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GARY D. SCUDDER
SCHOOL ADDRESS HOME ADDRESS
Owen Graduate School of Management 204 Burnt Leaf Lane
Vanderbilt University Brentwood, TN 37027
Nashville, TN 37203 (615) 370-8776
(615) 322-2625
E-mail: [email protected]
FIELD Operations Management and Business Strategy
EDUCATION
1981 Ph.D., Industrial Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, California
1975 M.S., Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
1974 B.S., Industrial Engineering
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
7/13- present James A. Speyer Chair in Production Management
7/08-7/13 Justin Potter Professor of Operations Management
7/90 - present Professor of Management
7/08-6/12 Faculty Director, International Programs
8/92-6/98 Ph.D. Program Director
3/04-7/08 Associate Dean, MBA Program
6/06-7/08 Faculty Director, MBA Program
Associate Dean, Accreditation and Outreach
Owen Graduate School of Management
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
9/86-6/90 Associate Professor of Operations Management
Department of Operations and Management Science
Curtis L. Carlson School of Management
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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7/87-6/88 Visiting Associate Professor of Operations Management
The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration
Dartmouth College
Hanover. New Hampshire
12/80-9/86 Assistant Professor of Operations Management
Department of Management Sciences
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
8/75-8/77 Senior Consultant, Management
Information Consulting
Arthur Andersen and Company
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
6/71-6/74 Industrial Co-op Student
Delco-Remy Division
General Motors Corp.
Anderson, Indiana
JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Priority Scheduling Rules for Repairable Inventory Systems" (with W. H. Hausman), Management
Science, Vol. 28, No. 11 (1982), pp. 1215-1232.
"Spares Stocking Policies for Repairable Items with Dependent Repair Times" (with W. H.
Hausman), Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol. 29, No. 2 (1982), pp. 303-322.
"Priority Scheduling with Cost Considerations" (with T. R. Hoffmann), International Journal of
Production Research, Vol. 21, No. 6 (1983), pp. 881-889.
"Priority Scheduling and Spares Stocking Policies for a Repair Shop: The Multiple Failure Case,"
Management Science, Vol. 30, No. 6 (1984), pp. 739-749.
"On the Selection of Efficient Record Segmentations and Backup Strategies for Large Shared
Databases" (with S. T. March), ACM Transactions on Database Systems, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1984), pp.
409-438.
"On Optimizing Field Repair Kits Based on Job Completion Rate" (with S. T. March), Management
Science, Vol. 30, No. 8 (1984), pp. 1025-1028.
"Composite Cost-Based Rules for Priority Scheduling in a Randomly Routed Job Shop" (with T. R.
Hoffmann), International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 23, No. 6 (1985), pp. 1185-1195.
"A Heuristic With Tie-Breaking for Certain 0-1 Integer Programming Models" (with G. E. Fox),
Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Vol. 32 (1985), pp. 613-623.
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"Measurement of White Collar Productivity" (with R.G. Schroeder and J.C. Anderson), International
Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 5, No. 2 (1985), pp. 25-34.
"An Evaluation of Overtime Policies for a Repair Shop, " Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 5,
No. 6 (1985).
"An Evaluation of Value-Based Dispatching Rules in a Flow Shop," (with T.R. Hoffmann),
European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 22, No. 3 (1985), pp. 310-318.
"A Simple Strategy for Solving a Class of 0-1 Integer Programming Models," (with G.E. Fox),
Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 13, No. 6 (1986), pp. 707-712.
"Scheduling and Labor Assignment Policies for a Dual-Constrained Repair Shop," International
Journal of Production Research, Vol. 24, No. 3 (1986), pp. 623-634.
"The Use of Value-Based Rules to Avoid Shop Disruption" (with T.R. Hoffmann), OMEGA, Vol.
14, No. 3 (1986), pp. 259-264.
"Approaches to Managing the Cost of Materials," (with R.G. Schroeder and M. Pesch), International
Journal of Physical Distribution and Materials Management, Vol. 16, No. 3 (1986), pp. 57-69.
"Managing Innovation and Change Processes: Findings from the Minnesota Innovation Research
Program," (with R. Schroeder, A. Van de Ven, and D. Polley), Agribusiness, Vol. 2, No. 4 (1986),
pp. 501-523.
"White Collar Productivity Measurement" (with R. Schroeder and J. Anderson), Management
Decision, Vol. 24, No. 5 (1986), pp. 3-7.
"The Use of Cost-Based Priorities in Random and Flow Shops," (with T.R. Hoffmann), Journal of
Operations Management, Vol. 7, No. 2 (1987), pp. 217-232.
"Determining Overtime Policies for a Repair Shop" (with R. C. H. Chua), OMEGA, Vol. 15, No. 3
(1987), pp. 197-206.
"The Development of Innovation Ideas," (with R. Schroeder, A. Van de Ven, and D. Polley), Ch. 4 in
Research on the Management of Innovation, Van de Ven, Angle and Poole (eds.), Harper & Row,
Publishers, New York, pp. 107-134, 1989.
