About the Author
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Steve Chapman is an Associate Professor in the College of
Management, N. C. State University. He holds undergraduate and
MBA degrees from The University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in
Operations and Strategic Management from Michigan State
University. In addition to his current academic position, he has
served on the faculties of Eastern Michigan University, The
University of Iowa, Duke University, and The University of North
Carolina at both Greensboro and Chapel Hill.
Prior to his academic career, Steve held several positions in
industry. He has significant industrial experience, with
positions including inventory analyst, inventory control
supervisor, manager of manufacturing systems, production control
manager, and materials manager. He also was a senior system
consultant with one of the “big eight” accounting and consulting
firms. He is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Steve has published several articles in professional journals
during the last several years, and is co-author of the books
Introduction to Materials Management and Introduction to
Materials Management Casebook. He is also the sole author of the
book Fundamentals of Production Planning and Control.
He is also certified at the fellow level in production and
inventory management (CFPIM) by the American Production and
Inventory Control Society (APICS). He also serves on the
certification council for APICS, and chaired the development of
the new certification module called “Basics of Supply Chain
Management” and currently chairs the certification committee for
the module “Strategic Management of Resources”.
Steve has been actively involved in consulting his entire
academic career, including several long-term consulting
engagements with numerous companies, including small and large
companies as well as both service and manufacturing industries.
J.R. Tony Arnold, PE, CFPIM, CIRM, Professor Emeritus, Fleming
College. Tony is a retired Professor of Business
Administration at Fleming College of Applied Arts and
Technology. He was Founding Coordinator of the Materials
Management program, responsible for program and course design and
development. Tony worked for 16 years in various positions in
industry before joining academia. His experience included
production planning and control; industrial, manufacturing and
sales engineering; supervision in manufacturing. Tony
has designed courses and courseware used for both post-secondary
students and people in the workforce. These are based on both
his theoretical and practical experience in all aspects of
manufacturing, including manufacturing planning and control and
inventory management. Tony is a Professional Engineer and has
an MBA. He is certified at the Fellow level by the American
Production and Inventory Control Society, and a senior member of
the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Lloyd M Clive P.Eng,
CFPIM, is a professional Engineer (Industrial) and Certified by
APICS at the fellow level, with work experience at Johnson and
Johnson, 3M and CP Rail. He currently serves as the Coordinator
Materials Management and Distribution at Fleming College with
over 20 years of teaching experience, specializing in the area of
Production and Inventory Management. He has authored a number of
courses in the field and is co-author of the CPIM course Basics
of Supply Chain Management. He is an active member of APICS since
1983 and has served on both local and regional boards for most of
that time. He has presented various topics in Canada, the United
States and Jamaica including 3 International Conferences and
numerous regional conferences.
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