Tim Lowe

Course: Supply Chain Management

Place of origin: Iowa

Home University: University of Iowa

Academic Teaching Area: Operations Management, Supply Chain Management

Interesting fact about yourself: I enjoy restoring old British sports cars

What are you teaching/have you taught at CIMBA: Supply Chain Management

How many years have you taught for CIMBA: 3 years

What sets CIMBA apart from traditional MBA programs:  The international flavor

Favorite thing to do while in Italy: Dining on delicious Italian food.

Academic History

  • PhD in Operations Research, Northwestern University, 1973
  • ME, Iowa State University, 1967
  • BSIE, Iowa State University, 1965

Expertise

  • Facility location/design and logistics
  • Mathematical programming theory and applications
  • Production/operations management
  • Supply Chain Management

Awards

  • Named a Franz Edelmann Laureate, May 2006
  • Inducted as Fellow, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, November 2007
  • Department of Management Sciences, Tippie College of Business – Dean’s Teaching Award, 2003-2004 school year., 2004
  • Selected as a Finalist for the 2002 Franz Edelmann Award, INFORMS, for the Project “Managing the Seed Corn Supply Chain at Sygenta”, 2002

Selected Publications

Working Papers

  • Dynamic Pricing in Reputation-Based e-Commerce Retailing, Dengfeng Zhang, Renato E. deMatta, Timothy J. Lowe

Conference Proceedings

  • Consumer Influence On Product Variety Decisions , Lifang Wu, Renato E. deMatta, Timothy J. Lowe, ICMIT 2010 Conference Proceedings, 2010

Other Work

  • Exact Solution of Two Location Problems via Branch and Bound, Timothy J. Lowe, Richard E. Wendell, , Book: Foundations of Location Theory, 2011
  • When the Mean Fails: The Median Principle, Timothy J. Lowe, Dilip Chhajed, Springer, 2008

Work In Progress

  • Price Competition in a Consignment Contract Between a Single Retailer and Multiple Suppliers, Dengfeng Zhang, Renato E. deMatta, Timothy J. Lowe

Prior Positions

  • Chester A. Phillips Professor of Operations Management, Department of Management Sciences, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa, 2006
  • Smeal Chair in Supply Chain and Information Systems, Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, 2005 – 2006
  • C. Maxwell Stanley Professor of International Operations, Department of Management Sciences, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa, 1989 – 2005
  • Visiting Professor, Krannert Executive Programs, Krannert Graduate School of Business, Purdue University, 1996 – 2004
  • Director, Manufacturing Productivity Center, Henry B. Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa, 1989 – 1999
  • Visiting Research Professor, Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, Faculty of Business, Chinese University, Hong Kong, 1998 – 1998
  • Visiting Professor, International Management Master’s Program, Instituto Technologico Autonomo De Mexico, Mexico City, 1990 – 1994
  • ProfessorAssociate Professor, Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University, 1978 – 1989
  • Director, Research and Doctoral Programs, Krannert Graduate School of Business, Purdue University, 1982 – 1985
  • Associate/Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems Department, University of Florida, 1973 – 1978
  • Graduate & Research Assistant, Northwestern University, 1970 – 1973
  • Process Engineer/Business Analyst, Enjay Chemical Co., Baton Rouge, LA, 1969 – 1970
  • 2nd/1st Lieutenant, Data Processing Analyst, US Army Data Support Command, Washington, DC, 1967 – 1969
  • Project Engineer, Enjay Chemical Co., Baton Rouge, LA, 1965 – 1967
  • Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University, 1965 – 1967

Review and Editorial Work

  • Referee, European Journal of Operational Reserach
  • Referee, Geographical Analysis
  • Referee, IIE Transactions
  • Referee, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management
  • Referee, Operations Research

Professional Affiliations

  • Associate Editor, TOP (Spanish OR Journal), 2006 – current
  • Co-editor, Special Issue of Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 2002 – 2002

Presentations

  • Managing Product variety in a Supply Chain, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
  • The Product Line Design Problem in a Decentralized Supply Chain, INFORMS National Conference, INFORMS, Austin, Texas, November 2010
  • CONSUMER INFLUENCE ON PRODUCT VARIETY DECISIONS, 5th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT2010) , IEEE, Singapore, June 2010
  • Supply Chain Management: A Key to Financial Success, Cedar Valley APICS Meeting, American Production and Inventory Control Society, Cedar Rapids, IA, March 2010
  • Toward Channel Coordination via Retailer-Supplier Contract Incentives , Supply Chain Management Workshop, Li and Fung SCM Research Center, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, October 2009
  • Project Management Essentials, Project Management Shortcourse, PMCentersUSA, Houston, TX, August 2009
  • Coordinating the Supply Chain in the Agricultural Seed Industry, INFORMS Speakers Program, California State University – Northridge, January 2009
  • The Stochastic P-hub Center Problem, ISOLDE, Santa Barbara, CA, July 2008
  • Coordinating the Supply Chain in the Agricultural Seed Industry, INFORMS, November 2007
  • Comparative Study of Consignment and Wholesale Contractual Arrangement , INFORMS National Conference in Seattle, INFORMS , Seattle WA, November 2007
  • Coordinating the Supply Chain in the Agricultural Seed Industry, Industrial Engineering- University of Iowa, Iowa City, October 2007
  • The Stochastic Hub Center Location Problem, Workshop on Hub Location , Technische University Kaiserslautern, Trippstadt, Germany, September 2007
  • Channel Coordination in a Consignment Channel , Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Conference, INFORMS-MSOM, Beijing China, June 2007

Committees

  • Search Committee for CIMBA Director, 2011-current
  • College Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2008-current
  • INFORMS Speakers Program, 2011-2012
  • Institute for Operations Research and Management Science , 2008-2011
  • Dean’s Advisory Committee, 2007-2009
  • Companies with on-going project management activities, 2007-2009
  • University Faculty Senate, 2007-2008
  • Production Operations Management Society, 2005-2008
  • MBA Taskforce Committee, 2007-2008
  • Ad Hoc Hong Kong EMBA Faculty Committee, 2007-2008
  • Ad Hoc Collegiate Teaching Award Committee, 2008
  • INFORMS Conference, 2007
  • Ad Hoc Undergraduate Honors Program Committee, 2007
  • Location Theory Interest Group – INFORMS, 2007
  • Deere and Company, 2007

Additional Training

  • , Fellow of Professional Society, Institute for Operations Research and Management Science, 2007
  • Course Development for International Supply Chain Management, Self-Study Program, 2007
  • Global Operations and Supply Chain Management, Workshop, University of South Carolina, 2007

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