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Thomas Schmitt
Professor Emeritus of Operations Management

Education

  • DBA Indiana University (1981)
  • MBA University of Cincinnati (1974)
  • BBA University of Cincinnati (1973)

Expertise

project management, supply chain management

Positions Held

At the University of Washington since 1980
G.A. Gray Division of Warner and Swasey: Production and Inventory Control Manager, 1974-1975

Selected Publications

“Scheduling Recurrent Construction”
Faaland, B., and Schmitt, T., (2004). Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 51(8), pp. 1102–1128.

“Your Lean Team, Use It, or Lose It”
Brown, K., Schmitt, T., and Schonberger, R., (2003). Target, Vol. 19(1).

“Economic Lot Scheduling with Lost Sales and Setup Times”
Arreola-Risa, T., Faaland, B., and Schmitt, T., (2003). IIE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics, Vol. 36(7), pp. 629–640.

Honors and Awards

Decision Sciences Institute Instructional Innovation Award finalist for The Bummer Game: An Interactive Exercise in Reengineering, 1996
Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award, 1988
Distinguished Teaching Award from Indiana University, 1977

Current Research

Inventory management in a manufacturing firm, Scheduling repetitive projects

Consulting

Puget Sound Blood Center: Improving the supply chain for blood delivery using animated simulation Keg Restaurant Company: Layout and staffing for new restaurants using simulation analysis

Academic Department

Information Systems & Operations Management

Academic Service

Chairman of Faculty Advisory Board for the Global Trade, Transportation, and Logistics (GTTL) Program, 1997-present