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CONTENTS

3 President’s Letter Message from DSI President Hartley

4 From the Editor Maling Ebrahimpour provides an overview of this issue.

32 From the Regions Updates from DSI Regions

38 RegionalOfficers

40 OpenAcademicPositions

41 Past Presidents

42 DSI Fellows

43 Calendar

43 DSI Membership Rates

SPECIAL REPORTS

6 TwoKeynotestoHighlight2019Conference

8 DSI to Offer Over 40 Workshops, Panels at Conference

15 Consortia Continue to Offer Professional DevelopmentOpportunitiesatAnnualConference

17 DSIOffersPre-ConferencePlantTouratNASAFacility

17 ConferenceInformation–RegistrationforConferenceandHostHotel

19 DSIBoardMeetingRecap

20 DSIHomeOfficeNews

23 DSJ and DSJIE Invitations to Apply

26 CallforNominations–DSIBoardofDirectors

27 CallforNominations–CarolJ.LattaAward

28 FromtheBookshelf–BookReviewfor“FlowManufacturing–WhatWentRight,WhatWentWrong (101 Mini-Case Studies that Reveal Lean’s SuccessesandFailures)”

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President Hartley Shares DSI News

Iwanttosharesomeexcellentnews!The2018 Journal Citation Report shows that the2-yearand5-yearimpactfactorsforDecisionSciencesJournalareontherise.......Theplansarecomingtogetherforour50thAnniversaryConferenceinNewOrleansNov.23–25.t.>>More

Two Keynotes Highlight 2019 Conference

Keynote or plenary speakers add value, of-fer expertise and insight, and often inspire audiences.Atthisyear’s2019DSIAnnualConference,twokeynotesscheduledplantodojustthat.RahulBasoleopensonSaturday followed by Anubhav Shrivastava andDaleRogersonSunday. >>More

Book Review for “Flow Manufacturing – What Went Right, What Went Wrong (101 Mini-Case Studies that Reveal Lean’s Successes and Failures)” ByMuhammadAsanAshraf.

FlowManufacturingisauniqueandanoutstandingworkofRichardJ.Schonberger.Thebookoffers101chapters,describedas“caselets,”eachcontaininganindependentcasestudy. >>More

Consortia Offer Professional Develop-ment Opportunities

Fourconsortiaareofferedatthe2019An-nualConferencefocusingonPreandPostProposalPh.D.DefenseStudentsaswellasNewFacultyandMid-CareerFacultydevelopment.AllareofferedonSaturday,November23andrequireprioremailre-questforparticipation.>>More

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DECISION LINEAScholarlyMagazineoftheDecisionSciencesInstitute Vol.50,No.4 JULY 2019


2019-2020 DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE OFFICERSPresident Janet Hartley, Bowling Green State UniversityPresident Elect Vijay Kannan, Utah State UniversityImmediate Past President M.JohnnyRungtusanatham,TheOhioStateUniversityVice President for Finance (Treasurer) AlanMackelprang,GeorgiaSouthernUniversitySecretary AnthonyRoss,UniversityofWisconsin-MilwaukeeFunctional Vice Presidents:

Vice President for Global Activities Wendy Tate, University of Tennessee - KnoxvilleVice President for Marketing DavidDobrzykowski,BowlingGreenStateUniversityVice President for Member Services Shanan Gibson, Texas A&M UniversityVice President for Professional Development SriramNarayanan,MichiganStateUniversityVice President for Publications ShawneeVickery,MichiganStateUniversityVice President for Technology NatalieSimpson,UniversityatBuffalo-SUNYVice President for the Americas Division Peggy Daniels Lee, Indiana UniversityVice President for the Asia-Pacific Division EB Khedkar, Ajeenkya DY Patil UniversityVice President for the European Division Carmela di Mauro, Università di CataniaExecutive Director Vivian Landrum, University of Houston

Decision Sciences Journal Co-Editors CheriSpeier-Pero,MichiganStateUniversity Mark Ferguson, University of South CarolinaDecision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education Editor MatthewDrake,DuquesneUniversityDecision Line Editor Maling Ebrahimpour, University of Rhode Island2019 Program Chair Kevin Linderman, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities2019 Associate Program Chairs Carmela Di Mauro, University of Catania Dongli Zhang, Fordhan University ThomasKull,ArizonaStateUniversityAnnual Meeting Webmaster and CMS Manager StephenOstrom,ArizonaStateUniversityRegional Presidents

European Jan Olhager, Lund UniversityIndian Subcontinent M.P.Jaiswal,IndianInstituteofManagementMidwest Sanjay Kumar, Valparaiso UniversityNortheast Douglas Hales, University of Rhode IslandSoutheast Tobin Turner, Presbyterian CollegeSouthwest Khaled Alshare, Qatar UniversityWestern Omer Benli, California State University - Long Beach

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DECISIONLINEispublishedfivetimesayearbytheDecisionSciencesInstitutetoprovideamediumofcommunicationandaforumforexpres-sion by its members, and to provide for dialogue amongacademicandpractitionermembersinthediscipline.FormoreinformationabouttheInstitute,pleasecall713-743-4815.

NewsItems:Sendyournewsitemsandannounce-mentstotheeditorattheaddressbelow.

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MembershipInformation/ChangeofAddress:ContacttheDecisionSciencesInstitute(DSI),Uni-versityofHouston4750CalhounRd,Room325A,Houston,TX77204-6021;Phone:713-743-4815,[email protected]

Website:DecisionLinefeaturearticlesandmoreinformationontheDecisionSciencesInstitutecanbe found on the DSI website at www.decisionsciences.org

Editor:MalingEbrahimpour,CollegeofBusiness,TheUniversityofRhodeIsland,7LippittRoad,Kingston,RI02881; [email protected]

President:Janet Hartley, Bowling Green State University

ExecutiveDirector:VivianLandrum,UniversityofHouston;[email protected]

ISSUEMONTH DEADLINESFORAUTHORSJanuaryissue December10th(prioryear)Marchissue February10thMay April 10thJuly issue June 10thOctoberissue September10th

VISION STATEMENT DecisionSciencesInstitutewillbe

recognizedgloballyasascholarly

professionalassociationthat

creates,develops,fostersand

disseminates knowledge to improve

managerialdecisions.

MISSION STATEMENTDecisionSciencesInstituteprovides

forumstocreate,disseminateand

use knowledge to improve mana-

gerialdecisionmakinginvolving

systemsandpeople.

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Janet Hartley2019 - 2020 DSI President

Iwanttosharesomeexcellentnews!The

2018 Journal Citation Report shows that

the2-yearand5-yearimpactfactorsfor

DecisionSciencesJournalareontherise.

I want to thank Co-Editors Cheri Speier-

Pero and Mark Ferguson and the entire

DSJeditorialteamfortheirdedicationand

hardworkonbehalfofthejournal.Inad-

dition,nominationsarebeingacceptedfor

thepositionofCo-EditoruntilAugust16.

Finally,Iwanttoencourageyoutosubmit

yourbestresearchtoDSJsowecancon-

tinueDSJonanupwardtrajectory.

Theplansarereallycomingtogetherfor

our50thAnniversaryConferenceinNew

OrleansNov.23-25.ChairKevinLinder-

man and his team, Thomas Kull, Con-

ferenceChairofResearch,CarmelaDi

Mauro,ConferenceChairofProfessional

Development, and Dongli Zhang, Confer-

enceChairofPedagogicalResearch,are

puttingtogetheranoutstandingprogram.

Totalconferencesubmissionsarethe

highestrecordedsince2012,andover40

Professional Development Workshops will

coverresearchmethodologies,publishing,

andteaching.Someuniquefeaturesof

thisyear’sconferenceincludethepairing

ofourkeynotespeakerswithcompanion

workshopstoallowyoutoputtheconcepts

intoaction,andaspecialsessionshow-

casingthe2018DSJbestpaperfinalists

inwhichthebestpaperwillbeannounced.

Checkoutthecompletelistofworkshops

at the DSI website and remember to take

advantageoftheearlyregistrationbySept.

13,2019!

I want to thank the leadership teams of

our US Regions and International Chap-

ters who have been working diligently on

charterstobringDSIintocompliancewith

ourby-laws.ThechartersforourfiveU.S.

regionshavebeenapprovedbytheBoard.

The Board is working to expand DSI’s

international visibility by exploring opportu-

nitiesfornewinternationalchapters.Ialso

encourageyoutogetinvolvedinregional

andinternationalconferencessuchasthe

upcomingMidwestMini-ConferenceatBut-

lerUniversityonSeptember14.

Thisyear’sDSIcommitteesarebusy

working on a number of different initiatives

tocontinuetoimproveconsortiaatour

conferences,improveaccesstoteaching-

relatedresources,refreshcontentonour

website,developacodeofconduct,and

explorecollaborationwithotheracademic

andprofessionalorganizations.Formore

detailsaboutthisyear’scommitteesand

initiativescheckouttheDSIwebsite.

DSI’ssuccessdependsuponyourwilling-

ness to volunteer to give your time and

talenttohelptheorganization.Although

therearemanywaystoserve,consider

taking a leadership role by being nomi-

natedornominatingacolleaguetoserve

onthe2020-2021DSIBoardofDirectors.

NominationsareduebyOctober1.

Janet Hartley

DSI 2019-2020 President

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Maling Ebrahimpour is the Dean and Professor of Supply Chain in the College of Business at The University of Rhode Island. He is an active researcher and has authored or coauthored over 100 articles that have been published in scientific journals and proceedings. Most of his work focuses on various issues of quality in both service and manufac-turing companies. He received his PhD in busi-ness administration from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and has served on the editorial review board of several journals, including Journal of Quality Management, Journal of Operations Management, and Inter-national Journalof Production Research. [email protected]

DECISION LINE FEATURE EDITORS:

Dean’s Perspective, Maling Ebrahimpour, University of Rhode Island [email protected]

Doctoral Issues, Varun Grover, University of Arkansas, [email protected]

Ecommerce, KennethE.Kendall,Rutgers,[email protected]

From the Bookshelf,FeatureEditor,MehmetG.Yalcin,Univer-sity of Rhode Island, [email protected]

In the Classroom,KathrynZuckweiler,MidwesternStateUni-versity of [email protected]

Analytics and Data Science, Subhashish Samaddar, Georgia State University, [email protected]

Information Technology,SilvanaTrimi,UniversityofNebraska-Lincoln,[email protected]

In the News, VivianLandrum,DecisionSciencesInstitute, [email protected]

International Issues, Minoo Tehrani, Roger Williams University, [email protected]

Membership Roundtable,GyulaVastag,NationalSzechenyiUniversity [email protected]

Supply Chain Management,DanielA.Samson,UniversityofMelbourne, Australia [email protected]

Research Issues,MahyarAmouzegar,UniversityofNewOr-leans, [email protected]

DSI President, Janet Hartley, starts her

letter by giving us good news about rising

ofDecisionSciencesjournal’sImpact

Factor.Inadditiontoanupdateabout

theupcoming50thAnnualConferenceof

theDecisionSciences,shebringstoour

attention that the DSI’s US based regions

andinternationalchaptersareworking

diligentlytomakesurethatDSIisincom-

pliancewithitsby-laws.Furthermore,DIS

is exploring the possibility and feasibility

ofnewchaptersacrosstheworld.She

encouragesallDSImemberstovolunteer

theirtimetoplayanactiveroleinsupport-

ingDSI,particularlybytakingaleadership

roleintheorganization.

Thisyear’sconferencecelebratesthe

50thanniversaryofourorganization.The

conferenceorganizersareworkinghard

tomakesuretherearetopnotchkey-

notes who will be presenting the latest in

theareaoftechnologyasitrelatestoall

aspectsofdecisionsciences.Inaddi-

tiontoalargenumberofconsortiainthis

year’supcomingconference,thereare

over forty workshops and panels present-

ingonavarietyoftopics.Hence,thereare

almost one or more workshops that might

peakyourinterest.Weencourageyouto

review these workshops and attend those

thatinterestyou.

VivianLandrum,theExecutiveDirectorof

DSI, provide us with a report from the DSI

Board.Iencourageyoutoreadherreport

and learn about the work that your board

isdoingtoenhancethevisibilityandqual-

ityofDSIamongitsmembersandacross

the globe in delivering what the member-

shipneedsandwants.Inaddition,she

providesareportonthecompositionof

DSImembers.Itisveryinterestingtosee

DSI’sreachacrosstheglobe.Although

members from the United States hold the

majority(69%),thispercentagehasseen

adeclinefrompreviousyears.Thisisan

indicationthatDSIisslowly,butsurely

spreadingitswingsacrosstheglobe.

Furthermore, in her report you read about

thenewmembershipratethatisineffect

asofJuly1,2019.

