Mandyam SrinivasanBall Corporation Distinguished Professor of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He has taught at this university since 1992. He has a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, a PGDM from IIMBangalore, and an M Tech degree from IIT-Madras. Srinivasan has many years of experience in the automobile industry. He has consulted with, and trained senior executives from numerous U.S. Fortune 500 organisations on how to build and manage lean supply chains. He has also trained senior executives in India, Germany, Taiwan, Sweden, Singapore, China, Mexico and Romania. Srinivasan has published over forty papers in peer-reviewed journals and has written many articles for trade journals and magazines. Read More Read Less