About the Authors

Chad W. Autry, Ph.D. is an associate professor of supply chain management in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. He holds a doctorate in business administration/supply chain management from the University of Oklahoma. He has worked with and for numerous professional and civic organizations related to supply chain process improvement. He is a committed contributor to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and the Warehouse Education and Research Council. He has assumed active leadership roles at the state and national level for the Production and Operations Management Society and the Institute for Supply Management, among other organizations. Dr. Autry’s research has primarily addressed supply chain relationships and networks, resulting in over 50 articles published in academic and professional outlets. He has won numerous awards for research and was named a Rainmaker in the supply chain field by DC Velocity magazine in 2005. He also has served as an editor for three leading academic journals addressing supply chain management topics.

Thomas J. Goldsby, Ph.D. is a professor of logistics at The Ohio State University. Dr. Goldsby holds a BS in business administration from the University of Evansville, an MBA from the University of Kentucky, and a PhD in marketing and logistics from Michigan State University. He has received recognitions for excellence in research and teaching at Iowa State University, The Ohio State University, and the University of Kentucky. Dr. Goldsby serves on the advisory boards of several professional organizations and academic journals. He is an associate director of the Center for Operational Excellence and a research associate of the Global Supply Chain Forum, both of The Ohio State University. He also serves on selection committees for many industry awards, including CSCMP’s Supply Chain Innovation Award, Gartner’s Top 25 Supply Chains, Logistics Quarterly’s Sustainability Study and Awards program, and the University of Kentucky’s Corporate Sustainability Awards. Dr. Goldsby is coauthor of Lean Six Sigma Logistics: Strategic Development to Operational Success. He has supervised more than 100 Lean/Six Sigma supply chain projects with industry partners and has conducted federally funded research projects on the subjects of supply chain risk management and sustainable supply chains.

John E. Bell, Ph.D. is an assistant professor of supply chain management in the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee. He earned his doctorate in management from Auburn University and taught on the faculties at the Air Force Institute of Technology and Georgia College and State University prior to joining the University of Tennessee faculty in August 2010. Before that, Dr. Bell spent more than 20 years in the U.S. Air Force as a logistics and maintenance officer. He has published more than 20 articles in academic and professional outlets related to vehicle routing, facility location selection, supply chain strategy, and other related topics. Dr. Bell is a frequent contributor at national and international meetings of the Decision Sciences Institute, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, and other professional organizations. He is currently a board member of the Western Decision Sciences Institute. He also serves on the editorial review boards for two of the leading academic journals in the field of supply chain management.