Peter J. Billington
Curriculum Vitae
Professor of Management
MaTec Professor of Management
Colorado State University - Pueblo
September 2006
Colorado State University - Pueblo
Hasan School of Business
Pueblo, Colorado 81001-4901
Tel: (719) 549-2880
Email: [email protected]
Web site: http:\\faculty.colostate-pueblo.edu/peter.billington
7683 Solitude Lane
Colorado Springs
Colorado 80919
Tel: (719) 594-9167
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1983
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Dissertation: "Multi-Level Lot-Sizing with a Bottleneck Work Center"
Dissertation Chairman: John O. McClain
Major field: Operations Management
Minor fields: Quantitative Analysis for Business; Managerial Economics
M.S.
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1980
M.B.A. Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
1977
B.S.
1970
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts
Electrical Engineering
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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Colorado State University - Pueblo, Hasan School of Business, Pueblo, CO
1992 to present
Professor
1990 to present
MarTec Loaf 'N Jug Professor of Business Administration
1996 to 2003
Curriculum Coordinator
1991 to 1996
Chair, Department of Business Administration and Economics
1989 to 1992
Associate Professor
Courses taught – last three years
Operations Management
Operations Management, MBA
Service Management
Quality Management
Trends in Management, MBA elective
Courses taught – previously
Introduction to Computers
Service Management, MBA
Business Strategy Simulation, MBA
Business Software and e-commerce
Purchasing and Materials Management
Operations Strategy
Operations Planning and Control
Management Science/Operations Research
Business Statistics
Issues in Operations Management
Quantitative Methods in Managerial Decision Making, MBA
Northeastern University, College of Business Administration, Boston, MA
1986 to 1989 Associate Professor
1986 to 1989 Area Coordinator, Operations Management Group
1983 to 1985 Joseph G. Reisman Research Professor
1980 to 1986 Assistant Professor
Courses taught:
Operations Management, Executive M.B.A. Program
Operations Management I and II, M.B.A. Program
Operations Management, Undergraduate
Quality Planning and Analysis, M.B.A. Elective
Quantitative Analysis, Undergraduate
Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, Ithaca,
New York.
1977 to 1980 Teaching Assistant - Comprehensive Mathematics for M.B.A. students
Research Assistant to Professor John O. McClain.
Northeastern University, College of Business Administration, Boston, MA
1977
Instructor
Course taught:
Operations Management, Undergraduate
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SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Books:
Production Planning and Inventory Control, with S. Narasimhan, 1995, Prentice Hall.
Journal Articles, Professional Publications, Book Chapters
Accepted for publication, “An Investigation of business School’s On-Line Mission
Statement Accessibiliyt” co-authored with Michael Wakefield. Forthcoming, The
Business Review, Cambridge. Vol. 6, No. 1, December 2006.
Lean 6 Sigma Accelerator, contributing author, 2004, Human Capital Associates, LLC.
“A Classroom Exercise to Illustrate Lean Manufacturing Pull Concepts,” Decision
Sciences Journal of Innovative Education. Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring 2004. Pp. 71-76. Listed
on journal web site http://www.mba.wfu.edu/dsjie/tips.htm
"Holding Cost Reduction in the EOQ Model," The Journal of American Academy of
Business, Cambridge, Vol. 3, No.1 (September, 2003), pp. 409-415.
“Six Sigma: Quality Performace” co-authored with Maryann Billington. Chief Learning
Officer. Vol. 2, Issue 4 (July 2003), pp. 20-25.
"Multi-Item Lotsizing in Capacitated Multi-Stage Serial Systems," with J. Blackburn, J.
Maes, R. Millen, and L.N. Van Wassenhove, IIE Transactions, Vol. 26, No. 2 (March,
1994), pp. 12-18.
A Colorado Prison Population Projection Model, with Stephen D. Bronn and Roger W.
Johnson, software and user manual, University of Southern Colorado, December, 1990.
"Operations Management," Chapter 22 in Management by R.B. Dunham and J.L. Pierce;
Scott, Foresman and Company, 1989.
"Shape Up or Be Shut Out!" in New England Topics, New England Telephone Company,
Boston, Summer, 1989, pp. 16-17.
