Operations and supply chain management is an academic specialization in the Haskayne School of Business. Some particular research strengths of our faculty include:<br>Supply chain management, encompassing all aspects, from operations strategy maximizing responsiveness through flexibility, collaboration and logistics through supply chain network design, including facility layout and location, and, Health care operations management, specifically health care delivery optimization through addressing problems of access to care and quality/safety, employing quantitative tools as well as qualitative and empirical studies of health services.<br>The Haskayne PhD program is customized to fit your needs through a flexible, innovative and student-oriented approach including, the possibility of cross-disciplinary programs. This program will allow you to work with some of the best management scholars in the world, build your student support network and develop the research and teaching skills necessary to assume positions with major universities in Canada, the United States and around the world.<br>After completing course work, students write their Field of Study, defend their dissertation proposal, fulfill their two-course teaching requirement and complete their dissertation. While recent graduates have completed their program in four years, typically students take five years to finish.