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Christopher Roethlein
Assistant Professor of Management

E-mail: croethle@bryant.edu
Web page: http://web.bryant.edu/~croethle

education:

Ph.D. in Business Administration/Operations Management, University of Rhode Island, 2000 M.B.A. in Operations Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1993 B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Western New England College, 1984

academic interests:

Supply chain management, definitions and measurements of quality, quality management practices, manufacturing strategy

teaching:

Production and Operations Management Manufacturing Strategies Supply Chain Management Business Computing Applications

professional activities:

Member of Decision Sciences Institute, Northeast Decision Sciences Institute, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, and Production and Operations Management Society. Co-Principal Investigator of research grant funded by American Society for Quality. Recipient of 1995 Quality Achievement Team Award from the Whirlpool Corporation. Eleven publications in refereed conference proceedings since 2000. Refereed Journal Articles Roethlein, Christopher J., Mangiameli, Paul M. and Chen, S. K., 2005, “Predicting the Output of a Tube-bending Process: A Case Study,” International Journal of Production Economics, Volume 95, Issue 3, March, 307-316.  Roethlein, Christopher J. and Ackerson, Sara B., 2004, “Quality Communication within a Connected Manufacturing Supply Chain,” Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Volume 9, No. 4, 323-330.  Roethlein, Christopher J., Mangiameli, Paul M. and Ebrahimpour, Maling, 2002, “Quality in U.S. Manufacturing Industries:  An Empirical Study,” Quality Management Journal, Volume 9, Issue 3, 48-66.  Roethlein, Christopher J. and Jarrett, Jeffrey E., 2002, “Seasonality in Prices of Japanese Securities,” International Journal of Business and Economics, Volume 1, Number 1, 21-31.  Mangiameli, Paul M. and Roethlein, Christopher J., 2001, "An Examination of Quality Performance at Different Levels in a Connected Supply Chain: A Preliminary Study," Integrated Manufacturing Systems-The International Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Volume 12, Number 2, 126-133. Roethlein, Christopher J. and Mangiameli, Paul M., 1999, “The Realities of Becoming a Long Term Supplier to a Large TQM Customer,” Interfaces, 29, (4), July-August, 71-81. End of chapter case study included in Supply Chain Management chapter.  Davis, Mark M. and Heineke, Janelle, 2005, Operations Management: Integrating Manufacturing and Services, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 5th Edition, 122-123. Over 12 years of industry experience as a manager and engineer.

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