Professor Kathryn Stecke

May 2008 CURRICULUM VITAE Kathryn Elizabeth Stecke OFFICE: University of Texas at Dallas HOME: 305 Thompson Drive 800 W. Campbell, Richardson, TX 75080-3021 Richardson, TX 75080 (972) 883-4781 (972) 231-6553 KStecke@utdallas.edu EDUCATION: Ph.D. Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, August 1981, Dissertation Title: Production Planning Problems for Flexible Manufacturing Systems. M.S. Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, December 1977, Thesis Title: Experimental Investigation of a Computerized Manufacturing System. M.S. Applied Mathematics, Purdue University, May 1974. B.S. Mathematics, magna cum laude, Boston State College, June 1972 (minors in Physics and Natural Sciences). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 8/06 – present Ashbel Smith Professor of Operations Management, University of Texas at Dallas 8/02 – 8/06 Professor of Operations Management, University of Texas at Dallas 11/99 – present Adjunct Professor, University of South Australia, International Graduate School of Management, Adelaide. 4/97 – 6/97 Visiting Professor, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Technical University of Budapest. 3/97 – 4/97 Visiting Professor, Universiteit Groningen, The Netherlands. 7/95 – 6/97 Jack D. Sparks/Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor in Business Administration, University of Michigan Business School 11/96 Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics. 1/90 - 8/90 von Humboldt Fellow and Research Associate at the Fraunhofer Institut in Stuttgart, West Germany. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: (continued) 9/87 - 4/88 Research Associate at COMAU, Automation Division, Torino, Italy. 5/85 - 6/02 Associate Professor of Operations Management, Graduate School of Business Administration, The University of Michigan. Taught OM 667 (Controlling Production), OM 617 (Issues in Flexible Manufacturing Strategies), OM 551 (Operations Management), OM 899 (Ph.D. Special Topics), BA 553 (MAP, Student Term Projects), and OM 750 (Special Topics). 8/85 - 1/86 Visiting Professor, Transportation Research Department, General Motors Research Laboratories. 7/81 - 5/85 Assistant Professor of Policy and Control, Graduate School of Business Administration, The University of Michigan. Taught PC 311 (Production Management), OM 551 (Production/ Operations Management), and OM 899 (Problems and Models in Flexible Manufacturing and other 899 courses). 9/84 - 11/84 Research Associate at Centre d’Études et de Recherches de Toulouse, Départment d’Études et de Recherches en Automatique, France. 1/81 - 6/81 Assistant Professor, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University. Taught IE 336 (Principles of Operations Research II). Topics covered included stochastic processes, queueing theory, inventory, and dynamic programming. 1/80 - 5/80 Instructor, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University. Taught IE 330 (Statistical Control II). Topics covered included nonparametric tests, quality control, regression, analysis of variance, and design of experiments. 6/75 - 12/79 Research Assistant, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University. Investigated production planning, loading, and scheduling problems for computerized manufacturing systems, NSF Grant No. APR 74 15256. 9/72 - 5/75 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Purdue University. Taught Calculus I, II, III, and IV, which included linear algebra and ordinary differential equations. PH.D. COMMITTEES: Dr. Mohammed Berrada, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France (1984). PH.D. COMMITTEES: (continued) Dr. Narayan Raman, The University of Michigan, Graduate School of Business Administration, Operations Management (1988). Dr. Yeong-Dae Kim, The University of Michigan, Industrial and Operations Engineering (1988). Dr. Ilyong Kim, The University of Michigan, Graduate School of Business Administration, Operations Management (1990) (Chair). Dr. Moonkee Min, The University of Michigan, Graduate School of Business Administration, Computer and Information Systems (1990). Dr. Anil Kumar Agrawal, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Industrial and Management Engineering Programme, Kanpur, India (1992). Dr. Thiruvengadam Ravi, McMaster University, Mechanical Engineering (1994). Dr. Harriet Black Nembhard, The University of Michigan, Industrial and Operations Engineering (1994). Dr. Jonghwa Kim, The University of Michigan, Industrial and Operations Engineering (1995). Dr. Walid Raif Abillama, The University of Michigan, Industrial and Operations Engineering (1995). Dr. Matthew Keblis, The University of Michigan, Industrial and Operations Engineering (1996). Dr. Gopal Krishna Nayak, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Industrial Engineering and Management, Kharagpur, India (1996). Dr. Thomas W. Weber, The University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering (1997). Dr. B. V. Chowdary, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Mechanical Engineering, New Delhi, India (1998). Dr. A. B. Gupta, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Patalia, India (1999). Dr. Neeraj Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Industrial and Management Engineering, Kanpur, India (2000). Dr. Rod Parker, The University of Michigan, Individual Program (2001) (Chair). Dr. David E. Benson, The University of Michigan, Industrial and Operations Engineering (2001). PH.D. COMMITTEES: (continued) Dr. Sittiporn Pimsakul, The University of Michigan, Program in Manufacturing (2002). Dr. Simon P. Walsh, Swinburne University of Technology, Industrial Research Institute, Australia (2004). Dr. Sanjeewa Naranpanawe, University of Texas at Dallas, Operations Management (2005). Dr. Windy Yin, University of Texas at Dallas, Operations Management (2005). Dr. Sirong Luo, University of Texas at Dallas, Operations Management (2005). Dr. Sanjeev Mishra, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Industrial and Management Engineering, Kanpur, Indian (2005). Dr. Lama Moussawi, University of Texas at Dallas, Operations Management (2006). Dr. Xuying Zhao, University of Texas at Dallas, Operations Management (2007) (Chair). Dr. Nagihan Comez, University of Texas at Dallas, Operations Management (2007) (Chair). Sanjay Kumar, University of Texas at Dallas, Operations Management (current Ph.D. student) (Chair). Gokcen Arkali, University of Texas at Dallas, Operations Management (current Ph.D. student). Bee Hoon Ng, University of South Australia, International Graduate School of Management (current Ph.D. student) (Chair). GRANTS RECEIVED: Research Grant from the William Davidson Institute for “Managing Operations of Manufacturing Facilities in Transient Economies”, with Tamás Koltai, $11,760 (April 1999-March 2001). Faculty Fellow, Tauber Manufacturing Institute, with S. Jack Hu, $120,000 (1997-2001). NSF Grant DDM 920-1954, “An Integrated Design-Aid Tool for Flexible Assembly Systems,” $182,655 (September 1992-August 1996). Research Grant from General Motors Corporation, “Assessment of Machining System Integration,” with Izak Duenyas, $16,039 (June-September 1995). Research Grant from the Japan Technology Management Program (May 1994). Research Grants from the Center for International Business Education (January 1994 and January 1992). GRANTS RECEIVED: (continued) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, Bonn (December 1989-August 1990). NSF Initiation Grant ECS-8406407 (August 1984-January 1987). Research Grants from Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan (January 1982); renewed (January 1983); renewed again (January 1984). Summer Research Grants from the University of Michigan School of Business (1982 - 2001). REFEREED PAPERS: “Route-independent Analysis of Available Capacity in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Tamás Koltai, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 211-223 (March-April, 2008). “Sources of Supply Chain Disruptions, Factors that Breed Vulnerability, and Mitigating Strategies”, with Sanjay Kumar, Journal of Marketing Channels, Vol. 16 (2008). “Applications of Quality Competitiveness Index Methodology for Strategic Advantage”, with Ashok Kumar and Jaideep Motwani, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, forthcoming, 2008. “Least In-Sequence Probability Heuristic for Mixed-Volume Production Lines”, with Oleg Y. Gusikhin and Rahul Caprihan, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 46, No. 3 (February 2008). “Measuring the Effectiveness of Mass Customization and Personalization Strategies”, with Ashok Kumar, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 19, No. 4 (December 2007). “Production and Transportation Integration for a Make-to-Order Manufacturing Company with a Commit-to-Delivery Business Mode”, with Xuying Zhao, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 206-224 (Spring, 2007). “A Fuzzy Dispatching Strategy for Due-Date Scheduling of FMSs with Information Delays”, with Rahul Caprihan and Ashok Kumar, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 29-53 (March 2006). “Addressing Industrial Problems Using Various Mathematical Models”, INFORMS Transactions on Education, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May 2005). “Using Mathematics to Solve Some Problems in Industry”, INFORMS Transactions on Education, Vol. 5, No. 2 (January 2005). “An Analytical Framework to Measure, Benchmark, and Improve the Strategic Position of an Organization Using a Quality Competitiveness Index”, with Ashok Kumar and Jaideep Motwani, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 1-37 (June 2004). REFEREED PAPERS: (continued) “Mathematics for Industry”, Nuovo Enciclopedia Italiana, Edited by Ana Millan (2003). “A Descriptive Multi-Attribute Model for Reconfigurable Machining System Selection that Examines Buyer-Supplier Relationships”, with Stephen E. Chick, Tava Olsen, Kannan Sethuraman, and Chelsea C. White, III, International Journal of Agile Management Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 33-48 (2000). “Transfer Batch Sizing in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with André Langevin and Diane Riopel, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 140-151 (March-April 1999). “Heuristics for Minimizing Tool Switches on a Flexible Machine”, with Alain Hertz, Gilbert Laporte, and Michel Mittaz, IIE Transactions, Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 689-694 (August 1998). “Production Planning for Flexible Flow Systems with Limited Machine Flexibility”, with H. Felix Lee, IIE Transactions, Vol. 30, No. 7, pp. 669-684 (July 1998). “Tool Management at General Motors Powertrain Willow Run Plant: A Case Study”, with Pat O'Shaughnessy, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-25 (April 1997). “On the Robustness of Using Balanced Part Mix Ratios to Determine Cyclic Part Input Sequences into Flexible Flow Systems”, with Thomas M. Smith, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 2925-2942 (October 1996). “Throughput for Production Lines with Serial Work Stations and Parallel Service Facilities”, with Michael J. Magazine, Performance Evaluation, Vol. 25, pp. 211-232 (1996). “An Integrated Design Support Method for Flexible Assembly Systems”, with Heungsoon Felix Lee, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 13-32 (January-February 1996). “The ERP Maze: Enterprise Resource Planning and Other Production and Inventory Control Software “, with Donald A. Hicks, Industrial Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 12-16 (August 1995). “FMS Planning Decisions, Operating Flexibilities and System Performance”, with Narayan Raman, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 82-90 (February 1995). “A Note on Flexible Flowshop Scheduling with Two Stages”, with Jacek , Moshe Dror, and Grzegorz Pawlak, Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 159-172 (1994). “Production Planning Decisions in Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Random Material Flows”, with Narayan Raman, IIE Transactions, Vol. 26, No. 5 (September 1994). REFEREED PAPERS: (continued) “A Focused Review of FMS Scheduling Research”, with Narayan Raman and Ram Rachamadugu, Journal of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineering of Japan, Special Issue on “Production Scheduling”, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 680-690 (August 1994). “Classification and Review of FMS Scheduling Procedures”, with Ram Rachamadugu, International Journal of Production Planning and Control, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 2-20 (January 1994). “A Synthesis of Decision Models for Tool Management in Automated Manufacturing”, with Ann E. Gray and