Mustafa Vakur (Vic) Uzumeri, Ph.D.

Department of Management
Auburn University, AL 36849
W: (334) 844-6531, H: (334) 887-8917
W: uzumeri@business.auburn.edu
H: uzumerim@aub.mindspring.com
http://www.auburn.edu/~uzumemv


EDUCATION

1991 Ph.D., Management, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Management, Troy, NY

1979 MBA, York University, Graduate Business School, Toronto, Canada

1974 B.A.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, Faculty of Engineering, Toronto, Canada

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Since 1991 Auburn University, Department of Management, Auburn, AL - Assistant Professor - Responsible for research in operations management and management of technology and for instruction in operations management.

1990-1991 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, School of Management, Troy, NY - Instructor - Responsible for preparing and teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Manufacturing Policy and Business Policy

1980 McGill University, Department of Civil Engineering, Montreal, Canada - Adjunct Professor - Developed and taught an undergraduate course in transportation planning

PUBLICATIONS

Reprinted Articles

Mustafa Uzumeri and Susan Sanderson: "A Framework for Model and Product Family Competition", Research Policy 24 (1995) pp583-607. Reprinted in The Handbook of Technology Management, G. Gaynor (ed), McGraw-Hill, (forthcoming, Spring 1996).

Susan Sanderson and Mustafa Uzumeri: "Managing Product Families: The Case of the Sony Walkman", Research Policy, 24 (1995). Reprinted in Managing Strategic Innovation and Change: A collection of readings, M. Tushman and P. Anderson (eds), Oxford University Press, (forthcoming Summer, 1996).

Published Articles

Richard Tabor, Sarah Stanwick and Mustafa V. Uzumeri, "ISO 14000 and Environmental Management Systems: Implications for Implementation", Journal of Corporate Accounting and Finance, (forthcoming).

M.V. Uzumeri and C. Snyder. "Information Technology and Accelerated Science: The Case of the Pentium Flaw", California Management Review, 38(2) Winter 1996 (forthcoming).

Mustafa Uzumeri and Susan Sanderson: "A Framework for Model and Product Family Competition", Research Policy 24 (1995) pp583-607.

Mustafa V. Uzumeri and Richard H. Tabor, "The ISO 9000 Experience in the Southeastern U.S.", The Southern Business and Economic Journal, 18(1) October, 1994, pp35-49.

Susan Sanderson and Mustafa Uzumeri: "Managing Product Families: The Case of the Sony Walkman", Research Policy, 24 (1995)

Susan Sanderson and Vic Uzumeri, "Industrial Design: The leading edge of product development for world markets", Design Management Journal, Summer 1992, p28.

Vic Uzumeri and Susan Sanderson: "An Exclusive Survey of Vendors & Users: Buying Advanced Manufacturing Technology , Manufacturing Engineer, August 1990, p11.

Articles under Revision

M.V. Uzumeri and David Nembhard, A population model of organizational learning, due to be revised and resubmitted to the Journal of Operations Management, February, 1996.

M.V. Uzumeri, "Good Enough": ISO 9000 and the Satisficing Model of the Firm, in second review by Academy of Management Executive.

M.V. Uzumeri and Richard Tabor, ISO 9000 and other emerging metastandards: Increased opportunities for Providing Assurance Audits, preparing for second review by Accounting Horizons.

Articles Submitted for Review

M.V. Uzumeri, ISO 9001 and Management Standards for Product Design, submitted to IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, December, 1995

Papers in Progress

M.V. Uzumeri, Institutionalized Management Standards: ISO 9000 and Generic Requirements for Management Practice

Nembhard, David A. and M.V. Uzumeri, Estimating learning in a population of workers

Aldridge, M.D, Swamidass, P.M., Bhavnani, S.H., Britnell, R.E., Harris, S.G., Lewis, P.M., Uzumeri, M.V., White, C.R., Teaching cross-disciplinary teaming through design: Challenges and lessons

Books in Progress

Sanderson, S.W. and M.V. Uzumeri. "The New Competitive Edge: Managing Product Models and Families" with Irwin Publishing. Expected completion: Spring 1996.

Conference Papers

Mustafa Uzumeri, Management System Metamodels: The Impending Standardization of Management Practice, in The Impact of Evolving Business Practices in the US and Japan: A report of the Joint Research Program between Nihon University and Auburn University, March 15, 1995.

Vic Uzumeri and Susan Sanderson, Exploring patterns of design variety and change in manufactured products, presented in the Technology and Innovation Management Division at the Academy of Management Conference, Las Vegas NV, August 9-12, 1992.

Vic Uzumeri and Susan Sanderson, Model variety, technical change and manufacturing flexibility, presented in the Production and Operations Management Division at the Academy of Management Conference, Las Vegas NV, August 9-12, 1992.

Vic Uzumeri, The Challenge of Change and Variety for Manufacturing, POM-90 Conference, Washington DC, October 16, 1990

Susan Sanderson and Vic Uzumeri, Strategies For New Product Development And Renewal: Design-Based Incrementalism, POM-90 Conference, Washington DC, October 16, 1990

Conference Presentations

Mustafa Uzumeri, "Management System Standards and Product Design", to be presented at INFORMS, New Orleans LA, October 29, 1995.

