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Salahideen M. Alhaj, Arab Academy for Banking and
Financial Services, Jordan,
salhaj@yahoo.com TC2
Computer Information Systems Department, Faculty of Information
Systems & Technology
Management Information Systems Department, Faculty of
Information Systems & Technology
Patricia Au, Solutions Group, DHL Exel Supply Chain
FA1
Patricia Au is a Senior Solutions Engineer under the Solutions
Group. She joined the Exel team in 2005 after completing a
Bachelor of Applied Science in Industrial Engineering at the
University of Toronto. Patricia works on a broad scope of
projects, ranging from facility and layout design, proposal
development to implementation. She is working towards the
incorporation of sustainable practices and technologies in DHL
Exel Supply Chain warehouses.
Mr. Bandaly is a PhD student in the John Molson School of
Business at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. His
research interest is in the supply chain management field and
his doctoral thesis will be on the production-distribution
system design. Mr. Bandaly has a Bachelor degree in Civil
Engineering from the American University of Beirut, Lebanon and
a Masters in Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire
University, USA. Before joining the PhD program, Mr. Bandaly
worked for 11 years in a leading fiberglass piping manufacturing
company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He managed the
department responsible for the execution of all the projects in
the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and South East
Asia. He is a member of the Production and Operations Management
Society (POMS), the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA),
the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Order of
Engineers in Lebanon.
Mr. Banomyang is currently an Associate Professor in the
Department of International Business, Logistics and Transport
Management at the Faculty of Commerce & Accountancy, Thammasat
University in Thailand. He received his PhD in 2001, in the
field of International Logistics within the Logistics &
Operations Management Section (LOMS) at Cardiff Business School
(UK). He was the winner of James Cooper Cup in 2001for the best
PhD dissertation in logistics from the Chartered Institute of
Logistics & Transport (CILT) in the United Kingdom. Mr.
Banomyong's main research interests are in the field of
multimodal transport, international logistics, logistics policy
development and supply chain performance measurements.
Elizabeth Barber, University of New South Wales,
Australia, e.barber@adfa.edu.au
TD3
Ana Barbosa-Povoa, Instituto
Superior Tecnico,
apovoa@ist.utl.pt TB1
Ana Barbosa-Povoa obtained her PhD in Engineering from Imperial
College of Science and Technology and Medicine. She is currently an
Associated Professor of Operations and Logistics at the Department
of Management and Engineering of Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST),
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal. She is also the Head of
the Engineering and Management Department of IST, Scientific
Coordinator of the Research Centre of Management Studies of IST (CEG-IST)
and the Coordinator of the Logistics MBA Executive/DFA of IST/ISCTE/EGP.
Ms. Povoa's research interests are on the supply chain management,
where both forward and reverse structures are included an don the
design, planning and scheduling of flexible systems. Ms. Povoa has
published widely in these aresas and supervises several Master and
PhD students.
Ana Cristina Barros, Centre for
Management Studies, Instituto Superior Tecnico,
anacbarros@ist.utl.pt
TB1
Ana C. Barros is a PhD student at the Centre for Management Studies
of Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal and a Research
Affiliate at the Center for Transportation and Logistics at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, US. Her
current research focus is on supply chain strategy, supply chain
collaboration, and performance measurement. Ms. Barros has several
years of work experience in the procurement and material planning
departments of German and Portuguese companies. As a Visiting Fellow
of Cornell University, she was involved in a research and outreach
project for the NYS. Ms. Barros obtained a MBA in Logistics and
Entrepreneurship from the Tachnische Universitaet Meunchen, Germany
and a MS and BS in Chemical Engineering from the Universidade do
Porto, Portugal.
Larry Berglund, University of British Columbia
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Larry Berglund draws experience from three decades of buying in
the forest industry, public health care, municipal government, and
university operations. Larry teaches supply chain management
courses, seminars and workshops and has written many articles in
this area of expertise. He received his MBA degree from Athabasca
University.