"Managing Complex Innovations: The Case of Defense Contracting," (with R. Schroeder, A. Van de
Ven, G. Seiler, and R. Wiseman), Ch. 12 in Research on the Management of Innovation, Van de
Ven, Poole and Angle (eds.), Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, pp. 401-438, 1989.
"The Use of Value-Based Priorities when Early Shipments are Forbidden," (with T.R. Hoffmann),
International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 27, No. 2 (1989), pp. 353-369.
"Application of the Net Present Value Criterion in Random and Flow Shop Scheduling," (with D.
Smith-Daniels), Decision Sciences, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Summer 1989), pp. 602-622.
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"On the Optimal Assignment of Due Dates," (with K. Baker), Journal of the Operational Research
Society, Vol. 40, No. 1 (1989), pp. 93-95.
"Innovation in Manufacturing," (with R.G. Schroeder and D.R. Elm), Journal of Operations
Management, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1989), pp. 1-16.
"Sequencing with Earliness and Tardiness Penalties: A Review" (with K. Baker), Operations
Research, Vol. 38, No. 1 (1990), pp. 22-36.
"The Operations Management Agenda for the 80's: A Progress Report for Ph.D. Dissertation
Research," (with A. Hill and D. Haugen), Operations Management Review, Fall 1988 & Winter
1989, pp. 24-32.
"Batching Policies for a Single Machine Repair Facility with Limited Spares and Finite Capacity, "
(with R. Chua and A. Hill), European Journal of Operational Research, 1992.
"Use of the Net Present Value Criterion in a Random Job Shop Where Early Shipments are
Forbidden", (with D. Smith-Daniels and T. Rohleder), Journal of Operations Management, Vol 9,
No. 4 (1990), pp. 526-547.
"Scheduling Rule Selection for the Forbidden Early Shipment Environment: A Comparison of
Economic Objectives", (with T. Rohleder), International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 30,
No. 1 (1992), pp. 129-140.
"Scheduling with Forbidden Early Shipments: Alternative Performance Criteria and Conditions",
(with T. Rohleder and T. Hoffmann), International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 31, No. 10,
(1993), pp. 2287-2305.
"An Experimental Comparison of Time-Based and Economic-Based Scheduling Methods to
Maximize Net Present Value", (with T. Rohleder), Decision Sciences, Vol. 24, No.5 (1993), pp.
1037-1056.
"Comparing Performance Measures in Dynamic Job Shops: Economics vs. Time", (with T.
Rohleder), International Journal of Production Economics, September 1993, p. 169-183.
"A Comparison of Order-Release and Dispatch Rules for the Dynamic Weighted Early/Tardy
Problem", (with T. Rohleder), Production and Operations Management, Vol. 2, No. 3, Summer 1993,
pp. 221-238.
"The Wild Market", The Manager, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vol. 16, No. 1,
Fall/Winter 1994.
"Information Inaccuracy: Implications for Economic Production Scheduling", (with T. Rohleder),
International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 42 (1995), pp. 51-66.
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"Time-Based Software Development", (with J. Blackburn, L. Van Wassenhove, C. Hill),
International Journal of Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 7, No. 2, 1996.
"Improving Speed and Productivity of Software Development: A Survey of European Software
Developers", (with J. Blackburn and L. Van Wassenhove), IEEE Transactions on Software
Engineering, OGSM Working Paper 95-31, Vol. 22, No. 12, December 1996.
"Concurrent Software Development", (with J. Blackburn and L. Van Wassenhove), Communications
of the ACM, OGSM Working Paper 96-28, Vol. 43, No 11, November 2000.
"A Review and Classification of Empirical Research in OM", (with Craig Hill), Journal of
Operations Management, OGSM Working Paper 96-26, Vol. 16, No. 1, January 1998, pp. 91-102.
"Supporting Quick Response Through Scheduling of Make-to-Stock Production/Inventory Systems",
(with Eric Johnson), Decision Sciences, OGSM Working Paper 96-24, Vol. 30, No. 2, Spring 1999,
pp. 441-468.
“The Use of Electronic Data Interchange for Supply Chain Coordination in the Food Industry” with
Craig Hill, Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 20, 2002, pp. 375-387.
“Performance Improvement Paths in the U.S. Airline Industry: Linking Trade-offs to Asset
Frontiers”, (with Michael Lapre), Production and Operations Management, Fall 2004.
“The Economics of e-Procurement: an Analysis of Investment Timing Decisions”, (with Mike
Galbreth and Sal March), Information Systems: Exploring Applications in Business and
Government. The Information Institute, Washington, D.C., 2004. M. Gordon Hunter and
Kanwalroop Kathy Dhanda, editors. pp.122-135.
“A Game Theoretic Model of E-Marketplace Participation Growth”, with Mike Galbreth,
Sal March, and Mike Shor, OGSM Working Paper 03-03, Journal of MIS, Summer 2005, Vol. 22,
No.1, pp. 295-319.
“An Empirical Investigation of EDI Usage and Performance Improvement in Food Supply Chains”,
(with C. Hill and P. Zhang), IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, February 2009, Vol.
