Foster School of Business
University of Washington
Box: 353226
Seattle, WA 98195-3226
Very different manufacturing strategies can be successful. However, the common denominators to improved performance typically include reduced flow time, quicker response time to customer orders and inquiries, lower inventory carrying costs, drastic reductions in nonvalue-added time, and smoother process and information flows.
Bruce Faaland
- Professor Emeritus of Quantitative Methods
Education
- PhD Stanford University (1971)
- MS Stanford University (1968)
- BS Stanford University (1966)
Academic Expertise
- manufacturing management
Current Research
- Scheduling repetitive construction projects, Economic lot size problems
Positions Held
- At the University of Washington from 1971-2014
- MIT Operations Research Center, 1977-1978
Consulting
- AVTECH, programming model to generate schedules for workers, machines, and product flow
- Boeing, programming and simulation to analyze final assembly operations
- Keg Restaurants, simulation to analyze changes to design and layout of restaurants
Honors and Awards
- Burlington Northern/Burlington Resources Professor of Manufacturing Management, 1992-1998
- Finalist in the Instructional Innovation Award Competition of the Decision Sciences Institute, 1996
- Arthur Andersen Professor of Management Science, 1987-1991
- GTE Professor of Quantitative Methods, 1986-1987
- Burlington Northern Foundation Teaching Achievement Award, 1983
- MBA Professor of the Year, 1982-1983