Larry self-published Better Ways to Better Deals, the Buyer/Seller
Negotiation handbook and presents training programs to sales
organizations and buyers in Canada and the U.S. He developed the
City of Granston case study, first published in Purchasing and
Supply Management, 13th edition, 2005.
He is on the faculty of the School of Business at Kwantlen
Polytechnic University. In 2004, his paper on the Price Index was
recognized as a key contribution at the McMaster University Supply
Chain Symposium. In 2005, his white paper on Sustainable Supply
Chain Management Practices won first prize in the practitioner
category at McMaster University. Larry has written on the subject
of sustainability and presents a 2-day sustainable supply chain
practices seminar for the PMAC.
Larry was directly involved with implementing the first ethical and
sustainable purchasing policy for a Canadian municipality in 2005.
He is currently the Director of Supply Management for The University
of British Columbia.
Shakeel Bharmal, Purolator Global Supply Chain Services,
sbharmal@purolator.com
TA1
Shakeel Bharmal has had a long interest in helping Canadian
businesses succeed. He is currently the General Manager of Purolator
Global Supply Chain Services, a new service launched by Purolator to
help Canadian businesses increase the speed and efficiency by which
they bring products, particularly imported goods, to their
customers. Prior to this he served as Director, Customer Retention
and Growth, where his focus was increasing the value that Purolator
delivered to its small and medium sized business customers.
Prior to his arrival at Purolator, Shakeel was a management
consultant with Oliver Wyman, where he assisted North American
clients implement revenue growth strategies. His work crossed many
sectors including aviation, rail, healthcare, utilities and
trucking. His areas of specialty were business strategy development,
service improvement through the supply chain and process redesign.
He also held positions in sales and operations management at Mohawk
Oil Co. Ltd. where he helped independent franchise operators improve
the performance of their retail locations.
Shakeel was raised in British Columbia where he worked in the family
retail business while completing his undergraduate business degree
at Simon Fraser University. During his final years there, he was the
Manager of the SFU Small Business Consulting Group, where he helped
business owners solve a variety of problems. After graduating with
an MBA from the University of Western Ontario, Shakeel received the
opportunity to teach a six-week Executive MBA program in Russia.
Shakeel frequently lends his expertise as a speaker and writer on
various topics including creating customer loyalty, delivering value
through the sales force and how businesses can leverage supply chain
partners for growth.
Nadia Bhuiyan, Concordia
University TB2
Ms. Bhuiyan holds a Master's degree and PhD both in Mechanical
Engineering from McGill University and a Bachelor's degree in
Industrial Engineering from Concordia University. Ms.
Bhuiyan is an Associate Professor at Concordia University in the
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and
the Associate Director of the Concordia Institute for Aerospace
and Design Innovation (CIADI). Previously, she worked as
an Assistant Professor at Queen's University School of Business
and as a Lecturer at McGill's Department of Management Science
for several years. Her research areas are mainly in operations
management and quality assurance, with a focus on new product
development processes and lean and emerging tools and techniques
for integrating design and manufacturing and reducing waste to
improve process performance.
Dr. Akif A. Bulgak is an Associate Professor at the Department
of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Concordia
University. He obtained his B.Sc. degree from Istanbul Technical
University in Mechanical/Industrial Engineering and his M.Sc.
and Ph.D degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA,
all in Industrial Engineering. Dr. Bulgak's research areas
include modeling, performance evaluation, design optimization,
economics of flexible manufacturing/assembly systems, stochastic
optimization, revenue management and supply chain management.
Dr. Bulgak is a regstered Professional Engineer with the
Professional Engineers of Ontario.