56, No. 1, pp. 61-75.
“Supply Chain Strategies for Perishable Products: The Case of Fresh Produce”, with Joe Blackburn,
Production and Operations Management, March-April 2009, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 129-137.
“Supply Chain Coordination using EDI with Performance Implications”, (with C. Hill), International
Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 2010, Vol. 19, Nos. 1 and 2, pp. 6-26.
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RESEARCH IN-PROGRESS
1. “A Longitudinal Analysis of Operating Profitability in the US Airline Industry, 1988-2011”,
with Michael Lapre and Yasin Alan. Submitted to Production and Operations Management, Sept.
2013; revise and resubmit decision received December 2013.
2. The Internet of Things, with S. March
CASE STUDIES WRITTEN
MedBank--The Imaging Technology Decision (A), June 1998.
Imaging Technology at MedBank (B): A Strategic Perspective, June 1999, revised 5/01, 5/02.
Melons and ‘Maters, April 2000.
PROCEEDINGS
"Priority Scheduling and Spares Stocking Policies for Repairable Inventory Systems with Multiple
Failures," AIDS Proceedings, AIDS National Conference, Boston, November, 1981.
"A Heuristic Algorithm for Specially Structured 0-1 Integer Programming Models, " (with G. E.
Fox), AIDS Proceedings, AIDS National Conference, San Antonio, November, 1983.
"Computational Experience With a Simple Algorithm on a Class of Integer Programming Models"
(with G. E. Fox), AIDS Proceedings, AIDS National Conference, Toronto, November, 1984.
"An Investigation of a Dual-Constrained Repair Shop," AIDS Proceedings, AIDS National
Conference, Toronto, November, 1984.
"Utilization of Cost Information in Priority Scheduling" (with T. R. Hoffmann), APICS 28th Annual
International Conference Proceedings, Toronto, October, 1985.
"Innovation in Manufacturing" (with R.G. Schroeder and D.R. Elm), AIDS Proceedings, AIDS
National Conference, Las Vegas, November, 1985.
"Production/Operations Management Agenda for the 80's: A Progress Report," (with A. Hill and D.
Haugen), DSI Proceedings, DSI National Conference, Boston, November, 1987.
"Scheduling Manufacturing Cells Under Conditions of Repetitive Demand", (with S. Enns) DSI
Proceedings, DSI National Conference, San Diego, CA, November 1990.
"Scheduling Rule Selection for the Forbidden Early Shipment Environment: A Comparison of
Economic Objectives", (with T. Rohleder), DSI Proceedings, DSI National Conference, San Diego,
CA, November 1990.
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"Time-Based Software Development", (with J. Blackburn, L. Van Wassenhove, C. Hill), 1st
International Conference European Operations Management Association, Cambridge, England, June
1994. (Owen Working Paper 94-12b)
"Scheduling to Maximize Fill Rate", (with E. Johnson), IERC Conference Proceedings, May 1995,
Nashville, TN.
"Improving Delivery Service in Make-to-Stock Production Inventory Systems", International
Decision Sciences Proceeding, Australia, July 1997.
"Managing Software Development for Speed and Productivity Through Concurrent Engineering",
Proceedings of the Software Quality Engineering International Conference, Udine, Italy, May 1997.
"MedBank--The Imaging Technology Decision", Proceedings of 5th International Conference,
Decision Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999.
"A Research Methodology for the Study of Emerging Technologies", (with C. Hill), Proceedings of
the 5th International Conference, Decision Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999.
“Supply Chain Coordination Within the Food Industry”, (with C. Hill), Proceedings of National DSI
Conference, San Francisco, November 2001.
“An Economic Perspective on eProcurement Investments”, (with M. Galbreth and S. March),
Proceedings of ISOneWorld, Las Vegas, April 2003, OGSM Working Papper 02-17.
INVITED PAPERS
1. "Optimal Spares Level with State-Dependent Repair Priorities" (with W. H.
Hausman), ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., May 5-7, 1980.
2. "Priority Scheduling for Repairable Items" (with W. H. Hausman),
ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 10-12,
1980.
3. "Priority Scheduling Rules for Repairable Items in Multi-Indentured Inventory
Systems" (with W. H. Hausman), Multi-Echelon Inventory Systems Conference,
Stanford University, December 11-12, 1980.
4. "Spares Stocking Policies for Repairable Items with Dependent Repair Times"
(with W. H. Hausman), ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Houston, October, 1981.
5. "An Investigation of a Dual-Constrained Repair Shop, " ORSA/TIMS National
Meeting, Chicago, April, 1983.
6. "Capacity Modification Policies and the Implications for a Labor and Machine
Limited Repair Shop," ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Boston, April, 1985.
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7. "Use of the Net Present Value Criterion in Random and Flow Shops with
Forbidden Early Shipments, " (with D. Smith-Daniels), ORSA/TIMS National
Conference, Washington, D.C., April, 1988.
8. "A Parametric Analysis of the Net Present Value Criterion for Schedule
Evaluation", (with D. Smith-Daniels and T. R. Rohleder), ORSA/TIMS, Las
Vegas, May 1990.
