 |  World Class Supply Management: The Key to Supply Chain Management, 7/e David N. Burt,
University of San Diego
Donald W. Dobler,
Colorado State University
Stephen L. Starling,
University of San Diego
About the AuthorsDavid N. Burt is Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management and Director of the University of San Diego’s undergraduate and graduate programs in supply chain management. He is founder and director of USD’s Supply Chain Management Institute and of the Strategic Supply Management Forum, an annual meeting of innovative supply management professionals from North America, Europe, and Australia. Under Dr. Burt’s leadership, the University of San Diego initiated two graduate hybrid residence/Internet programs in 2002. These programs transfer cutting-edge knowledge and practices, minimize time away from the participant’s workplace, develop leaders in supply chain management, develop agents of change, and provide immediate payback to sponsoring firms. Dr. Burt is an active member of the Institute for Supply Management™ and the Purchasing Council of the American Management Association. Dr. Burt’s articles have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, The Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management, and Thexis. In 1991, Dr. Burt was appointed the National Association of Purchasing Management Professor of Management. He has consulted with firms including IBM, Motorola, Lockheed, Avery Dennison, Southern California Edison, and Gateway with the objective of upgrading their procurement operations to world-class status. Dr. Burt received his B.A. in Economics at the University of Colorado, M.S.I.A. at the University of Michigan, and Ph.D. in Logistics from Stanford University.
Donald Dobler is a former Corporate Vice President for the National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM), where he was responsible for its certification and education programs. He is also Dean Emeritus of the College of Business of Colorado State University. Earlier in his career he worked as an engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and later as a manager of Purchasing and Materials for FMC Corporation at one of its industrial chemical operations. Throughout his career, Don Dobler has been active as a consultant to manufacturing and service organizations in both the operations and the educational/training areas. For 17 years he served as editor of the International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management (now Supply Chain Management), the scholarly publication in the field. Dr. Dobler has published widely and has been co-editor of the Purchasing Handbook and the CPM Study Guide. In 1987, he received NAPM’s Shipman Gold Medal for distinguished service to the profession. He earned his Ph.D. degree in Management from Stanford University.
Stephen L. Starling is an Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management (SCM) at the University of San Diego. He has world with the faculty and staff of in the Supply Chain Management Institute (SCMI) to develop world-class hybrid residence/Internet graduate SCM education programs and to bolster USD’s 20-year tradition of excellence in SCM. Perhaps most important to Stephen is his love of working with students on campus in the Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA), which is quickly becoming one of the strongest student organizations in the United States. SCMA sponsors or co-sponsors about 70 events per year at USD, with a focus on creating agents of change who will enter the workforce armed with cutting-edge, but practical, knowledge. Stephen served in officer positions in two Institute for Supply Management™ (ISM) chapters in the San Francisco Bay Area, including President of the Diablo Valley Chapter in 2000-2001. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1998. His first position in academia was with California State University, Hayward, where he initiated a new MBA program in SCM and taught in MBA programs in Hong Kong, Beijing, and Singapore. He has taught 17 different courses and 13 different continuing education seminars, all focused on Supply Chain Management. He has published 16 research papers and proceedings, given 23 professional seminars, and conducted 18 research and consulting projects with industry. He also initiated the Supply Chain Management research track for The Western Decision Sciences Institute. His research is focused on supply management within the context of supply chain management.
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