Thereareseveralannouncementsand

invitations to apply or nominate for the

co-editorshipofDSJ,editorshipforDSJIE,

DSI board membership, and Carol Latta

Award for Outstanding Early Career

Scholarship.

Inthisissueofthe“FromtheBookshelf,”

you read a review of the latest book from

thewellknownresearcherandauthor

Dr.RichardJ.Schonberger.Thebookis

titled“FlowofManufacturing-WhatWent

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Right, What Went Wrong (101 min-Case

StudiesThatRevealLean’sSuccessand

Failures.”Thebookisdividedintothree

sectionsandeachsectioncoversthree

differentdecadesfrom1980s,1990’s,and

2000.Eachsectioncontainsanumber

ofcaselets.Eachsectioncoversavery

interestingrangeoftopics.Iencourage

you to read this review and ultimately the

book,soyoucanjudgeforyourselfhow

thedifferentcompaniesreactedtothe

everchangingbusinessenvironment.

ThenextsectionofDLisdevotedto

variousnews,highlights,callforpapers,

andlistofregionalofficersfromdifferent

regionsofDSI.Ifyouhaveanyquestions

about a region or are interested to learn

moreaboutaregion,pleasecommunicate

witheachregion’spresidentortheirof-

ficersdirectly.

Iencourageyou,ourreader,toshareyour

opinions, ideas with us by writing and

sendingittomeatmebrahimpour@uri.

edu, or you may send it to the feature edi-

torsasshownonthispage.Iamlooking

forwardtoreadingyourarticlesforinclu-

sioninafutureissueofDecisionLine.

Maling Ebrahimpour, PhD Editor

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Keynote or plenary speakers add value, offer expertise

andinsight,andofteninspireaudiences.Atthisyear’s

2019DSIAnnualConference,twokeynotesessions

scheduledplantodojustthat.RahulBasolewillopen

withhisaddresstitled“StrategyandStructure:Visual-

izingComplexEcosystems”takingplaceonSaturday,

November23.FollowingonSunday,AnubhavShrivas-

tavaandDaleRogerswilloffer“TechnologyPowering

theEvolutionofSupplyChainFinancing.”

BasoleisManagingDirectorandGlobalLeadforVisu-

alDataScienceatAccenture,focusingondeveloping

anddeliveringnewcompetenciesattheintersectionof

visualanalytics,datascience,andstrategy.Hisexper-

tiseincludesadvancingandapplyingnovel,interactive,

andhuman-centeredvisualanalyticapproachesto

understandingandmanagingcomplexenterprisesand

ecosystemsandbringingeffectivedata-drivenvisual

solutionstotheC-suite.

Rahul is a globally

recognizedthought

leader in visual data

scienceandstrategy

and his award-win-

ning work has been

published in leading

managementsci-

ence,computing,and

engineering journals

andconferences.HeisaSeniorMemberoftheACM

andIEEE.

In his prior role, he was a tenured professor in the

SchoolofInteractiveComputingatGeorgiaTechanda

corememberoftheVISLab.HewasalsoaDirectorof

theInstituteforPeople&Technology,afacultymember

oftheGVUInstitute,andaVisitingScholaratStanford

University.

Rahul Basole

FollowingBasoleonthescheduleisAnubhavShriv-

astava,CitibankandDaleRogers,ArizonaState

University,withtheirpresentationtitled“Technology

PoweringtheEvolutionofSupplyChainFinanc-

ing.”Togethertheywilldescribetheeffectbetween

thecombinationofsupplychainmanagementand

finance.Poweredbytechnology,SupplyChain

Financingallowsformanagerstomakedifferentdeci-

sionswhentheyareworkingtoreducecosts,improve

service,andincreasethevalueofthefirm.

Shrivastavacurrentlyheads

theNorthAmericaMarket

Management team within

Citi’s Treasury and Trade

Services.Heisprimarily

responsibleforsalesexecu-

tion and program ramp up

acrossTradeProducts

as well as drive revenue

through pipeline develop-

mentandsalesactivity.

Prior to this role, Shrivastava was heading the Sup-

plierFinancebusinessinNorthAmericaatCitiand

hewasmanagingthebusinessP&Laswelldefining

productvisionandstrategy,andleadingnewproduct

development.

Before joining Trade, Shrivastava was the Busi-

nessDevelopmentManagerforSecuritiesandFund

Services(SFS)businesswherehewasmanaginga

rangeofM&Atransactionstodriveinorganicgrowth

forSFS.

A native of India, Shrivastava holds an MBA in Fi-

nance&AccountingfromUniversityofRochesterand

aBSinComputerSciencefromUniversityInstituteof

Technology,India.

RogersistheONSemiconductorProfessorofBusi-

ness at the Supply Chain Management department

atArizonaStateUniversity.HeisalsotheDirector

oftheFrontierEconomiesLogisticsLabandtheCo-

DirectoroftheInternetedgeSupplyChainLabASU.

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Sustainability,andReverseLogisticsPracticesfor

ILOS-InstitutodeLogísticae

Supply Chain in Rio de Janeiro,

Brazil.In2012hebecamethe

firstacademictoreceivethe

International Warehouse and

LogisticsAssociationDistin-

guishedServiceAwardinits

130-yearhistory.HeisaBoard

Advisor to Flexe, Enterra Solu-

tions and Droneventory and is

a founding board member of

theGlobalSupplyChainResiliencyCouncil,Reverse

LogisticsandSustainabilityCouncilandservesonthe

boardofdirectorsfortheOrganizaciónMundialde

CiudadesyPlataformasLogísticas.

Rogersisaleadingresearcherinthefieldsofreverse

logistics,sustainablesupplychainmanagement,sup-

plychainfinanceandsecondarymarkets,haspub-

lishedintheleadingjournalsofthesupplychainand

logisticsfields.Hehasbeenprincipalinvestigatoron

researchgrantsfromnumerousorganizations.Heis

a senior editor at the Rutgers Business Journal, area

editoratAnnalsofManagementScience,andassoci-

ateeditoroftheJournalofBusinessLogisticsandthe

JournalofSupplyChainManagement.

Rogershasmademorethan300presentationsto

professionalorganizationsandhasbeenafaculty

memberinnumerousexecutiveeducationprograms

at universities in the United States, China, Europe and

SouthAmericaaswellasatmajorcorporationsand

professionalorganizations.Dr.Rogershasbeena

consultanttoseveralcompaniesandaprincipalinves-

tigatoronresearchgrantsfromnumerousorganiza-

tionsandistheauthorofanewbookonthesubject

ofSupplyChainFinancingalongwithRudiLeuschner

andTomChoi.

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DSI TO OFFER OVER 40 WORKSHOPS, PANELS AT CONFERENCE

Atthisyear’sannualconference,DSIisproudtooffer

over35professionaldevelopmentworkshops,panels

andtutorialsessions.Manyarenewtotheprogram

thisyear.Belowisabriefdescriptionofmanyofthe

workshopstobefoundintheconferenceschedule.

Be sure to highlight several of these on your personal

schedule.

RESEARCH METHODOLGIES

An Introduction to R Software

ThisworkshopintroducesthebasicsofRbyanalyzing

datasetsfromWooldridge(2015).Thetutorialbegins

withanintroductionofbasicconcepts.Next,econo-

metricexampleswillbeillustratedinR.Connections

anddifferencesbetweenRandothersoftwarewillbe

discussed.Finally,visualizingandexportingtheresults

areillustrated.

Kedong Chen, Old Dominion University

Behavioral Research and Experimentation in Opera-tions Management

Inthisworkshop,wewilldiscussresearchinbehav-

ioraloperationsandsupplychainmanagement,the

theoreticalfoundationsthatprovidethebasisformuch

oftheworkinourfield,andtheimplicationsofdrawing

fromsuchvariedbackgrounds.Thisyear,therewillbe

afocusonusingonlinelabormarkets,(e.g.Amazon’s

MTurk),toacquiresubjectsforbehaviorexperiments.

Weplantodiscussthebenefitsofdoingso,common

reviewercritiquesandhowtoaddressthem,andsome

ofthechallengesresearcherscanexpecttofacewhen

leveragingthispoolandwhattodoaboutthem.

Travis Tokar, Texas Christian University

Blockchain and Supply Chains: Bounty or Bluster?

Blockchainisanessentiallycontestedconcept.This

workshopbeginswithopendiscussionandevaluation

arounditspromiseandlimitationsforsupplychain

management.Wewillmovequicklyintoadvanced

discussion.Breakoutgroupsaroundtopicsofblock-

chainresearchwillbeledbyresearchersand/orprac-

titionerswithquestionsdeveloped.Aresearchagenda

withpropositionswillbeaworkshopoutcome.

Joseph Sarkis,WorcesterPolytechnicInstitute

Conducting Experiments with Agent Based Simula-tion

Thisworkshopfocusesonconductingexperiments

usingNetLogo.Theworkshopstartswithintroduc-

ing business usages of agent-based simulation in

general.Thenanexampleispresentedtoshowhow

tobuildsimulationinNetLogo,andhowtoconduct

experimentsusingbehaviorspace.Finally,exporting

resultsandbasicdataanalysisareillustrated.

Yuhong Li, Old Dominion University

Dealing with Endogeneity

Edogeneity poses

a threat to many

empiricalstudies.

This workshop

firstprovidesan

overviewoftheendogeneityproblem.Next,since

instrumental variable regression is the most prevalent

techniquefordealingwithendogeneityintheopera-

tions management literature, we perform a step by

step walk-through of instrumental variable regression

techniquesusingapubliclyavailabledataset.

David Peng, University of Houston

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Dealing with Messy Data

Empiricalresearchersareincreasinglydrawntocurate

auniquedatasetbyusingavarietyofsecondarydata

sources.Oneofthekeyprerequisitestoanysuch

empiricalresearchistocleanupdatasources.Inthis

workshop, I will explain general data management

strategies,introducecommonsituationswheremessy

dataarises,andprovidepracticaltutorialsondealing

withmessydata.

Hyunwoo Park, The Ohio State University

How to Identify Questions for Impactful and Sus-tained Research?

Juniorresearchersfacethechallengeofidentifyinga

researchtopicwhichisimpactfulonbothliteratureand

industry.Atthesametime,itishardtodevelopsuch

aresearchtopictoasustainedresearchstream.We

inviteapanelofwell-establishedscholarsinsupply

chainmanagementwhohaveturnedsuchchallenges

intoopportunitiesandestablishedaprofileofsustained

research.Theywillsharetheirexperiencesinidentify-

ingimpactfulandsustainedresearchquestions.

Xiang(Sean)Wan,TheOhioStateUniversity

M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, The Ohio State Uni-

versity

Asoo Vakharia, University of Florida

John Gray, The Ohio State University

Thomas Kull,ArizonaStateUniversity

Looking to the Future: Interdisciplinary Research in the Age of Big Data and Digitization

Bigdataanddigitaltechnologiesaretransforming

organizationaldecision-making.Inthisinteractive

session,NadaSanders,President,Productionand

OperationsManagementSociety,andJasonThatcher,

ImmediatePastPresident,AssociationforInformation

Systems,willsharetheirperspectivesoninterdisciplin-

aryresearch.Workshopattendeeswillthenbrainstorm

andidentifyinterestingavenuesforfutureresearch.

Janet Hartley, Bowling Green State University

Nada Sanders,NortheasternUniversity

Jason Thatcher, University of Alabama

Mediation and Moderation Analysis

Mediationandmoderationanalysestechniquesrepre-

sentusefulapproachescapableofprovidingrigorous,

nuanced,andmeaningfulinsightsthatadvanceOM,

SCM,andIStheoryandpractice.Thisworkshopwill

feature authors of mediation and moderation studies

fromDSJ,JOM,JBL,andothertopjournals.Hypoth-

esesformulationandanalyticapproacheswillbe

discussed.

David Dobrzykowski, University of Arkansas

Research Forum: Complex Adaptive Supply Network Research Accelerator (CASN-RA)

Researchteamsattendingthe2019CASN-RA

meetingwillprovideabriefoverviewoftheircur-

rentresearchtopicsandengageinaninteractive

discussionwithworkshopattendees.Theobjective

oftheCASN-RAistoadvancethescienceofsupply

networks and sustainability management by studying

supplynetworksandsustainabilityascomplexadap-

tivesystems.CASN-RAmeetsbiannuallytodiscuss

anddevelopresearchtopicssuitableforpublicationin

recognizedSCMjournals.

