R E S U M E



VITA

Charles R. Crain

Business Residence

Department of Management 115 Country Club Drive

The Farmer School of Business Oxford, OH 45056

Miami University (513) 523-1026

Oxford, OH 45056

(513) 529-4234

craincr@muohio.edu

EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION

Ph.D. University of Missouri - Columbia {1971}.

Major: Operations Management.

M.S. University of Missouri - Columbia {1968}.

Major: Industrial Engineering.

B.S. Iowa State University {1965}.

Major: Engineering Operations.

Minor Field: Industrial Engineering.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Teaching

1985 - present Professor, Department of Management, The Farmer School of Business, Miami University.

1996 - 97 Visiting Professor, Department of Management - Management Science Program, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

1978 - 85 Associate Professor, Department of Management, The Farmer School of Business ,

Miami University.

1972 - 75 Assistant Professor, Department of Management, The Farmer School of Business,

Miami University.

1971 - 72 Instructor, Department of Management, The Farmer School of Business,

Miami University {Fall term 1971}.

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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE (continued)

Administrative ( partial list )

Chair, Department of Management, The Richard T. Farmer School of Business Administration, Miami University {Jul 89 - Jul 96}.

Chair, Academic Program Review Team - Department of Physical Education, Health, and

Sport Studies {1994/95}.

Chair, Academic Program Review Team - Systems Analysis Department {1993/94}.

Chair, Academic Policy Committee of University Senate {1988/89}.

Chair, Senate Elections Committee {Jan. 82 - May 84}.

Chair, MBA Admissions Committee {Aug. 81 - Jun. 83}.

University Committees ( partial list )

University Appeals Board {Sep 05 - present}

University Senate - Department of Management Representative {Sep 04 – present}

University Computer & Information Systems Advisory Committee {Sep 06 – present}

President’s Sexual Harassment Panel { Sep 98 - 00}.

Academic Program Review Committee {Aug 93 - Jun 95}.

Academic Vice President & Provost Screening Committee {Feb 84 – May 84 & Oct 90 - Apl 91}.

Academic Policy Committee {Aug 88 - Aug 91}.

University Promotion & Tenure Committee {Aug 85 - Jun 88}.

Distinguished Professorship Screening Committee {Aug 85 - Jun 87}.

Bishop Medal Selection Committee {Aug 85 - Jun 87}.

Institute of Environmental Science Executive Committee {Aug 84 - Jun 87}.

Senate Rules Committee {Aug 82 - Jun 84}.

Senate Elections Committee {Aug 79 - May 85}.

School of Business Committees ( partial list )

Forsythe Endowed Chair Search Committee {Sep 03 – June 04}

Program Review Team for Finance Department {2003/04}

SBA Promotion & Tenure Committee {Aug 00 – Jun 02 }

Assistant Professor in Entrepreneurship Recruiting Committee {1998/99}

Core Review Committee {1998/99}

External Relations Committee {1999/00}

Cintas & Forsythe Endowed Chair Search Committee {1997/98}.

Executive Committee {Jul 89 - Jul 96}.

Ethics Committee {Aug 88 - Aug 90}.

Graduate Studies Committee {Aug 78 - Jun 83 & Aug 00 – Jun 01}.

MBA Program Review Committee {Aug 80 - Jun 81}.

Academic Appeals Board {Aug 79 - Jun 80}.

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OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Member, Board of Directors, National Association of Purchasing Management - Cincinnati., {June 1999 - June 2002}:

Director in charge of marketing; served as liaison to a company that developed the organization’s website; served as liaison to the Economics committee of the organization that publishes the monthly Survey of Business – Cincinnati.

Member, Board of Directors & Consultant, Bedinghaus Business Forms Inc., {June 1981 - June 1989}:

Designed and developed a cost tracking system; conducted an audit of the cost accounting and data processing functions; served as facilitator for executive level strategic review meetings; chaired the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors.

Council of Logistics Management Educator-In-Residence, Science Products Division of The Corning Glass Works, {Summer, 1979}:

Developed a system to more effectively distribute low-volume, high value inventory items to key customers.

Distribution Manager, Acting Plant Manager, Director-Manufacturing Services, & Summer Intern, J.M. Smucker Co., {Summer, 1974} AND {June 1975 - August, 1978}:

Responsible for the design and development of a corporate-wide tactical operational planning system as Distribution Manager; responsible for the supervision of 300+ employees and the manufacturing and distribution of products accounting for sales of $50 million as Acting Plant Manager; designed, implemented and managed the raw material control system as Director, Manufacturing Services; developed a production planning system that integrated sales forecasts with finished goods inventory stock levels as a Summer Intern.

Facilities Engineer, the New Idea Division of AVCO, {June, 1965 - June, 1967}:

Provided staff engineering support to the maintenance and process engineering departments; assisted in the design of a major expansion of the production facility; and conducted energy and cost saving audits.

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PUBLICATIONS

Papers & Presentations ( partial list )

• “The Domain of Decision-Making Variables in General Management Simulation Models,” Proceedings, 2003 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference – The Society for Computer Simulation. April, 2003.

• “Examining the Human Behavior Variables in Agent-Based Supply-Chain Simulation Experiments,” Proceedings, 2002 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference – The Society for Computer Simulation, April 2002

• “Purchased Parts Inventory Management in Shallow Supply Chain Networks,” Proceedings, 2001 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference – The Society for Computer Simulation, April 2001.

• “Using SPC Techniques to Interpret the Input Data Stream to an Adaptive Agent Discrete-Event Simulation Element,” Proceedings, 2000 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference – The Society for Computer Simulation, April 2000.

• “The Design of Experiments in Discrete-Event Models Containing Agent-Based Adaptive Agents,” Proceedings, 1999 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference – The Society for Computer Simulation, April 1999.

• “ Dynamic Models for the Analysis of Manufacturing Systems,” Proceedings, 1998 Advanced Simulation Technologies Conference – The Society for Computer Simulation, April, 1998.

• “Experiences With The Extension Of Undergraduate Business Education Outside The Classroom,” Proceedings, Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting, November, 1994.

• "Brothers Beneath the Skin? Evidence for Cross-cultural Similarities in Decision Styles," Co-author: Donald S. Bolon, The Leadership and Organization Development Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, 1989.

• "Using the Fundamental Theorem of Exponential Smoothing As A Forecasting Tool," Co-author: Joseph P. Patten, Decision Science Institute National Meeting, November, 1988.

• "Democracy In The Work Place and the Single Transferable Vote," Co-authors: Donald S. Bolon & Joseph W. Leonard, Midwest Business Administration Association, March, 1988.

• "Decision Sequence: A Recurring Theme In Comparing American and Japanese Management", Co-author: Donald S. Bolon, International Academy of Management, August, 1985. BEST PAPER OF DIVISION AWARD

• "The Examination of Decision-Making Patterns In Hospital Administration," Co-author: Donald S. Bolon, Midwest Decision Science Institute, April, 1985.

• "The Effectiveness of Business School Major Upon Decision-Making Strategies," Co-author: Donald S. Bolon, International Academy of Management, August, 1983.

• “An Empirical Investigation of Decision- Making Patterns of Selected Business School Students," Co-author: Donald S. Bolon, Southern Management Association, November, 1981.

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