Mustafa Uzumeri, "Management Standardization: An Antidote to Global Competitive Diversity?", presented at ORSA/TIMS, Detroit MI, October 23, 1994.

Mustafa Uzumeri, "An Emerging Network of Management System Standards for Manufacturing," presented at ORSA/TIMS, Detroit MI, October 23, 1994.

M.V. Uzumeri and Dayne Aldridge, Teaching Business and Engineering Students to Work in Teams to Design Products, POM-92 Conference, Orlando FL, October 1992.

Vic Uzumeri, Coping with Product Technology and Market Complexity, ORSA/TIMS Conference, Nashville TN, May 12-15, 1991.

Session Chair: "The Importance of Endurance for Technical Start-Ups", ORSA/TIMS Conference, Nashville TN, May 12-15, 1991.

Susan Sanderson and Vic Uzumeri, Design-Based Incrementalism: The Sony Walkman Case, ORSA/TIMS Conference, Las Vegas, May 1990

Susan Sanderson and Vic Uzumeri, Strategies For New Product Development And Renewal: Design-Based Incrementalism, POM-90 Conference, Washington DC, October 1990

Vic Uzumeri, Strategies for the Design and Manufacturing of Product Families, ORSA/TIMS Conference, Washington, D.C., October 1990

Dissertation

"The Role of Change and Variety in Design and Manufacturing", Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, August 1991.

Research Grants

"Wheelabrator: An Interactive Case Study in ISO 9001 Implementation," funded by Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management, Auburn University, 1995.

"Flexel Corporation: A Case Study in the Perception of Variation in Manufacturing," funded by Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management, Auburn University, co-principal investigator with L. Gardiner, 1994.

"Wheelabrator: A Case Study of Variation in Manufacturing Management," funded by Thomas Walter Center for Technology Management, Auburn University, co-principal investigator with J.T. Black, 1994.

"Proposal For Cross-Disciplinary Introduction To The Design Process For Students In Engineering, Business And Industrial Design", funded by National Science Foundation, June 1993, co-principal investigator with D. Aldridge, P. Swamidass, C. White, P. Lewis, E. Stern and C. Lundel.

"Factors Affecting the Transfer of Advanced Manufacturing Technology to Small Companies," funded by New York State Center for Advanced Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Jan-89 to Dec-90, co-principal researcher with Susan Sanderson, funded

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1981 to 1987 Dilworth, Secord, Meagher and Associates Ltd ., Toronto, Canada.

83-87 Marketing Manager, TALENT Systems - Responsible for business development, pricing, proposals, and sales for Systems Engineering Group. Responsible for product management of TALENT computer-aided-test systems and software, currently in use by auto-makers and aerospace research agencies in Europe, US and Far East.

The TALENT systems represented a major advance in the automation of development testing in product design. With this system, researchers could design experiments, submit them to large test facilities (e.g. wind tunnels, engine test labs and environmental simulation chambers) where they would control physical devices and execute complex experiments in a fully automated manner. The TALENT software required over 30 man-years of effort and involved the development of a dedicated test automation language in both compiler and interpreter versions, the integration of extensive DBMS functions, the development of graphics editors and innovation in a number of types of control algorithms. Responsible for setting prices on large turnkey, fixed-price software development projects with values exceeding $2 million.

81-83 Business Development, Commercial Services - The firm builds custom engineered wind tunnels and climatic test facilities for aerospace and automotive customers worldwide. Supported firm's turnkey contracting activities with proposal writing, analysis of terms and conditions, project pricing analysis, cash-flow analysis and scheduling.

1979 to 1981 Canadian Pacific Limited, Montreal, Canada. Business Analyst, Department of Research. - Carried out various tasks, including preparation of corporate manual for capital project evaluation and oversight reviews of capital expenditure justifications prior to their submission to Board of Directors. Studied the quality and usefulness of data sources for a major strategic planning study of Canadian Pacific's Trucking subsidiaries. Conducted several financial reviews of firms as potential candidates for acquisition.

1975 to 1977 Urban Transportation Development Corporation, Toronto, Canada.

76-77 Special Projects Engineer - Member of bid preparation team for Canadian Consortium bid to supply subway cars, track, power and control systems to Caracas Metro. Leader of the Consortium technical committee to price the trackwork component.

76 Applications Engineer - Responsible for development and maintenance of the Performance Specification for the Intermediate Capacity Transit System, an innovative short-headway, high capacity transit system that was installed in several cities.

75 Intermediate Planner - Prepared an analysis of alternative operating strategies for innovative urban mass transportation systems.

1974 Metropolitan Toronto Transportation Plan Review, Toronto, Canada

Staff Researcher - Developed and applied computer-based model of urban travel demand for Metropolitan Toronto.

Computer Skills

SAS usage and macros, C, Fortran, Visual Basic, various macro and scripting languages.

Personal

Canadian citizen

Married, 1 child