MWDSI 2008


PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE


All sessions will be in the Marcum Conference Center. Note the designation of session chairs and room locations. Online Proceedings are posted under the "Meeting Info" tab. (Last Revised: Wednesday, April 15)

Day

Time

Location: MCC 124

Location: MCC 180

Location: MCC 184

Location: MCC 186

Thursday
4/16

11:30 AM

 

 

 

 

Doctoral
Consortium

Registration (ongoing in Main Lobby of the Marcum Center)

 

12:00 PM

OM      (Manufacturing 1)

 

Session Chair: Rangarajan Parthasarathy

1.Measuring U.S. economic impact of a new automobile purchase

Karl D. Majeske Oakland University
Debbie M. Menk Center for Automotive Research
James. Serocki Oakland University

2. New Assembly Line Capacity Identification, Production Flow Analysis and Transportation Requirements for Automotive Manufacturing using Simulation

Ahad Ali,
Lawrence Technological University
Hoda ElMaraghy, Walid Abul-Kader
University of Windsor

James A. Nooks
International Truck and Engine Corporation

3.The impact of platform-based strategy on product development performance

Chenglei Huang
Rangarajan Parthasarathy
Jeen S. Lim
University of Toledo

MIS (1)

 

Session Chair: Deborah J. Gougeon
1.An Empirical Study of the Determinants of Software Productivity and Development Time Utilizing Manova
James A. Rodger Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2. Online Consumers’ Perception On Price Fairness
Simon Lee        Abdou Illia     Eastern Illinois University        Seong Bae Lim        St. Mary’s University
3. An Introductory Course in Data Mining:  Enabling Business Students Increase Their Decision-Making Skills
Deborah J. Gougeon University of Scranton

SCM (1)

 

Session Chair: Timothy Elkins
1. Value Modeling Through Survey Data Collection and Manipulation Using Adobe Professional and R
Joshua A. Lospinoso Michael Heim   Corey Wolff Matthew Hogan Timothy Elkins
United States Military Academy
2. Assessment of Large Aircraft Maintenance Inspection Strategies
Alan W. Johnson  Ted Heiman    Martha Cooper Raymond R. Hill   Air Force Institute of Technology
3. Midwestern Logistics Issues
Bradley Hull        John Carroll University

 

 

 

 

 

1:30 PM

Break
Refreshments in Lobby

 

2:00 PM

Behavioral Management (1)

Session Chair: Dean Porr

1.Adding Accountability To Training And Confidentiality
In Improving Peer Assessment Effectiveness

Dean A. Porr
William Acar
Kent State University

2. A Longitudinal Assessment Of Occupational Injuries And Illnesses In The United States Territory Of Puerto Rico

Christy L. Vineyard
University Of The Virgin Island

3.The Disservice Of Combined Management Courses: Difference Of Means In Performance

Dean A. Porr
William Acar
Kent State University

Innovative Education (1)

Session Chair: Rob Rollins

1.Miami University’s Summer Business Institute

Rob Rollins       Bryan Ashenbaum    Megan Gerhardt Rocky Newman
Miami University

2. Impact of a Mentoring Program for Adjunct Business Faculty on Adjunct Satisfaction, Adjunct Retention,  Grading Rigor, and Student Satisfaction
Richard Penlesky Michael Lewis Carroll College
3. Assessing Educator/Student Learning Styles
Debra Westerfelt Ashland University

SCM (2)

Session Chair: Brad Hull
1.A Cooperative Game Of Supply Chain Design In An Oligopolistic Market
Cheng-Chang Lin Shwu-Chiou Lee National Cheng Kung University
2. Resilient versus Robust Supply Chains.
Bradley Hull   Charles Watts     John Carroll University
3.An Integrated Lot-splitting Model for Supply Chain Management When the Production Process is Not Perfect
Daesung Ha Marshall University
Seung-Lae Kim Drexel University

 

 

 

 

 

3:30 PM

Break - Refreshments in Marcum Conference Center Lobby
Bus leaves from Marcum for tour of Miller Brewing (3:30)

 

4:00 PM

 

Doctoral
Consortium

 

 

Miller Brewing Tour (limit 15)

 

 

 

 

 

5:30 PM

Break- Refreshments in Marcum Conference Center Lobby
Bus returns to Marcum from Miller Brewing (approx. 6pm)

 

6:00 PM

 

 

Dinner on your own
(uptown Oxford a 5 minute walk)

 

 

 

 

 

7:30 PM

Friday  4/17

7:30 AM

 

Bus Leaves from Marcum for Food processing Center tour (7:30)

 

8:00 AM

 

Registration (ongoing in Main Lobby of the Marcum Center)

