Mohammad Meybodi, Ph.D.

Phone:

765-461-1408 (Cell)

Email:

mmeybodi@iuk.edu

Department:

School of Business

Campus:

IU Kokomo

Biography

Education

• Ph.D. Production and Operations Research, University of Oklahoma.
• M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida.
• M.S. Operations Research, Syracuse University.
• B.S. Natural Resource Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran.

Areas of Expertise

• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Management Science
• Statistics

Research Interests

Dr. Meybodi’ s research areas of interest include lean manufacturing, new product development, TQM, six-sigma, benchmarking, and production planning. He has published in journals such as Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Product Development, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Journal of Competitiveness Studies, and TQM Journal.

Selected Journal Articles

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Integrated Product Design and Development: Lessons Learned from Lean Manufacturing Practices”, International Journal of Business and Economics, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2020, pp. 60-75.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Sequential and Integrated New Product Development: Experience Transferred from Conventional and Lean Manufacturing Systems”, Journal of Competitiveness Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2017, pp. 7-22.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “The Links Between Just-in-Time Practices and Alignment of Benchmarking Performance Measures” The TQM Journal, Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 108-121.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Consistency of Strategic and Tactical Benchmarking Performance Measures: A Perspective on Managerial Positions and Organizational Size”, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 22, Issue 6, 2015, pp. 1019-1032.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Just-In-Time Practices and Alignment of Benchmarking Performance Measures”, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, Vol. 20 No 1, 2014, 49-63.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Alignment of Strategic Benchmarking Performances Measures: A Lean Manufacturing Perspective”, Advances in Competitiveness Research, Vol. 21, No 1&2, 2013, pp. 14-28.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Internal Manufacturing Strategy Audit: The First Step In Integrated Strategic Benchmarking,” Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 13, No 5, 2006, pp. 580-595.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “The Impact of Just-in-Time Practices on New Product Development: A Managerial Perspective”, International Journal of Product Development, Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2005, pp. 254-265.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Integrating Production Activity Control into Hierarchical Production Planning Model”, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Vol. 15, No. 5, 1995, pp. 4-25.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. and Bobbie L. Foote, “Hierarchical Production Planning and Scheduling with Random Demand and Production Failure”, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 59, 1995, pp. 259-280.

Awards/Honors/Membership

• Recipient of Indiana University Kokomo Faculty Research Award.
• Recipient of Indiana University Kokomo Grants-in-Aid of Faculty Research.
• Recipient of Indiana University Kokomo Teaching Excellence Recognition Awards.
• Finished Undergraduate Program as the Top Student with Honors, College of Natural Resource Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran.
• Recipient of Outstanding Scholarship Award From Iranian Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
• Decision Sciences Institute (DSI).
• Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.
• Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), (former member).