Alexandra Castro, Qimonda
AG, Portugal,
alexandra.castro@qimonda.com TB1
Alexandra Castro obtained her Degree in Management and
Industrial Engineering from Faculdade de Engenharia da
Universidade do Porto, Portugal in 1996. She obtained an MBA in
Management from Escola de Gestao do Porto in 2004. Since 1997,
Ms. Castro has been working for Qimonda AG, formerly a Siemens
and later on an Infineon Technologies company. She is currently
the Planning and Logistics Director of the Qimonda Portugal
plant.
Amin Chaabane, École de Technologie
Supérieure,
amin.chaabane.1@ens.etsmtl.ca FA1
Amin Chaabane received a Bachelor degree in Industrial
Engineering from Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs de Tunis (ENIT),
in 2002, and a Master of Science degree in Management Science
(Logistics and Systems) from Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et
Metiers (CNAM-Paris), in 2004. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D degree at Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS), Department of
Automated Manufacturing Engineering. His research interests
include linear and integer optimization, multi-criteria and
multi-objective optimization, supply chain design, logistics,
inventory, routing and scheduling. He is a student member of SCRO and APICS.
Mingyuan Chen, Concordia University,
mychen@encs.concordia.ca TA3,
TD2
Fantahun Defersha received his B.Sc. degree in Mechanical
Engineering in 1995 from Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, his
Masters Engineering degree in Production and Industrial Systems
Engineering in 2000 from the University of Roorkee, India and a
PhD in Industrial Engineering in 2006 from Concordia University,
Montreal, Canada. His research interests are in: modeling,
simulation and analysis of service and manufacturing systems and
supply chain networks, development of hybrid heuristics for
multi-objective optimization problems by combining analytical
methods such as simplex algorithm and Lagrangian relaxation with
search methods like genetic algorithm and tabu search and
applications of high performance parallel computing in the areas
mentioned above.
Cem Dogan is a partner in Accenture’s global Supply Chain
practice, with 19 years of consulting experience. He is
currently focusing on serving Alberta based clients,
particularly in the Energy sector. He has worked with several
mid-to-large size companies in North America and parts of the
world in addressing various Supply Chain related issues and
challenges, ranging from strategy to execution.
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Silvanus T. Enns, University of Calgary
TC3
Silvanus T. Enns is an Associate Professor at the University of
Calgary. He received his PhD from the University of Minnesota.
His research interests lie in the development of algorithms to
support enhanced MRP performance as well as various aspects of
job shop, batch production and supply chain modeling and
analysis. He is a Professional Engineer registered with the
Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta
(APEGGA), and a member of IIE, APICS and CORS.
Kamel A. Fantazy, Carleton University
FA3
Sharon Ferriss, PMAC, PIII
Kai Forstl, Supply Management Institute (SMI),
foerstl@supplyinstitute.org FA3
Kai Forstl is a Research Assistant at the Supply Management
Institute (SMI) and a doctoral student at the SVI-Endowed Chair for
Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the
European Business School (EBS), International University,
Schloss Reichartshausen, Oestrich-Winkel (Germany).
H. A. Gonz'alez, TA3
Paul Ghijsen, Open
Universiteit Nederland,
paul.ghijsen@ou.nl FB1
Assistant Professor resp. Professor of Supply and Chain
Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, Open Universiteit
Nederland.
Gerard J. Gouw, Concordia University TB2
Mr. Gouw holds Baccalaureate (BTW) and Engineering (Ir.) degrees in
Mechanical Engineering from Twente University of Technology in
Enschede, The Netherlands, as well as a Master's (MSc. (Eng)) and
doctorate (PhD) degrees, also in Mechanical Engineering, from
Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Gouw first
worked for one year as a Rehabilitation Engineer at the School of
Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University and then for one and a
half years as an Orthopaedic Bio-Engineer in the Division of
Orthopaedics, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He
is a professional Engineer. Mr. Gouw is currently an Associate
Professor at Concordia University in the Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering. His research focuses on human factors
engineering, safety engineering and biomedical engineering.
