Thomas, L Joseph

Dean Academic

research

research and scholarship focus

  • Operations Management
  • Supply-Chain Integration
  • Manufacturing Strategy
  • Production
  • Quantitative Analysis
  • Manufacturing Management
  • Forecasting
  • Work-Sharing Systems
  • Effect of Marketing Decisions on Production Planning

affiliations

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faculty appointment in

administrative appointment

service

current professional activities

    • The Operations Research Society of America
    • The Decision Sciences Institute
    • The American Production and Inventory Control Society
    • Production and Operations Management Society
    • The International Society for Inventory Research
    • Member of joint ORSA/TIMS committee to evaluate journals in manufacturing, 1990
    • Board Member, UNICON (University Consortium for Executive Education), 1989–1995
    • The Operations Research Society of America
    • The Decision Sciences Institute
    • The American Production and Inventory Control Society
    • Production and Operations Management Society
    • The International Society for Inventory Research
    • Member of joint ORSA/TIMS committee to evaluate journals in manufacturing, 1990
    • Board Member, UNICON (University Consortium for Executive Education), 1989–1995

background

educational background

  • Ph.D., Operations Research, Yale University, 1968
  • B.S., Chem. Eng., Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon University), 1964

professional background

    • Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Manufacturing, 1985 - present
    • Professor, JGSM, 1977 – present
    • Associate Professor, JGSM, 1972 – 1977
    • Assistant Professor of Production and Quantitative Analysis, Johnson Graduate School of Management (JGSM), Cornell University, 1967 – 1972
    • Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 1973
    • Visiting Professor, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1979, 1982, 1989, and 1995
    • Visiting Professor, GSBA Zurich, 1992 and 1995
    • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Johnson School, 1996 – 1997 and 2002 - present
    • Director of the Cornell Executive Development Program, 1979 – 2000
    • Director of Executive Education Programs, 1979 – 1991
    • Director of the Johnson Graduate School of Management Doctoral Program, 1976 – 1979
    • Co-director of "Managing the Next Generation of Manufacturing Technology" sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Johnson Graduate School of Management, 1984 – 2000
    • Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Manufacturing, 1985 - present
    • Professor, JGSM, 1977 – present
    • Associate Professor, JGSM, 1972 – 1977
    • Assistant Professor of Production and Quantitative Analysis, Johnson Graduate School of Management (JGSM), Cornell University, 1967 – 1972
    • Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, 1973
    • Visiting Professor, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 1979, 1982, 1989, and 1995
    • Visiting Professor, GSBA Zurich, 1992 and 1995
    • Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Johnson School, 1996 – 1997 and 2002 - present
    • Director of the Cornell Executive Development Program, 1979 – 2000
    • Director of Executive Education Programs, 1979 – 1991
    • Director of the Johnson Graduate School of Management Doctoral Program, 1976 – 1979
    • Co-director of "Managing the Next Generation of Manufacturing Technology" sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Johnson Graduate School of Management, 1984 – 2000

awards and distinctions

  • Russell Distinguished Teaching Award, 1995 and 2000
  • Exxon award for research in applying information technology to business education, 1985
  • Mobil Research Award, 1989
  • Whitcomb Fellow, 1994-95
  • Nominated for the M&SOM Service to the Field Award, 2002.

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

  • McClain, J. O., K. L. Schultz and L. J. Thomas (2000). "Management of Worksharing Systems." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 2(1): 49-67.
  • McClain, J. O., K. L. Schultz and L. J. Thomas (2003). "Overcoming the Dark Side of Worker Flexibility." Journal of Operations Management, 21(1).
  • McClain, J. O., L. J. Thomas and J. B. Mazzola (2002). Operations Management [Chinese Language Edition], Prentice Hall.
  • Robinson, L. W., J. R. Bradley and L. J. Thomas (2001). "Consequences of Order Crossover under Order-up-to Inventory Policies." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 3(3): 175.
  • Boudreau, J. W., W. Hopp, J. O. McClain and L. J. Thomas (2003). "On the Interface between Operations and Human Resources Management." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 5(3): 179-203.