9. "Managing the New Product Development Process", (with J. Blackburn),
ORSA/TIMS, Phoenix, November 1993.
PRESENTATIONS
1. "Priority Scheduling and Spares Stocking Policies for Repairable Inventory Systems
with Multiple Failures," AIDS National Conference, Boston, November, 1981.
2. "Priority Scheduling with Cost Considerations," EURO-TIMS XXV, Lausanne,
Switzerland, July, 1982.
3. "A Heuristic Algorithm for Specially Structured 0-1 Integer Programming
Models, " (with G.E. Fox), AIDS National Conference, San Antonio, November,
1983.
4. "An Application of Multiple Objective Decision Methods to Priority Scheduling,"
(with M.A. Rothermel), ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May
14-16, 1984.
5. "Composite Cost-Based Rules for Priority Scheduling," (with T.R. Hoffmann),
TIMS XXVI, Copenhagen, Denmark, June, 1984.
6. "Computational Experience with a Simple Algorithm on a Class of Integer
Programming Models" (with G. E. Fox), AIDS National Conference, Toronto,
November, 1984.
7. "Priority Scheduling and Labor Assignment Policies for a Dual-Constrained Repair
Shop," AIDS National Conference, Toronto, November, 1984.
8. "Utilization of Cost Information in Priority Scheduling.," (with T.R. Hoffmann),
APICS 28th International Conference, Toronto, October, 1985.
9. "Innovation Development Patterns, " (with R. G. Schroeder and D. Polley),
Minnesota Innovation Research Program Workshop, October, 1985.
10. "Innovation in Manufacturing," (with R. Schroeder and D. Elm), DSI National
Conference, Las Vegas, November, 1985.
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11. "An Analysis of Overtime Policies in a Repair Shop Under Varying Failure
Distributions," (with R. Chua), ORSA/TIMS National Conference, Los Angeles,
April, 1986.
12. "Value Based Priority Scheduling Rules for Job Shops, " (with T. R. Hoffmann),
TIMS XXVIL Australia, July, 1986.
13. "A Critical Evaluation of Shop Dispatching Rules for Minimizing Inventory
Investment," ORSA/TIMS National Conference, Miami Beach, October, 1986.
14. "A Net Present Value Approach to Value-Based Scheduling, ", (with D. Smith
Daniels), ORSA/TIMS National Conference, St. Louis, October, 1987.
15. "Production/ Operations Management Agenda for the 80's: A Progress Report,"
(with A. Hill and D. Haugen), DSI National Conference, Boston, November,
1987.
16. "Use of the Net Present Value Criterion in Random and Flow Shops with
Forbidden Early Shipments," (with D. Smith-Daniels), ORSA/TIMS National
Conference, Washington, D.C., April, 1988.
17. "Alternative Scheduling Rules with the Net Present Value Criterion," (with D.
Smith-Daniels), ORSA/TIMS National Conference, Denver, October, 1988.
18. "Batching Policies for Repair Facilities", (with A. Hill and R. Chua),
CORS/ORSA/TIMS, Vancouver, B.C., May, 1989.
19. "An Evaluation of the MOD Scheduling Rule with Overtime,", (with T. Hoffmann
and T. Rohleder), ORSA/TIMS National Conference, Philadelphia, October, 1990.
20. "Speeding Up New Product Development", presented to the Faculty of
Management, University of Calgary, October 1991.
21. "Faster New Product Development", (with J. Blackburn), ORSA/TIMS National
Meeting, Anaheim, CA, November 1991.
22. "New Product Development in Software", US/Japan Center Symposium,
Huntsville, Alabama, February 5, 1992.
23. "Faster New Product Development", Decision and Information Sciences
Department, Arizona State University, March 2, 1992.
24. "A Comparison of Scheduling Performance Measures in Dynamic Job Shops:
Economic vs. Time", (with T. Rohleder), presented at POM Annual Meeting,
Orlando, FL, October 1992.
25. "Software Development in Japan", ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, San Francisco,
CA, November 1992.
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26. "Software Development in Japan", presented to NRC Review Committee for
US/Japan Research Grant, December 18, 1992.
27. "Information Inaccuracy: Implications for Economic Production Scheduling",
(with T. Rohleder), ORSA/TIMS, Phoenix, November 1993.
28. Lectures on Operations Strategy, Quality, and Time-Based Competition at the
following universities in St. Petersburg, Russia: Marine Technical University, St.
Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Science, Centre of Management
and Marketing, and the Institute for Finance and Economics.
29. "Time-Based Software Development", (with J. Blackburn), 1st International
Conference of the European Operations Management Association, Cambridge,
England, June 1994.
30. "Speeding up the Software Development Process", presented as part of the
Distinguished Lecture series, Department of Management Sciences, The Ohio State
University, October 1994.
31. "Scheduling Make-to-Stock Systems with High Service Level Targets", (with E.
Johnson), ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Detroit, October 1994.