Chandandeep S. Grewal, University of Calgary,
csgrewal@ucalgary.ca
TC3
Chandandeep Singh Grewal is currently doing his Ph.D in the
Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at University
of Calgary, Alberta (Canada). He received his Master of Technology
in Industrial Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi (India). His areas of interest are supply chain management,
operations research and simulation and modeling. He has a number of
research papers in international and national journals and
conferences. He is a member of IIE, CORS, ISME and ISTE.
Alfred L. Guiffrida, Kent State
University, aguiffri@kent.edu
TD2
Alfred L. Guiffrida, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of
Management in the Department of Management and Information
Systems at Kent State University. He holds his Ph.D., M.S. and
B.S. degrees all in Industrial Engineering from the University
at Buffalo (SUNY) and an MBA in Management Science from Virginia
Tech. His papers have been published in Applied Mathematical
Modeling, The Engineering Economist, European Journal of
Operational Research, Industrial Marketing Management,
Information Systems and Operational Research, International
Journal of Integrated Supply Management, International Journal
of Production Economics, Journal of Business and Economics,
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, and International
Transactions in Operations Research. Dr. Guiffrida’s research
interests are in the areas of operations and supply chain
management. He is a member of ASA, CORS, DSI, INFORMS and POMS.
Evi Hartmann, Supply Management Institute (SMI),
hartmann@supplyinstitute.org FA3
Evi Hartmann is a Research Director at the Supply Management
Institute (SMI) and an Assistant Professor at the SVI-Endowed
Chair for Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain Management at
the European Business School (EBS), International University,
Schloss Reichartshausen, Oestric-Winkel (Germany).
Mr. Jaber is an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at
Ryerson University. He obtained his PhD from the University of
Nottingham. His research expertise includes modeling human
learning and forgetting curves, workforce flexibility and
productivity, inventory management, supply chain management,
reverse logistics and the thermodynamics and management systems.
He published more than 55 papers in internationally refereed
journals. His research has been cited more than 250 times by
national and international scholars. He is the editor of the
forthcoming book: "Inventory Management: Non-classical Views" to
be published by the CRC Press. His industrial experience is in
construction management. He is on the editorial boards for the
Journal of Operations and Logistics, Journal of Engineering and
Applied Sciences and Research Journal of Applied Sciences. He is
a member of committees for international conferences, and a
member of several national and international professional
societies.
Mehmood Khan, Ryerson University,
mehmood.khan@ryerson.ca
TD1
Mr. Khan is a doctoral student at Ryerson University. He
completed his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from NED
University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi. He has
worked for a manufacturing plant of Dawood Yamaha Limited in
Pakistan. He joined King Fahd University for Petroleum and
Minerals, Saudi Arabia, as a Research Assistant where he
obtained his M.Sc. in Systems Engineering. His research
interests are in inventory management, quality management,
maintenance management, simulation and supply chain management.
His work was published in the following journals: Computers &
Education, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of
the Operational Research Society and the International Journal
of Production Research.
M. Kharoune
Amir H. Khataie obtained his B.Sc. degree in Mechanical
Engineering in 2005 from Amir Kabir University of Technology
(Tehran Polytechnic). Consequently, he received his M.Eng.
degree in Engineering Management from University of Ottawa in
August 2007. He is currently doing his PhD in the Department of
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Concordia University.
Amir's research preferences are normally located in the
borderline of Industrial Engineering and Operations Management.
His current research is the integration of accounting system
approaches in supply chain management in order to develop
effective decision models.
Christos Kougkas, TA2
Saroj Koul, Acadia University,
saroj.koul@acadiau.ca
TB3
Saroj Koul, PhD, is Assistant Professor (Decision Sciences) in
the F.C. Manning School of Business at Acadia University,
Canada. She received a doctorate in Operations Management from
the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India in 1994. She
comes to full-time teaching after 24 years in industry at Bharat
Heavy Electricals Limited, India, dedicated to the field of
energy related infrastructure where she worked on formulation
and implementation of corporate strategy. She is an active life
member of the System Dynamics Society of India and was on the
Editorial Board of its journal, International Journal of System
Dynamics. She has published over 20 papers and two books on
Enterprise Resource Planning and Electronic Commerce for
Distance Learning students of MBA classes in India. Her
research interests include: System Dynamics; Supply Chain
Management, MIS; and Organizational Communication.