"Multi-Product Scheduling in Multi-Stage Serial Systems," with J.G. Blackburn, J. Maes,
R.A. Millen, and L.N. Van Wassenhove, in The Economics of Inventory Management,
edited by A. Chikan and M.C. Lovell, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1988, pp. 345-355.
"Shape Up or Be Shut Out! A Quality Imperative for U.S. Services," The Business
Report from Northeastern University, V. 7, No. 1 (Spring, 1988), pp. 6-7.
Management of Quality in Higher Education, self-published book for seminars, 1987.
"The Classic Economic Production Quantity Model with Setup Cost as a Function of
Capital Expenditure," Decision Sciences, V. 18, No. 1 (Winter, 1987), pp. 25-42.
"Heuristics for Multi-Level Lot-Sizing with a Bottleneck," with J.O. McClain and L.J.
Thomas, Management Science, V. 32, No. 8 (1986), pp. 989-1006.
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Journal Articles, Professional Publications, Book Chapters - continued
"The Capacitated Multi-Item Dynamic Lot-Sizing Problem," IIE Transactions, V. 16,
No. 4 (1986), pp. 217-219.
"Mathematical Programming Approaches to Capacity-Constrained MRP Systems: Review, Formulation and Problem Reduction" with L.J. Thomas and J.O. McClain,
Management Science, V. 29, No. 10 (1983), pp. 1126-1141.
Under Review
"Analysis of Benefits of Supplemental Quantitative Software in the Operations
Management Course,” under review with Journal of the Academy of Business Education.
Revision in progress.
Proceedings and Presentations
Forthcoming conference presentation: "Teaching 6-Sigma With a Catapult, " Decision
Sciences Institute annual meeting, San Antonio, November 2006.
“Analysis of On-line Business School Mission Statements,” presentation, Decision
Sciences Institute annual meeting, San Francisco, November 2005.
“Learning to See Joe’s Garage: Advanced Lean Analysis and Management Concepts”
with Michael Wakefield, presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting,
Boston, November 2004.
“Use of Mastery Software in the Undergraduate Operations Management Course,”
presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, Washington, D.C. November
2003.
“A Classroom Exercise to Illustrate Lean Manufacturing Pull Concepts,” presentation,
Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting, San Diego. November 2002.
“Using Joe’s Garage to Illustrate Lean Manufacturing Concepts, or …not Another
Manufacturing Novel,” presentation, Decision Sciences Institute annual meeting.
November 2000.
“The Myth of Performance Funding in Higher Education” with Gary Bridges, April,
2000, Proceedings, and presentation, Western Decision Sciences Institute, Annual
Meeting.
“e2ducation: Preparing Business Learners and Leaders for ebusiness” with Maryann
Billington, April, 2000, Proceedings, Western Decision Sciences Institute, Annual
Meeting.
“A Business School curriculum Revision” with Donna Watkins, April, 1999,
Proceedings, and presentation, Western Decision Sciences Institute, Annual Meeting.
"Holding Cost Reduction in the EOQ Model" Proceedings, and presentation, Decision
Sciences Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 30th Annual Meeting, 1998.
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Proceedings and presentations (continued)
"Improving Student Evaluation of Teaching: Principles and Methods of TQM in
Practice," with S. Warnock and J. Browne, presentation, Decision Sciences Institute,
26th Annual Meeting, Honolulu, November, 1994.
"The OM Major in the School of Business - Is There a Future?" Proceedings, and
presentation, Decision Sciences Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 24th Annual Meeting, 1992.
"Quality Management concepts for small business," presentation, TQM small business
seminar, September 23, 1992, Sangre de Cristo arts center, sponsored by the Pueblo
Chamber of Commerce
"The Quest for Quality: Will It Ever End?" Presentation, International Facilities
Managers Association, Monthly Meeting, Colorado Springs, July, 1992.
"Total Quality Management in Higher Education," with Larry Byrnes, presentation,
USC Professional Development Institute, January, 1992.
"A Colorado Prison Population Projection Model," with Roger W. Johnson and Stephen
D. Bronn, Proceedings, and presentation, Decision Sciences Institute, Atlanta, Georgia,
23rd Annual Meeting, 1991.
