Browsing Journal Articles by Author "Ravichandran, N."
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Agroclimatic regional planning: a (Prototype) expert system, Ahmedabad
Basu, D. N.; Ravichandran, N.; Rangarajan, P.; Tripathy, A. (1991-09-28) -
Ahmedabad Management Association : a search for strategic directions
Golcha, Vivek; Gupta, Vikas; Ravichandran, N. (2004-10-25)I n the 1950s, when management education in India was still in an em bryonic stage, Dr Vikram Sarabhai, scientist, visionary, and a wellknown institution builder, foresaw the need for professionalization of management ... -
Ahmedabad regional passport office: rapid response time by process redesign
Bahuguna, Doorva; Ravichandran, N. (2003-10-21)If all your documents are in order, you should get your fresh passport in five weeks. If you already hold a passport, then your passport should be re-issued in one week. In case of damaged or lost passports (except in ... -
Analysis of a two unit parallel redundant system with phase type failure and general repair
Ravichandran, N. (1981-09-16) -
Analysis of an order-up-to-level policy for perishables with random issuing
Ravichandran, N.; Lowalekar, Harshal; Nilakantan, Rahul (Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., 2016)Much of the research in perishable items inventory management has focused on the first-in-first-out issue process. However, motivated by the technical characteristics of the blood unit issue process, we model an order-up-to-level ... -
At the helm: a memoir
Ravichandran, N. (SAGE Publications, 2014)This review focuses on the contributions made by VK in the three large PSUs. To provide a detailed background to the reader, the initiatives and the change management agenda at BHEL, MUL, and SAIL are summarized. The review ... -
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd: Diagnosis
Ravichandran, N. (2003-10-22)Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) embarked upon a major change initiative towards the end of 1996. It planned an enterprise-wide integration through Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). The objectives were to ... -
Blood bank inventory management in India
Harshal, Lowalekar; Ravichandran, N. (Springer Science+Business Media, 2014)In this paper we provide an overview of the recent contributions in the area of blood bank inventory management and relate them to the challenges in the Indian context. We study the current blood-banking scenario in India ... -
A combined age-and-stock-based policy for ordering blood units in hospital blood banks
Ravichandran, N.; Lowalekar, Harshal (International Transactions in Operational Research, 2015)This paper analyses the performance of an ordering policy for hospital blood banks (HBBs) that takes into account the information regarding the on-hand stock along with the remaining life of blood products. The blood items ... -
Decentralized computing in materials management
Ravichandran, N. (1991-09-30) -
Hospital supplies management: a radical prescription
Ravichandran, N. (2006-10-28) -
Issues in computerisation in road transport undertakings
Ravichandran, N. (1991-09-30) -
Kool King limited
Ravichandran, N.; Sinha, Piyush Kumar (2004-10-26) -
Mangalore chemicals and fertilizers limited: strategic renewal
Maheshwari, Sunil; Ravichandran, N. (2003-10-22)DP Mehta, the Managing Director (MD) of Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited (MCFL) gleaned over the half-yearly financial results for the year 2001–2002. He was pleased that MCFL, which was referred to the Board ... -
Operations research in India: the past, present and the future
Ravichandran, N. (Annals of Management Science, 2017-11)The purpose of this perspective article is to review the development of Operation Research (OR) as a discipline in the Indian context. Based on this review, we suggest a plan to re-energize the discipline. -
Probabilistic analysis of a two-unit stand by redundant system with finite repair capacity
Subramanian, R.; Ravichandran, N. (1980-09-20)Expressions for the operating characteristics of a two-unit standby redundant repairable system with finite repair capacity are obtained. -
Process oriented approach to waiting line management in a large pilgrimage center in India: a case study
Ravichandran, N.; Rao, Subba I.V. (2005-10-28) -
Production planning models in a refinery
Raman, V.; Ravichandran, N. (1992-10-01) -
Quasi stationary distributions of a two unit dependent parallel system
Pijnenburg, M.; Ravichandran, N. (1991-09-30)