Adrian Kumar, Solutions Group, DHL Exel Supply Chain
FA1
Adrian Kumar is the Vice President of Solutions and leads
engineering and continuous improvement project accounts in the
Americas. He has been a part of the Exel team since 2001. Adrian
has worked with over one hundred Fortune 500 companies,
developing proposals and consulting studies in network design,
transportation and warehousing. He is a graduate of the
University of Toronto and holds a Bachelor and Masters in
Industrial Engineering.
Uma Kumar, Carleton University FA3
Vinod Kumar, Carleton University FA3
Paul D. Larson, University of Manitoba
FA2, PIII
Ron McLachlin, University of Manitoba FA2
Michael J. Messina, Gannon
University, messina@gannon.edu
TD2
Michael J. Messina, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Marketing and
Director of the Marketing Program at Gannon University, Erie,
Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. from Kent State University, MBA
from Youngstown State University, and Bachelor of Science from John
Carroll University. At Gannon University, Dr. Messina previously
served as the Director of the Dahlkemper School of Business from
2003-2007, the Industrial Distribution Program and the Small
Business Development Center. A partial list of professional
contributions are included in: Industrial Marketing Management,
Just-in-Time Manufacturing Systems Operational Planning and Control,
the marketing research test bank for the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers Qualifying Exam and the production and editing
of a video titled; Industrial Distribution: Integrating Business and
Engineering. He has contributed a number of published conference
proceedings and served as a reviewer, discussant, panel organizer,
and session chair, for: the Academy of Marketing Science, Decision
Science Institute, Midwest DSI, Western Marketing Educators,
Association of Marketing Theory and Practice, INFORMS, and the
Marketing Management Association. He currently holds membership in
the Marketing Management Association, Academy of Marketing Science,
American Marketing Association, and the National Association of
Purchasing Management. Dr. Messina’s interests include nonprofit
marketing, business demography, marketing management, and marketing
research
Bill Michalopulos, Canada Post TB3
Roger Moser, Supply Management Institute (SMI)
FA3
Roger Moser is a Research Director at the Supply Management
Institute (SMI) and an Assistant Professor at the SVI-Endowed Chair
for Purchasing, Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the
European Business School (EBS), International University, Schloss
Reichartshausen, Oestrich-Winkel (Germany).
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Jim Nicholson, City of Calgary,
jgnichol@calgary.ca
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Marc PAQUET, École de Technologie Supérieure
Silvio R. I. Pires, Methodist
University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP- Brazil),
sripires@uniemp.br
TB2
Silvio R. I. Pires is a Full Professor of Operations and Supply
Chain Management at the Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP)
and at FGV-Management Business School in Brazil. Silvio was formerly
a Production Planning and Control Manager of Villares-General
Electric heavy equipments in Brazil, a Visiting Research Professor
at IMD in Switzerland, a Visiting Professor at Instituto de Empresa
Business School in Spain and has conducted several consulting
projects for large companies in Brazil, especially for SAP,
Volkswagen, Vallourec-Mannesmann, Deloitte Consulting, International
Paper, Gerdau and Santillana Group. He has a doctoral degree in
Production Engineering and has 25 years of practical experience in
Operations and Supply Chain Management. In April 2006, as an Invited
Professor, Mr. Pires presented the seminaire scientifique "Supply
Chain Management in the Brazilian Auto Industry" at the Universite
Laval (Consortium FORAC- CENTOR) in Canada.