David Novak, University of Vermont

Paradigms for Parity in Advancing Women Leader-ship in Supply Chain and Operations Management

Womenareincreasinglyenteringoperationsandsup-

plychainmanagement(SC/OM).Yetthepaceofad-

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vancementofpromisingwomenintoleadershiproles

istooslow.Thissessiondevelopsmultipleparadigms

ofthechallengesandopportunitiesfortheSC/OMfield

tobringgenderequalityintoitsupperechelons—Full

Professorrank,EndowedChair,ProfessionalSociety

Fellows,Sr.EditorialLeadership,etc.–by2025.Senior

femaleandmaleacademicscholarswilldiscussthe

issuesandstrategiesforchangingthedynamics.We

willconcludewithachallengingagendathathasthe

potentialtomakethe2025goalareality.

Funda Sahin, University of Houston

Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning

Thisworkshopisaimedtowardsintroducingthe

emergentfieldofpredictiveanalyticsinoperations

managementresearch.Emergenceoflargesecondary

datasets in several areas of operations management

suchasnewproductdevelopment,productfailures,

retailoperations,healthcaremanagement,manufac-

turingoperationsandserviceoperationshavenot

onlyenabledresearcherstoaddressnewquestionsin

operationalmanagementbutalso,enabledresearch-

erstohaveanewlookattraditionalquestions.Real

operations management is promised to undergo

unprecededmetamorphosisduetoincorporationof

predictiveanalytics,decisionsupportsystemsandarti-

ficialintelligenceinseveralfields.However,toenable

thepotentialofpredictiveanalyticsinoperationsman-

agementpracticeandresearch,itisessentialtobe

abletousenewtypesofdatasuchastextdatafrom

socialmedia,imageandvideosbaseddata,sparse

geneticdata,etc.,andnewanalyticalmethodssuchas

machinelearningandnon-parametricstatisticsbased

methods.

This workshop is aimed at providing an overview of

predictiveanalyticsandthestateofresearchusing

predictiveanalyticsoncomplexandlargedatasets.

Therearetwobroadcomponentstotheworkshop.

First,theworkshopwilldiscussgeneraltopicsrelated

topredictiveanalyticssuchasthedifferencebetween

explanatorycausalmodelingandpredictiveanalytic

modelingofdata,characteristicsofbigdata,andgen-

eralmethodsthatcanbeusedforpredictiveanalytics.

Second,theworkshopwillintroduceafewillustra-

tiveexamplesofresearchusingpredictiveanalytics.

Specifically,weintendtodiscussthreeexamples

fromhealthcareanalytics,productmanagement,and

socialmedialanalytics.Thisworkshopwillhopefully

motivateresearcherstolookintopredictiveanalytic

methodsasapotentialtoolforresearchinoperations

management.Additionally,thiswillintroducepredic-

tiveanalyticsinoperationsmanagementtoaspiring

researcherswhointendtodelveintopredictiveanalyt-

icsusinglargeandcomplexdatasets.

Ujjal Kumar, University of Illinois

Research Funding Opportunities at the Association for Supply Chain Management (ACM).

Astheleadingglobalassociationservingsupplychain

professionalsandorganizations,ASCMrecentlyes-

tablishedasupplychainresearchgrantsprogram.To

date,ASCMhasfundedalmost$500,000inresearch;

this workshop not only highlights the seven studies

nowunderwaybutalsodescribesthegrantsolicitation

currentlyopenfor2019–2020.

Markham Frohlich, Indiana University

Research Opportunities in Public Sector Operations Management

Participants,notedProfessorsandeditorsofPublic

Managementjournals,willdiscussresearchop-

portunitiesforOperationsManagementscholarsin

thebroaddomainofpublicadministrationbasedon

recenttrendsandconceptualandmethodological

similarities.

Gyula Vastag,SzéchenyiIstvánUniversity

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Research Opportunities in Supply Chain Finance

Supplychainfinancinglooksatthemovementofmon-

eyinthesupplychain.Itdealswithhoworganizations

usesupplychaintogetfundingandhowsupplychain

canuseorganizationstogetfunding.Wewilldiscuss

emergingissuesandconsiderresearchopportunities.

Thomas Choi,ArizonaStateUniversity

Theorizing via Metaphorical Transfer for SCM Re-search

ThereisaneedfortheoriesinSCM.Duringthiswork-

shop,attendeeslearnhowtotheorizeviathemethod

ofmetaphoricaltransfer.Handoutstofacilitatethe

executionofmetaphoricaltransferwillbeprovided.

Yi Su Chen,UniversityofMichigan-Dearborn

M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, The Ohio State Uni-

versity

Understanding Africa in the Global Supply Chain

Africancountriesarebedeviledwithchallengesthat

hampersupplychainoperations.Yettherearesuccess

storiesofnovelbusinessmodelsandsupplychain

practicesthatcouldenrichtheSCMdiscipline.This

PDWaimstoshedlightonsuchpracticesandexplore

waysofbringingAfricaintothemainstreamSCM

discipline.

Adegoke Oke,ArizonaStateUniversity

Uses of Data Visualization across the Research Cycle: Opportunities and Disciplinary Caveats

Panelistswillexaminehowdatavisualizationcan

beleveragedto(a)confirmandrefineassumptions,

(b)informtheoreticallyconstructedmodelsandtheir

flaws,and(c)facilitatedialoguesandsubsequent

datacollection.Wewillconsiderdisciplinarybiasesin

bothinterpretationanddesignthatcanhinderthese

applicationsintheresearchcycle.

Elliot Bendoly, The Ohio State University

Using Bloomberg Data in SCM Research

“ResearchutilizingBloombergdataisontherisein

SCMorientedjournals.Thisdatasourceispromising

asitprovidesnuancedperspectivesintosuppliers,

customers,managementteams,andenvironmental

performanceoffocalfirms.However,thedatafea-

tureschallengesrelatedtoaccessandscope.This

paneldiscussestheopportunitiesandchallenges.”

Matthew Schwieterman,MichiganStateUniversity

Isaac Elking, University of Houston Downtown

John-Patrick Paraskevas, Miami University

PUBLISHING

Crafting a Journal Submission that Makes a Theo-retical Contribution

Thisworkshopfocusesondevelopmentofresearch

journalsubmissionsthatmakeatheoreticalcontribu-

tion,whichisaproblemthatmanyauthorsstruggle

with.Topicscoveredincludewhymakingacon-

tributiontotheoryisimportant;useoftheoryasa

roadmap;whatconstitutesatheoreticalcontribution;

alignmentoftheoreticalperspectivewiththeresearch

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problem,datacollectionapproachanddataanalysis

strategy;andissuesandopportunitieswithdeductive

andinductivetheoreticalapproachesinoperations

andsupplychainmanagementresearch.Journaledi-

torswillprovideexamplesofeffectiveandineffective

approachestomakingatheoreticalcontribution,as

wellasarticulatingthedifferencesbetweenvarious

journals’perspectivesontheoreticalcontributions.

Wendy Tate, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

How to Write the Introduction to your Paper

Introductionisoneofthemostimportantpartsofa

researchpaperthatcapturesareader’sattention.In

thisworkshop,participantswilllearnkeyideasaround

framingintroductiontotheirresearchpapers.Partici-

pantswillgetpracticecraftingintroductiontotheirown

papers.Theworkshopisintendedforearlyresearch-

ers.

Sriram Narayanan,MichiganStateUniversity

Paper Development Workshop

The Paper Development Workshop is intended to help

newauthorssuccessfullypublishtheirresearchin

DecisionSciencesJournal,theofficialjournalofthe

DecisionSciencesInstitute.

Eligibility: Tobeeligibleforconsideration:

1. Author or author teams must not have previously

publishedinDecisionSciencesJournal.

2. Submittedmanuscriptsmustnotbeunderpublica-

tionconsiderationatanyjournalbeforeNovember

23,2019.

3. Eachauthororauthorteamcansubmitoneand

onlyonemanuscripttotheworkshop.Ifmorethan

oneissubmitted,thefirstonewillbethedefaultto

beconsidered.

Submission Requirements: CV for the author and/

orallmembersoftheauthoringteam.

Submission Procedure:• AllsubmissionsmustbereceivedbyAugust15,

2019.

• Submissions must be emailed to [email protected].

• Asubmission,onceaccepted,willbepairedwith

oneormoremembersoftherespectiveeditorial

team(e.g.,anAssociateEditororaReviewer).

Communicationscanthenoccurbetweenthe

author(s)andtheselectededitorialteammembers.

• Author(s)willmeetwiththeselectededitorialteam

member(s)atthe2019AnnualMeetingoftheDeci-

sionSciencesInstitutetoworkonfinalizingtheir

submissionstoDSJ.

• Finalizedsubmissionsareexpectedtobesubmitted

to DSJ for formal review soon after the 2019 Annual

MeetingoftheDecisionSciencesInstitutepasses.

Seeconferencewebsitefordetailsandtosubmit.

Joy Field, Boston College

Publishing in DSJIE Workshop

Publishing in DSJIE is one of two workshops to help

newauthorssuccessfullypublishtheirresearchin

officialjournalsoftheDecisionSciencesInstitute:De-

cisionScienceJournal(DSJ)andDecisionSciences

JournalofInnovativeEducation(DSJIE).

Eligibility: Tobeeligibleforconsideration:

1. Authororauthorteamsmustnothavepublished

previouslyinDSJIE.

2. Submittedmanuscriptsmustnotbeunderpublica-

tionconsiderationatanyjournalbeforeNovember

30,2019.

3. Eachauthororauthorteamcansubmitoneand

onlyonemanuscripttotheworkshop.Ifmorethan

oneissubmitted,thefirstonewillbethedefaultto

beconsidered.

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Submission Requirements: CV for the author and

allmembersoftheauthoringteam.Amanuscript.

Submission Procedure:• AllsubmissionsmustbereceivedbySeptember13,

2019.

• Submissions must be emailed to drake987@duq.

edu.

• Asubmission,onceaccepted,willbepairedwith

oneormoremembersoftherespectiveeditorial

team(e.g.,anAssociateEditororaReviewer).

• Communicationscanthenoccurbetweenthe

author(s)andtheselectededitorialteammembers.

• Author(s)willmeetwiththeselectededitorialteam

member(s)atthe2018AnnualMeetingoftheDeci-

sionSciencesInstitutetoworkonfinalizingtheir

submissionstoDSJIE.

• Finalizedsubmissionsareexpectedtobesubmit-

ted to DSJIE for formal review soon after the 2019

AnnualMeetingoftheDecisionSciencesInstitute

passes.

Matthew Drake,DuquesneUniversity

Receiving and Providing Benefits from Reviewing Manuscripts

Reviewingmanuscriptsisakeyserviceactivityfor

researchers.Notonlyisthisactivitycriticaltothe

developmentofnewknowledge,butcanalsocontrib-

utetothedevelopmentofeachreviewer’sresearch

knowledgeandskillset.Wewillnotonlyfocusonhow

tobestcraftusefulreviews,butalsoonhowtolearnas

areviewerfromthereviewprocess.Thisworkshopis

gearedtowardsstudents,juniorfacultyandallothers

thatseektoimprovetheirmanuscriptreviewingskill

set.Theworkshopwillalsoincludeapaneldiscussion

withexcellentreviewers,AEsandDEsthathavewon

awardsfromleadingjournals(DSJ,JOM,POMetc.).

Rachna Shah, University of Minnesota

Responding Effectively to Reviewer Comments

Forauthorsusingsecondarydataandeconometric

specification,respondingeffectivelytoreview-team’s

commentsisincreasinglychallenging.Inthissession,

wewillshareafewapproachesthathavebeenused

successfullytorespondtocommentsrelatedtospe-

cificmethods(e.g.hazard-model)andspecificissues

(e.g.endogeneity).

Alan Mackelprang, Georgia Southern University

TEACHING

A Quick Review of AACSB Accreditation Process and Faculty Involvement

Inthisworkshoptheparticipantwillgetfamiliaritywith

theAACSBstandardsandprocessesandlearnwhat

rolefacultycanplaytoassureasmoothprocessfor

theinitialaccreditationorContinuousImprovement

(re-accreditation).Inaddition,anoverviewofthemain

databaseexistedwithintheAACSBwillbepresented.

Maling Ebrahimpour, University of Rhode Island

Effective Course Design for Gen Z: How to Engage Today’s Tech Savvy, Entrepreneurial Learners

Today’sstudentshavegrownupwithtechnology,

oftenusingtheinternetandsmartphonessincebirth.

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Instructingtheselearnersrequiresashiftinpedagogy

toengageandeducate.Inthisworkshop,discover

avarietyofmethodsfortacklingthechangefrom

scholarsrepresentingmultipledisciplines.Tipswillbe

sharedonwaysfacultycandesigninnovativecourses,

administratorscansupportthiscreativityincoursede-

sign,andthelargeruniversitycanbacktheseefforts.

Practicalhowtoadvicewillalsobesharedtoboost

studentsuccessfromthefirstclasssessiontothelast,

whethertheinstructorsaredeliveringface-to-faceor

remotely.

