Ricardo Ernst is an Associate Professor of Operations Management at the Georgetown University School of Business.
He holds a Civil Engineering degree from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and an MBA from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración, both in Venezuela. He received an MA degree and his PhD in operations Management from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is currently the co-director of the Global Logistics Research Program at Georgetown University School of Business. Through this program, he has worked with Black & Decker, Xerox, and Ryder Dedicated Logistics among others.
He spent his sabbatical year 1993-94 in France as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Logistics and Production at the École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales (ESSEC), and as a Visting Professor in the Department of Industrial Management and Logistics at the Institute de Haute Études Commerciales (Groupe HEC). In both institutions he did research and taught course in the area global logistics. One of the projects he worked on was done in collaboration with the French train compay SNCF, which evaluated the logistics impact of opening the channel tunnel in Europe. His research interests include strategic analysis of logistics systems (supplier-manufacturing-distribution linkages) at both macro (strategic positioning of logistics, marketing/manufacturing interfaces) and micro level (models and methods for inventory control, inventory classification procedures).
He has consulted with several national and international firms, inclduing General Motors, CASE Corporation, Fairchild Industries, and Fritz Companies. His contributions have appeared in several journals, including Management Science, Interfaces, European Journal of Operational Research, Transportation Science, IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of the Operational Research Society, International Journal of Operations and Production Management and the Journal of Global Information Management. Dr. Ernst is in the Editorial Review Board of Production and Operations Management and the Journal of Global Information Management. He is a frequent speaker in international conferences and executive seminars.