 

8:30 AM

 

 

Student case Competition

OM (Service)

 

Session Chair: Keith A. Willoughby

1.Relationship between Quality Management practices and knowledge Integration and its impact on new product development performance

Abdullah Aldakhil
Mark A. Vonderembse University of Toledo

2.Make No Mistake:
Reducing Errors in Hospital Pathology Samples and Information Flow”

Keith A. Willoughby
University of Saskatchewan

Dale Schattenkirk
Five Hills Health Region

3.Impact of successful Six Sigma program implementation on  financial outcomes at a firm level

Rangarajan Parthasarathy
 Jeen S. Lim
University of Toledo

OM    (Manufacturing 2)

Workshop:
Academic Opportunities with APICS
Rhonda Lummus  Indiana University

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:00 AM

 

Break- Refreshments in Marcum Conference Center Lobby

 

10:30 AM

 

MIS (2)

Session Chair: Alan A. Brandyberry

1.Software Piracy and Intellectual Property Rights Protection

 

James W. Hamister
Wright State University

Michael J. Braunscheidel
SUNY Brockport

2.The Effects Of Depression On Internet Usage And E-Commerce Adoption
Alan A. Brandyberry Kent State University
3. An Intelligent Tool for Rating a Firm’s Financial Viability through its Information Sharing Structures
Tyler Frank   Technical University of Kosice

SCM (3)

Session Chair: Gerald Aase

1. Use of ABC Analysis in the Consolidation of Slow-moving Inventory from Existing Distribution Center Network into a Single Centralized Distribution Center
Charles G. Petersen Gerald R. Aase         N. Illinois University
2. An Integrated Model For Production-Distribution Planning In Three-Stage Supply Chains
Joel K. Jolayemi Tennessee St. Univ
3.Understanding Healthcare Cost Drivers: Conceptual Development
Mark Vonderembse David Dobrzykowski Thomas Gutteridge
The University of Toledo

Sustainable SCM (1)

Session Chair: Wendy Tate

1. Green Is Good
Implementing Green Information Technologies to Pursue Strategic Business Opportunities

Michael V. Emling
Lisa M. Switzer
Jeffrey W. Merhout
Miami University

2. The Interface of Green, Lean and Global Supply Chain Strategies
Monique Ueltschy Hannah Stolze    Diane Mollenkopf   Wendy Tate University of Tennessee
3. Environmental Purchasing: Literature and Current Practices
Wendy L. Tate University of Tennessee             Lisa M. Ellram Miami University Kevin J. Dooley Arizona State University

 

 

 

 

 

12:00PM

 

 

Awards Luncheon: MCC 154

 

 

 

 

 

1:30PM

Behavioral Management (2)

Session Chair: Sandra Gustavson

1.Organizational Learning as a Response to Large Scale Events
Sandra Gustavson Kent State University Ashtabula Campus
Marvin Troutt     Kent State University
2. Managerial Malpractice
David Marion    Ferris State University

 

MIS (3)

Session Chair: Xiaodong Deng

Stan Hardy Award Presentation (previously published work):

ISO 9000 practices and financial performance: A technology coherence perspective

Mary J. Benner, University of Pennsylvania

Francisco M. Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University

 

2.Contemporary Perspectives On Demand For IT Professionals

Vipin K Agrawal
CSU, Fullerton
Vijay K. Agrawal
Allen Ross Taylor
Frank Tenkorang University Of Nebraska At Kearney

3. Information Security And Privacy Concerns Of Online Prescription Systems

Stephan Poag
Xiaodong Deng
Oakland University

 

Purchasing

Session Chair: George Zsidisin 
        
1. Supply Management Strategy and Performance:A Research Framework of the International Purchasing Survey Network
George A. Zsidisin Janet  L. Hartley Bowling Green State University
2.Sources Of Buyer Bargaining Power And Its Impact On Performance
Tobias Schoenherr Michigan State University       Vincent A. Mabert Indiana University
3. Online Reverse Auction Design and its Affect on Buyer Supplier Relationship
Thomas Parker         Southern Illinois University

 

Innovative Education (2)

Session Chair: Ed Duplaga

1. Exploring An Innovative Multidisciplinary Healthcare Curriculum: A Partnership Of The Colleges Of Business, Law, Engineering, And Health Sciences

Kathleen L. Mcfadden
Shi-Jie (Gary) Chen
Donna J. Munroe
N. Illinois University

2.Utilizing the Beer Game to enhance introductory MIS courses.