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Amar Ramudhin is currently a Professor in the Department of
Automated Manufacturing Engineering at École de Technologie
Supérieure in Montréal. He is also the Director of the Laboratoire de Recherche sur les Chaînes d’Approvisionnement (LRCA).
His research interests include supply chain design and
management, operations planning and logistics and business
process reengineering.
Syed Asif Raza TB2
Carsten Reuter, European Business School (EBS), Supply
Management Institute (SMI), Germany,
reuter@supplyinstitute.org FA3
Paul Rogers, University of Calgary TC3
Paul Rogers is an Associate Professor in the Department of
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of
Calgary. His research and teaching interests include production
planning and control systems, manufacturing strategy,
distributed and dynamic scheduling, and models for the design
and analysis of healthcare systems. He is a Professional
Engineer registered with the Association of Professional
Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA), a
member of IIE, APICS, and INFORMS, and serves on the Editorial
Board of the International Journal of Computer Integrated
Manufacturing. He holds PhD and MEng degrees from Cambridge
University in England.
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Adil M. Salam, Bombardier
Aerospace, Concordia University,
a_salam@encs.concordia.ca
TB2, TC1
Mr. Salam is working at Bombardier Aerospace in the Supply Chain
Strategic Costing and Financial Analysis Department. He is
also a PhD student in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
program at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Mr. Salam holds
both a Master of Applied Science and a Bachelor degree in Industrial
Engineering from Concordia University. some of his research
interests include: lean costing in engineering, applied operations
research, product development and applied statistical modeling. He
received scholarships from the Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The scholarships received were
the Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) for his
undergraduate studies and the Industry Postgraduate Scholarship (IPS)
for his Masters. His Master's thesis research was in collaboration
with Pratt and Whitney Canada (PWC), in which he developed models
for estimating design effort for various departments. He is also
recognized as a junior engineer with l'Ordre des Ingenieurs du
Quebec (OIQ).
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Janjaap Semeijn,
Open Universiteit Nederland FB1
Assistant Professor resp. Professor of Supply Chain Management,
Faculty of Management Sciences, Universiteit Nederland.
Alexandre T. Simon, Methodist
University of Piracicaba (UNIMEP-Brazil),
atsimon@unimep.br
TB2
Alexandre T. Simon is an Associate Professor of Operations and
Supply Chain Management at the Methodist University of Piracicaba (UNIMEPl)
in Brazil. He is an expert in Manufacturing Industry and is the
General Editor of a large and reputed technical magazin in Brazil
(Machines & Metals). He has also conducted several consulting
projects for large manufacturing companies operating in Brazil,
especially within the agribusiness supply industry, such as the
Dedini Group. He has a doctoral degree in Production Engineering and
has 30 years of practical experiences in operations, logistics and
supply chain management.
Dong-Wook Song, Heriot-Watt University,
d.song@hw.ac.uk
TA2
Dong-Wook Song is Reader in Logistics at the Logistics Research
Center, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, IK. Prior to this post,
he worked at University of Hong Kong as an Associate Professor of
Transport and Logistics Management. Dong is a twice joint recipient
of the Maritime Policy and Management Award for Best Paper at the
International Association of Maritime Economists Annual Conferences
and a Chartered Member of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and
Transport. He received his PhD in Transport and Logistics Management
from the University of Plymouth, UK. His research and teaching
interests are in managerial and strategic aspects of international
logistics and maritime transport. He serves as an Editorial Board
Member for the International Journal of Physical Distribution and
Logistics Management and as a Co-editor for the International
Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications.
Rebekka Sputtek, is a Ph.D
student at the University of
St. Gallen, Switzerland FB1
Ms. Supatn is an Assistant Professor in the Department of
Management, School of Management, Assumption University,
Thailand. She received herdoctoral degree in Business
Administration majoring in Marketing from Thammasat University,
Thailand, in 2006. Ms. Supatn formerly served as Director of the
Center for Business Research and Case Study, School of Business,
Assumption University. Ms. Supatn is currently a Coordinator for
business research methods and data analysis subjects. Her main
research focuses are on decision making processes and behaviour
in three levels; individual covering both consumer and employee,
group and organizational level as well as logistics and supply
chain strategic management and performance measurement.
