Sean P. Willems

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Sean P. Willems is a scholar working on Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean P. Willems has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Management Information Systems, 13 papers in Strategy and Management and 11 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sean P. Willems's work include Supply Chain and Inventory Management (26 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (8 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (8 papers). Sean P. Willems is often cited by papers focused on Supply Chain and Inventory Management (26 papers), Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms (8 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (8 papers). Sean P. Willems collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Sean P. Willems's co-authors include Stephen C. Graves, Yuelin Shen, Yue Dai, Salal Humair, Matthew P. Manary, Brian Tomlin, Karl G. Kempf, Feng Tian, Stefan Minner and Corey Billington and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Management Science and European Journal of Operational Research.

In The Last Decade

Sean P. Willems

38 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Channel Selection and Contracting in the Presence of a Retail Platform

2018 305 citations Yuelin Shen, Sean P. Willems et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean P. Willems United States	20	1.2k	861	389	258	235	39	1.5k
Douglas J. Thomas United States	18	1.3k 1.1×	762 0.9×	465 1.2×	230 0.9×	520 2.2×	41	1.9k
Kamran Moinzadeh United States	23	1.8k 1.6×	983 1.1×	558 1.4×	453 1.8×	295 1.3×	61	2.2k
Funda Sahin United States	12	1.2k 1.0×	893 1.0×	317 0.8×	124 0.5×	193 0.8×	14	1.6k
Houmin Yan Hong Kong	19	1.4k 1.2×	979 1.1×	326 0.8×	300 1.2×	375 1.6×	74	1.8k
Joseph Geunes United States	24	1.0k 0.9×	653 0.8×	712 1.8×	184 0.7×	278 1.2×	85	1.7k
Rajesh Piplani Singapore	22	696 0.6×	604 0.7×	681 1.8×	100 0.4×	264 1.1×	55	1.6k
S. Viswanathan Singapore	20	1.1k 0.9×	738 0.9×	782 2.0×	169 0.7×	294 1.3×	45	1.7k
Sıla Çetinkaya United States	23	1.4k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	784 2.0×	176 0.7×	223 0.9×	54	2.0k
Edith Simchi‐Levi	4	1.1k 0.9×	838 1.0×	372 1.0×	110 0.4×	315 1.3×	6	1.7k

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Graves, Stephen C., Brian Tomlin, & Sean P. Willems. (2022). Supply Chain Challenges in the Post-COVID Era. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Le, et al.. (2022). Developing a Maximum Inscribed Rectangle Heuristic to Satisfy Rush Orders for Heavy Plate Steel. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 52(3). 283–294. 1 indexed citations

Lo, Andrew W., Brian Stevens, & Sean P. Willems. (2021). World of EdCraft: Challenges and Opportunities in Synchronous Online Teaching. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

Manary, Matthew P. & Sean P. Willems. (2021). Data Set: 187 Weeks of Customer Forecasts and Orders for Microprocessors from Intel Corporation. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 24(1). 682–689. 7 indexed citations

Manary, Matthew P., et al.. (2019). Analytics Makes Inventory Planning a Lights-Out Activity at Intel Corporation. 49(1). 52–63. 7 indexed citations

Willems, Sean P., et al.. (2017). Practice Summary: Intel Calculates the Right Service Level for Its Products. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 47(4). 362–365. 1 indexed citations

Willems, Sean P., et al.. (2016). Optimally configuring a two-stage serial line supply chain under the guaranteed service model. International Journal of Production Economics. 181. 98–106. 9 indexed citations

Willems, Sean P.. (2015). Demystifying inventory optimization. Supply chain management review. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Yuelin & Sean P. Willems. (2014). Modeling sourcing strategies to mitigate part obsolescence. European Journal of Operational Research. 236(2). 522–533. 22 indexed citations

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Minner, Stefan, et al.. (2014). Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Networks with Static Dual Supply. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 16(2). 204–219. 22 indexed citations

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Willems, Sean P.. (2012). Taking the Worthwhile Trip from S&OP to SIOP. 31(3). 33. 1 indexed citations

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Shen, Yuelin & Sean P. Willems. (2012). Strategic sourcing for the short-lifecycle products. International Journal of Production Economics. 139(2). 575–585. 8 indexed citations

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Humair, Salal & Sean P. Willems. (2011). Optimizing Strategic Safety Stock Placement in General Acyclic Networks.. Operations Research. 24(3). 781–787. 10 indexed citations

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Willems, Sean P.. (2011). How inventory optimization opens pathways to profitability. Supply chain management review. 15(2). 2 indexed citations

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Humair, Salal, et al.. (2011). Inventory Optimization at Procter & Gamble: Achieving Real Benefits Through User Adoption of Inventory Tools. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 41(1). 66–78. 30 indexed citations

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Tian, Feng, Sean P. Willems, & Karl G. Kempf. (2010). An iterative approach to item-level tactical production and inventory planning. International Journal of Production Economics. 133(1). 439–450. 24 indexed citations

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Willems, Sean P., et al.. (2009). Managing Inventory in Supply Chains with Nonstationary Demand. INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics. 39(5). 388–399. 54 indexed citations

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Graves, Stephen C. & Sean P. Willems. (2008). Strategic Inventory Placement in Supply Chains: Nonstationary Demand. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 10(2). 278–287. 99 indexed citations

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Humair, Salal & Sean P. Willems. (2006). Optimizing Strategic Safety Stock Placement in Supply Chains with Clusters of Commonality. Operations Research. 54(4). 725–742. 50 indexed citations

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Trienekens, Jacques, James M. Hagen, & Sean P. Willems. (2004). Innovation through international supply chain development; A case study. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 8 indexed citations

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