Bradley Hull
Marc P. Lynn
John Carroll University

3.  Developing Fair Course Policies
Edward A. Duplaga Marzie Astani     Winona State Univ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

3:00PM

 

Break- Refreshments in Marcum Conference Center Lobby

 

3:30PM

Student Papers (1)

 

Session Chair: Bryan Ashenbaum

 

1. How Payment Business Can Establish Sustainable Relationship With Customers By Providing Value To Both Clients And Customers
D. Sanghyun Choi Caleb Hyungsik Kim University of Toledo
2.The Student Perspective of Online, Multimedia, and Traditional Teaching Methods: An Undergraduate Operations Management Course

Susita Asree,
David Dobrzykowski
University of Toledo

3.Applying Quality Function Deployment in Object-Oriented Systems Analysis

Dean J. Przymusinski
Abishake Subramanian
Oakland University

OM (Service 2)

 

Session Chair:  Dave Collier

1.The Global Culture Within National City Bank: A Case Study
Tracy H. Porter Regent University
2. Determinants of Hospital Quality Outcomes

Peter A. Salzarulo
Xiaowen Huang
Joshua L. Schwarz
Miami University

3. The Evolution of a Service Delivery System
David Collier    Florida Gulf Coast University

Decision Sciences (1)

Session Chair: Neil Marks

1.
2. The Application of Hazard Modeling to the Management of Retirement Budgets
Bruce C. Raymond Montana State University
3. Development of a Ranking System For Patrons of a Major Symphony Orchestra
Neil B. Marks     Miami University

Sustainable SCM Workshop     
Session Chair: Lisa Ellram

Practitioner Panel:
“Distribution Centers Going Green”
Brian K. Jaynes – Advanced Handling Systems, Inc. / Cincinnati, OH
Jacob M. Williams – ATA/Beilharz Architects
Darin Manning – ProLogis
Kevin Kuntz – Gap Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

5:00PM

 

Tour of Farmer Hall (leaving Main Lobby of the Marcum Center at 5pm)

 

6:00PM

 

MWDSI 2009 Reception: MCC 154

 

 

 

7:00PM

 

Dinner and Keynote Address (MCC 154)

Simon Hay, CEO, dunnhumbyUSA
http://www.dunnhumby.com/us/

 

 

 

 

Saturday
4/18

8:30 AM

 

Registration (ongoing in Main Lobby of the Marcum Center)

 

9:00 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decision Sciences (2)

 

Session Chair: Ceyhun  Ozgur

1.Variation In Customer Satisfaction Studies In Industrial Markets
Gregory M. Kellar
Wright State University
Michael W. Preis
University Of Illinois
2. Measuring and Implementing Maximin Value Functions

J. Randall Brown Kent State University
Ceyhun Ozgur
Valparaiso University

 

 

Innovative Education  Workshops

 

Session Chair: Bryan Ashenbaum

1. Two Innovative Classroom Exercises for Supply Chain & Operations Management Education
Bryan Ashenbaum Miami University
2. Ethnographic Study for Examining Virtual Learning Community

Sushil K. Sharma
Ball State University
Subhash C.Sharma
Punjab, India
Arya Kumar
BITS, Pilani, India

Ethics and Accountability Workshop(1)

Session Chair: Brian Ballou

Risk Management Workshop

Brian Ballou
Miami University

 

 

 

 

 

10:30 AM

 

Break- Refreshments in Marcum Conference Center Lobby

 

11:00 AM

 

 

 

 

Midwest Regional Officers

Ethics and Accountability(2)

Session Chair: Brian Ballou

1. Electronic Participatory Budgeting:
Supporting Community Deliberation
and Decision-making with Online Tools

Cory A. Heidelberger
Dakota StateUniv.

2. Global Corruption Explored: a multivariate study

Kevin J. McCarthy.
Baker University

3. Assessing Business Ethics in the Classroom

James Walters,
T. Jitpaiboon,
Sushil Sharma
Ball State University

 

Sustainable SCM Workshop

Session Chair: Bob Jacobs

Incorporating Sustainability in Operations and Supply Chain Management Courses
Workshop
F. Robert Jacobs
Indiana University

Student Papers (2)

 

Session Chair: Pete Salzarulo

1.An Analysis of Presidential Elections

 

Yifan Zhao Stephanie Brick Clarion University

2.A Panel Analysis Of Demographic Characteristics On U.S. State Traffic Fatality Rates: 1994 To 2006

Margaret Inden Duquesne University

3.Transparency And Performance In Bureaucracies

Rossen Valchev
Duquesne University

 

 

 

 

 

12:30PM

 

Break- Refreshments in Marcum Conference Center Lobby

 

1:00 PM

 

Box Lunch Pickup from Marcum Center Lobby until 1pm

 

 

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