Abraham Seidmann, Management Science, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 549-567 (May 1993). “Procedures to Determine Part Mix Ratios for Independent Demands in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 359-369 (November 1992). “Profit-based FMS Dynamic Part Type Selection Over Time for Mid-term Production Planning”, with Eugeniusz , European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 54-65 (November 1992). “Planning and Scheduling Approaches to Operate a Particular FMS”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 273-291 (September 1992). “A Flexible Approach to Part Type Selection Using Part Mix Ratios in Flexible Flow Systems”, with Ilyong Kim, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 53-75 (January-February 1991). “Dynamic Analysis of Repetitive Decision-free Discrete Event Processes: Applications to Production Systems”, with Didier Dubois, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 26, “Automated Manufacturing Systems,” (Joseph B. Mazzola, Editor), pp. 323-347 (1990). “Dynamic Analysis of Repetitive Decision-free Discrete Event Processes: Algorithmic Issues and the Algebra of Timed Marked Graphs”, with Didier Dubois, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 26, “Production Planning and Scheduling,” (Maurice Queyranne, Editor), pp. 151-193 (1990). “On the Optimal Allocation of Servers and Workloads in Closed Queueing Networks,” with Yves Dallery, Operations Research, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 694-703 (July-August 1990). “Algorithms to Efficiently Plan and Operate a Particular FMS”, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 287-324 (September 1989). “Performance Evaluation for Systems of Pooled Machines of Unequal Sizes: Unbalancing Versus Balancing”, with Ilyong Kim, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 22-38 (September 1989). “Machine Utilizations Achieved Using Balanced FMS Production Ratios”, with Thomas J. Schriber, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 15, pp. 229-267 (1988). REFEREED PAPERS: (continued) “A Study of FMS Part Type Selection Approaches for Short-Term Production Planning”, with Ilyong Kim, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 7-29 (September 1988). “A Branch and Bound Approach for Machine Load Balancing in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Mohammed Berrada, Management Science, Vol. 32, No. 10, pp. 1316-1335 (October 1986). “On the Nonconcavity of Throughput in Certain Closed Queueing Networks”, Performance Evaluation, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 293-305 (August 1986). “Reducing Work-in-process Inventory in Certain Classes of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with J. George Shanthikumar, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 266-271 (August 1986). “A Hierarchical Approach to Solving Machine Grouping and Loading Problems of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 369-378 (March 1986). “The Optimality of Unbalancing Both Workloads and Machine Group Sizes in Closed Queueing Networks of Multiserver Queues”, with James J. Solberg, Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 882-910 (July-August 1985). “Design, Planning, Scheduling, and Control Problems of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 3, pp. 3-12 (December 1985); • also reprinted with permission in the Proceedings from the First International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production Planning and Control, Charleston SC (May 10-13, 1987) and also pp. 189-198, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., Menlo Park CA (1988); • also reprinted with permission in the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Current Status and Challenges, Istanbul, Turkey (August 31-September 12, 1987); • also reprinted with permission in Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Current Issues and Models, edited by F. Choobineh and R. Suri, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Norcross GA (1988). “Variations in Flexible Manufacturing Systems According to the Relevant Types of Automated Materials Handling”, with Jim Browne, Material Flow, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 179-185 (July 1985). “Careers in OR/MS; or Life After the Ph.D.: A Student/Practitioner/Faculty Discussion”, with R. Jean Ruth and Morris A. Cohen, Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 699-703 (May-June 1985). “The Optimality of Balancing Workloads in Certain Types of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Thomas L. Morin, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 68-82 (April 1985). “Review of Operator/Machine Interference Models”, with Jay E. Aronson, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 129-151 (January-February 1985). REFEREED PAPERS: (continued) “Classification of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Jim Browne, Didier Dubois, Keith Rathmill, and Suresh P. Sethi, FMS Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 114-117 (April 1984); • reprinted in Structure and Design of Manufacturing Systems, Basil Blackwell Publishers, Ltd., Oxford, U.K. (1985). “Formulation and Solution of Nonlinear Integer Production Planning Problems for Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Management Science, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 273-288 (March 1983). “Loading and Control Policies for a Flexible Manufacturing System”, with James J. Solberg, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 481-490 (September-October 1981); • reprinted with permission in Production Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory Control: Concepts, Systems, and Procedures, F. Robert Jacobs and Vincent A. Mabert (Editors), Institute of Industrial Engineers, Norcross GA (1986). HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CASE: “Baker Precision Instruments, Inc.”, with Don Rosenfield and Roy Shapiro, HBS-9-687-052 (January 2002). EDITED BOOKS: Proceedings of the Third ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, with Rajan Suri, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam (1989). Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 15, with Rajan Suri, J. C. Baltzer AG, Basel, Switzerland (1988). Proceedings of the Second ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, with Rajan Suri, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam (1986). Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 3, with Rajan Suri, J. C. Baltzer AG, Basel, Switzerland (1985). Proceedings of the First ORSA/TIMS Special Interest Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, with Rajan Suri (1984). BOOK REVIEW: Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems, John A. Buzacott and J. George Shanthikumar, for INFOR, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 310-311 (November 1996). REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS: “Flexible Automation”, with Rodney P. Parker, Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management (Paul M. Swamidass, Editor), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2000); • reprinted in Progress in Competitive Manufacturing (Paul M. Swamidass, Editor), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2000). “Cells and Flexible Automation: A History and Synergistic Application”, with Rodney P. Parker, Group Technology/Cellular Manufacturing: A State-of-the-Art Synthesis of Research and Practice (Nallan Suresh and J. M. Kay, Editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (1998). “Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Article in the Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science (Saul Gass and Carl Harris, Editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (1995). “Decision Support: Uses and Benefits for Flexible Assembly Systems Design”, Chapter 10 in the Handbook on Design of Work and Development of Personnel in Advanced Manufacturing (Gavriel Salvendy and Waldemar Karwowski, Editors), John Wiley and Sons, NY (1994). “Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Design and Operating Problems and Solutions”, Chapter in Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition (William K. Hodson, Editor), McGraw-Hill, NY (1992). “Machine Interference: Assignment of Machines to Operators”, Chapter 57 in the Handbook of Industrial Engineering, Second Edition (Gavriel Salvendy, Editor), John Wiley and Sons, NY (1992). “Design and Operating Issues in Flexible Manufacturing”, in Progress in Materials Handling and Logistics - Vol. 1, edited by John A. White and Ira W. Pence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 291-299 (1989). “Production Planning and Scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Chapter in Computer-Aided Production Management, Asbøjrn Rolstadås (Editor), Springer Verlag, Berlin, W. Germany, pp. 281-287 (1988). “Heuristics for Loading Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with F. Brian Talbot, in Flexible Manufacturing; Recent Developments in FMS, Robotics, CAD/CAM, CIM, (eds., A. Raouf and S. I. Ahmad), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 73-85 (1985). “Machine Interference: The Assignment of Machines to Operators”, Chapter in the Handbook of Industrial Engineering, Gavriel Salvendy (Editor), John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY (1982). TECHNICAL REPORTS: “The CMS Loading Problem”, Report No. 20, NSF Grant No. APR74 15256, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907 (February 1981). TECHNICAL REPORTS: (continued) “Scheduling of Operations in a Computerized Manufacturing System”, Report No. 10, NSF Grant No. APR74 15256, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN (December 1977). “Some Results from Scheduling Theory Pertinent to Computerized Manufacturing Systems”, Report No. 3, NSF Grant No. APR74 15256, pp. C1-C37 (August 1976). “Scheduling Theory”, Report No. 1, NSF Grant No. APR74 15256, pp. C1-C19 (November 1975). REFEREED PROCEEDINGS: “A Prioritization Algorithm for Configuration Scheduling in Mass Customization Environment”, with Ashok Kumar, Arnold Reisman, and Frank Piller, 2007 World Conference on Mass Customization Environment & Personalization, MIT, Cambridge, MA (October 7-10, 2007). “Production Scheduling to Decrease Transportation Costs”, Keynote and Proceedings of the International Symposium on Scheduling, Tokyo, Japan (July 18-20, 2006). “Using Fuzzy Theory to Minimize the Deleterious Effect of Information Delays on FMS Performance”, with Rahul Caprihan and Ashok Kumar, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Osaka, Japan (July 10-12, 2006). “Managing the Technology of Integrating the Production and Transportation Functions in Assembly or Flow Operations for Make-to-order Industries, with Xuying Zhao, Outstanding Student Paper Award, PICMET Conference, Portland, OR (July 31-August 4, 2005). “Planning of Flexibility of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Tamás Koltai, Japan/US Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO (July 19-21, 2004). “A New Formulation of Capacity Constraints in the Production Planning of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Tamás Koltai and Viktor Juhász, 14th International Conference on Flexible automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Toronto, Canada (July 12-14, 2004). “A New Approach for the Production Planning of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Based on the Concept of Operations Types”, with Tamás Koltai, Viktor Juhász, and Peter Várlaki, POMS Conference, Cancun, Mexico (April 30-May 3, 2004). “Sequencing of Stochastic Flexible Flow Lines in an Automotive Supply Chain”, with Oleg Y. Gusikhin and Rahul Caprihan, 2002 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Hiroshima, Japan (July 15-17, 2002). “The Relevance of Activity Based Costing in a Flexible Manufacturing Environment”, with Tamás Koltai, 12th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Dresden, Germany (July 15-17, 2002). “Deleterious Effect of Information Delays on Flexible Manufacturing Systems Performance”, with Ashok Kumar and Rahul Caprihan, 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ann Arbor, MI (July 23-26, 2000). REFEREED PROCEEDINGS: (continued) “An Aggregate Capacity Analysis Model for a Flexible Manufacturing Environment”, with Tamás Koltai and András Farkas, 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ann Arbor, MI (July 23-26, 2000). “Due-Date Scheduling of Semi-Automated Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Information Delays”, with Rahul Caprihan and Ashok Kumar, International POMS Conference, New Delhi, India (December 21-24, 1999). “Sequencing Heuristic for Flexible Assembly Systems with Mixed Volume Production and Stochastic