Joseph D. Blackburn
James A. Speyer Professor of Production Management
(Full Professor)
Subject Area(s):
Operations Management
Biography:
Joe Blackburn's research and teaching in operations management focuses on time-based competition and how organizations can develop processes that provide faster response to customers, using speed as a competitive advantage. He is an authority on accelerating new-product development and streamlining manufacturing operations, and is the author of Time-Based Competition: The Next Battleground in American Manufacturing. He was appointed Acting Dean in 1999 after the death of Martin Geisel and served in that capacity until Prof. Bill Christie was named Dean in July 2000. He also served as Associate Dean at the Owen School from 1988-93. In 1995 Prof. Blackburn was named the Outstanding Professor in the Executive MBA Program and continues to teach in the program even while serving as Senior Associate Dean of Administration and Faculty. Prior to coming to Owen, Blackburn was an Associate Professor of Operations Management at Boston University's School of Management. He also served as Assistant Professor of Management Science at the University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business, and as Visiting Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. He received his Ph.D in operations research from Stanford in 1971. Before moving to academia, Prof. Blackburn was a chemical engineer for Eastman Kodak in the chemical process design and economic analysis group. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Journal, Journal of Operations Management Production, Production and Operations Management Journal and Technology and Operations Review.
Education:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1963
M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1964
Ph.D., Operations Research, Stanford University, 1971
Course(s) Taught:
- MGT 471: Operations Planning and Control
- MGT 576: Time-Based Competition
Research Interest(s):
Time-based competition; supply chain management; and design strategies for reverse supply chains
Area(s) of Expertise:
Time-based competition, accelerating new-product development, streamlining manufacturing, and reverse supply chains for processing product returns
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