • Webinar ID:
    • 684 185 077
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