Nancy Lea Hyer
Associate Professor of Operations Management
Subject Area(s):
Operations Management
Biography:
Professor Nancy Lea Hyer is one of the leading academics in the operations field. Her work in the academic and business communities has focused on cellular manufacturing, process redesign, and project management. Before joining the Owen faculty in 1992, Professor Hyer served as operations research manager for Hewlett-Packard Network Measurements Division in Santa Rosa, CA. She was also an Associate Professor of Business at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, and a visiting professor at the Estonian Business School. At Owen, Professor Hyer served as Associate Dean for Academic Programs from 1992-2001. Over the years, her professional activities have been diverse and abundant. They include a term as president of the Operations Management Association; membership on the review boards of a number of academic journals; and consulting and training assignments with such organizations as Provident Bank, Cigna Insurance, Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Genesco, Ingram Barge, Hewlett-Packard, Hancor, Performance Food Group, Baptist Hospital, Black & Decker, and the U.S. Army. Professor Hyer's book Reorganizing the Factory: Competing through Cellular Manufacturing, written with Urban Wemmerlov of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, was recently released by Productivity Press. The book presents a thoroughly researched and comprehensive "life cycle" approach to competing through cellular work organizations. Reorganizing the Factory won the 2003 Shingo Prize for Research in Manufacturing, awarded "in recognition of outstanding contribution to the body of knowledge in the field of manufacturing excellence."
Education:
B.A., History & Russian Studies, University of Richmond, 1977
M.B.A., Operations Management, Indiana University, 1981
Ph.D., International Business & Operations Management, Indiana University, 1982
Course(s) Taught:
- MGT 578: Managing Process Improvement Projects
- EMGT 748A: Operations II (QPA)
- MGT 577: Managing and Improving Processes
- EMGT 777A: Operations Management I
- MGT 478: Essentials of Project Management
Research Interest(s):
Cellular manufacturing, process redesign, and project management.
Area(s) of Expertise:
Cellular manufacturing, process redesign, and project management.
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