32. "Scheduling to Maximize Fill Rate", (with E. Johnson), IERC Conference,
Nashville, TN, May 1995.
33. "A Review and Classification of Empirical Research in Operations Management",
(with C. Hill), Production and Operations Management Society, Indianapolis, IN,
March 1996.
34. "Improving Speed and Productivity of Software Development" (with J. Blackburn
and L. Van Wassenhove), New Product Development Conference, INSEAD,
Fontainebleau, France, April 1996.
35. "Software for Developing Countries", presented at School of Administration,
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, June 1996.
36. "Scheduling Make-to-Stock Scheduling Systems with High Service Level Targets",
(with Eric Johnson), MSOM Conference, Dartmouth College, June 1996.
37. "Status and Review of Research in the Relationship Between IT and Supply Chain
Management", (with Craig Hill), INFORMS Atlanta, November 1996.
38. "Managing Software Development for Speed and Productivity Through Concurrent
Engineering", Software Quality Engineering International Conference, Udine,
Italy, May 1997.
39. "Information Technology in the Food Industry" (with C. Hill), INFORMS Dallas,
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October 1997.
40. "A Research Methodology for the Study of Emerging Technologies", 5th International
Conference, Decision Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999.
41. "Medbank--The Imaging Technology Decision", 5th International Conference, Decision
Sciences Institute, Athens, Greece, July 1999.
42. “EDI and Reengineering of Supply Chain Activities”, with Craig Hill, INFORMS,
Cincinnati, May 1999.
43. “Suppy Chain Management for Perishables”, INFORMS, Salt Lake City, May 2000.
44. “The Use of EDI and SCM in the Food Industry”, with Craig Hill, INFORMS, November
2000.
45. “Supply Chain Coordination”, with Craig Hill, INFORMS, November 2001, Miami.
46. “Performance Improvement Paths: Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Airline Industry”,
(with Michael Lapre), presented at MSOM Conference, Cornell University, June 2002 and at
POMS, Savannah, GA, April 2003.
47. “An Economic Perspective on E-commerce Investments”, (with Mike Galbreth and Sal
March), April 2003, ISOneWorld Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
48. “Understanding the Produce Supply Chain”, (with J. Blackburn), EUROMA, Lake Como,
Italy, July 2003.
49. “A Game Theoretic Model of E-Marketplace Participation Growth”, with Mike Galbreth,
Sal March, and Mike Shor, Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.,
November 2003.
50. “Modeling the Product Supply Chain”, (with J. Blackburn), presented at INSEAD, January
2004.
51. “An Empirical Investigation of EDI Usage and Performance Improvement in Food Supply
Chains”, presented at Tsinghau University, Beijing, China, March 2007.
52. “A Longitudinal Analysis of Operating Profitability in the US Airline Industry, 1988-2011”,
with Michael Lapre and Yasin Alan. Presented at INFORMS, Minneapolis, October 2013.
AWARDS
1. Distinguished Contributed Paper, Production/Operations Management, AIDS
National Conference, Boston, November, 1981.
2. Graduate School Faculty Summer Fellowship, 1984 and 1986.
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3. IBM Course Development Grant, 1987-88.
4. Carlson School of Management McKnight/BER Grant, 1989.
5. Minnesota Supercomputer Institute Grants, 1986-1990.
6. Dean's Teaching Award, Owen School, 1994.
7. James E. Webb Teaching Award, Owen School, 1999.
8. Wick Skinner Award for Best Paper, POMS, Savannah, GA, April 2003.
9. Stan Hardy Award, Best Published Paper in Operations Management in 2004, Midwest
Decision Sciences Institute, April 2005.
10. Runner-up for Webb Teaching Award in 2008-2010.
PROPOSALS FUNDED
"Time-Based Competition: Speeding New Product Design and Development", a Conference Proposal
submitted to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for $20,762, May 1991.
"US-Japan Management of Technology", proposal submitted to the Air Force Office of Scientific
Research, funded for approximately $1.8 million, Owen School portion $40,000+, July 1991
Research grants from Philips Corporation and Motorola to support travel expenses for Time and
Quality in Software research project (with Joe Blackburn), approx. $15,000.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Member of INFORMS, DSI, and POMS.
2. Secretary - Upper Midwest Chapter, ORSA/TIMS, 1983-1990.
3. Discussant - DSI National Conference, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1990, 1994, and 1999.
4. Associate Editor—Journal of Operations Management
Senior Editor—Production and Operations Management
Associate Editor—Operations Management Review
Reviewer of over 220 technical papers for multiple journals including Management
Science, Journal of Operations Management, IIE Transactions, Decision Sciences, Naval
Research Logistics, International Journal of Production Research, Operations
Research, OMEGA, Computers and Operations Research, Interfaces, Production
and Operations Management and European Journal of Operational Research.
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5. Session Chairman, Production Scheduling Track, TIMS XXVI, Copenhagen,
Denmark, June, 1984.
6. Session Chairman, ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Los Angeles, April, 1986.
7. Session Co-Chair, ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Miami Beach, October, 1986.
8. Session Chair, ORSA/TIMS Meeting, St. Louis, October, 1987.
9. Co-Chair, Special Session on the Use of Net Present Value Approaches to
Scheduling, National DSI Conference, Boston, November, 1987.