Karen Eboch, Bowling Green State University

Facilitating Effective and Inclusive Student Teams through Holistic Pedagogy

Collegestudentstodayseekinclusivity,collegiality,and

interdisciplinarycurricula.Thisinteractiveworkshop

willdisseminateresearchonpedagogicalstrategiesfor

achievingtheseendsthroughstudentteams.Practical

exampleswillbesharedincludingaprimerforachiev-

inggreaterchemistry,diversityofteams,andresults-

orientedteamworkthatproducesbothacademicand

careeroutcomes.

Seth Powless, Earlham College

Sarah Sengupta,St.CloudStateUniversity

Integrated Strategic Management

Thisworkshopwillintroducethepedagogicalben-

efitsofIntegratedStrategicManagement,acapstone

courseinChicagoBooth’sMBAcurriculum.Thecourse

challengescompetingstudentteamstointegrate

knowledgefrommultipledisciplinesinordertogrowa

strugglingstartupintoavaluablebusinessinacontinu-

oustime,evolving,simulatedmarketenvironment.We

willdiscussthesimulation,ourlearningobjectives,

measuresofsuccessandstudentfeedback.

Kathleen Fitzgerald,UniversityofChicago

Teaching in the Global Context

This panel uses multiple lenses to explore trends,

opportunities,andchallengesassociatedwithteach-

ingindifferentgeographicandprogrammaticen-

vironments.Panelistswithextensiveteachingand

administrativeexperienceinavarietyofsettingswill

sharestrategiesandinsightsonhowtoeffectively

deliverhighqualityinstructionunderdifferentcultural

contexts.

Vijay Kannan, Utah State University

Wendy Tate, University of Tennessee

M. Venkataramanan, Indiana University

Norma Harrison,MacquarieUniversity

Constantin Blome, University of Sussex

The Omni-Channel of Course Delivery – Conven-tional, Online, MOOCs, Hybrid/Blended, and the Premium Each can Offer

Inthisworkshop,wewilldiscusshowonlineand

blendedlearningisrevolutionizingtheeducationland-

scape.Tothatend,wewillexploretheexperienceof

theMITSupplyChainManagementProgram.Wewill

follow the journey of this program from traditional in

class-roomeducationtoamassiveonlinecredential

programandhybridonlineandin-classroomeduca-

tionalformatsforcertificates,credentials,andMasters

degrees,reachingeagerstudentsaroundtheworld.

Tobetterunderstandthevalueofeachoftheseedu-

cationalformats,wewilldiscuss(i)thepremiumeach

channelcanoffer,(ii)whichchannelismoreappropri-

ateforwhattypeofcontent(iii)whichformatismore

appropriateforeachchannel.

Eva Maria Ponce Cueto,MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology

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Veryearlyon,BoardmembersoftheAmericanInsti-

tuteforDecisionSciences,nowtheDecisionSciences

Institute(DSI),knewofferingprofessionaldevelopment

opportunitiesattheannualconferenceswasimportant

toaddvaluetoitsprogram.Today,workshops,panel

discussionsandconsortiacontinuethattradition.

Fourconsortiaareonceagainofferedatthe2019DSI

AnnualConference.Allconsortiarequireanemail

requesttoparticipate.Emailmustbereceivednolater

thanOctober1.Allparticipantsmustberegisteredfor

theAnnualConference,howeverthereisnoadditional

chargeforparticipationintheconsortia.Someschools

mayprovidemonetarysupporttoattend,soitisrecom-

mendedtoinvestigatetheseopportunities.Details

specifictoeachconsortiaofferedareincludedinthe

summariesbelow.

Pre-Proposal Ph.D. Consortium

TheDoctoralStudentConsortiumforPre-Proposal

DefenseStudentsisdesignedspecificallyfordoctoral

studentsintheearlystagesoftheirPh.D.program.

TheConsortiumprovidesanenvironmentinwhichdoc-

toralstudentscanlearnmoreaboutsucceedingintheir

doctoralprogram,managingtimesuccessfully,finding

adissertationtopic,

findinganadvisor,

enteringtheaca-

demicprofession,

andparticipatingin

and getting the most

outoftheDecision

SciencesInstitute

anditsactivities.

The Consortium

willincludeinterac-

tivediscussionsessionsaimedatthesegoals.The

missionistohelpcandidatesmakethemostoftheir

doctoralprogramandestablishprofessionalnetworks

withcolleagueswhosharesimilarresearchinterests.

How and By When to Apply?Pleasesendanemail,byOctober1,2019,toconfer-

[email protected]

participationintheConsortium.Youremailshould:1)

IndicateyourinterestinparticipatingintheConsor-

tiumandtheapprovalofyourdepartmentfacultyadvi-

sororchairperson,and2)includealistofquestions

withthechallengesyouhavehadoranticipateinthe

firsttwoyearsofyourprogram.

Consortia Coordinator

Cindy Wallin, Brigham Young University

Post-Proposal Ph.D. Consortium

The PhD Students Consortium Post-Proposal De-

fense Stage is offered to individuals who are well into

theirdoctoralstudies(normallywithin1-2yearsfrom

graduation).Studentspursuingtheirdoctoratesin

decisionsciences,operationsmanagement,manage-

mentinformationsystems,managementscience,and

relatedbusinessfieldsareallwelcome.TheConsor-

tiumwillincludeparticipativeandinteractivesessions

focusingoncareergoals,researchstrategiesand

publishing,jobsearchissues,placementservices,

manuscriptreviewing,andpromotionandtenure.

How and By When to Apply?ToparticipateintheDoctoralConsortiumforPost-

Proposal Defense Students, please send an email

to [email protected],

2019.Theemailmaycomefromthestudentapplicant

or,preferably,fromthefacultyadvisor.Moreimpor-

tantly,theemailshould:

• Introducethestudentapplicantandexplicitlyindi-

catethestudent’s:

• Progresswithinthedoctoralprogram

• Majorfieldofstudy





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• Anticipatedgraduationdate

• Contactemailinformation

• Attachthecurrentcurriculumvitaofthestudent

Becauseseatingislimited,interestedstudentsshould

applyearly.ApplicationsreceivedafterOctober1,2019

willbeconsideredonlyifspaceisavailable.


Yan Dong, University of South Carolina

New Faculty Development Consortium

TheNewFacultyDevelopmentConsortium(NFDC)

isaprogramintendedforfacultywhoareintheinitial

stagesoftheiracademiccareersdefinedasfaculty

whoreceivedtheirdoctoratedegreesintheyears

2017to2019.ParticipateintheNFDCinordertogain

insightsintohowtolaunchandsustainasuccessful

professionalcareerinacademe.

Thetentativeprogramwillinclude:

• Presentationsbyseniorfacultyonpublicationstrat-

egies in OM/SCM journals

• Paneldiscussionfromnewlytenuredassociate

professorsonsurvivingthetenureprocess

• Paneldiscussionaboutcareerpathsregarding

researchandadministration

• Roundtablediscussions

• Networkingopportunities

How and By When to Apply?TobeconsideredforparticipationintheNFDC,please

send an e-mail to [email protected].

YouremailshouldbereceivedbyOctober1,2019and

should:

1)Indicatewhyyouwishtobeselectedforparticipation

(lessthandoublespacedonepage),2)includeyour

currentCV,and3)listfivequestionsthatyouwouldlike

answeredinordertoadvanceyourprofessionalcareer.

ParticipationintheNFDCislimited,applicationsre-

ceivedafterOctober1,2019willreceiveconsideration

onaspace-availablebasis.


Yi-Su Chen,UniversityofMichigan

Mid-Career Faculty Development Consortium

TheMid-CareerFacultyDevelopmentConsortium

(MCFDC)isaprogramintendedtoprovideaforumfor

facultywhohavereceivedtenurewithinthelastthree

yearsandarecontemplatingwhattypesofchanges

areappropriateforthemtoachievetheirgoalsand

careeraspirations.

Oncetenured,facultyarepresentedwithnewop-

portunitiestoenhancetheircareerandcontributeto

theirinstitutionsandtheprofession.Themainobjec-

tiveoftheMid-CareerFacultyDevelopmentConsor-

tium(MCFDC)istoassistfacultywhohaverecently

passed one of the most important milestones, tenure,

toplanafulfillingandrewardingcareer.Thisconsor-

tiumwilldiscussopportunitiesandhelpparticipants

figureoutwhichdirectionsarebestforthem.

How and By When to Apply?TobeconsideredforparticipationintheMCFDC,

please send an e-mail to conference@decisionscienc-

es.org.YouremailshouldbereceivedbyOctober1,

2019andincludethefollowing:1)Whyyouwishto

beselectedforparticipationintheMCFDC,2)your

currentCV,and3)alistoffivequestionsthatyou

wouldlikeansweredinordertoadvanceyourprofes-

sionalcareer.

ParticipationintheMCFDCislimited.Prioritywillbe

giventoapplicationsreceivedbyOctober1,2019.Ap-

plicationsreceivedafterwardswillbeconsideredona

space-availablebasis.


Amit Eynan,RichmondUniversity




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DSIisofferingatouroftheNASAMichoudAssembly

FacilityinNewOrleansonFriday,November22,2019.

Thetourwillbeavailabletothefirst452019DSIAn-

nualConferenceattendeeswhowishtoparticipate.

Registration for the plant tour is available during the

registrationprocessfortheannualconference.Once

the45slotshavebeenfilled,thosewhowishtopartici-

patemayrequesttobeplacedonawaitlist.

ABOUT NASA MICHOUD ASSEMBLY FACILITY

TheNASAMichoudAssemblyFacilityisaworld-

classmanufacturingfacilityprovidingvitalsupportto

NASAexplorationanddiscoverymissions.Michoudis

uniqueinthatitcontainsoneofthelargestproduction

buildingsinthenation.Itsverticalassemblybuilding

provedacriticalresourceforstackingcomponentsof

thespaceshuttleexternaltank,whichwasconstructed,

testedanddeliveredtoNASA’sKennedySpaceCenter

byMichoudthroughouttheSpaceShuttleProgram.

Between1979and2010,thefacilityproduced136

tanks;onlyoneofthesewasneverusedforspace-

flight.

Today,Michoudsupportsseveralmajorprojectsfor

America’snextgenerationofspacetransportationve-

hicles,includingNASA’sSpaceLaunchSystem(SLS)

heavy-liftrocket,managedbyMarshall,andtheOrion

spacecraft,managedbyJohnsonSpaceCenter.Mi-

choud’shighlyskilledworkforceismanufacturingand

assemblingOrionandalsowillbuildthecriticalcore

stageoftheSLS,whichisintendedtotakehumanex-

plorersfartherintooursolarsystemthaneverbefore.

ParticipantswillleavetheNewOrleansMarriottat12

noonandreturnbefore5pmonFriday,November22.

Tourwillbelimitedto45participantsonafirst-come,

first-servebasis.Transportationto/fromtheconfer-

encehosthotelwillbeprovidedbyDSI.Allpartici-

pants must be ready to depart the hotel by 12 noon

onFriday.

Early Regular Late/OnsiteDeadline/Registerby Sept.13 Oct.28 Oct.29-Nov25

Regular:Domestic/International $450 $550 $600

Emeritus $225 $250 $275

Student $140 $160 $185

CONFERENCE INFORMATION

RegistrationRegistrationisnowopen–Registerearlytoreceivethebestrate.

INFO

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ION

Inordertoregisterfortheconference,allmembers

mustbeactiveDSImembers.Ifyouhavenotjoinedor

createdyourDSIGrowthZoneaccount,pleasedoso.

ToaccessGrowthZoneforthefirsttimemembers

mustfirstactivatetheiraccountbydoingthefollowing:

1. Go to the DSI website (www.decisionsciences.org.)

www.decisionsciences


OrleansMarriotdedicatesmorethan80,000square

feetforbusinessevents,comprisedofballroomsand

meetingrooms.Theawardwinninghotelistheonly

hotelthathasmeetingrooms37floorsaboveallother

hotelmeetingfacilities.Ahandfulofmeetingrooms

aredesignedtoallowGueststoexperiencespec-

tacularviewsoftheMardiGrascitywhileattending

presentations.OverlookingtheMississippiRiver,the

hotelistheseventhtallestbuildinginNewOrleans.

Guestscanimmersethemselvesinthenightlifeofthe

BigEasywithconvenientaccesstothebestrestau-

rants,livemusicandentertainment.Thehosthotelis

juststepsawayfromthelegendaryFrenchQuarter

andotherhistoricallandmarksincludingJackson

SquareGardenandtheSt.LouisCathedral.

Be sure to make your hotel reservations at the host

hotelbeforethedeadlineofOctober31.DSIiscon-

tractedwiththeNewOrleansMarriottforroomrates

of$190pernightforsingleordoubleoccupancy.You

canmakeareservationusingtheonlineportalfound

ontheDSIwebsiteorcallthehoteldirectlyat504-

581-1000andreferenceDecisionSciencesInstitute

AnnualMeeting2019toreceivetheblockrate.