Processing Times”, with Oleg Gusikhin and Rahul Caprihan, Proceedings of the Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, Portland, OR (July 25 – 29, 1999). “A Decision Support Model to Select Appropriate Reconfigurable or Other Machining Systems that Considers Buyer-Supplier Relationships”, with Stephen E. Chick, Tava Olsen, Kannan Sethuraman, Kimberly Stauffer, and Chelsea C. White, III, Proceedings of the 1998 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ohtsu, Japan (July 13-15, 1998). “An Integrated Tool to Design Flexible Assembly Systems”, with Heungsoon Felix Lee, Proceedings of the New Directions in Simulation for Manufacturing and Communications Conference, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 4-8 (August 1-2, 1994). “An Integrated Design-aid Tool for Flexible Assembly Systems: A Case Study”, with Heungsoon Felix Lee, Proceedings of the IMACS/SICE International Symposium on Robotics, Mechantronics and Manufacturing Systems '92, Kobe, Japan (September 16-20, 1992). “Optimal Scheduling in a Flexible Flow System”, with Alessandro Agnetis and Claudio Arbib, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Troy NY (May 21-23, 1990). “FMS Design and Operating Problems and Solutions”, Proceedings of the Second Intelligent Factory Automation Symposium, ISCIE, Osaka, Japan, pp. 17-32 (July 19-21, 1989). “A Hybrid Model-based Approach for the Production Planning of FMSs”, with Moonkee Min and Ilyong Kim, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production and Operations Management, Hilton Head Island SC (May 20-24, 1989). “O.R. Applications in Flexible Manufacturing”, Proceedings of the Eleventh IFORS International Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 10-14, 1987); • reprinted in Operational Research '87, Graham K. Rand (Editor), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 217-232 (1988). “Using Mathematical Programming and Simulation to Improve FMS Machine Utilization”, with Thomas J. Schriber, Proceedings of the 1987 Winter Simulation Conference, Atlanta GA (December 14-16, 1987). REFEREED PROCEEDINGS: (Continued) “Comparison of Various Approaches to FMS Part Type Selection”, with Ilyong Kim, Proceedings of the IXth International Conference on Production Research, Cincinnati, OH, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam (August 17-20, 1987); • reprinted in Recent Developments in Production Research, Anil Mital (Editor), Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 675-681 (1988). “A Knowledge-based Approach to Part Type Selection Considering Due Dates in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Ilyong Kim and Moonkee Min, Proceedings of the 12th IMACS World Congress on Scientific Computation, Paris, France (July 17-22, 1988); • reprinted in the IMACS Transactions on Scientific Computing, Vol. 2, R. Huber, X. Kulikowski, J. M. David, and J. P. Krivine (Editors), J. C. Baltzer, Basel, Switzerland (1989). “A Study of Unbalancing and Balancing for Systems of Pooled Machines of Unequal Sizes”, with Ilyong Kim, Proceedings of the 1987 IEEE Robotics and Automation Conference, Raleigh NC, pp. 1350-1355 (March 30-April 3, 1987). “Modele Procesów Wspólbie Dla Celów Sterowania Elastycznymi Systemami Produkcyjnymi”, with Tadeusz Krupa, Systemy Produkcyjne: Teoretyczne i Praktyczne Problemy Projektowania, SPYRO '87 Conference, Warszawa, Poland (1987). “Design Problems of Flexible Assembly Systems”, with Daniel N. Hall, Proceedings of the Second ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, Ann Arbor MI, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 145-156 (August 12-15, 1986). “A Flexible Approach to Implementing the Short-term FMS Planning Function”, with Ilyong Kim, Proceedings of the Second ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, Ann Arbor MI, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 283-295 (August 12-15, 1986). “Machine Utilizations and Production Rates Achieved by Using Balanced Aggregate FMS Production Ratios in a Simulated Setting”, with Thomas J. Schriber, Proceedings of the Second ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, Ann Arbor MI, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 405-416 (August 12-15, 1986). “Determining Aggregate FMS Production Ratios and Minimum Inventory Requirements”, Proceedings of the Symposium on Real-Time Optimization in Automated Manufacturing Facilities, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg MD (January 21-22, 1986). “Utilisation des Reseaux de Petri Deterministes et Temporises pour la Representation et l'Analyse de Certain Processus de Production”, with Gerard Bel and Didier Dubois, Proceedings of the AFCET Congress Automatique: Tools for Tomorrow, Toulouse, France, pp. 587-596 (October 23-25, 1985). “Useful Models to Address FMS Operating Problems”, Proceedings of the Advances in Production Management Systems Conference, edited by E. Szelke and J. Browne, Budapest, Hungary, pp. 271-283 (August 27-30, 1985); REFEREED PROCEEDINGS: (continued) also reprinted in Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. (North Holland), Amsterdam (1986). “Research Challenges in Flexible Manufacturing”, Proceedings of the ASME Conference on Computers in Engineering, Vol. 1, Boston MA , pp. 363-366 (August 4-8, 1985). “Planning and Control Models to Analyze Problems of Flexible Manufacturing”, Proceedings of the 23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas Nevada, pp. 851-854 (December 12-14, 1984). “Using Petri Nets to Represent Production Processes”, with Didier Dubois, Proceedings of the 22nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio TX, pp. 1062-1067 (December 14-16, 1983). “Heuristic Loading Algorithms for Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with F. Brian Talbot, Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Production Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, pp. 570-576 (August 22-24, 1983). “A Hierarchical Approach to Production Planning in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, at the University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana IL, pp. 426-433 (October 6-8, 1982). “Experimental Investigation of the Scheduling Problems of a Particular Computerized Manufacturing System”, Proceedings of the Conference on Optimal Planning of Computerized Manufacturing Systems Project, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN, pp. B1-B35 (November 21-22, 1977). PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION: “Pre-orders for New To-be-Released Products”, with Xuying Zhao and Ashutosh Prasad, WP No. SOM20083, University of Texas at Dallas (February 2008). “Advance Selling by a Newsvendor Retailer”, with Ashutosh Prasad and Xuying Zhao, WP No. SOM20082, University of Texas at Dallas (February 2008). “Optimal Transshipments and Orders: A Tale of Two Competing Retailers”, with Nagihan Comez and Metin Cakanyildirim, WP No. SOM2007104, University of Texas at Dallas (October 2007). “Modeling and Analyzing Economic Consequences of Supply Chain Disruptions”, with Thomas Schmitt, Sanjay Kumar, Mark A. Ehlen, and Fred Glover, WP No. SOM 2007102, University of Texas at Dallas (September 2007). “Advance Selling from a Retailer to Consumers”, with Xuying Zhao and Ashutosh Prasad, WP No. SOM196777, University of Texas at Dallas (December 2006). “Analysis of Various Assembly System Configurations for Quality and Productivity”, with S. Jack Hu, WP No. SOM200675, University of Texas at Dallas (June 2006). PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION: (continued) “Virtual Pooling with Multiple In-cycle Transshipments”, with Nagihan Cömez and Metin Cakanyildirim, WP No. SOM200672, University of Texas at Dallas (February 2006). “Lead Time and Price Quotation Mode Selection: Uniform or Differentiated?”, with Xuying Zhao and Ashutosh Prasad, WP No. SOM200557, University of Texas at Dallas (May 2005). “Analysis of the Impact of Information Delays on FMS Performance”, with Rahul Caprihan and Ashok Kumar, WP No. SOM200546, University of Texas at Dallas (March 2005). “Aggregate Production Planning of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Using the Concept of Operation Types”, with Tamás Koltai and András Farkas (December 2002). “Workload Balancing Using the Concept of Operation Types”, with András Farkas and Tamás Koltai, WP No. 99-002, Research Support, SBA, The University of Michigan (January 1999). “Production Control for a Flexible Manufacturing Cell”, with Jannes Slomp, WP No. 9409-12, Research Support, SBA, The University of Michigan (May 1994). “Adopting Flexible Technology for Multiple Product-Life-Cycles: The Economy-of-Scope Advantage”, with Ashok Mukherjee, WP No. 682, DOR, SBA, The University of Michigan (April 1992). “Part Type Selection and Batch Sequencing in Flexible Flow Systems”, with Alessandro Agnetis and Claudio Arbib, WP No. 670, DOR, SBA, The University of Michigan (December 1991). ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES: Program Chair, Cluster Chair, Session Chair, and Invited Speaker, (3 papers) INFORMS National Meeting, Seattle, WA (November 4-7, 2007). General Chair, Track Chair, Session Chair, and Invited Speaker, (3 papers) POMS Conference, Dallas, TX (May 4-7, 2007). Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on Scheduling, Tokyo, Japan (July 18-20, 2006). Keynote Speaker, 2006 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, Shanghai, China (June 21-23, 2006). Distinguished Plenary Speaker, EURO Conference on Continuous Optimization in Industry, Pécs, Hungary (June 28-July 1, 2005). Session Chair and Invited Speaker, (3 papers) INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA (November 5-8, 2006). ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES: (continued) Session Chair and Invited Speaker, (3 Papers) POMS, Boston, MA (April 28-May 1, 2006). Invited Speaker, IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, Shanghai, China (June 21-23, 2006). Invited Speaker, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Hong Kong (June 25-28, 2006). Invited Speaker, PICMET Conference, Portland Oregon (July 31-August 4, 2005). Invited Speaker, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (November 13-16, 2005). Invited Speaker, DSI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (November 10-13, 2005). Invited Speaker, DSI Annual Meeting, Boston, MA (November 20-23, 2004). Invited Speaker, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO (October 24-27, 2004). Invited Speaker, European Applied Business Research Conference, Venice, Italy (June 9-13, 2003). Keynote Speaker and Guest of Honor, Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, New Delhi, India (December 17-20, 2000). Keynote Speaker, International Symposium on Decision Sciences, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin (June 12-14, 1998). Invited Speaker, Tenth Meeting of the European Chapter on Combinational Optimization, Tenerife, Spain (May 14-17, 1997). Invited Speaker, Fourth ELAVIO (Escuela Latinoamericana de Verano de Investigacion Operativa), Montevideo, Uruguay (February 17-22, 1997). Invited Speaker, UNESCO International Conference on Technology Management: University/Industry/Government Collaboration, Istanbul, Turkey (June 24-26, 1996). Session Chair and Speaker, Fourteenth IFORS International Conference, Vancouver, B.C. (July 8-12, 1996). Tutorial, XVII National Operational Research and Industrial Engineering Conference, Ankara, Turkey (July 9-12, 1995). Keynote Speaker, Conference on New Directions in Simulation for Manufacturing and Communications, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan (August 1-2, 1994). Invited Speaker, EURO XIII/OR 36 Conference, Glasgow, Scotland (July 19-22, 1994). Invited Speaker, AIRO '93, Designing Innovations in Industrial Logistics, Capri, Italy (September 29-October 1, 1993). ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES: (continued) Session Chair and Speaker, ICSSSE '93, The 2nd International Conference on Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Beijing, P.R. China (August 24-27, 1993). Session Chair and Speaker, XIII IFORS '93 World Conference on Operations Research, Lisbon, Portugal (July 12-16, 1993). “Single Machine Scheduling with Finite Tool Capacity and Small Lot Size Multi-Item Manufacturing,” with Moshe Dror, Moshe Kaspi, and François Soumis, 2nd Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Los Angeles (May 26-27, 1993). Plenary Speaker, IMACS/SICE International Symposium on Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems '92, Kobe, Japan (September 16-20, 1992). Plenary Speaker, AIRO '90, Models and Methods for Decision Support, Sorrento, Italy (October 3-5, 1990). Session Chair and Speaker, Twelfth IFORS International Conference, Athens, Greece (June 25-29, 1990). Plenary Speaker, Optimization Days, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada (May 3-4, 1990). Program Committee Member, Session Chair, and Speaker, Modeling the Innovation Conference, Rome, Italy (March 21-23, 1990). Plenary Speaker and Proceedings paper, Second Intelligent Factory Automation Symposium, Osaka, Japan (July 19-21, 1989). Session Chair and Speaker, EURO X, Beograd, Yugoslavia (June 26-30, 1989). Speaker, School on Combinatorial Optimization: Theory and Applications, Erice, Sicily (June 20-30, 1989). Speaker and Proceedings paper, SME Machining Systems, The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Indianapolis IN (May 23-24, 1989). Program Committee, Panel Member, Speaker, and Proceedings paper, Third International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production Planning and Control, Hilton Head SC (May 21-24, 1989). Plenary Speaker, Panel Member, and Session Chair, Seventh Biennial Convention of South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation, New Delhi, India (November 28-December 1, 1988). Research Tutorial, “Flexible Manufacturing”, EURO IX/TIMS XXVIII Meeting, Paris, France (July 5-8, 1988). “Manufacturing, Production, and Operations Management Panel of Journal Editors”, Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, St. Louis MO (October 25-28, 1987). “Design and Operating Issues of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, National Congress in Systems Engineering, Santiago, Chile (August 3-7, 1987). ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES: (continued) “FMS Production Planning and Control Problems” and “Design of FMSs”, Seminars presented at the International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production Planning and Control, Charleston SC (May 11-13, 1987). “Formulation and Solution Procedures for Part Type Selection Considering Due-Dates Using a Flexible Approach to Short-Term FMS Production Planning”, with Ilyong Kim, presented at the Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, New Orleans LA (May 4-6, 1987). “Design and Operating Problems of Flexible Manufacturing”, paper presented at the Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Honolulu Hawaii (November 23-26, 1986). “Stochastic Models of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with J. George Shanthikumar, presented at the TIMS XXVII Meeting, Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia (July 20-23, 1986). “Scheduling Against Due Dates in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Ram Rachamadugu, presented at the Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Boston MA (April 29 - May 1, 1985). “Mathematical Models Used to Solve Design, Planning, and Scheduling Problems of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, presented at the ORSA/TIMS Applied Probability Meeting, Williamsburg, Virginia (January 7-9, 1985). Panel Member, “Research Perspectives for Productivity Improvement at the Strategic Level”, Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, San Francisco CA (May 13-16, 1984). “A Petri Net Formulation of a Flexible Manufacturing System”, with Didier Dubois and Suresh P. Sethi, presented at the Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Orlando FL (November 6-9, 1983). “Production Planning in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, presented at the Joint Fifth European Congress on Operations Research/Twenty-fifth Meeting of The Institute of Management Sciences (EURO V/TIMS XXV), Lausanne, Switzerland (July 11-14, 1982). “The Optimality of Unbalanced Workloads and Machine Group Sizes for Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, presented at the Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Detroit, Michigan (April 18-21, 1982). “Linearized Nonlinear MIP Formulations for Loading a Flexible Manufacturing System”, presented at the Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Houston, Texas (October 11-14, 1981). “Alternative Objective Functions for Workload Allocation”, presented at the Joint National CORS/TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Toronto, Ontario Canada (May 3-6, 1981). “Optimal Allocation of Work in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, presented at the Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado (November 10-12, 1980). ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES: (continued) “Set-up Problems for a Computerized Manufacturing System”, presented at the Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Washington, D.C. (May 4-7, 1980). “The Loading Problem for a Computerized Manufacturing System”, presented at the Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana (April 30 - May 2, 1979). “Experimental Investigation of a Computerized Manufacturing System”, presented at the Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia (November 7-9, 1977). ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS: Seminars on various aspects of production planning for flexible manufacturing systems presented at: Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan (November, 1981); Ford Motor Company, Dearborn MI (February, 1982); INRIA, LeChesnay Cedex, France (June, 1982); Centre d’Études et de Recherche de Toulouse and Laboratoire d'Automatique et d'Analyse des Systémes, both in Toulouse, France (July, 1982); Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany (August 20, 1982); Department of Production Eco¬nomics, Linköping Institute of Technology, Linköping, Sweden (August 30, 1982); The University of Rochester, Rochester NY (May 18, 1983); Imperial College of London (July 4, 1983); Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, UK (July 5, 1983); University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (July 14, 1983); Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh PA (January 25, 1984); National Bureau of Standards, Washington D.C. (February 27, 1984); University of North (Carolina, Chapel Hill NC (March 2, 1984); Politechnika Poznanska, Poland June, 1984); Politechnika Warszawska, Poland (June 1984); VÚOSO, Prague, Czechoslovakia (July, 1984); IBM, Madrid, Spain (July 9, 1984); Université de Bordeaux, France (July 16, 1984), Caterpillar Tractor Company, Peoria IL (September 4, 1984), University of Wisconsin, Madison WI (September 5, 1984); Centre d’Études et de Recherches de Toulouse (October 10-11, 1984); Technical University of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada (December 20, 1984); Ford Motor Company, Detroit, Michigan (March 20, 1985); Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, Connecticut (April 18, 1985); General Motors,Warren, Michigan (April 24, 1985); Bain and Company, London, U.K. (June 19, 1985) University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba (January 23, 1986); General Electric, Schenectady, New York (May 6, 1986); McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada (March 13, 1987); University of Colorado, Boulder (March 26, 1987); Three FMS Seminars at the NATO Advanced Study Institute on CIM, Istanbul, Turkey (August 30-September 12, 1987); Two FMS Seminars at the Advanced School on O.R. Models in Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Udine, Italy (October 5-9, 1987); COMAU, Torino, Italy (November 6, 9, and 13, 1987); Centre de’Éstudes et de Recherches de Toulouse (January 4, 1988); Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (February 5, 1988); Symposium on Automated Manufacturing Systems, Rennsalear Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY (August 29-30, 1988); SEARCC-88', New Delhi, India (November 28-December 1, 1988); Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (November 25, 1988); Northwestern University, Evanston IL (February 24, 1989); Ohio State University, Columbus OH (March 3, 1989); IBM, Yorktown Heights NY (March 10, 1989); Harvard Business School, Boston MA (March 23, 1989); SUNY, Buffalo NY (April 24, 1989); University of Washington, Seattle (May 12, 1989); University of Osaka Prefecture (July 20, 1989); Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto (July 28, 1989); Waseda University, Tokyo (August 4, 1989); Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel (November 28 and December 6, 1989); University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands (February 7, 1990); Fraunhofer Institut, Stuttgart, W. Germany (March 2-3, 1990); University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom (March 14, 1990); Università degli Studi di Venezia, Venice, Italy (March 29, 1990); Ecole Centrale de Paris, France (April 5, 1990); European Business School, Rheingau, W. Germany (April 25, 1990); Universität der Bundeswehr, Hamburg (June 5, 1990); ADDITIONAL RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS: (continued) Politechnika Posnanska, Poznan (June 11, 1990); Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (July 6, 1990); University of Toronto (October 11, 1991); George Mason University, Washington D. C. (October 21, 1991); Portland State University, Portland OR (December 6, 1991); École Polytechnique de Montréal (January 9, 1992); University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering (January 30, 1992); GERAD, Montréal (February 4, 1992); UCLA, Los Angeles (March 20, 1992); University of Toledo (March 27, 1992); University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands (May, 1992); University of Groningen, The Netherlands (May, 1992); Universität der Bundeswehr, Hamburg (June, 1992); University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland (July 4, 1992); Nippon Denso, Nagoya, Japan (September 15, 1992); University of Southern California, Los Angeles (January 15, 1993); University of Southern California, Los Angeles (June 22, 1993); Universidad de Sevilla, Spain (July 19, 1993); Chongqing Automotive Engine Plant, Chongqing, China (August 16, 1993); Dong Feng Motor Industry Plant, Shiyan, China (August 19, 1993); Universitá degli Studi di Trieste, Italy (September 26, 1993); Ohio State University, Columbus (November 12, 1993); Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton (December 10, 1993); University of Toledo (October 6, 1995); Purdue University (April 26, 1996); KAIST, Seoul, Korea (May 14, 1996); George Mason University, Fairfax (October 11, 1996); Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin (November 11, 15, and 20, 1996), Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (February 7, 24, and 25, 1997); City University of Hong Kong (March 12, 1997); Universiteit Groningen, The Netherlands (April 8, 1997); Technical University of Budapest (April 23, 1997); Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest (April 28 and 30, 1997); University of Texas, Dallas (February 9, 1998); University of Minnesota (February 25, 1998); University of Michigan, ERC on RMS 1.2 Project (March 17, 1998); University of Michigan Business School (February 15, 2002); University of Texas at Dallas (February 22, 2002); Universiteit Groningen, The Netherlands (June 16, 2005); Texas A&M, College Station TX (February 27, 2006); Chinese University of Hong Kong (June 30, 2006); University of Washington, Seattle (January 12, 2007); Hong Kong Polytechnic University (March 7, 2007); Cass Business School, London (April 12, 2007); University of Bath, England (April 16, 2007); University of Nottingham, England (April 19, 2007); University of Strathclyde, Scotland (April 23, 2007); University College Galway, Ireland (April 24, 2007), University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (November 30, 2007); Bilkent University, Ankara (March 14, 2008). JOURNAL EDITORIAL POSITIONS: Associate Editor, International Journal of Strategic Decision Sciences, since May 2008. Editorial Board, International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology, since March 2008. Editorial Board, International Journal of Collaborative Enterprise, since June 2007. Editorial Board, International Journal of Manufacturing Research, since February 2007. Editor-in-Chief, Operations Management Education Review, since October 2002. Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, since August 1986. Associate Editor, Production and Operations Management, since July 2003. Editorial Board, Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management, since October 2000. Editorial Board, Annals of Operations Research, since November 2001. JOURNAL EDITORIAL POSITIONS: (continued) Consulting Board, Cognitive Processing, the International Quarterly of Cognitive Science, since December 1999. Associate Editor, Decision Sciences (August 2002-January 2005). Senior Editor, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (1995-2003). Editorial Board, Journal of Manufacturing Systems (1988-2002). Editorial Board, Annals of Operations Research, Volumes on “Mathematics of Industrial Systems”, since March 1993. Editorial and Review Board, Technology and Operations Review, since April 1994. International Advisory Board, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, since September 1994. Editorial Advisory Board, Group Technology/Cellular Manufacturing: A State-of-the-Art Synthesis of Research and Practice, since August 1996. Editorial Review Board, Journal of Operations Management, since December 1990. Special Departmental Editor, Management Science, for a focused issue on flexible manufacturing, Vol. 34, No. 10, October, 1988. Area Editor, Journal of Production and Operations Management, since September, 1989. Series Editor, CIMware Limited, since March 1990. Associate Editor, INFORS, since June 1, 1987. Associate Editor, Large Scale Systems, since July 1, 1988. Associate Editor, Automated Manufacturing Systems issues of the Annals of Operations Research, 1990. Associate Editor, Manufacturing Issues of Large Scale Systems, 1987, (since 1985). Editor (with Rajan Suri), Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 3, 1985; also Vol. 15, 1988. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: • The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Cluster Chair, Session Chair, and Speaker, INFORMS National Meeting, Washington D.C. (October 12-15, 2008). Member of the Program Committee and Speaker, INFORMS Southwest Regional Conference, College Station, TX (April 18-19, 2008). Editorial Review Board, MSOM Conference 2008. Program Chair, INFORMS National Meeting, Seattle, WA (October, 2007). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) Member of the INFORMS Nominating Committee (2006-2007). Session Chair and Speaker, INFORMS National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA (October 2006). Cluster Chair, Session Chair, and Speaker, FMS Sessions, INFORMS International Meeting, Hong Kong (June 25-28, 2006). Plenary Chair of the INFORMS Organizing Committee, New Orleans, LA (October 19-21, 2005) Member of the INFORMS Subdivisions Council (January 2005-December 2008). Member of the INFORMS Sections/Societies Committee (January 2005-December 2008). Vice President, Sections and Societies, of INFORMS (January 2003-December 2004). Chair of the INFORMS Subdivisions Council (January 2004-December 2004). Chair of the INFORMS Sections/Societies Committee (January 2003-December 2004). Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions and Tutorial, CORS/INFORMS Joint Meeting, Banff, Canada (May 16-19, 2004). Vice Chair of the INFORMS Subdivisions Council (January 2003-December 2003). Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions, INFORMS International Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey (July 6-10, 2003). Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions, INFORMS National Meeting, San Jose, CA (November 17-20, 2002). General Chair, INFORMS International Meeting, Maui, Hawaii (June 17-20, 2001). Cluster Chair, FMS Sessions, INFORMS National Meeting, Miami, FL (November, 2001). Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions, INFORMS National Meeting, San Antonio, TX (November 5-8, 2000). Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions, INFORMS-KORMS International Meeting, Seoul Korea (June, 2000). Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions, INFORMS National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (May 21-25, 2000). Member of the Board of INFORMS (January 1999-December 2001). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) Member of the INFORMS Subdivisions Committee, (January 1999-December 2001). Member of the Section/Society Subcommittee of INFORMS, January 1999-December 2001. Member of the MSOM (journal and editor) Review Committee (1999-2000). Cluster Chair, FMS Sessions, and Session Chair, INFORMS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (November 7-10, 1999). Cluster Chair, FMS Sessions, Session Chair, and Author, INFORMS National Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio (May 2-5, 1999). Cluster Chair, FMS Sessions, Session Chair, and Author, INFORMS National Meeting, Seattle, Washington (October 25-28, 1998). Cluster Chair, FMS Sessions, Panel Member, Session Chair, and Author, INFORMS/ORSIS International Meeting, Tel Aviv, Israel (June 28-July 1, 1998). Cluster Chair, FMS, Sessions, Session Chair, and Speaker, INFORMS/CORS National Meeting, Montréal, Canada (April 26-29, 1998). Member of the MSOM Nominating Committee, 1997-1998. Cluster Chair, FMS Sessions, Session Chair, INFORMS National Meeting Dallas TX (October 26-29, 1997). Cluster Chair, FMS Sessions, Session Chair, INFORMS National Meeting, San Diego CA (May 4-7, 1997). Program Chair, INFORMS (ORSA/TIMS) National Meeting, New Orleans LA (October 29-November 1, 1995). Cluster Chair, all FMS Sessions, Session Chair, and Speaker, International INFORMS (TIMS) XXXIII Meeting, Singapore (June 25-28, 1995). • Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) Member of the ORSA Nominating Committee, 1989-1990. Secretary/Treasurer of the ORSA Computer Science Technical Section, 1983-1984. Member of the ORSA Student Affairs Committee, 1982-1983. Panel Chairperson, ''Careers in OR/MS--A Student/Practitioner/ Faculty Discussion, or, Life after the Ph.D.”, Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting Chicago IL (April 24-27, 1983). • The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS) OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) Program Committee Member (Co-chair, Invited Sessions) and Cluster Chair, all FMS Sessions, ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Detroit MI (October 23-26, 1994). Session Chair and Speaker, ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Phoenix AZ (October 31-November 3, 1993). Cluster Chair, Session Chairperson, and Speaker, Joint International Meeting, EURO XII/TIMS XXXI, Helsinki, Finland (June 29-July, 1992). Session Chair and Speaker, ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Anaheim CA (November 3-6, 1991). Cluster Chair, Session Chairperson, and Speaker, Joint International Meeting, TIMS XXX-SOBRAPO XXIII, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (July 15-17, 1991). Cluster Chair and Session Chairperson, various FMS sessions and chairing 3 sessions, Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, New York City (October 16-18, 1989). Program Chairperson (with Rajan Suri), Third ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operational Research Models and Applications, M.I.T., Cambridge MA, August 14-16, 1989; Editor of the Proceedings, published by Elsevier Science Publishers B.B., Amsterdam (1989). Session Chair and Speaker, Twenty-Ninth International Meeting of TIMS, Osaka, Japan (July 23-26, 1989). Session Chair and Speaker, Joint National CORS/TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia (May 8-10, 1989). Cluster Chair and Session Chairperson, various FMS sessions, Twenty-Eighth International Meeting of The Institute of Management Science (EURO IX/TIMS XXVIII), Paris, France (July 5-8, 1988). Session Chairperson, various FMS sessions, Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Washington, D.C. (April 25-27, 1988). Session Chairperson, FMS, Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, St. Louis MO (October 25-28, 1987). Cluster Chair and Session Chairperson, various FMS sessions, Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, New Orleans LA (May 4-6, 1987). Session Chairperson, “FMS Problems and Models”, Joint National ORSA/ TIMS Meeting, Miami Beach FL (October 27-29, 1986). Program Chairperson (with Rajan Suri), Second ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) Applications, Ann Arbor MI, August 12-15, 1986; Editor of the Proceedings published by Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam (1986). Cluster Chair and Session Chairperson, “Flexible Manufacturing Systems” sessions, Twenty-Seventh International Meeting of The Institute of Management Science (TIMS XXVII), Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia (July 20-23, 1986). Cluster Chair and Chairperson of four sessions on Flexible Manufacturing, Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Los Angeles CA (April 14-16, 1986). Session Chairperson, “Flexible Manufacturing Applications of Queueing Networks”, Queueing Networks and Their Applications Conference, New Brunswick NJ (January 7-9, 1987). Session Chairperson, “Planning and Control Models of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Atlanta GA (November 4-6, 1985). Program Chairperson (with Rajan Suri), First ORSA/TIMS Special Interest Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, Ann Arbor Ml (August 15-17, 1984). Session Chairperson, “Planning and Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems I”, “II”, Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Dallas TX (November 25-28, 1984). Coordinator of all sessions on Automated Manufacturing; chairing those on “Modeling and Control of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, San Francisco CA (May 13-16, 1984). Session Chairperson, “Planning and Control Problems of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Orlando FL (November 6-9, 1983). Session Chairperson, “Planning and Control Models of Flexible Manufacturing Systems 1”, “-II”, and “-III”, Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Chicago IL (April 24-27, 1983). Session Chairperson, “Production Planning and Control in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, “Production Planning I”, and “Queueing Networks”, Joint National TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Detroit MI (April 18-21, 1982). Session Chairperson, “Production Planning”, Joint National ORSA/TIMS Meeting, Houston TX (October 11-14, 1981). Session Chairperson, “Production Planning and Computerized Manufacturing Systems”, Joint National CORS/TIMS/ORSA Meeting, Toronto Ontario Canada (May 3-6, 1981). Session Chairperson, “Production Scheduling”, Joint National TIMS ORSA Meeting, Washington D.C. (May 4-7, 1980). • Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Program Committee, POM-08, La Jolla CA (May 9-12, 2008). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) General Chair, POM-07, Dallas, TX (May 4-7, 2007). Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions, 16th Annual Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society, Chicago, IL (April 29-May 2, 2005). Program Committee, POM-96, Indianapolis, IN (March 30-April 2, 1996). Invited Session Chair, “Teaching Manufacturing.” Program Committee, POM-93, Boston, MA (October 3-6, 1993). Program Committee, POM-92, Orlando, FL (October, 1992). Program Committee (and Track Chair, Session Chair, and Author), POM-91, New York City (November 10-13, 1991). • Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) • Computer and Automated Systems Association of SME (CASA) Senior Member, since 1994 Speaker, SME Machining Systems Clinic, Indianapolis IN (May 23-24, 1989). Regular Member, since 1985 • American Institute for Decision Sciences (AIDS/DSI) Session Chairperson, DSI Meeting, Honolulu (November 20-22, 1994). Session Chairperson, “FMS Scheduling”, DSI Meeting, Las Vegas NV (November 21-23, 1988). • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Chairperson of the “Manufacturing Systems Optimization” area of the Production System Optimization Technical Committee of the ASME, 1984 to 1987. • Institute Federation for Information Processing (IFIP), Member of the International Program Committee of IFIP WG 5.7, since 1985. Member of the Programme Committee, APMS 2008: Innovations in Networks, Espoo, Finland (September 14-17, 2008). Member of the Program Committee, APMS 2007: Integrating Systems and Strategies in Production Management, Linköping, Sweden (September 17-19, 2007). Member of the Technical Programme Committee, APMS 2006: Lean Business Systems and Beyond, Wroclaw, Poland (September 18-20, 2006). Member of the International Program Committee, International Working Conference on Strategic Manufacturing, Aalborg, Denmark (August 26-29, 2001). