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Dr. Thomas W. Speh,
Senior Director of MBA Program,
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Thomas W. Speh is Senior Director of MBA Programs at
Miami
University
. He also holds a part-time position with CSCMP, as Director of Strategic Initiatives. He had taught at
Miami
for 35 years prior to assuming his current role. He was the Director of the
Warehouse
Research
Center
at
Miami
University
from 1986~2000 and during that time, the center conducted over 14 major studies.
Dr. Speh has published numerous
articles in a variety of academic and professional journals, including the Harvard
Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Supply Chain Management Review, Journal
of Marketing, and the Journal of Business Logistics.
Dr. Speh is a frequent speaker at logistics and supply chain conferences
in the
U.S.
and has spoken at conference and management development seminars in over 20 different
countries.
Dr. Speh is a past President of
the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) and a past president
of the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC).
In October of 2007, Dr. Speh received the Council of Supply Chain Management
Professional’s Distinguished Service Award, and in May, 2008 he received the Warehousing
Education and Research Council’s Lifetime Achievement award, only the 6th such award
given by WERC in its 31 year history.
Topic:
Managing the State-of-the-Art Global Supply Chains
Professor Speh will analyze and evaluate the current
development of international logistics, assess the supply chain environment where
we are in, especially introduce excellent creation in the best supply chain practices.
He has conducted researches on the key methodology which has an important impact
on SCM based on the comprehensive analysis, including the application of supply
chain performance indicators, balanced scorecard and other tools to improve performance
of internal processes. He will also share his point of view as how senior executives
involvement will have a bottom line impact on the enterprise.
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