Glen Schmidt
David Eccles Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor
Department of Operations and Information Systems
Email: glen.schmidt@business.utah.edu
Glen Schmidt's research interests include product innovation, new product development, and supply chain management. He has worked inside and/or studied firms in various industries including high-tech, heavy-duty equipment, automotive, and oil. Both his research and teaching materials have been recognized for their excellence by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
Degrees:
1998 PHD Stanford University
Teaching Areas:
Operations Management
Operations Strategy
Supply Chain Management
Research Statements:
My research interests include product innovation, new product development, and supply chain management. For example, my research in product innovation investigates what types of innovations are most likely to displace incumbents, and what competencies incumbents need to thwart such displacement and instead continue to grow. In the area of new product development a research pursuit is to examine the degree to which a firm should pursue modular design. And in supply chain management some of my research involves looking at ways firms can most cost effectively pursue make-to-order production in conjunction with make-to-stock manufacturing.
Recent Awards:
2009 Doctoral Faculty Teaching Excellence Award - David Eccles School
2007 Service award (Editor of POMS Chronicle) - Production and Operations Management Society
2004 Finalist for INFORM-ED case competition (2 finalist entries) - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
2003 Nominee for MBA Distinguished Teaching Award - McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
1999 Finalist for Nicholson Award (best student paper in 8,000 member society) - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Chapters
- "New Service Development" Elsevier. (2007)
Co-Author(s): Weiuy Tsai, Rohit Verma
Editorials
- "TIRP: 4 supply chain management principles that might have averted the need for TARP" POMS Chronicle. vol. 15 (2008): 2
Journal Articles
- "Encroachment Patterns of the ‘Best Products’ from the Last Decade" Journal of Product Innovation Management. (Forthcoming)
Co-Author(s): Van Orden, Joseph, Bo Van der Rhee - "Lower Cost May Not Lower Total Cost: Using 'Spackling" to Smooth Mass-Customized Production" Production and Operations Management. (Forthcoming)
Co-Author(s): Kyle Cattani, Ely Dahan - "Matching Product Architecture and Supply Chain Configuration" Production and Operations Management. (Forthcoming)
Co-Author(s): Sezer Ulku
