Dia Bandaly, MBA

Dia Bandaly (MBA, B. Engineering) is a Lecturer in Operations Management and a PhD candidate at the John Molson School of Business. Dia has been teaching production/operations management course in JMSB since 2008. His research interests are in the areas of supply chain risk management and supply chain network design. He published in the International Journal of Operational Research. His industry experience spans over eleven years of construction project management work in the Gulf and South East Asia.

Dissertation

“Supply Chain Risk Management via Operational and Financial Hedging”. Proposal defended November 2010.

Abstract:  Companies adopting supply chain strategies are significantly improving their performances. However, these companies are exposed to various sources of risk associated with their supply chain operations. For example, a manufacturing firm would decrease its raw material and components inventory after building a partnership-like relationship with its suppliers. This low inventory significantly reduces the holding cost but increases the shortage risk. Moreover, such companies have international suppliers and customers which expose them to significant sources of uncertainties like currency exchange rates and commodities prices. Supply chain risk management entails both operational and financial hedging techniques to mitigate the risks. The current literature contains only a limited number of studies that combine the two techniques. Our research is intended to fill this gap by exploring the effects of the integrated operational and financial hedging techniques on the supply chain performance.

Education

• PhD anticipated 2012
• MBA, Southern New Hampshire University, USA
• BE Civil Engineering, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Research Interests

    •    Integrating operational and financial approaches in supply chain risk management
    •    Production-distribution network design
    •    Postponement
    •    Product/process design

Selected honours & awards

    •    Doctoral Thesis Completion Award, Concordia University, 2011
    •    Canadian Lebanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2008


Scholarships & funding

    •    PhD Program Entry Grant, Concordia University, 2006
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Career experience

Field services department manager overlooking projects in the Gulf and South East Asia, Future Pipe Industries, 1994-2006.


Concordia University, Montréal, Canada
    •    Lecturer – Production/Operations Management Course (2008–2011)

Salam, A., Bandaly, D. and Defersha, F.M. (2011).  “Optimizing the design of a supply chain network with economies of scale using mixed integer programming". International Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 398-415.

¿Working paper

    •    Bandaly, D., Satir, A., Kahyaoglu, Y. & Shanker, L. (2010). Supply chain risk management – I: Conceptualization, framework and planning process.  Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
    •    Bandaly, D., Satir, A., Kahyaoglu, Y. & Shanker, L. (2010). Supply chain risk management – II: A review of individual and integrated operational and financial approaches.  Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.


Conference proceedings

Salam, A., Bandaly, D. and Defersha, F.M. Six Annual International Symposium on Supply Chain Management, October 15-17, 2008, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. MeRC/PMAC, 2008.

Conference & seminar presentations

Bandaly, D., Satir, A., Kahyaoglu, Y. & Shanker, L. (2010). Supply Chain Risk Management via Operational and Financial Hedging: A Review. 21th Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, Vancouver, Canada.