"A Colorado Prison Population Projection Model," with Roger W. Johnson and Stephen
D. Bronn, presentation, Colorado Department of Public Safety, Division of Criminal
Justice, Denver, March, 1991.
"Manufacturing Strategy: An Approach To Restore Competitive Edge in the Marketplace," with A. Ahmadian and G. Kochenberger, presentation, Decision Sciences
Institute, 22nd Annual Meeting, San Diego, November, 1990.
"Motorola's 6-Sigma Quality Improvement Program," with A. Ahmadian, Proceedings,
and presentation, Decision Sciences Institute, San Diego, 22nd Annual Meeting, 1990.
"Cost of Capacity in Multi-Level Production Systems," with R.A. Millen, Proceedings,
Decision Sciences Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 20th Annual Meeting, 1988.
"Analysis of Improvement Steps in Capacitated Lot-Sizing Heuristics," Proceedings,
Decision Sciences Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, 20th Annual Meeting, 1988.
"Cost Implications of Capacity in Multi-Level Production Systems," with J.G. Blackburn, J. Maes, R.A. Millen, and L.N. Van Wassenhove, Proceedings, and presentation,
Northeast Regional Decision Sciences Institute, Seventeenth Annual Meeting, 1988.
Honorable Mention, Best Paper Competition for the conference.
"Cost of Capacity in Multi-Level Production Systems," with R.A. Millen, presentation,
Decision Sciences Institute, 20th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, November, 1988.
"Analysis of Improvement Steps in Capacitated Lot-Sizing Heuristics," presentation,
Decision Sciences Institute, 20th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, November, 1988.
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Proceedings and presentations (continued)
"Analysis of Improvement Steps in Capacitated Lot Sizing Heuristics," presentation,
TIMS/ORSA National Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 1988.
"Multi-Product Scheduling in Multi-Stage Serial Systems," with J. Blackburn, J. Maes,
R. Millen, and L.N. Van Wassenhove, presentation, International Society for Inventory
Research, Conference on the Economics of Inventory Management, Wesleyan
University, Middletown, Connecticut, June, 1987.
"Lot-Sizing in Multi-Product, Multi-Stage Settings," with J.G. Blackburn, J. Maes, R.A.
Millen, and L.N. Van Wassenhove, Proceedings, and presentation, Decision Sciences
Institute, Boston, Nineteenth Annual Meeting, 1987.
"Multi-Product Scheduling in Multi-Stage Systems," with J. Blackburn, J. Maes, R.
Millen, and L.N. Van Wassenhove, presentation, Multi-Echelon Inventory Systems
Conference, M.I.T, Cambridge, June, 1986.
"Quality Improvement Through Reduced Lot Sizes in the Economic Order Quantity
Model," Proceedings, and presentation, Decision Sciences Institute, Hawaii, Eighteenth
Annual Meeting, 1986.
"Comparison Tests of Capacitated Lot-Sizing Heuristics," Proceedings, and presentation,
American Institute for Decision Sciences, Las Vegas, Seventeenth Annual Meeting,
1985.
"A Cost Trade-Off Justification for the Use of 'Just-in-Time' Scheduling," presentation,
American Institute for Decision Sciences, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, November, 1985.
"A Setup Cost Reduction Formulation of the Classic Economic Production Quantity
Problem," presentation, ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Boston, April, 1985.
"Current Production Scheduling Techniques," presentation, College of Engineering,
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaquez Campus, March, 1985.
"Lower Bounds for the CLSP," presentation, ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Orlando,
Florida, November, 1983.
"A Lot-Sizing Heuristic for the Multi-Stage Assembly System with a Bottleneck
Production Facility," with L.J. Thomas and J.O. McClain, presentation, ORSA/TIMS
Joint National Meeting, San Diego, California, November, 1982.
"Mathematical Programming Approaches to Capacity-Constrained MRP Systems," with
L.J. Thomas and J.O. McClain, presentation, ORSA/TIMS National Meeting, Colorado
Springs, Colorado, November, 1980.
"The Interaction of Lead Time Determination, Lot-Size Decisions, and Capacity Planning in MRP Systems," with J.O. McClain and L.J. Thomas, presentation, American
Institute for Decision Sciences, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1979.
