Managing Supply Chain Risk

Dr. Sime Curkovic is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at Western Michigan University. He received his undergraduate degree in Management Systems from Kettering University and his Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University. Dr. Curkovic has taught several courses in sourcing, operations, logistics, process, environmental, and multinational management. His research interests include environmentally responsible manufacturing, green purchasing, total quality management, supply chain management, and integrated global strategic sourcing. Dr. Curkovic's publications have appeared in the Journal of Supply Chain Management, the IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, the Decision Sciences Journal, the International Journal of Operations and Production Management, the International Journal of Production Research, the Journal of Quality Management, the Journal of Operations Management, and the International Journal of Production Economics. His professional memberships include ASQ, APICS, DSI, INFORMS, ISM, and POMS. Dr. Curkovic's previous work experiences were with General Motors in the midwest, Mexico, and Germany. His dissertation on the relationship between Total Quality Management and Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing has been given the following awards: 1) The APICS Educational Foundation Edward & Marion Plossl Fellowship; 2) The Richard J. Lewis Quality of Excellence Award; and 3) The National Decision Sciences Institute Buffa Doctoral Dissertation. Dr. Curkovic’s previous research and consulting experiences have been with: Denso, Asmo, Dana, Lear, JCI, Steelcase, Benteler, Kellogg, Stryker, Eaton, Whirlpool, GM, Chrysler, Ford, Harley-Davidson, John Deere, Rolls Royce, Borg Warner, Bosch, Honda, Tektronics, and Cargill. Dr. Curkovic is a born U.S. citizen of Croatian descent. Bret Wagner is an Associate Professor in the management department. He was director of the ISM program from 2004 to 2012, during which time enrollment in the program increased 79% and the Gartner Group ranked the program #5 in the nation. With a Ph.D. in Operations Management from Michigan State and a Master of Engineering Administration from George Washington University, he brings his strength in Production Planning to the ISM program. His research interests are production planning and scheduling and optimization modeling. Bret has spearheaded the SAP initiative at the College of Business. He has received numerous grants to support the initiative and has helped integrate SAP’s software into the ISM curriculum. He is widely sought to provide workshops on using SAP software in business curriculum. He was the first recipient of the Majdi Najm Service Award from the SAP University Alliance. He is the co-author of the book Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning and has published research articles in Decision Sciences, International Journal of Operational Research and the Journal of Operations Management.