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) Member of the International Program Committee, IFIP WG 5.7 International Working Conference on Information and Communication Technology in Logistics and Production Management, Tromso, Norway (June 28-30, 2000). Member of the International Program Committee, Seventh International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems--APMS ’99, Global Production Management, Berlin, Germany (September 6-10, 1999). Member of the International Programme Committee, IFIP Working Group 5.7 Conference, Troon, Scotland (August 26-28, 1998). Member of the International Programme Committee, Organizing the Extended Enterprise, Ascona, Switzerland (September 15-18, 1997). Member of the International Program Committee and Session Chair, Sixth International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems--APMS '96, Kyoto, Japan (November 4-6, 1996). Member of the International Program Committee and Session Chair, Managing Concurrent Manufacturing to Improve Industrial Performance, Seattle, Washington (September 11-15, 1995). Member of the International Program Committee, Re-engineering the Enterprise, Galway, Ireland (April 20-21, 1995). Member of the Program Committee, Benchmarking--Theory and Practice, Trondheim, Norway (June 16-18, 1994). Member of the International Program Committee, Evaluation of Production Management Methods, Porto Alegre/Gramado, Brazil (March 21-24, 1994). Member of the International Program Committee and Speaker, Conference on Knowledge Based Hybrid Systems in Engineering and Manufacturing, Budapest, Hungary (April 20-22, 1993). Member of the International Program Committee, Integration in Production Management Systems, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (August 24-27, 1992). Member of the International Program Committee, New Approaches Towards “One-of-a-Kind” Production, Bremen, Germany (November 12-14, 1991). Member of the International Program Committee, International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems, Espoo, Finland (August 20-22, 1990). Member of the Program Committee, Conference on Design, Implementation, and Operations of Databases for Production Management, Barcelona, Spain (May 10-12, 1989). Member of the Program Committee, Conference on Knowledge Based Production Management Systems, Galway, Ireland (August 23-25, 1988). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) • Other Conference Program Committees: Member of the International Program Committee, International Symposium on Scheduling, Nagoya, Japan (July 4-6, 2009). Member of the Technical Program Committee, 2008 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Singapore (December 8-11, 2008). Member of the Program Committee, PICMET ’08, Cape Town, South Africa (July 27-31, 2008). Member of the Program Committee, International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Atlanta, Georgia (June 23-26, 2008). Member of the International Advisory Committee, Eighth Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, Hoboken, New Jersey (June 14-16, 2008). Member of the Senior Program Committee, Third International Conference on Interoperability of Enterprise Systems and Applications, Berlin, Germany (March 25-28, 2008). Member of the Program Committee, 2007 World Congress on Mass Customization & Personalization, MIT, Boston, Massachusetts (October 7-10, 2007). Member of the Program Committee, PICMET ’07, (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology), Portland, Oregon (August 5-9, 2007). Member of the Organizing Committee, Decision and Risk Analysis Conference, Richardson, Texas (May 21-22, 2007). Member of the International Program Committee, International Symposium on Scheduling, Tokyo, Japan (July 18-20, 2006). Member of the Program Committee, International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Osaka, Japan (July 10-12, 2006). Member of the Program Committee, Third International Conference on Group Technology/Cellular Manufacturing, Groningen, The Netherlands (July 3-5, 2006). Member of the Program Committee, 2nd International Conference on Mass Customization, Grand Rapids, Michigan (September 27-28, 2006). General Chair, International Conference on Management Sciences: Optimization Models and Applications, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas (May 20-22, 2006). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) Member of the Program Committee, PICMET ’05 (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology), Portland, Oregon (July 31-August 4, 2005). Member of the Program Committee, IFORS XVII, Honolulu, Hawaii (July 11-15, 2005). Member of the Program Committee, International Symposium on Manufacturing and Applications - ISOMA 2004, Seville, Spain (June 28-July 2, 2004). Member of the Program Committee Session Chair, Panel Member, PICMET ’03 (Portland, International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology), Portland, Oregon (July 20-24, 2003). Member of the Program Committee, 2002 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Hiroshima, Japan (July 15-17, 2002). Member of the Program Committee, International Symposium on Scheduling 2002, Hamanako, Japan (June 4-6, 2002). The International Programme Committee, IFAC Workshop on Intelligent Assembly and Disassembly, Gramado, Brazil (November 4-7, 2001). Member of the Program Committee, PICMET ’01 (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology), Portland, Oregon (July 29-August 2, 2001). Chair of the Program Committee, International Symposium on Information Science Innovations in Intelligent Automated Manufacturing, Dubai, U.A.E. (March 20-23, 2001). Member of the International Program Committee, International Conference on Information Technology for Business Management in the 16th World Computer Congress 2000, Beijing, China (August 21-25, 2000). Member of the Program Committee, 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ann Arbor, Michigan (July 23-26, 2000). Member of the Technical Committee, Group Technology/Cellular Manufacturing Symposium, San Juan, Puerto Rico (March 27-29, 2000). Member of the Program Committee, PICMET ’99 (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology), Portland, Oregon (July 25-29, 1999). Member of the International Program Committee, Second International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, Ahmedabad, India (January 3-6, 1999). Member of the Scientific Committee, 3rd International Industrial Engineering Conference, Montréal, Canada (May 26-28, 1999). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) Member of the Program Committee, International Conference on Agile, Intelligent, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, RPI, Troy, New York (October 7-9, 1998). Member of the Program Committee, Session Chair, and Author, 1998 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ohtsu, Japan (July 13-15, 1998). Member of the Program Committee and Session Chair, PICMET '97 (Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology), Portland, Oregon (July 27-31, 1997). Member of the Scientific Committee, Productivity in a World Without Borders, Montréal, Canada (October 18-20, 1995). Member of the International Programme Committee, Intelligent Scheduling of Robots and FMS, Holon, Israel (July 2, 1995). Member of the International Program Committee and Plenary Speaker, IMACS/SICE International Symposium on Robotics, Mechatronics and Manufacturing Systems '92, Kobe, Japan (September 16-20, 1992). Member of the International Program Committee and Session Chairperson, Modeling the Innovation Conference, Rome, Italy (March 21-23, 1990). Member of the Program Committee, The Third International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production and Operations Management, Hilton Head Island SC (May 21-24, 1989). Member of the Program Committee, Simulation in Manufacturing, SIM-4, London UK (November 1-3, 1988). Member of the Technical Committee, Second International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production Planning and Control, Charleston SC (May 3-5, 1988). Member of the International Program Committee, Third International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS 87), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (August 11-14, 1987). Member of the Program Committee, The International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production Planning and Control, Charleston SC (May 10-13, 1987). Member of the Program Committee, 1987 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, Raleigh NC (March 30-April 2, 1987). Member of the Program Committee and Session Chair, 1986 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, San Francisco CA (April 7-10, 1986); Chaired two FMS sessions. Member of the Program Committee, Production Systems Conference, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France (April 23-26, 1984). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION ACTIVITIES: (continued) Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions, IFORS XVII, Honolulu, Hawaii (July 11-15, 2005). Panel Member, CIRP 3rd International Conference on Reconfigurable Manufacturing, Ann Arbor, MI (May 10-12, 2005). Cluster Chair and Session Chair, FMS Sessions, IFORS ’99, 15th World Conference on Operational Research, Beijing, China (August 16-20, 1999). • Other Conference Activities: (continued) Session Chairperson, “Scheduling”, APMS-COMPCONTROL 85 Conference, Budapest, Hungary (August 27-30, 1985). Session Chairperson, “Highly Automated Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, 8th International Conference on Production Research, Stuttgart, W. Germany (August 20-22, 1985). Session Chairperson, “Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, The ASME International Computers in Engineering Conference, Boston MA (August 4-8, 1985). Session Chairperson, “Production Planning and Control of Manufacturing Systems--Part II”, The 23rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas NV (December 12-14, 1984). Session Chairperson, “Use of Simulation to Analyze Problems of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, 1984 Winter Simulation Conference, Dallas TX (November 28-30, 1984). Session Chairperson, “Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Seventh International Conference on Production Research, Windsor, Ontario, Canada (August 22-24, 1983). International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC), Member of the Technical Committee on “Manufacturing Modeling, Management and Control (M3C) (since February 1994). ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES at THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: • Area Coordinator, Operations Management, June 2004 - June 2006. • Member, CQ – Committee on Qualifications of Academic Personnel, since September 2007. • Member, Core Committee for the Support of Women and Minorities, for 2005-2006. • Member, Faculty Washington Advisory Group Response Committee, June 2004 – August 2006. • Member, Committee on Faculty Mentoring, since April 2004. ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES at THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS: (continued) • Member, School of Social Sciences Program Review Committee, since March 2004. • Member, Committee on Educational Policy, September 2003 – August 2006. • Member, School Peer Review Committee, since September 2002. • Member, Academic Policy & Planning, September 2002 – August 2006. • Member, Organizations, Strategy & International Management Search Committee, September 2003 – August 2004. • Member, Steering Committee, since September 2002. • Member, Information Resources Policy & Planning Advisory Committee, September 2002-January 2003. • Member, Operations Management Search Committee, since September 2002. • Member, several ad hoc committees for tenure and/or promotion, since September 2003. ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIVITIES at THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN: • Chair and elected member, Strategic Planning Committee, 2000-2002. • Member, Community Values and Standards Committee, 2001-2002. • Member, Admissions, Academic Services, and Career Development Advisory Committee, 1999-2001. • Member, Research and Publications Committee, 1993-1999. • Member, Doctoral Studies Committee, 1992-1995. • Member, Facilities Committee, 1995-1996. • Chair, OM Faculty Search Committee, 1992-1996 and 1997-2002. • Ran the OM Seminar Series, 1984-1995. • Ran the OM Brown Bag Seminar Series, 1992-1995. • OM area Ph.D. Faculty Advisor, 1992-1995. • Chair, OM Ph.D. Applicant Admissions Committee, 1992-1995. • Member, OM Ph.D. Applicant Admissions Committee, 1995-1996. REFEREE: NSF Production Systems and Operations Research Unsolicited Proposal Review Panel, June 1995. REFEREE: (continued) Operations Research, Management Science, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Manufacturing and Services Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, International Journal of Production Research, IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Annals of Operations Research, Production Planning and Control, Strategic Management: Methods and Studies, Large Scale Systems, Engineering Costs and Production Economics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Robotics and Automation Conferences, National Science Foundation, U.S. Army, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Israel Science Foundation, SUNY at Buffalo, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and others. ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS: Awarded the INFORMS MSOM 2007 Distinguished Service Award (2007). Elected Member of the Board of Directors of POMS (Production and Operations Management Society) (April 2006 - April 2008). Appointed Member of the President’s Advisory Board of the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, since March 2004; Advisory Board Meeting, October 17-18, 2005. Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas (2004). INFORMS has noted the following paper as “one of the 50 most influential papers from the journal Management Science over the last half century” in 2004: “Formulation and Solution of Nonlinear Integer Production Planning Problems for Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Management Science, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 273-288 (March 1983). Elected Vice President, Sections and Societies of INFORMS (January 2003-December 2004). Elected Member of the Board of INFORMS (Institute of Operations Research and Management Sciences) (January 1999-December 2001). Honorary Lifetime Member of the Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management, since October 2000. Invited Member of the Board of MHT (Management of Health Sciences and Technology) since March 1999. Honored Member, Strathmore’s Who’s Who Registry, 1999 – 2000. International Who’s Who of Professional and Business Women, 6th, 7th, and 8th Editions, (1999, 2000, and 2001). International Professional and Business Women’s Hall of Fame, 6th and 7th Editions, (1999 and 2000). ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS: (continued) Tauber Manufacturing Institute, Faculty Fellow, 1997-2001 Who's Who in the World, 14th Edition, 1997 Who's Who in Finance and Industry, 29th Edition, 1996/1997 and 31st Edition, 2000/2001 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, Bonn, 1989-1990 Scholarship Award, Schools of Engineering, Purdue University, 1980 Bachelor of Science Degree, with Honors and magna cum laude Scholarship Award, Boston State College, 1972 Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Sigma Delta Epsilon Honor Society Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society

“Route-independent Analysis of Available Capacity in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Tamás Koltai, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 211-223 (March-April, 2008). “Sources of Supply Chain Disruptions, Factors that Breed Vulnerability, and Mitigating Strategies”, with Sanjay Kumar, Journal of Marketing Channels, Vol. 16 (2008). “Applications of Quality Competitiveness Index Methodology for Strategic Advantage”, with Ashok Kumar and Jaideep Motwani, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, forthcoming, 2008. “Least In-Sequence Probability Heuristic for Mixed-Volume Production Lines”, with Oleg Y. Gusikhin and Rahul Caprihan, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 46, No. 3 (February 2008). “Measuring the Effectiveness of Mass Customization and Personalization Strategies”, with Ashok Kumar, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 19, No. 4 (December 2007). “Production and Transportation Integration for a Make-to-Order Manufacturing Company with a Commit-to-Delivery Business Mode”, with Xuying Zhao, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 206-224 (Spring, 2007). “A Fuzzy Dispatching Strategy for Due-Date Scheduling of FMSs with Information Delays”, with Rahul Caprihan and Ashok Kumar, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 29-53 (March 2006). “Addressing Industrial Problems Using Various Mathematical Models”, INFORMS Transactions on Education, Vol. 5, No. 3 (May 2005). “Using Mathematics to Solve Some Problems in Industry”, INFORMS Transactions on Education, Vol. 5, No. 2 (January 2005). “An Analytical Framework to Measure, Benchmark, and Improve the Strategic Position of an Organization Using a Quality Competitiveness Index”, with Ashok Kumar and Jaideep Motwani, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 1-37 (June 2004). “Mathematics for Industry”, Nuovo Enciclopedia Italiana, Edited by Ana Millan (2003). “A Descriptive Multi-Attribute Model for Reconfigurable Machining System Selection that Examines Buyer-Supplier Relationships”, with Stephen E. Chick, Tava Olsen, Kannan Sethuraman, and Chelsea C. White, III, International Journal of Agile Management Systems, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 33-48 (2000). “Transfer Batch Sizing in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with André Langevin and Diane Riopel, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 140-151 (March-April 1999). “Heuristics for Minimizing Tool Switches on a Flexible Machine”, with Alain Hertz, Gilbert Laporte, and Michel Mittaz, IIE Transactions, Vol. 30, No. 8, pp. 689-694 (August 1998). “Production Planning for Flexible Flow Systems with Limited Machine Flexibility”, with H. Felix Lee, IIE Transactions, Vol. 30, No. 7, pp. 669-684 (July 1998). “Tool Management at General Motors Powertrain Willow Run Plant: A Case Study”, with Pat O'Shaughnessy, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-25 (April 1997). “On the Robustness of Using Balanced Part Mix Ratios to Determine Cyclic Part Input Sequences into Flexible Flow Systems”, with Thomas M. Smith, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 2925-2942 (October 1996). “Throughput for Production Lines with Serial Work Stations and Parallel Service Facilities”, with Michael J. Magazine, Performance Evaluation, Vol. 25, pp. 211-232 (1996). “An Integrated Design Support Method for Flexible Assembly Systems”, with Heungsoon Felix Lee, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 13-32 (January-February 1996). “The ERP Maze: Enterprise Resource Planning and Other Production and Inventory Control Software “, with Donald A. Hicks, Industrial Engineering, Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 12-16 (August 1995). “FMS Planning Decisions, Operating Flexibilities and System Performance”, with Narayan Raman, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 82-90 (February 1995). “A Note on Flexible Flowshop Scheduling with Two Stages”, with Jacek , Moshe Dror, and Grzegorz Pawlak, Foundations of Computing and Decision Sciences, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 159-172 (1994). “Production Planning Decisions in Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Random Material Flows”, with Narayan Raman, IIE Transactions, Vol. 26, No. 5 (September 1994). “A Focused Review of FMS Scheduling Research”, with Narayan Raman and Ram Rachamadugu, Journal of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineering of Japan, Special Issue on “Production Scheduling”, Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 680-690 (August 1994). “Classification and Review of FMS Scheduling Procedures”, with Ram Rachamadugu, International Journal of Production Planning and Control, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 2-20 (January 1994). “A Synthesis of Decision Models for Tool Management in Automated Manufacturing”, with Ann E. Gray and Abraham Seidmann, Management Science, Vol. 39, No. 5, pp. 549-567 (May 1993). “Procedures to Determine Part Mix Ratios for Independent Demands in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 359-369 (November 1992). “Profit-based FMS Dynamic Part Type Selection Over Time for Mid-term Production Planning”, with Eugeniusz , European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 63, No. 1, pp. 54-65 (November 1992). “Planning and Scheduling Approaches to Operate a Particular FMS”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 61, No. 3, pp. 273-291 (September 1992). “A Flexible Approach to Part Type Selection Using Part Mix Ratios in Flexible Flow Systems”, with Ilyong Kim, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 53-75 (January-February 1991). “Dynamic Analysis of Repetitive Decision-free Discrete Event Processes: Applications to Production Systems”, with Didier Dubois, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 26, “Automated Manufacturing Systems,” (Joseph B. Mazzola, Editor), pp. 323-347 (1990). “Dynamic Analysis of Repetitive Decision-free Discrete Event Processes: Algorithmic Issues and the Algebra of Timed Marked Graphs”, with Didier Dubois, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 26, “Production Planning and Scheduling,” (Maurice Queyranne, Editor), pp. 151-193 (1990). “On the Optimal Allocation of Servers and Workloads in Closed Queueing Networks,” with Yves Dallery, Operations Research, Vol. 38, No. 4, pp. 694-703 (July-August 1990). “Algorithms to Efficiently Plan and Operate a Particular FMS”, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 287-324 (September 1989). “Performance Evaluation for Systems of Pooled Machines of Unequal Sizes: Unbalancing Versus Balancing”, with Ilyong Kim, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 22-38 (September 1989). “Machine Utilizations Achieved Using Balanced FMS Production Ratios”, with Thomas J. Schriber, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 15, pp. 229-267 (1988). REFEREED PAPERS: (continued) “A Study of FMS Part Type Selection Approaches for Short-Term Production Planning”, with Ilyong Kim, International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 7-29 (September 1988). “A Branch and Bound Approach for Machine Load Balancing in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Mohammed Berrada, Management Science, Vol. 32, No. 10, pp. 1316-1335 (October 1986). “On the Nonconcavity of Throughput in Certain Closed Queueing Networks”, Performance Evaluation, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 293-305 (August 1986). “Reducing Work-in-process Inventory in Certain Classes of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with J. George Shanthikumar, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 266-271 (August 1986). “A Hierarchical Approach to Solving Machine Grouping and Loading Problems of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 369-378 (March 1986). “The Optimality of Unbalancing Both Workloads and Machine Group Sizes in Closed Queueing Networks of Multiserver Queues”, with James J. Solberg, Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 4, pp. 882-910 (July-August 1985). “Design, Planning, Scheduling, and Control Problems of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 3, pp. 3-12 (December 1985); • also reprinted with permission in the Proceedings from the First International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production Planning and Control, Charleston SC (May 10-13, 1987) and also pp. 189-198, Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., Menlo Park CA (1988); • also reprinted with permission in the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Computer Integrated Manufacturing: Current Status and Challenges, Istanbul, Turkey (August 31-September 12, 1987); • also reprinted with permission in Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Current Issues and Models, edited by F. Choobineh and R. Suri, Institute of Industrial Engineers, Norcross GA (1988). “Variations in Flexible Manufacturing Systems According to the Relevant Types of Automated Materials Handling”, with Jim Browne, Material Flow, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 179-185 (July 1985). “Careers in OR/MS; or Life After the Ph.D.: A Student/Practitioner/Faculty Discussion”, with R. Jean Ruth and Morris A. Cohen, Operations Research, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 699-703 (May-June 1985). “The Optimality of Balancing Workloads in Certain Types of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Thomas L. Morin, European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 68-82 (April 1985). “Review of Operator/Machine Interference Models”, with Jay E. Aronson, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 129-151 (January-February 1985). REFEREED PAPERS: (continued) “Classification of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Jim Browne, Didier Dubois, Keith Rathmill, and Suresh P. Sethi, FMS Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 114-117 (April 1984); • reprinted in Structure and Design of Manufacturing Systems, Basil Blackwell Publishers, Ltd., Oxford, U.K. (1985). “Formulation and Solution of Nonlinear Integer Production Planning Problems for Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Management Science, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 273-288 (March 1983). “Loading and Control Policies for a Flexible Manufacturing System”, with James J. Solberg, International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 19, No. 5, pp. 481-490 (September-October 1981); • reprinted with permission in Production Planning, Scheduling, and Inventory Control: Concepts, Systems, and Procedures, F. Robert Jacobs and Vincent A. Mabert (Editors), Institute of Industrial Engineers, Norcross GA (1986). HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL CASE: “Baker Precision Instruments, Inc.”, with Don Rosenfield and Roy Shapiro, HBS-9-687-052 (January 2002). EDITED BOOKS: Proceedings of the Third ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, with Rajan Suri, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam (1989). Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 15, with Rajan Suri, J. C. Baltzer AG, Basel, Switzerland (1988). Proceedings of the Second ORSA/TIMS Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, with Rajan Suri, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam (1986). Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 3, with Rajan Suri, J. C. Baltzer AG, Basel, Switzerland (1985). Proceedings of the First ORSA/TIMS Special Interest Conference on Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Operations Research Models and Applications, with Rajan Suri (1984). BOOK REVIEW: Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems, John A. Buzacott and J. George Shanthikumar, for INFOR, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 310-311 (November 1996). REFEREED BOOK CHAPTERS: “Flexible Automation”, with Rodney P. Parker, Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management (Paul M. Swamidass, Editor), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2000); • reprinted in Progress in Competitive Manufacturing (Paul M. Swamidass, Editor), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2000). “Cells and Flexible Automation: A History and Synergistic Application”, with Rodney P. Parker, Group Technology/Cellular Manufacturing: A State-of-the-Art Synthesis of Research and Practice (Nallan Suresh and J. M. Kay, Editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (1998). “Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Article in the Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science (Saul Gass and Carl Harris, Editors), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (1995). “Decision Support: Uses and Benefits for Flexible Assembly Systems Design”, Chapter 10 in the Handbook on Design of Work and Development of Personnel in Advanced Manufacturing (Gavriel Salvendy and Waldemar Karwowski, Editors), John Wiley and Sons, NY (1994). “Flexible Manufacturing Systems: Design and Operating Problems and Solutions”, Chapter in Maynard's Industrial Engineering Handbook, Fourth Edition (William K. Hodson, Editor), McGraw-Hill, NY (1992). “Machine Interference: Assignment of Machines to Operators”, Chapter 57 in the Handbook of Industrial Engineering, Second Edition (Gavriel Salvendy, Editor), John Wiley and Sons, NY (1992). “Design and Operating Issues in Flexible Manufacturing”, in Progress in Materials Handling and Logistics - Vol. 1, edited by John A. White and Ira W. Pence, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 291-299 (1989). “Production Planning and Scheduling in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, Chapter in Computer-Aided Production Management, Asbøjrn Rolstadås (Editor), Springer Verlag, Berlin, W. Germany, pp. 281-287 (1988). “Heuristics for Loading Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with F. Brian Talbot, in Flexible Manufacturing; Recent Developments in FMS, Robotics, CAD/CAM, CIM, (eds., A. Raouf and S. I. Ahmad), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 73-85 (1985). “Machine Interference: The Assignment of Machines to Operators”, Chapter in the Handbook of Industrial Engineering, Gavriel Salvendy (Editor), John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY (1982). TECHNICAL REPORTS: “The CMS Loading Problem”, Report No. 20, NSF Grant No. APR74 15256, School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN 47907 (February 1981). TECHNICAL REPORTS: (continued) “Scheduling of Operations in a Computerized Manufacturing System”, Report No. 10, NSF Grant No. APR74 15256, Purdue University, W. Lafayette IN (December 1977). “Some Results from Scheduling Theory Pertinent to Computerized Manufacturing Systems”, Report No. 3, NSF Grant No. APR74 15256, pp. C1-C37 (August 1976). “Scheduling Theory”, Report No. 1, NSF Grant No. APR74 15256, pp. C1-C19 (November 1975). REFEREED PROCEEDINGS: “A Prioritization Algorithm for Configuration Scheduling in Mass Customization Environment”, with Ashok Kumar, Arnold Reisman, and Frank Piller, 2007 World Conference on Mass Customization Environment & Personalization, MIT, Cambridge, MA (October 7-10, 2007). “Production Scheduling to Decrease Transportation Costs”, Keynote and Proceedings of the International Symposium on Scheduling, Tokyo, Japan (July 18-20, 2006). “Using Fuzzy Theory to Minimize the Deleterious Effect of Information Delays on FMS Performance”, with Rahul Caprihan and Ashok Kumar, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flexible Automation, Osaka, Japan (July 10-12, 2006). “Managing the Technology of Integrating the Production and Transportation Functions in Assembly or Flow Operations for Make-to-order Industries, with Xuying Zhao, Outstanding Student Paper Award, PICMET Conference, Portland, OR (July 31-August 4, 2005). “Planning of Flexibility of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Tamás Koltai, Japan/US Symposium on Flexible Automation, Denver, CO (July 19-21, 2004). “A New Formulation of Capacity Constraints in the Production Planning of Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Tamás Koltai and Viktor Juhász, 14th International Conference on Flexible automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Toronto, Canada (July 12-14, 2004). “A New Approach for the Production Planning of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Based on the Concept of Operations Types”, with Tamás Koltai, Viktor Juhász, and Peter Várlaki, POMS Conference, Cancun, Mexico (April 30-May 3, 2004). “Sequencing of Stochastic Flexible Flow Lines in an Automotive Supply Chain”, with Oleg Y. Gusikhin and Rahul Caprihan, 2002 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Hiroshima, Japan (July 15-17, 2002). “The Relevance of Activity Based Costing in a Flexible Manufacturing Environment”, with Tamás Koltai, 12th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Dresden, Germany (July 15-17, 2002). “Deleterious Effect of Information Delays on Flexible Manufacturing Systems Performance”, with Ashok Kumar and Rahul Caprihan, 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ann Arbor, MI (July 23-26, 2000). REFEREED PROCEEDINGS: (continued) “An Aggregate Capacity Analysis Model for a Flexible Manufacturing Environment”, with Tamás Koltai and András Farkas, 2000 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ann Arbor, MI (July 23-26, 2000). “Due-Date Scheduling of Semi-Automated Flexible Manufacturing Systems with Information Delays”, with Rahul Caprihan and Ashok Kumar, International POMS Conference, New Delhi, India (December 21-24, 1999). “Sequencing Heuristic for Flexible Assembly Systems with Mixed Volume Production and Stochastic Processing Times”, with Oleg Gusikhin and Rahul Caprihan, Proceedings of the Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, Portland, OR (July 25 – 29, 1999). “A Decision Support Model to Select Appropriate Reconfigurable or Other Machining Systems that Considers Buyer-Supplier Relationships”, with Stephen E. Chick, Tava Olsen, Kannan Sethuraman, Kimberly Stauffer, and Chelsea C. White, III, Proceedings of the 1998 Japan-USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Ohtsu, Japan (July 13-15, 1998). “An Integrated Tool to Design Flexible Assembly Systems”, with Heungsoon Felix Lee, Proceedings of the New Directions in Simulation for Manufacturing and Communications Conference, Tokyo, Japan, pp. 4-8 (August 1-2, 1994). “An Integrated Design-aid Tool for Flexible Assembly Systems: A Case Study”, with Heungsoon Felix Lee, Proceedings of the IMACS/SICE International Symposium on Robotics, Mechantronics and Manufacturing Systems '92, Kobe, Japan (September 16-20, 1992). “Optimal Scheduling in a Flexible Flow System”, with Alessandro Agnetis and Claudio Arbib, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Troy NY (May 21-23, 1990). “FMS Design and Operating Problems and Solutions”, Proceedings of the Second Intelligent Factory Automation Symposium, ISCIE, Osaka, Japan, pp. 17-32 (July 19-21, 1989). “A Hybrid Model-based Approach for the Production Planning of FMSs”, with Moonkee Min and Ilyong Kim, Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Expert Systems and the Leading Edge in Production and Operations Management, Hilton Head Island SC (May 20-24, 1989). “O.R. Applications in Flexible Manufacturing”, Proceedings of the Eleventh IFORS International Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina (August 10-14, 1987); • reprinted in Operational Research '87, Graham K. Rand (Editor), Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 217-232 (1988). “Using Mathematical Programming and Simulation to Improve FMS Machine Utilization”, with Thomas J. Schriber, Proceedings of the 1987 Winter Simulation Conference, Atlanta GA (December 14-16, 1987). REFEREED PROCEEDINGS: (Continued) “Comparison of Various Approaches to FMS Part Type Selection”, with Ilyong Kim, Proceedings of the IXth International Conference on Production Research, Cincinnati, OH, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V., Amsterdam (August 17-20, 1987); • reprinted in Recent Developments in Production Research, Anil Mital (Editor), Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, pp. 675-681 (1988). “A Knowledge-based Approach to Part Type Selection Considering Due Dates in Flexible Manufacturing Systems”, with Ilyong Kim and Moonkee Min, Proceedings of the 12th IMACS World Congress on Scientific Computation, Paris, France (July 17-22, 1988); • reprinted in the IMACS Transactions on Scientific Computing, Vol. 2, R. Huber, X. Kulikowski, J. M. David, and J. P. Krivine (Editors), J. C. 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PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION: “Pre-orders for New To-be-Released Products”, with Xuying Zhao and Ashutosh Prasad, WP No. SOM20083, University of Texas at Dallas (February 2008). “Advance Selling by a Newsvendor Retailer”, with Ashutosh Prasad and Xuying Zhao, WP No. SOM20082, University of Texas at Dallas (February 2008). “Optimal Transshipments and Orders: A Tale of Two Competing Retailers”, with Nagihan Comez and Metin Cakanyildirim, WP No. SOM2007104, University of Texas at Dallas (October 2007). “Modeling and Analyzing Economic Consequences of Supply Chain Disruptions”, with Thomas Schmitt, Sanjay Kumar, Mark A. Ehlen, and Fred Glover, WP No. SOM 2007102, University of Texas at Dallas (September 2007). “Advance Selling from a Retailer to Consumers”, with Xuying Zhao and Ashutosh Prasad, WP No. SOM196777, University of Texas at Dallas (December 2006). “Analysis of Various Assembly System Configurations for Quality and Productivity”, with S. Jack Hu, WP No. SOM200675, University of Texas at Dallas (June 2006). PAPERS SUBMITTED FOR PUBLICATION: (continued) “Virtual Pooling with Multiple In-cycle Transshipments”, with Nagihan Cömez and Metin Cakanyildirim, WP No. SOM200672, University of Texas at Dallas (February 2006). “Lead Time and Price Quotation Mode Selection: Uniform or Differentiated?”, with Xuying Zhao and Ashutosh Prasad, WP No. SOM200557, University of Texas at Dallas (May 2005). “Analysis of the Impact of Information Delays on FMS Performance”, with Rahul Caprihan and Ashok Kumar, WP No. SOM200546, University of Texas at Dallas (March 2005). “Aggregate Production Planning of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Using the Concept of Operation Types”, with Tamás Koltai and András Farkas (December 2002). “Workload Balancing Using the Concept of Operation Types”, with András Farkas and Tamás Koltai, WP No. 99-002, Research Support, SBA, The University of Michigan (January 1999). “Production Control for a Flexible Manufacturing Cell”, with Jannes Slomp, WP No. 9409-12, Research Support, SBA, The University of Michigan (May 1994). “Adopting Flexible Technology for Multiple Product-Life-Cycles: The Economy-of-Scope Advantage”, with Ashok Mukherjee, WP No. 682, DOR, SBA, The University of Michigan (April 1992). “Part Type Selection and Batch Sequencing in Flexible Flow Systems”, with Alessandro Agnetis and Claudio Arbib, WP No. 670, DOR, SBA, The University of Michigan (December 1991).