"Cost Implications of a Bottleneck in Multi-Level Production Systems," Proceedings,
and presentation, American Institute for Decision Sciences, Las Vegas, Seventeenth
Annual Meeting, 1985.
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Proceedings and presentations (continued)
"The Interaction of Lead Time Determination, Lot-Size Decisions, and Capacity Planning in MRP Systems," with J.O. McClain and L.J. Thomas, Proceedings, and
presentation, American Institute for Decision Sciences, New Orleans, Eleventh Annual
Meeting, 1979.
Papers Completed but not Published Elsewhere
"Improving Student Evaluation of Teaching: Principles and Methods of TQM in
Practice," with S. Warnock and J. Browne; March, 1994.
"A Colorado Policy Forecasting Model of Prison Populations," with Roger W. Johnson
and Stephen D. Bronn; submitted to The Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency, June, 1991.
"A Cost Trade-Off Justification for the Use of 'Just-in Time' Scheduling," Working Paper
85-09, Northeastern University, College of Business Administration, February, 1985.
"The Capacitated Lot-Sizing Problem (CLSP), Review and Extensions," Working Paper
No. 84-13, Northeastern University, College of Business Administration, March, 1984.
"Lead-Times, Lot-Sizes and Capacity Planning in MRP: Formulations," with J.O.
McClain and L.J. Thomas, Working Paper No. 80-12, Graduate School of Business and
Public Administration, Cornell University, July, 1980.
Seminars
Total Quality Management, Workshop for Pueblo Community Health Center, Pueblo,
1993.
Total Quality Tools, Workshop for LT Helmets, Colorado Springs, 1992.
Total Quality Tools, Workshop for Colorado Mental Health Institute, Pueblo, Colorado,
1992-93.
Supplier Quality Education Series, for Digital Equipment Corporation, through the
Center For Creative Management, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; 1991.
"Management of Quality in Higher Education." 1986-87
Consulting
Consultant: topics: advanced manufacturing process design, quality control, production
scheduling, statistical procedures, simulation; industries: computers, engineering and
construction, wholesale refinery products, higher education. 1980 to present.
Commissioned to develop prison population models and study prison management systems for State of Colorado prison system; University of Southern Colorado, funded by
the Governor's Commission on Government Productivity; 1990.
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SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Memberships and Activities
Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) - 1978 to present.
Session Chair and Paper Discussant, Decision Sciences Institute Regional and
National Meetings, 1983 to present.
Referee for papers submitted to Annual Meeting, 1983 to present.
Board of Directors, Northeast Region Decision Sciences Institute, 1988-1989.
Vice-President for Proceedings, Northeast Region Decision Sciences Institute, 198788.
Academy of Business Education - 1999 to present.
Referee for papers submitted to Annual Meeting, 2000 to present.
American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) - 1978 to present.
Faculty Sponsor of USC Student APICS Club
CPIM - Certified in Production and Inventory Management, 1989.
Member, Pikes Peak Chapter of APICS, 1989 to present.
Member, Boston Chapter of APICS, 1980 to 1989.
Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) - 1991 to present.
American Society for Quality Control (ASQC) - 1991 to present.
Member, Pikes Peak Section - 1991 to present.
The Institute of Management Science (TIMS) renamed INFORMS - 1977 to present.
Session Chair, TIMS/ORSA National Meetings, 1983 to 1989.
GOAL/QPC - TQM research organization - 1991 to 1994
Colorado Springs Total Quality Partnership - 1991 to 1993.
Professional Editorial Activities
Editor of Proceedings, March 1988 Meeting of the Northeast Region of the Decision
Sciences Institute.
Referee for Journal of the Academy of Business Education, Journal of Operations
Management, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research,
Management Science, Production and Operations Management, Operations
Research, IIE Transactions, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, Managerial and
Decision Economics, International Journal of Production Economics, Computers
and Industrial Engineering, and Northeastern University research funding programs.
Referee and paper discussant at Decision Sciences Institute National and Regional
Meetings, 1983 to present.
Referee for Academy of Business Education National Meetings, 2000 to present.
Reviewer of textbook proposals and text manuscripts for major textbook publishers.
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University Service
ColoradoState University, Pueblo, CO
University
University Curriculum/Academic Programs Board, 1998 to 2002; 2004 to 2005
Instructional Technology Advisory Committee, 2003 to 2005
University Strategic Planning Oversight Committee, 2002 to 2004.