ForallthingsDSI2019AnnualConference–visitthe

conferencewebsiteat:www.decisionsciences.org.

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corner.

3. DONOTenteraUserNameorPassword.Atthe

bottom,clickonCreateanAccount.

4. YouwillthenbeaskedtoenteryourFirstName,

LastNameandemailaddress.Thiswillgenerate

anemailwhichwillbesenttoyouwithin30sec-

onds.Thisemailwillcontainyourusernameand

youcanthencreateyournewpassword.Thiswill

bringyouintothenewsystem.Youwillonlyhave

todothisthefirsttimeyouenterGrowthZone.

OnceyouenterGrowthZone,edit/updateanycontact

informationwehaveonfileforyou.DothisviatheMy

Infolinkontheleftsidebar.Thereyoucanedit/add

address, email, phone, Position/Title, Division, Region

affiliationandPrimaryandSecondaryAcademicInter-

ests.Thisinformationwillbeparticularlyusefulaswe

moveforwardwithourCollegesandSpecialInterest

Groups.Iurgeyoutoupdatethesefields,particularly

theDivisionandPrimaryRegionfields,toenableyou

to vote for your preferred VP’s on the DSI Board and

anyregionalboardelectionyouareaffiliatedwith.

ContacttheDSIHomeOfficewithanyquestions–

[email protected].

HOST HOTEL – NEW ORLEANS MARRIOTT

The50thAnnualconferencewillbeheldattheNew

OrleansMarriot,locatedat555CanalStreet.TheNew

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DSI BOARD APPROVES NEW REGIONAL CHARTERS, COMMITTEES RECEIVE CHARGES

By Vivian Landrum, Executive Director

ThefirstmeetingoftheDSI2019–2020

BoardofDirectorstookplaceMay18

–19,2019attheUniversityofHous-

ton.ImmediatePastPresidentJohnny

Rungtusanatham handed off the gavel

tonewPresidentJanetHartley.Hartley

welcomednewandreturningBoardmem-

bersandpromisedanexciting,fulfilling

andchallengingyearahead.

First on the agenda was the DSI Board

Orientation,offeredatthestartofeach

newBoardterm.ExecutiveDirector

Landrum walked the Board through the

orientation,whichremindseachmember

oftheirfiduciaryresponsibility,expecta-

tions while serving on the Board, and

rulesforconduct.Itisaninformative

andimportantsession,asBoardactions

are vital to the Institute’s well-being and

sustainabilityandimpacttheInstitute’s

notforprofitstatus.

VicePresidentofFinance,Alan

Mackelprang,presentedthe

Institute’sStatementofFinancial

PositionandProfit&Lossreport

forthecurrentfiscalyear.Mem-

bershipincomeisonbudgetand

expenses are in alignment with

projectednumbers.DSIshould

closeoutitsfiscalyearinJune

meetingandexceedingitsbud-

getednetrevenueof$75,000.

MackelprangnextpresentedtheBoard

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APwith the DSI FY 2019-2020 budget

overview.Projectedannualincomeand

expenseswerereviewed,discussed

andapproved.Itwasnotedadditional

expensesrequestedforthe50thanniver-

sarycelebrationwerenotincludedaspart

of this budget as those expenses are a

one-timeoccurrenceforaspecialproject.

Thoseadditionalexpenserequestswere

discussedandapprovedbytheBoard.

Inaddition,arequestandapprovalwas

granted for additional monies for a web-

site“refresh.”

President Hartley reviewed DSI’s Five

YearStrategicPlanandthenpresented

thedraftStandingandAdHocCommit-

teechargesfortheBoardtoreview.Each

committeechargewasdiscussed,edited

andapproved.NewAdHocCommittees

formedthisyearincludetheCodeof

ConductandProfessionalOrganization

Relationscommittees.(Note–allcom-

mitteesandchargescanbefoundonthe

DSIwebsiteunderDiscoverDSI–Lead-

ership–Committees.)

Priordiscussionsontheregionaldraft

chartersandtheirprogresswasofferedto

thenewBoardmembers.Duringthepast

year, DSI regions and the Board have

beenworkingtogethertofinalizecharters

foreach,toenabletheircontinuancewith

DSIundertheBylawsenactedinJulyof

2018.Theone-yeargraceperiodforeach

regiontocontinuetheirlegaloperations

withDSIwithoutacharterexpiresJuly

2019.MWDSIandSWDSIbothpresented

draftcharterstotheBoardpriortothe

Maymeeting.Theyreceivedapproval

and were legally granted permission to

continuewithDSI.ChartersfromNEDSI,

SEDSIandWDSIwereexpectedsoon

aftertheMayBoardmeeting.(Update:

Alan MackelprangVice President of Finance


allAmericasregionsofDSI-MWDSI,

NEDSI,SEDSI,SWDSIandWDSI–have

approvedchartersandhavebeengranted

permissiontolegallycontinueaspartof

DSI.)

International regions must also apply

forandbegrantedpermissiontocon-

tinueaspartofDSI.Adrafttemplate

waspresented,modifiedandapproved,

takingintoconsiderationthedifferences

andchallengesofthedifferentregions

oftheworld.EuropeanDSIisfinalizing

theircharterandshouldhaveafinaldraft

soon.Noprogresshasbeenreported

onanISDSIorAPDSIcharter.Itwas

notedthatseveralothercountrieshave

expressedinterestinstartingacountry

chapterofDSI.TheBoardisworkingwith

eachandexpectstohaverealprogressto

reportonattheNovembermeeting.

The Board approved the appointment of

CarmelaDiMauroasConferenceChair

forthe2020DSIAnnualConference

takingplaceinSanFrancisco,CA.Join-

ingherteamareSriramNarayananas

Co-ChairfortheResearchpillar,

RebeccaDurayasCo-Chairfor

theTeaching/Learningpillarand

Wendy Tate as Co-Chair for the

ProfessionalDevelopmentpillar.

Theconferencewilltakeplace

November21–23,2020.

TheMWDSIannualconfer-

encescheduledforAprilhad

beencancelledduetolackof

submissionsandregistrations.

Membersofthatregioncame

together and a proposal was

presentedbyVPAmericas,PeggyDan-

ielsLeetorequestapprovalforaone-day

mini-conferencetotakeplaceinSeptem-

berforMWDSI.Boardreviewedprosand

consandvotedtoallowMWDSItomove

forwardwiththemin-conference.

TheBoardadjournedamidexcitementfor

the2019DSIAnnualConference.Asspe-

cialpreparationsandeventsareplanned,

itwashopedarecordnumberwillattend.

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DSI HOME OFFICE NEWS

By Vivian Landrum, Executive Director

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“FLOW MANUFACTURING – WHAT WENT RIGHT, WHAT WENT WRONG (101 MINI-CASE STUDIES THAT REVEAL LEAN’S SUCCESSES AND FAILURES)”

Authored by Richard J. Schonberger, Routhledge/Productivity Press, Hardcover, ISBN: 9780429432170, 570 pages, 201

“Themini-casestudies(forwhichI’vecoinedthe

word“caselets”)andrelatedwritingsemergefrom

myprofessionallifesince1981,whenitgotre-

focused.”(Schonberger,2018,p.xi)

“…,inmyseminarsandotherpresentationsinthe

U.S.andbeyond,IwouldtossoutJapanesewords

withabandon.Thatsoonendeduponrealization

thatuseofthosewordsgotinthewayofgoodcom-

munication.”(Schonberger,2018,p.xiii)

Inthisissue’sbookreview,thefullcreditgoesto

Muhammad Hasan Ashraf who

isadoctoralstudentofsupply

chainmanagementinCollege

of Business at The University of

RhodeIsland.Assomeonewho

isfamiliarwithSchonberger’s

work,IsecondMr.Ashraf’s

views without hesitation and

extend my thanks to him on

behalf of you, the readers of

DecisionLine,fortheterrificjob

thathepresentedbelow.

FlowManufacturingisaunique

and an outstanding work of

RichardJ.Schonberger.The

bookoffers101chapters,

describedas“caselets”bythe

author,eachcontaininganin-

dependentcasestudy.Eachcaseandrelatedwritings

arearesultoftheauthor’snotesduringbrieffactory

toursthattookplacefrom1981untilthe2000s.Dur-

ingeachvisit,theauthortookprecisepointsthatwere

sentbacktothecompanyhostsasabriefreport.The

authorhasputinaconsiderableamountofeffortby

extensivelyinterviewinghundredsofexecutiveswhile

visitingplantsandconductingseminars.

As the title of the book suggests, the author has been

criticaloftheflowofthecompaniesduringthefactory

visits.Verybrieflybuttothepoint,eachfeedbackto

thecompanycontainsthestrengths,weaknesses,

opportunities,andthreats(SWOT)ofthecompany

regardingprocessimprovementandleanflow.Author

RichardJ.Schonbergerisanindependentresearcher,

author,andspeakerwhohasbeenactivesince1981

conductingmanagementdevelopmentseminars,de-

liveringpresentationsandprovidingcriticalfeedback

todifferentorganizationsworldwide.Schonbergeris

anauthorofseveralprocessimprovementarticles

andbooks.HehasbeenaProfessorofManagement

Information Systems and Operations Management at

theUniversityofNebraska.

Thebookhas101chaptersthatdivideintothree

equalpartsbytimeperiods:Part1consistsof32

caseletsfromthe1980s;Part2has36caseletsfrom

the1990s,andPart3comprises33casesfromthe

Dr. Mehmet G. Yalcin is an As-sistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Rhode Island, College of Business. Mehmet held various engineering and managerial positions prior to joining academia where he has been recognized with research and teaching awards. He is

a certified Black Belt in Lean/Six Sigma (LSS), and Logistics, Transportation, and Distribution (CLTD) and teaches Opera-tions and Supply Chain Management courses to students and practitioners. Dr. Yalcin’s research focus is at the inter-face of sustainability and innovation with the focal point on Supply Chain Ambidexterity (SCX).


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LF CONT. FROM PG. 28 2000s.Eachcaseletisindependentofoneanother,

andthereadercaneasilyskipbackandforthathisor

herdesire.Majorityofthecompaniesmentionedinthis

bookareamongstthebestexamplesofflow/lean/JIT/

TQC/TPSimplementors.Readersgetreal-timeinsight

intotheissuesandsome“bestpractices”carriedout

bythecompanies.

Chapters in part 1 range from detailed reports to brief

ones.Applecomputeristhebook’sfirstcaselet,where

theauthorhashighlightedthereducedinventoryturn-

overofApplein1980salongwithsubstantialfactory

overheadcosts.Theauthor

hasalsoemphasizedwaste-

fulpracticessuchasRobot

Metrics,havingnouse,being

carriedoutintheplant.How-

ever, the positives of the plant

werementionedtoo,suchas

Apple’stopproductline,R&D

andtop-notchengineeringstaff

andgoodsmarketing.Asone

continuestoread,severalun-

usual large and small industry

casescomeinreview.Oneof

themostcompellingcaseswas

thatofAppletonElectricDivi-

sionofEmersonElectric,North

Chicago.Itisalow-techmaker

oflightingfixturesthatwasin

earlierstagesofJITproduction

backinthe1980s.Aterminol-

ogyused“WaronInventory”describeshowseriousthe

companyisintacklingitsinventoryproblemsfeatur-

ingajust-in-time/totalqualitycontrolsetofconcepts/

practices.Throughouttheearlierchapters,theauthor

hasmanagedtouse“lingo”thatisverycaptivatingfor

thereader,andevidentlyforthecompaniestoo.For

instance,hereferredtotheproductlineintermsof

stars(high-volume,critical),starlets(moderate-volume,

essential),andextras(notthatimportant).

From the very start, the author has managed to

capturetheinterestofreadersbypresentingsome

unknownorlittle-knowncompaniesandhowwell

theyareworkingontheirprocessimprovement.One

suchcompanyisAhlstromPump,Finland,whichhas

donearemarkablejobbysimplifyingprocessesand

eliminatingwaste.Theirfacilityisequippedwithstate

ofthearthighlyflexiblemachinesonasolidconcrete

floor,thatarepaintedwhitetodetermineleakedoil

andgrease.Eventhoughtheauthorhaspraisedthe

efforts of Ahlstrom Pump, but was still able to iden-

tifyopportunitiesforimprovement.Thisisthetrend

throughout the book, where the author has highlighted

strengths,obstacles,andopportunitiesforimprove-

menttoeachcompany.Some

casesaremerebriefbullet

point notes, and some are

detailed notes supported by

flowdiagramsandcharts.The

authorhasbeencriticalofthe

leanflowofallcompanies,es-

peciallycellularmanufacturing,

whichhasbeentheprimary

focusoftheauthorthrough-

outthebook.Companieslike

RusellAthletic,accordingto

theauthor,requiredmassive

conversiontocellularmanu-

facturinginordertobemore

flexible,andtoreducelead

timesandoverheadcosts.One

feelsfascinatedknowinghow

thecompaniesinthe1980s

acknowledgedthesignificance

ofprocessimprovementandwerestrivingwithintheir

capacitiestoachieveit.