10. Registration Chairman, OMA National Conference, Minneapolis, Oct. 1986.
11. Reviewer for National DSI Conference, 1985-1990, 1993, 1995-1997, 2000-2002.
12. Book Reviews-Silver and Peterson, Decision Systems for Inventory Management
and Production Planning-1984
Winston, Operations Research-1985
Meredith, Operations Management-1990
Vickery, Markland, and Davis, Operations Management, 1993, 1994.
Ettlie, Management of Technology, Book Proposal, 1997.
Meredith, Operations Management, Book Proposal, 1997.
Schroeder, Operations Management, Revision Manuscript, 1997.
Chase and Aquilano, Production and Operations Management, revisions review of 7th
edition, 1996.
Reviewer of 3 proposals for books in 1998 in the areas of Operations and Strategic
Management
Reviewer of multiple book proposals and chapters in 1999-present.
Reviewed two manuscripts for new books on Operations Strategy in 2003—Hayes,
Pisano, Upton and Wheelwright and Rosenfield and Beckman
13. External Reviewer, Ph.D. Oral Exam, Darden School, University of Virginia.
14. Editorial Review Board, Journal of Operations Management , 1988-present.
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15. Session Chairman, CORS/ORSA/TIMS, Vancouver, B.C., May 1989.
16. Session Organizer, Invited Session on JIT Scheduling, ORSA/TIMS, Las Vegas, May
1990.
17. Discussant, Midwest Decision Sciences, May 1990.
18. Session Chairman, ORSA/TIMS, Philadelphia, October 1990.
19. Session Chairman, DSI National Meeting, San Diego, November 1990.
20. Session Chairman, ORSA/TIMS, Anaheim, CA, November 1991.
21. Cluster Chairman, Production Scheduling, ORSA/TIMS San Francisco Meeting,
November 1992.
22. Member of committee developing certification examination in Integrated Resources
Management for the American Production and Inventory Control Society.
23. Speaker in New Faculty Development Workshop, Decision Sciences meeting,
Washington, D.C., November 1993.
24. Faculty Participant in New Faculty Development Workshop, National Decision
Sciences meeting, Honolulu, November 1994.
25. Session Chairman, ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Detroit, October 1994.
26. Session Chairman, 5th International Conference, Decision Sciences Institute, July
1999.
27. Panel Participant, New Faculty Workshop, 5th International Conference, Decision
Sciences Institute, July 1999.
28. Senior Editor, Operations Strategy, Production and Operations Management journal.
29. Panel Organizer and Chair, POMS-Dallas, May 2007.
30. New Faculty Mentor, Academy of Management, Anaheim, August 2008.
31. Associate Editor, Operations Management Review, 2010-present.
DOCTORAL STUDENT ADVISING ACTIVITY
At University of Minnesota
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Doctoral Dissertation Co-Advisor: Richard Chua
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor: Tom Rohleder, Full Professor,
University of Calgary
Member, Ph.D. Committee
Farzad Mahmoodi, Industrial Engineering
Dilek Yeldan, Decision Sciences
Murali Shanker, Decision Sciences
Youngsoo Chun, Decision Sciences
Mike Pesch, Operations Management
Amit Raturi, Operations Management
Jay Saraph, Operations Management
Chee-Chuong Sum, Operations Management
At Vanderbilt
Member, Ph.D. Committee
Kathleen Hancock, Civil Engineering Department
Dona Mularkey, MOT Program
Oscar Tamez, Monterrey Tech Exchange Program
Austin Cheney, MOT Program
Mike Ward, Department of Emergency Medicine
Reader, M.S. Degree
Sheen Xiao, Computer Science
Advisor (Chair or Co-Chair)
Craig Hill—Completed, tenure-track faculty at Georgia State University
Francisco Garcia (Monterrey Tech Exchange Program)—Director, ITESM,
Sinaloa, MX
Committee Member
Michael Galbreth, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina
SERVICE
University of Minnesota
1. Director, Operations Management Center, 1986-1987, 1988-89.
2. Ph.D. Advisor, Operations Management Area, 1985-1987.
3. Member, Operations Management Recruiting Committee, 1982, 1983, 1986, and
1988.
4. Member, Physical Plant and Space Allocation Committee, 1986-1987.
5. Member, Grievance Committee, School of Management, 1985-1987.
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6. MBA Task Force, Carlson School of Management, 1986-1987.
7. Peer Reviewer for the Center for Transportation Studies, 1989.
8. Member of Management of Technology program and curriculum development
group through the Center for the Development of Technological Leadership, 1988-
1990.