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Rakesh Verma, National Institute of
Industrial Engineering (NITIE), India,
rverma01@rediffmail.com
TB3
Rakesh Verma, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Operations Management
in National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai,
India. He received his doctorate in Operations Research from Indian
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in 1998. He was a DAAD
Research fellow at University of Kaiserslautern, Germany during
1998-2000. His research interests include: Facility Location;
Transportation Systems; Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) &
Fuzzy MCDM; Supply Chain Management and Water Resource Management.
His publications have appeared or been accepted in such journal as
The Journal of Fuzzy Mathematics, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Asia
Pacific Journal of Operational Research, Physics and Chemistry of
the Earth and International Journal of Soft Computing. He is a
member of ORSI, India and International Society on Multiple Criteria
Decision Making, USA. In future he will be collaborating more in the
areas of variants of problems in supply chain.
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David Walters, University of Sydney,
davidw@itls.usyd.edu.au
FB3
David Walters BA (Alberta), MSc (Bradford), PhD (Cranfield) is
Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at ITLS. He has
held posts at the universities of Western Sydney (Sydney Graduate
School of Management), Macquarie, Oxford (Templeton College), and
the Cranfield School of Management. He has published a number of
textbooks in business and marketing subjects, the most recent
"Strategic Operations: a Value Chain Approach" was published in
2007. He has published over 30 articles in professional journals. He
was the Australasian editor for the International Journal of
Physical Distribution and Logistics Management from 1998 until 2005.
David Walters has teaching experience in a wide range of continents
including North America, The Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
In addition to his wide teaching experience he has acted as a
consultant for a number of international companies. These include:
BOC, CSR, Harrods, Laura Ashley, The Kingfisher Group, Storehouse,
British Oxygen Company, Marks and Spencer, Tesco and a number of
others.
Victoria Wakefield,
University of British Columbia,
victoria.wakefield@ubc.ca
FB2
Ms. Wakefield is Manager of Customs, Logistics and Sustainability
for Supply Management at the University of British Columbia.
As a C.P.P and member of PMAC for the last 20 years, Victoria draws
experience from both the private and public sectors. As an author,
teacher and sought after speaker, Victoria's professional experience
includes work in industrial distribution, International Print and
Trade, BC Transit - Skytrain development, Vancouver Port Authority,
The City of Vanacouver and currently with the University of British
Columbia.
Victoria spent many years as Purchasing and Operations Manager for a
large distribution company managing branches throughout BC and
Alberta. Working with overseas suppliers and Just-in-time
inventories provided a great training ground for innovative and
strategic supply chain solutions.
In Victoria's current position, she is responsible for the movement
of goods to and from the University of British Columbia that has
19,000 staff and faculty serving 50,000 students at two University
Locations both in Vancouver and the Okanagan. Victoria manages
customs brokerage, courier services, freight, sustainability and
integrated logistics needs for products that are very diverse in a
University environment, everything from pathogens to sacred
historical artifacts.
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Jennifer Young, National Account Manager, Acklands
Grainger, youngje@agi.ca
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Guoqing Zhang, University of Windsor,
gzhang@uwindsor.ca
TD1
Dr. Guoqing Zhang, P.Eng., is an Associate Professsor in the
Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering,
University of Windsor. He received his PhD degree in Management
Science from City University of Hong Kong. His research interests
are optimization in supply chain management, layout, combinatorial
optimization, and algorithms design and development. His papers have
appeared in professional journals such as the European Journal of
Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research,
International Journal of Production Economics, IIE Transactions,
Operations Research, and IEEE Transaction on Robotics and
Automation.
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