Goingontothesecondpartofthebook,thecase-

letsshiftfromafantasticgraspandexecutionof

flowmanufacturinginthe1980s,toadiversemixof

undecidedandforwardmovingeffortsinthe1990s.

Part2ofthebookcomprises36TourReportswhich

includes30fromUS,5fromothercountriesand

1fromacompanywithplantsonbothsidesofthe

USborder.Theauthorstartsthesecondpartwitha

caseletonHonCompany,1990,whichisanupdate

“From the very start, the author has managed to capture the interest of readers by presenting some unknown or little-known companies and how well they are working on their process improvement.”


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LF CONT. FROM PG. 29 ofthefinalchapterinpart1,Hon1987.Theauthorin

previouschapterisverycriticalaboutthecellmanu-

facturingofthecompanyandadvisesKanban(which

issuggestedinalmosteverycase)tobeimplemented.

ReadingthefirstchapterofPart2,thereaderis

amazedonhowimpressivelythecompanyadopted

theworldclassmanufacturingtechniquesandworked

quietaggressivelyonKanbanimplementation.Another

attentioncaptivatingcaseinthesecondsectionisof

EastBayGenerators,basedinNorthOaklandCalifor-

nia,whichtheauthorvisitedin1990.Thecompanyis

aremanufacturerofgenera-

tors, alternators, starters,

carburetorsandotherauto

electricalpartsfortheafter-

market.Thissmall,notvery

wellrenownedcompanyhad

a remarkable turn-around

that heavily involved simple,

largelyvisualmanufacturing

practices.Kanbanpracticed

inasimpleyetaveryeffec-

tive way using empty boxes

torefillthepartsisjust

mesmerizing.Asthereader

goesonthroughthissection,

itbecomesevidentthatthe

companiesinthe90swere

maturingintheirprocess

improvementefforts.Theauthorstillmaintainsacritical

tone throughout and points out the weaknesses, even,

fortheprocessimprovementchampioncompanies.

An example of this is Johnson Control, a globally

expandedtechnologyandmultiindustrialfrontrunner

servingawiderangeofcustomersinmorethan150

countries.TheauthorvisitedtheHollandMichigan

Plantin1999andwasappreciativeofthestepstaken

bythecompanyforflowmanufacturing.Beinganearly

birdadopter,JohnsonControlplacedinworld-class

leanagendathroughoutitsplants.However,theauthor

believesthatthecompanystillhasmanyopportunities

forimprovement.Forinstance,theplanthasalotof

equipmentandpropercareofwhichrecommendsan

effectiveTotalProductiveMaintenanceinplace.

Movingontothelastsectionofthebook,theauthor

presentsacaseonGilletteAndoverManufacturing

Center,visitedin2000.Theauthorinmanycase-

lets has rewritten the report and elaborated points

formorenaturalunderstandingofthereader.Gil-

lette’scaseisoneofthem.Thisuniquecasegives

aninsightofhowbureaucracycanbeahurdleinthe

implementationofconversionprocess.Althoughthe

localmanufacturingteambeingstronglyinfavorof

conversiontocellmanufacturing,thehighermanage-

mentleveldidn’tshowmuchinterestandtheplan

diedout.Thementioned

Gillettefacilityisthelargest

of Gillette’s toiletries plants,

occupying594,000sq.ftof

building.Thefacilityhasim-

mensechallengesbecause

ofmanySKU’srequiring

frequentproductchange-

overs,whicharecostly

andsourcesofcontroland

qualityissues.Theauthor

highlighted opportunities

of improvement for the

plant by implementing pilot

projectsandstepbystep

conversionofcellmanufac-

turingthroughreplacement

offillandpacklineswith

twoormorecompactcellsdedicatedtoitsownnarrow

familyofSKUs.Finally,theauthorsuggestsmakinga

bigdealoutofpilotconversionsbymakingtheirsuc-

cessesstandoutandpresentastrongcaseinfront

ofseniormanagementformorecapitalinvestmentto

fullyimplythecellconversionprocess.Unfortunately,

as the author mentions in the epilogue, top-level sup-

portdidnottakerootandsoonthedirectorofmanu-

facturingresignedtoo.

Justliketheprevioustwosections,manycaseletsin

thefinalsectionarenothinglessthanexciting.Asmall

manufacturerR.WLyall,averysmallfamily-owned

manufacturerofpipesanddistributionproductsfor

natural gas/LPG Industries, has an impressive story of

“The reader is surprised knowing how smaller companies can perform manufacturing processes in a much better way as compared to some heavyweights in the market.”


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LF CONT. FROM PG. 30 world-classexcellence.Theplantemploysmanykinds

ofqueuelimitingKanbans,hasacellmanufacturingin

placethrougheightcellsandhasanoutstandinglean

training session for the workers through a professional

trainer.Thereaderissurprisedknowinghowsmaller

companiescanperformmanufacturingprocessesina

muchbetterwayascomparedtosomeheavyweights

inthemarket.AnexampleofitisofBMW,Austriafacil-

ity2011,whichisthe100thcaseletinthebook.Aworld

leaderinluxurycarmanufacturing,achievingsales

recordseveryyearfailedtoimpresstheauthordueto

itsovercomplicatedproductionlines.

SectionthreeendswiththecaseonElectroImpact.

Thiscasepresentsanastonishingsubstitutetothe

kindsofprocessimprovementbroughtupinallother

100caselets.Thisunorthodoxmanufacturerlikestogo

itsownway.Thecompanyproducesawidevarietyof

automationandtoolingequipment,usuallyofmassive

sizes,foraerospacemanufacturers.Themostaston-

ishingfeatureofthefacilityisthattheworkissetupas

dedicatedtoacustomerprojectwith80%machining

throughoutsidecontractors.Theauthorfindsitasone

ofthemessiestplantsthathehadevervisited,which

he also mentions in the thank you letter to the plant’s

chiefofstaff.

Thisbookisundoubtedlyoneofthemostdifficult

onesIhaveevercomeacrosstowriteabookreview

of.Eachcaseletisanexperiencedistincttoeach

company,withitsdiscreteproblemsandsolutions.

Furthermore,thereaderattimesfinditchallengingto

understandtheprocessesinsomeofthesectionsas

thedetailsaretoobriefforthereadertovisualizethe

exactsituationoftheconcernedfacility.Theauthor,

insomecaseshastriedtoincludeinformationabout

thecompany,products,plants,competitorsbyinsert-

ingchartsandpictures,butfewchaptersarefarfrom

beingcomprehensiblebythereader.Nevertheless,

the reader does get the gist of the efforts, opportuni-

ties,andweaknessesoftheflowmanufacturingbythe

mentionedcompaniesinthebook.Topicsincluding

JIT,totalqualitycontrol,cellmanufacturing,Kanban

implementation,cross-training,andjobrotationofthe

workforcecanbedeliberatedforeachcompany.

Overall,Iwouldratethisbookveryhighandrecom-

mendittostudents,instructors,researchers,and

corporateworkersinbusinessandengineering.As

mentioned in the book, with a lot more than several

caseletstodrawfrom,thereaderswillfindrichexam-

plesofsimilarcompaniesandprocesseswithintheir

ownindustriesandareasofresearchinterests.With

thisreasonalone;jobwelldoneinmakingitworthfor

metopushthroughthisgreatresource!


The theme of the

conferenceis“A

NewWorldof

DecisionSciences”.

Newconcepts,

perspectives,and

toolssuchassus-

tainabilityanddigitalizationaresuccessivelypenetrat-

ingandpopulatingtheareaofDecisionSciences,and

renewingtheworldofDecisionSciences.Atthesame,

DecisionSciencescancontributetoanewandhope-

fullybetterworld.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

Sunday 24 May: Welcome reception

Monday 25 May: Academic program + dinner

Tuesday 26 May: Academic program + dinner

Wednesday 27 May: Field trips

ConferenceChair:JanOlhager,LundUniversity,

Sweden

Co-chairs:LouiseBildsten,JoakimKembro,Andreas

Norrman

Hostedby:DepartmentofIndustrialManagementand

Logistics,LundUniversity.

HOW TO GET TO LUND, SWEDEN:

FlytoCopenhagenAirport(Denmark)+train35min-

utes(15€;every20minutes)

FlytoMalmöAirport(Sweden)+bus35minutes(10€;

every30minutes)

(DonotflytoStockholm,unlessyoureallywantto–it

is4hoursawaybytrain!)

Weexpecttohaveafullcallforpapersandawebsite

upandrunningbyOctober2019.Untilthen,youcan

watchthisvideocalled“Let’smeetinLund”:

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2019 Midwest Decision Sciences Institute Conference

Butler University Indianapolis, IN

September 14, 2019

Big Data and Business Analytics

Teaching and Research in

Competitive Papers; Abstracts; Student Papers; Symposia,

Tutorials,

and Workshops on all topics relevant to

business are encouraged.

Those focusing on the 201 9 theme are especially welcome.

Submit: http://mwdsi.net

D ouble blind review process.

Conference Contact Peggy Daniels Lee, [email protected], 317-274-8745 Diane H. Parente, [email protected], 814-898-6436

AWARDS Stan Hardy Best Conference Paper Award

Best Innovative Education Paper Best Student Paper

Best MWDSI Conference Paper for Submission for DSI Best Regional Paper Award

SUBMIT TODAY

CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Keynote and panel presentations by

distinguished academicians

Panel: The Frontiers of Case-based Teaching, focusing on cases in unusual circumstances, i.e. online teaching or large class sizes

TRACKS Accounting & Finance

Behavioral Aspects of Information Security & Privacy

Behavioral Operations Management

Business Analytics - Research

Behavioral Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Industry 4.0

Entrepreneurship

Health Care Management

Finance & Economics

Marketing & Sports Management

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Deadline for Full Papers August 11 Abstracts Due by September 1

Submit your work here: http://mwdsi.net

Data Mining

Teaching Innovation

Business Analytics - Teaching

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SOUTHEAST DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE

Fiftieth Annual Meeting — February 12 - 14, 2020

Francis Marion Hotel Charleston – Historic District 387 King Street, Charleston, SC 29403

Call 1-(877) 756-2121 or visit https://www.francismarionhotel.com/directions-and-map/ Request code: Coming Soon

Hotel Rate Cutoff Date: Friday, January TBD, 2020

DEADLINE FOR PAPERS AND SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS: NOVEMBER 1, 2019 DEADLINE FOR STUDENT PAPERS: NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Keynote — Rama Akkiraju, IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Watson AI Operations, IBM Master Inventor, Member, IBM Academy of Technology, Janet Crouch at [email protected]

Special Features and Sessions on Assessment, Blockchain Technology, IoT, GIS in Supply Chain Management, Healthcare Analytics and Operations Management, MBA Curriculum and Development, Engaged and Innovative Instructions in each major field of study, and many more.

Data Analytics and Statistics Instruction (DASI) (Invited sessions only) — Robert Andrews, Virginia Commonwealth University, [email protected] and Kelli Keeling, University of Denver, [email protected]

Meet College/School Deans (Invited session only) — Michael Busing, James Madison University, [email protected]

o Robert T. Sumichrast, Dean of Pamplin College of Business, Virginian Tech o Peter Brews, Dean of Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina o Chris Martin, Dean of College of Business, Louisiana Tech University o Mike Busing, Dean of College of Business, James Madison University o Robert T. Burrus, Jr. Dean of Cameron School of Business, University of North Carolina Wilmington o Alan T. Shao, Dean of School of Business, College of Charleston o Michael R. Weeks, Dean of Tommy and Victoria Baker School of Business, The Citadel o Alex Koohang, Dean of School of Information Technology, Middle Georgia State University o Nancy D. Albers, Dean of College of Business, Louisiana State University in Shreveport o Kai Koong, Dean of Brimmer College of Business and Information Science, Tuskegee University

Meet Journal Editors (Invited sessions only) — Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, [email protected]

o Decision Science Journal Innovative Education, Editor, Matthew Drake, Duquesne University o Electronic Government, an International Journal, Editor-in-Chief, June Wei, University of West Florida o Expert Systems with Applications, Editor-in-Chief, Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University in Shreveport o International Journal of Electronic Finance, Editor-in-Chief, Jiaqin Yang, Georgia College and State University o International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Editor-in-Chief, Kongkiti Phusavat, Kasetsart University, Thailand o International Journal of Mobile Communications, Editor-in-Chief, June Wei, University of West Florida o Journal of Computer Information Systems, Editor-in-Chief, Alex Koohang, Middle Georgia State University o The Sport Management Education Journal, Associate Editor, David Shonk, James Madison University

PAPERLESS SUBMISSION PROCESS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS: General Instructions: To submit a paper, abstract, or symposium/tutorial/workshop proposal, go to the SE DSI web site at www.sedsi.org and select the submission link. The submission process opens July 1, 2019 and closes Nov. 2, 2019. 1. Information to be entered during the paper entry process includes (1) the track to which it is submitted, (2) the title of the paper; (3) the author(s)

name(s), affiliation(s), and complete contact information including mailing address(es), telephone number(s) and e-mail address(es).