9. Member, Carlson School of Management Teaching Quality Committee, 1989-1990.
10. Departmental Colloquium. Coordinator, 1989-90.
11. Core Course Coordinator, Operations Management, 1989-90.
At Vanderbilt
1. Member, Operations Management Recruiting Committee, 1990-91, 1997-98.
2. Member, Owen School Research Committee, 1990-2002.
3. Member, Owen School Program Planning Committee, 1990-91.
4. Evaluation Committee, University Research Council, 1990-91, 1995-1998.
5. Chair, Faculty Research Committee, 1991-1992.
6. Member, Marketing Search Committee, 1991-1992.
7. Vanderbilt Faculty Senate, 1991-94. Member of Academic Programs and Policies
Committee.
8. Ph.D. Director, Owen Graduate School of Management, 1992-1998.
9. Member, Graduate Faculty Council, 1992-1998.
10. Member, Graduate School Executive Committee, 1992-1998.
11. Member, Organizational Studies Search Committee, 1994-95.
12. IEMBA Faculty Oversight Committee, 1995-1997.
13. Chair, Strategy Faculty Search Committee, 1997-1998, 1998-1999.
14. Member, Cal Turner Moral Leadership Chair Search Committee, 1997-98.
15. Member, Management of Technology Search Committee, 1999.
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16. Member, Dean Search Committee, 2000.
17. Honors and Awards Comittee, 2001-present.
18. Strategic Planning Committee, 2001-2003.
19. Ph.D. Committee, 1997-2005.
20. Presenter at Dean’s Scholars Weekend 1998-2005
21. LEAD program, committee chair 2003-2004.
22. Member, Executive Committee, OGSM 2004-2008
23. Associate Dean, March 2004-2008
24. Associate Dean, Accreditation and Outreach, July 2006-July 2008.
25. Faculty Director, MBA Program July 2006-July 2008.
26. Faculty Director, International Programs, July 2008-present.
27. Seminar presentation at Moore School, University of South Carolina, April 2008.
28. Committees—2010-2013
Strategic Review Committee, MBA Program Committee, Faculty Governance
Committee, Strategy Search Committee, Global Outreach Committee, ACIA
(International Affairs) VU Committee, Dean’s Advisory Committee, MaCC Program
Committee
COURSES TAUGHT
At University of Minnesota
1980 - 1981 Introduction to Operations Management - MBA Core
Inventory Management - Ph.D. Elective
1981 - 1982 Introduction to Operations Management - MBA Core
Operations Process Management - MBA Elective
Operations Management for Services - Seminar
1982 - 1983 Introduction to Operations Management - MBA Core
Operations Process Management - MBA Elective, Manager's MBA
Inventory Management - Ph.D. Elective
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1983 - 1984 Production and Inventory Management - Undergraduate Elective Operations
Process Management - MBA Elective, Manager's MBA Field Project Advisor -
MBA Core
1984 - 1985 Processes, Technology, and Innovation in the
Operations Function - MBA Elective, Manager's MBA
Field Project Advisor - MBA Core
Introduction to Operations Management - MBA Core
1985 - 1986 Processes, Technology, and Innovation in the Operations
Function - MBA Elective, Manager's MBA
Inventory Management - Ph.D. Elective
Doctoral Research Seminar
1986 - 1987 Processes, Technology, and Innovation in the Operations
Function- MBA Elective, Manager's MBA
Field Project Advisor - MBA Core
1987 - 1988 Processes, Technology and Innovation in Manufacturing
Elective, Tuck School, Dartmouth College
Operations Management-MBA Core, Tuck School, Dartmouth
College
1988 - 1989 Doctoral Seminar--Technology and Innovation in Operations
Manufacturing for Competitive Advantage--taught for the
Institute of Technology, Center for the Development
of Technological Leadership Processes, Technology, and Innovation in
Mfg--MBA Elective
1989-1990 Principles for Design and Improvement of Operations--Doctoral Core
Introduction to Operations Management--MBA Core
Manufacturing for Competitive Advantage--IT Elective
Processes, Technology, and Innovation in Manufacturing--MBA Elective
At Vanderbilt
1990-1991 Manufacturing Strategy
Introduction to Operations Management--MBA Core
Operations Management II--Executive MBA
1991-1992 Manufacturing Strategy
Introduction to Operations Management--MBA Core
Operations Management II--Executive MBA
1992-1993 Management of Manufacturing Technology
Manufacturing Strategy
Operations Management 1--Executive MBA
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1993-1994 Management of Manufacturing Technology
Manufacturing Strategy
Operations Management 1--Executive MBA
1994-1995 Management of Manufacturing Technology
Manufacturing Strategy
Operations Management I--Executive MBA
1995-1996 Management of Technology
Manufacturing Strategy
Operations Management 1--Executive MBA
1996-1997 Manufacturing Strategy
Management of Automation
Management of Technology
Delivering Value Through High Performance Processes (EMBA)
1997-1998 Manufacturing Strategy
Operations Management-International EMBA
Competitive Strategy
Management of Technology
Delivering Value Through High Performance Processes (EMBA)
1998-1999 Operations Management--International EMBA
Manufacturing Strategy
Management of Technology
Competitive Strategy
Global Strategy (IEMBA)
Operations Management (IEMBA)
International Seminar (Spain)
1999-2000 Manufacturing Strategy
Mangement of Technology
Competitive Strategy
Process Transformation (EMBA)
International Seminar (Japan)
2000-2001 Manufacturing Strategy
Strategic Management of Technology
Competitive Strategy
