Krishnendu Mukherjee is an operations research scientist with the Operations Research Machine Learning & Analytics Experts (ORMAE), where he has been dealing with several projects for multi-national companies in India and abroad. He did his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical from Jadavpur University and Master of Engineering from BITS Pilani. He also worked as invited reviewer of IJPE, EJOR, JORS, IJAHP etc. In 2004, he got opportunity to design and develop innovative carpet backing machine at IICT, Bhadohi, as one of the core team member. In 2014, he received US copy right for developing computer code to facilitate selection and evaluation of n-number of suppliers in fuzzy environment. In 2015, he introduced new concept of postponement strategy to prevent upstream supply chain risk. He has published 15 papers in international journals/conferences. His areas of research include multi-criteria decision analysis, fuzzy set theory, mixed integer programming, linear programming, constrained programming, non-linear programming, optimization, supply chain management, sustainability, procurement analysis, vehicle routing, airlines scheduling, tankers scheduling etc. He has also completed his PhD work including the preparation of final draft of PhD thesis at Jadavpur University. This book encompasses extended work of his PhD thesis. He previously worked with National Institute of Technology Silchar (former REC); Ministry of Manpower, Oman; Indian Institute of Carpet Technology, Ministry of Textile, Govt. of India; Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata; MAHE, Dubai etc.