2. The submission to be uploaded must be in PDF format. The submission should include the title and, optionally, a one-paragraph abstract between the title and the body of the paper. The names of the author(s) should NOT be included.

3. Submitted papers should be a minimum of four pages.

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Program Tracks

Accounting, Economics, Cryptocurrency and Finance — Michelle Hagadorn, Roanoke College, [email protected]

Analytics, Big Data Applications, Business Intelligence, Data Mining, Statistics and Expert Systems — Binshan Lin, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, [email protected]

Healthcare, Public Sector and Not for Profit Management — Elham Torabi, James Madison University, [email protected]

Hospitality, Recreation and Sports — David Shonk, James Madison University, [email protected]

Information Privacy, Security and System Resilience, Business Ethics and Business Law — Elena Olson, Virginia Commonwealth University,[email protected]

Innovative Education, Assessment, Engaged Learning, Curriculum, Teaching and Pedagogy — Ajay Aggarwal, Henderson State University, [email protected]

IS, IT, Blockchain Technology, and Social Media — June Wei, University of West Florida, [email protected]

Management, Strategy, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Theory, and Human Resource Management — Sara Kiser, Alabama State University, [email protected]

Marketing, Consumer Behavior, International Business, — Rebecca Scott, University of North Carolina Wilmington, [email protected]

Student Papers (Undergraduate, Master and Ph.D Students) — Elizabeth Rasnick, Georgia Southern University, [email protected]

Sustainability, SCM, Quality Management, and Logistics — Hadi Farhangi and Suman Niranjan, Savannah State University, [email protected], [email protected]

STUDENT PAPERS— The 2020 SE DSI Student Paper Competition welcomes papers written by Undergraduate, MBA, and/or Ph.D. students. Papers submitted to any of the three Student Tracks must be solely of student authorship and will be subject to the same review process as regular papers. Student papers must be submitted on-line by November 29, 2019 using the paperless submission process. All student papers accepted by the reviewers will be scheduled on the program. The judges of the Student Paper Competition will evaluate the combined quality of each student paper/presentation and recognize the outstanding ones at the meeting's luncheon on February 14st. The Submission Deadline for Student Papers is November 1, 2019.

Southeast Decision Sciences Institute

Dr. Ping Wang – 2020 Program Chair

Southeast Decision Sciences Institute Fiftieth Annual Meeting

February 12-14, 2020 Francis Marion Hotel

Historic Charleston, South Carolina

COMPETITIVE PAPERS—The submission of a competitive paper or abstract for review means the author certifies that the paper is original and has not been previously copyrighted, published, presented, or submitted for publication or presentation. For an accepted paper to be published in the proceedings, at least one author must register for the meeting and present the paper during the meeting. Outstanding papers will be selected and recognized at the meeting luncheon on February 14st. The Final Submission Deadline for Regular Papers and Abstracts is November 1, 2019. SYMPOSIA, TUTORIALS, AND WORKSHOPS—Proposals for symposia, tutorials, and workshops must be at least two (2) pages long describing what you intend to do and why it would be of interest and importance to members of the Institute. Submissions should follow the general guidelines presented below although considerable latitude will be allowed as to the content and format of these sessions. You must provide your own specialized computers or other equipment needed for the session (SEDSI will provide LCD projectors). All participants in symposia, tutorials, and workshops must register and attend the meeting.

PROCEEDINGS—The SE DSI will publish electronic Proceedings online containing all papers presented at the meeting as well as summaries of all symposia, tutorials, and workshops. Authors are responsible to adhere to the standards outlined online for publication in the Proceedings. Notification of acceptance or rejection should occur in December of 2019, and accepted papers will be due in final Proceedings form no later than Jan 3, 2020. VOLUNTEERS—Individuals interested in participating in the 2020 Program by serving as a reviewer, discussant, session chair, or in some other role should contact the Program Chair at the address indicated below. A Volunteer form is available on the SE DSI web site: www.sedsi.org. PLACEMENT SERVICE—A Placement Service will be provided at the meeting at no cost to the applicants or employers. Placement Services Forms for Applicants and Positions are available on the SE DSI website. The forms may be submitted to Dr. Ping Wang, [email protected],

Program Chair — Ping Wang, Computer Information Systems / Business Analytics, James Madison University, [email protected] Associate Program Chair — Luis Novoa, Computer Information Systems / Business Analytics, James Madison University, [email protected] Local Arrangements Coordinator — Drew Rosen, Dept. of Information Systems & Operations Management University of North Carolina Wilmington, [email protected] Placement/Technology Coordinator — Luis Novoa, James Madison University, [email protected] Proceedings Editor – Leigh A. Mutchler, James Madison University, [email protected]

All questions should be addressed to:

Dr. Ping Wang 2020 SEDSI Program Chair

Department of Computer Information Systems / Business Analytics MSC 0202, James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA 22807 [email protected], 540-568-3055

For more information and various meeting related forms, please visit

the SE DSI website: www.sedsi.org

Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage

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SWDSI 2019 CONFERENCE RECAP

By Mark McMurtrey

The2019AnnualMeetingoftheSouthwestDecision

SciencesInstitute(SWDSI)washeldonMarch13-16at

theHyattRegencyinHouston,Texas.Theconference

broughttogether157attendees,including39students.

Attendeescamefromseveralcountries.Therewere

158acceptedfullpapersandabstractsover15tracks,

resultingin40sessions.Additionally,thereweretwo

workshops,twopanelsandoneDoctoralConsortium.

The workshop on Tableau, presented by David Douglas

andElizabethKeifferoftheUniversityofArkansas,hada

record39attendees.TheDoctoralConsortiumwassuch

ahugesuccessthatthereisalreadytalkaboutmakingit

intoafull-dayaffair.Moreinformationcanbefoundatthe

SWDSI website (www.swdsi.org).

ThepresidentofSouthwestDSI,MarkMcMurtrey,pre-

sidedovertheExecutiveOfficers’meetinginthemorn-

ingandtheBusinessMeetingintheafternoon.Along

withthepresident,theleadershipteamincludedKhaled

Alshare,president-elect;MohanRao,PastPresident,

MattLindsey,programchair;and

DanPeak,programchair-elect.

We were pleased to have Johnny

Rungtusanatham,

President of the

DecisionScience

Institute, in atten-

danceaswellasDSI

ExecutiveDirector

VivianLandrum.

Theleadershipteamcouldnothavehad

suchagreatmeetingandyearhaditnot

beenforthevaliantsupportandencour-

agement from the

following:Peggy

Lane, Paul Cro-

nan, Carl Rebman,

Robert Pavur, Ken

Boonme, Lynne

CagleCox,Vic-

tor Prybutok, Pam

Rogers, Venugopal

(Venu)Gopalakrish-

na-Remani.Balaji

Janamanchi,Thiagarajan(Ram)Ramakrishnan,Gina

Harden,andTomJones(retired,butstillkicking!).We

arealsoappreciativeofalltheupandcomingyoung

scholarswhoaremakingtheirpresenceknown.The

futureofSWDSIisinverygoodhands!

Thisyear,theBusinessmeetingoverflowedthemeeting

room.Themostenjoyablepartofthemeetingwasrec-

ognizingthededicationandhardworkofthemembers

thatmakethisconferencesuccessfulyearafteryear.

Oneparticularmemberidentifiedasanoutstanding

memberofSWDSIfortheirdedication,serviceand

achievementthisyearwasPeggyLane,recipientofthe

2019SWDSIDistinguishedServiceAwardforher29

yearsofservice.SouthwestDSIhasbeentrulyblessed

tohaveoutstandingindividualslikePeggy.

Our2020AnnualMeetingwillbeMarch

11-14attheHyattRegencyinSanAntonio,

Texas.Ourleadershipteamismakinganall-

outefforttoattractahugeturnout.Wehope

youwilljoinus.Formoreinformationabout

SWDSI, please visit our website http://www.

swdsi.orgorcontacttheincomingProgram

Chair, Dan Peak, at [email protected].

(L to R) Paul Cronan, Peggy Lane, Distinguished Service Award recipient, Mark McMurtrey, SWDSI President.

(L to R) Mark McMur-trey, president, Khaled Alshare, president-elect, and Matt Lindsey, pro-gram chair

SWDSI attendees, officers and guests gather after the Business Meeting March 14, 2019.SWDSI leaders celebrate

another successful conference.

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Call for Papers

WESTERN DECISION SCIENCES INSTITUTE

Forty-Ninth Annual Meeting, April 7th – April 10th, 2020

Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront 1401 SW Naito Parkway,

Portland, Oregon, 97201 USA

Submission Deadline: October 1, 2019 WDSI is the Western Regional Subdivision of the

Decision Sciences Institute

CALL FOR PAPERS TOPICAL AREAS AND TRACKS Papers are invited in, but not limited to, the topical areas listed. Full papers are double-blind reviewed first by referees and abstracts are reviewed by Track Chairs. Accepted papers and abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings at the option of the author(s). Copyright of the papers will stay with the author(s). Paper submission acknowledges that the author will register for the conference and present, in person, the paper at the time specified in the conference program. Panels, workshops, and tutorials on current topics of interest, and other special sessions are also planned. Please contact the Program Chair, if you are interested in any of these.

Accounting: Salem Boumediene, Montana State University Billings, [email protected] Business Analytics and Data-Driven Decision Making: Abbas Heiat, Montana State University Billings, [email protected] Business Environment - Strategy, Policy, Law, Ethics: Xia Zhao, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] Finance and Investment: Pia Gupta, California State University Long Beach, [email protected] and KC Chen, California State University Fresno, [email protected] Hospitality Management and Marketing: Natasa Christodoulidou and Keong Leong, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] and [email protected] Innovative Education: Rita Kumar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, [email protected] Internet and e-Business: Albert Huang, University of the Pacific, [email protected] and David Yen, Sunny Oneonta, [email protected] Management Information System: Marcus Rothenberger, University of Nevada Las Vegas, [email protected] Management Science and Quantitative Methods: Seong-Jong Joo, Air Force Institute of Technology, [email protected] Management, Entrepreneurship and Organization: Cindy Sutton, Metropolitan State University of Denver, [email protected] Marketing: Sally Baalbaki-Yassine, Metropolitan State University of Denver, [email protected] Military Applications: Eddine Dahel, Naval Postgraduate School, [email protected] and Jeremy Jordan, Air Force Institute of Technology, [email protected] Modeling and Simulation: Khosrow Moshirvaziri, California State University Long Beach, [email protected] and Mahyar Amouzegar, University of New Orleans, [email protected] Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Stanley Griffis, Michigan State University, [email protected] and John Bell, University of Tennessee, [email protected] Public Policy and Public Administration: Rui Sun and Theodore Byrne, California State University Dominguez Hills, [email protected] and [email protected] Sustainability Issues in Decision Making: Yuanjie He, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, [email protected]

PROGRAM CHAIR

Salem Boumediene, Montana State University Billings

BEST PAPER AWARDS

Accepted regular papers will be considered for the Decision Sciences and Information Systems Honor Society, Alpha Iota Delta, Best Paper Awards in the following categories:

• Applications • Case Studies • Environmental Issues • Interdisciplinary Issues • Theoretical Research • Empirical Research

In addition, awards will be given for the best undergraduate student paper and the best graduate student paper.