Institutional Identity Oversight Committee, 2003 to 2004.
University Strategic Planning Committee, 2000 to 2001.
University Planning Council, 1994 to 1998.
University Marketing Task Force, 1994 to 1995
Search Committee, Dean of Continuing Education, 1994.
Performance Review Committee for Professor Pauletta Otis, Department of
History/Chicano Studies/Philosophy/Political Science. 1991 to 1992.
Faculty Senate, 1990 to 1991. Committee assignments:
Executive Committee, 1991.
Handbook Committee, 1990 to 1991.
Chair, 1991.
Curriculum/Academic Programs Board, 1990 to 1991.
Academic Computing Priorities Committee, Chair, 1995 to 1996.
Budge Threlkeld Student Excellence Award Selection Committee, 1990.
Hasan School of Business
Performance Review Committee, 1998 to present. Chair, 2004.
Search and Screen Committee, 2001 to 2005.
Curriculum Coordinator, 1997 to 2002.
Curriculum Committee, 1999 to 2002. Chair, same period.
MBAA faculty advisor, 2000-2001.
AACSB Core Committee, 1995 to 1997.
Dean Search Committee, 1999
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Service (continued) - Hasan School of Business
Assessment Committee, Chair, 1999. Member 1999 to 2000.
Executive Committee, 1997 to 2000.
Mission Sub-Committee, Chair, 1995 to 1996.
Chair, Department of Business Administration and Economics. 1991 to 1996.
Computer Committee, 1993 to 1996.
Graduate Advisory Committee, 1990 to 1991.
Business Faculty Seminar Series; organized and coordinated, 1990 to 1994.
Dean's Search Committee, 1990 to 1991.
Project Coordinator - Materials Acquisition Courses for Digital Equipment
Corporation, Colorado Springs, 1989 to 1990.
Director, Center for Operations and Materials Management, School of Business,
1989 to 1991.
Personnel Committee, School of Business, 1989 to 1991.
Directed Research and Thesis Committee member, 1989 to present.
6 in School of Business, 1 Masters Thesis in Systems Engineering
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Faculty Policy Committee, 1988 to 1989.
Area Coordinator, Operations Management Group, 1986 to 1989.
Chair, College of Business Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1983 to 1985.
University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1983 to 1985.
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Public Service
Lodgepole/Homestead Condo Association, Keystone, CO: member, Board of Directors
and Treasurer, 2005 to present.
Marion House Soup Kitchen, Colorado Springs, volunteer, 2002 to present.
Air Academy High School boys lacrosse Parents Organization, board member,
information system manager, 1998 to 2002.
Boy Scout Adult Leader, Assistant Scoutmaster, 1994 to 2001.
Cub Scout Adult Leader, 1991 to 1997.
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Class Agent, Annual Alumni Fund Drive, 1986 to 1991.
Professional Training Programs Attended
New Academic Chairpersons Summer Institute, Kansas State University Center for
Faculty Evaluation and Development, Breckenridge, CO; July 29 to August 3, 1991.
Total Quality Management, American Productivity and Quality Center, Pike's Peak
Community College; March 18-20, 1991.
Instructor/Training Skills, American Productivity and Quality Center, Pike's Peak
Community College; March 4-6, 1991.
Production at Six Sigma - Train the Trainer, Digital Equipment Corp., Colorado
Springs, CO; January 30 to February 1, 1991.
Production at Six Sigma, Digital Equipment Corp., Colorado Springs, CO; January 2829, 1991.
Deliver at Six Sigma - Train the Trainer, Digital Equipment Corp., Marlboro, MA;
September 13-14, 1990.
Design and Manufacture at Six Sigma - Train the Trainer, Digital Equipment Corp.,
Marlboro, MA; September 10-12, 1990.
Deliver at Six Sigma, Digital Equipment Corp., Colorado Springs, CO; August 13,
1990.
Design and Manufacture at Six Sigma, Digital Equipment Corp., Colorado Springs, CO;
August 16-17, 1990.
Professional Development Seminar on Faculty Development and Improvement of
University Level Instruction - Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Las
Vegas; November 20, 1988.