Operations and Technology Strategy (EMBA)
International Seminar (Ireland)
2001-2002 Manufacturing Strategy
Strategic Management of Technology
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Competitive Strategy
Operations and Technology Strategy (EMBA)
2002-2003 Strategic Management of Communications
Strategic Management of Technology
Operations Strategy
Operations and Technology Strategy (EMBA)
International Seminar (Prague)
2003-2004 Concepts in Strategy
Strategic Management of Technology
Operations Strategy
Operations and Technology Strategy (EMBA)
2004-2005 Concepts in Strategy
Operations Strategy
China trip advisor for two teams
2005-2006 Operations Strategy
Capstone Strategy Projects
2006-2007 Management of Technology
Competitive Strategy
China Trip advisor for two teams
2007-2008 Business Strategy
Strategy for MAcc
2008-2009 Business Strategy
Sustainable Business Strategies in Italy
Marketing, Operations and Strategy (for MAcc)
Operations Strategy
2009-2010 On Medical Leave
2010-2011 Strategic Management of Technology
Business Strategy
Marketing, Operations and Strategy (for MAcc)
Operations Strategy
2011-2012 Strategic Management of Technology
Operations Strategy (EMBA)
Business Strategy
Marketing, Operations and Strategy (MAcc)
Operations Strategy
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2012-2013 Strategic Management of Technology
Business Strategy (4 sections)
Operations Strategy (2 sections)
Marketing, Operations and Strategy (MAcc)
2013-2014 Strategic Management of Technology
Business Strategy (4 sections)
Operations Strategy (2 sections)
Marketing, Operations and Strategy (MAcc)
Business Strategy for MMHC
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
1987 Minority Business Executive Program, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration,
Dartmouth College
1988 Tuck Executive Program, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth
College
1989 Minnesota Executive Program, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota
Minnesota Management Academy, Carlson School of Management, University of
Minnesota
Effective Management of Production Operations, Amos Tuck School of Business
Administration, Dartmouth College
1990 Minnesota Management Institute, Carlson School of Management, University of
Minnesota
Effective Management of Production Operations, Amos Tuck School of Business
Administration, Dartmouth College
1991 Effective Management of Production Operations, Amos Tuck School of Business
Administration, Dartmouth College
1992 Effective Management of Production Operations, Amos Tuck School of Business
Administration, Dartmouth College
Quality and Response Time, Huntsville, AL, October 1992 for the Owen School and the
US/Japan Center, Vanderbilt University.
1994 Manufacturing Technology Fellowship Program, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy
Studies
1995 Manufacturing Technology Fellowship Program, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy
Studies
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1995-8 Owen Management Program for Physicians and Senior Health Care Administrators
1998 BAI Operations and Technology Program--developed a case study for use in first year of
program
BAI Financial Management Program
TVA Advanced Management Program
1999 BAI Operations and Technology Program--taught years 1 and 2, developed a
case study for use in second year of program
TVA Advanced Management Program
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Principles of Health Care
2000 BAI Operations and Technology Program—years 1 and 2
TVA Advanced Management Program—Faculty Director
AFG Executive Seminar
PFG Performance Academy
Hancor Strategic Review Meeting
2001 BAI Operations and Technology Program—Years 1 and 2
2002 BAI Operations and Technology Program—Year 2
Bristol Myers Squibb
2003 TVA Advanced Management Program
Biotech Management Program
2005 TVA Advanced Management Program
2007 TVA Leadership Program
2008 Managing Innovation seminar
TVA Leadership Program
Bridgestone Firestone Leadership Program
2009 TVA Leadership Program
2011 TVA L-MAP Program
INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
Faculty Advisor to MBA Student teams in Mgt 555
Spain, Japan, Ireland, Czech Republic, and China twice
Organizer of MBA Student trip to Italy, October 2008
EMBA Student Trips—Belgium and Holland, Hungary and Austria
IEMBA Student Trips—Chile and Argentina, Brazil
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Helped oversee trip to Japan taken by Owen Global Business in October 2012
Faculty advisor to Project Pyramid trip to Capetown, South Africa March 2013
International Teaching
September 2001—ESSEC Bordeaux, Operations Management
January 2004—ESSEC Rouen, Operations Management, EMBA Operations Strategy
November 2008---University of Melbourne, Technology Management
June 2009—Korea University, Operations Strategy, KUBS Global MBA Program
CONSULTING ACTIVITIES
I have served as a consultant to the following companies:
United Airlines
Four-Phase Systems
3M
IDS
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Norstan
Teledyne Brown Engineering
Farmer's Home Administration
Berwin Industries
Philips Corporation
Motorola
Hewlett-Packard
General Board of Discipleship--Methodist Church
RR Donnelly Publishing Co.
Novartis
Air Products Corporation
Bridgestone Firestone Off-Road Products Group
LegalBill LLC
Genesco Retail