JUNIOR FACULTY AWARDS

The governing board of the Western Decision Sciences Institute (WDSI) has approved funding for a number of $500 awards to support tenure-track faculty to attend the 2020 WDSI annual meeting. For details, please refer to the conference website, https://wdsi2020.org

IMPORTANT DATES

Submissions Begin: June 1st, 2019 Submission Deadline: October 1st, 2019 Notification of Acceptance: November 15, 2019 Camera-Ready Manuscript Submission Deadline: January 15, 2020

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MWDSIPresident: Sanjay Kumar, Valparaiso University

Past President: Peggy Daniels Lee, Indiana UniversityPurdueUniversity–Indianapolis

Transition Team:

Jaideep Motwani, Grand Valley State University

DianeH.Parente,PennStateUniversity-Erie

JohnParente,MercyhurstUniversity

StephanieEckerd,IndianaUniversityPurdueUniversity–Indianapolis

Sanjeev Jha, Valparaiso University

Janaina Siegler, Butler University

Archivist: Xiaodong Deng, Oakland University

V.P. of Technology:SourishSarkar,PennStateUniversity–Erie

NEDSIPresident:DougHales,UniversityofRhodeIsland

President-Elect:EricStein,PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, Malvern

Immediate Past President:NesetHikmet,Universityof South Carolina

Program Chair 2020:EffieStavrulakiandGangLi,Bentley University

Program Chair-Elect 2021:DinsehPai,Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg

VP Communications:HalRavinder,MontclairStateUniversity

VP Member Services:CarolynLamacchiaBloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

SEDSIPresident: Tobin Turner, Presbyterian College

President-Elect: Cheryl Aasheim, Georgia Southern University

Past President:RezaKheirandish,ClaytonStateUniversity

Program Chair: Ping Wang, James Madison Univer-sity

Program Chair-Elect: TBA

Secretary: Sara Kiser, Alabama State University

V.P. Finance:ChrisMcCart,RoanokeCollege

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V.P. Member Services:AliNazemi,RoanokeCollege

V.P. Planning & Development:MauroFalasca,EastCarolina University

V.P. Publications:ShonaMorgan,NorthCarolinaA&T University

SWDSIPresident:KhaledAlshare,QatarUniversity

President-Elect:MatthewLindsey,StephenF.Austin State University

Program Chair:DanPeak,UniversityofNorthTexas

Program Chair-Elect: Venugopal Gopalakrishna-Remani, The University of Texas at Tyler

Past President:MarkMcMurtrey,UniversityofCentral Arkansas

Secretary:BalajiJanamanchi,TexasA&MUniversity

VP–Finance:LynneCagleCox,UniversityofNorthTexas

VP – Member Services:GinaHarden,StephenF.Austin State University

VP – Student Liaison: Gayle Prybutok, University ofNorthTexas

Regional Archivist: Peggy Lane, University of Louisiana Monroe

WDSIPresident: Omer Benli, California State University, LongBeach

President-Elect: Theodore Byrne, California State University,DominguezHills

Immediate Past President: Albert Huang, University ofthePacific

Vice President and Program Chair: Salem Boumediene,MontanaStateUniversity–Billings

Vice President and Program Chair-Elect:PiaGupta,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach

Vice President for Advancement and Marketing: Yuanjie(Ed)He,CalPolyPomona

Treasurer/Secretary: Sheldon Smith, Utah Valley University

Director of Information Systems: Khosrow Moshirvaziri,CaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeach


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EDSIPresident: Jan Olhager, Lund University

President-Elect:MarkkuKuula,AaltoUniversity

Immediate Past President:MarcoSartor,Universityof Udine

European VP at DSI:CarmelaDiMauro,Universityof Catania

Secretary/Treasurer:GuidoOrzes,FreeUniversityofBozen-Bolzano

OFFICERS OF OUR INTERNATIONAL REGIONAL SUBDIVISIONS

ISDSIPresident:M.P.Jaiswal,IndianInstituteofManagement

Immediate Past President:AbhijeetK.Digalwar,BITS Pilani

Vice President:E.B.Khedkar,PuneUniversity

Immediate Past Vice President: Ravi Kumar Jain, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management

Vice President (At Large):Ramachandran(Nat)Natarajan,TennesseeTechUniversity

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POSTING DATE INSTITUTION LOCATION JOB TITLE JOB TYPE AREA OF INTEREST

6/26/19 Georgia College Milledgeville, GA USA

Assistant Professor Full-Time, Tenure Track

Operations Management, Business Sta-tistics

6/24/19 SmithSchoolofBusiness at Queen's University

Kingston,ONCanada

Assistant Professor Full-Time, Tenure Track

Operations Management, Operations Science,MachineLearning,ArtificialIntel-ligence

6/24/19 Colorado State University

Fort Collins, CO USA Assistant Professor Full-Time, Tenure Track

Computer Information Systems

6/20/19 Bowling Green State University

Bowling Green, OH USA

Lecturer OneYearContract Supply Chain Management

6/13/19 The University of Auckland

Auckland,NewZealand

SeniorLecturer/AssociateProfessor in Operations and Supply Chain Management

Full-Time Supply Chain Management

6/11/19 ETHZurich,D-MTEC Zurich,Switzerland Postdoctoral Full-Time, Limited Contract

EmpiricalOperationManagement,Opera-tionalExcellence,Digitalization,Interna-tionalOperations.

6/11/19 University of RedlandsSchoolofBusiness

Redlands, CA USA Visiting Position in Business Analytics,DecisionSciencesand Operations

VisitingFaculty,Full- Time, Open Rank

BusinessAnalytics,DecisionSciences&Operations

6/4/19 UniversityofNorthCarolina Wilmington

Wilmington,NCUSA Assistant/Associate/FullPro-fessor - Information Systems (OnlineMBA)

Full time, Tenure Track

Information Systems


Wilmington,NCUSA Assistant/Associate/FullPro-fessor - Information Systems (SoftwareDevelopment)

Full time, Tenure Track

Information Systems


Wilmington,NCUSA Assistant/Associate/FullProfessor of Supply Chain Management

Full-Time, Tenure Track

Supply Chain Management

5/28/19 Wheaton College Wheaton, IL USA AssociateorFullProfessor Full-Time, Tenure Track

Entrepreneurship

OPEN POSITIONS AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

TheDecisionSciencesInstitutewebsiteprovidesalistingofopenacademicpositions.BelowyouwillfindPlacementListingsforMay

28–June26,2019.Formoredetailsontheseandotherpositionlistings,aswellasapplicantlistings,visittheDSIwebsite–decision-

sciences.orgReadytopostaposition?Guidelinesonhowtolistyourpositioncanbefoundthereaswell.

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PAST

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SIDE

NTS 2010 - CURRENT

2018–2019 M.JohnnyRungtusanatham,TheOhio State University

2017–2018 Jatinder(Jeet)Gupta,Universityof Alabama–Huntsville

2016–2017 FundaSahin,UniversityofHouston

2015–2016 MorganSwink,TexasChristian University

2014–2015 MarcSchniederjans,Deceased

2013–2014 MalingEbrahimpour,Universityof SouthFlorida,St.Petersburg

2012–2013 E.PowellRobinson,Jr.,Universityof Houston

2011–2012 KrishnaS.Dhir,BerryCollege

2010–2011 G.KeongLeong,UniversityofNevada, Las Vegas

2009–2010 RamNarasimhan,MichiganState University

2000 – 20092008–2009 NormaJ.Harrison,MacquarieGraduate SchoolofManagement

2007–2008 KennethE.Kendall,RutgersUniversity

2006–2007 MarkM.Davis,BentleyUniversity

2005–2006 ThomasE.Callarman,ChinaEurope InternationalBusinessSchool

2004–2005 GaryL.Ragatz,MichiganState University

2003–2004 BarbaraB.Flynn,IndianaUniversity

2002–2003 ThomasW.Jones,Universityof Arkansas–Fayetteville

2001–2002 F.RobertJacobs,IndianaUniversity– Bloomington

2000–2001 MichaelJ.Showalter,FloridaState University

1999–2000 LeeJ.Krajewski,UniversityofNotre Dame

1990–19991998–1999 TerryR.Rakes,VirginiaTech

1997–1998 JamesR.Evans,Universityof Cincinnati

1996–1997 BettyJ.Whitten,Deceased

1995–1996 JohnC.Anderson,Universityof Minnesota–TwinCities

1994–1995 K.RoscoeDavis,UniversityofGeorgia

1993–1994 LarryP.Ritzman,OhioStateUniversity

1992–1993 WilliamC.Perkins,IndianaUniversity– Bloomington

1991–1992 RobertE.Markland,Universityof South Carolina

1990–1991 RonaldJ.Ebert,Universityof Missouri–Columbia

1989–1990 BernardW.Taylor,III,VirginiaTech

1981 – 19891989–1990 BernardW.Taylor,III,VirginiaTech

1988–1989 WilliamL.Berry,OhioStateUniversity

1987–1988 JamesM.Clapper,AladdinTempRite

1986–1987 WilliamR.Darden,Deceased

1985–1986 HarveyJ.Brightman,GeorgiaState University

1984–1985 SangM.Lee,UniversityofNebraska– Lincoln

1983–1984 LaurenceJ.Moore,VirginiaTech, Deceased

1982–1983 LindaG.Sprague,Deceased

1981–1982 NormanL.Chervany,Universityof Minnesota–TwinCities

1979–1981 D.ClayWhybark,UniversityofNorth Carolina–ChapelHill

DSI FOUNDED – 19791978–1979 JohnNeter,UniversityofGeorgia

1977–1978 CharlesP.Bonini,StanfordUniversity

1976–1977 LawrenceL.Schkade,Universityof Texas–Arlington

1975–1976 KennethP.Uhl,Deceased

1974–1975 AlbertJ.Simone,RochesterInstitute ofTechnology

1973–1974 GeneK.Groff,GeorgiaState University

1972–1973 RodgerD.Collons,DrexelUniversity

1971-1972 GeorgeW.Summers,Deceased

1969-1971 DennisE.Grawoig,Deceased


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In order for the nominee to be considered, the nominator must submit in electronic form a full vita of the nominee along with a letter of nomination which highlights the con-tributions made by the nominee in research, teaching and/or administration and service to the Institute. Nominations must highlight the nominee’s contributions and provide appropriate supporting information which may not be contained in the vita. A candidate cannot be considered for two consecutive years.

Send nominations to:Chair of the Fellows Committee Decision Sciences Insti-tuteC.T. Bauer College of Business 334 Melcher Hall, Suite 325Houston, TX [email protected]

Adam,EverettE.,Jr.Anderson,JohnC.Benson,P.GeorgeBeranek, WilliamBerry,WilliamL.Bonini,CharlesP.Brightman,HarveyJ.Buffa,ElwoodS.*Cangelosi,Vincent*Carter,PhillipL.Chase,RichardB.Chervany,NormanL.Clapper,JamesM.RodgerD.CollonsCouger,J.Daniel*Cummings,LarryL.*Darden,WilliamR.*Davis,K.RoscoeDavis,MarkM.Day,RalphL.*Digman,LesterA.Dock,V.ThomasEbert,RonaldJ.Ebrahimpour, MalingEdwards, WardEvans,JamesR.Fetter,RobertB.Flores,BenitoE.*Flynn,BarbaraB.Franz,LoriS.Ghosh, SoumenGlover,FredW.Gonzalez,RichardF.Grawoig,DennisE.*Green,PaulE.Groff,GeneK.Gupta,JatinderN.D.Hahn,ChanK.Hamner,W.ClayHayya,JackC.

Heineke, JanelleHershauer,JamesC.Holsapple, ClydeHorowitz,IraHouck,ErnestC.*Huber,GeorgeP.Jacobs,F.RobertJones,ThomasW.Kendall,JulieE.Kendall,KennethE.Keown,ArthurJ.Khumawala,BasheerM.Kim, Kee YoungKing,WilliamR.Klein, GaryKoehler,AnneB.Krajewski,LeeJ.LaForge,LawrenceLatta,CarolJ.*Lee,SangM.Luthans, FredMabert,VincentA.Malhotra,ManojK.Malhotra,NareshK.Markland,RobertE.McMillan,Claude*Miller,JeffreyG.Monroe,KentB.Moore,LaurenceJ.* Moskowitz,HerbertNarasimhan,RamNeter,JohnNutt,PaulC.Olson,DavidL.Perkins,WilliamC.Peters,WilliamS.Philippatos,GeorgeC.Ragsdale,CliffT.Raiffa,Howard*Rakes,TerryR.

Reinmuth,JamesR.Ritzman,LarryP.Roth,AledaV.Rungtusanatham, Manus (Johnny)Sanders,NadaSchkade,LawrenceL.Schniederjans,MarcJ.*Schriber,ThomasJ.Schroeder,RogerG.Simone,AlbertJ.Slocum,JohnW.,Jr.Smunt, TimothySobol,MarionG.Sorensen,JamesE.Sprague,LindaG.*Steinberg, EarleSummers,GeorgeW.*Tang, Kwei

Taylor,BernardW.,IIITroutt,MarvinD.Uhl,KennethP.*Vakharia,AsooJ.Vazsonyi,Andrew*Vickery,ShawneeVoss,ChristopherA.Ward,PeterT.Wasserman,William*Wemmerlov, UrbanWheelwright,StevenC.Whitten,BettyJ.*Whybark,D.ClayWicklund,GaryA.Winkler,RobertL.Woolsey,RobertE.D.Wortman,MaxS.,Jr.*Zmud,RobertW.

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