Dr. Paul Zipkin

Biography

Paul Zipkin is the R. J. Reynolds Professor Emeritus of Business Administration at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. He holds academic degrees from Reed College, the University of California Berkeley, and Yale University. His teaching and research focus on supply chains and how to improve their effectiveness, as well as strategic roles in the success and failure of companies within the global marketplace. His broad research theme addresses issues in inventory management and supplier-customer relations, the impact of new production and communication technologies on supply chain performance, and the challenges of managing product variety at both operational and strategic levels. He has published approximately 70 articles in scholarly journals, coedited the book 'Logistics Production Inventory', and is the author of 'Foundations Inventory Management'. In addition to his academic work, he serves on the editorial boards of various journals and provides advisory services to companies, government agencies, and organizations. He is a Fellow of INFORMS and the Manufacturing & Services Operations Management Society.

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