A. DALE FLOWERS
A. Dale Flowers is Co-Director, Institute for the Integration of Management and Engineering, and Co-Chair of the Supply Chain Management Initiative, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, Phone: 216-368-3825, Email: adflowers@aol.com. He is also a member of the faculty of Operations Management of the Weatherhead School. He has acquired an extensive teaching, research and consulting background over the last 30+ years.
Experience - Professor Flowers has completed applied research/consulting projects for many companies, both large and small. Some of the firms include: Alcoa, Avery Dennison, Belden Wire and Cable, Blue Coral Inc., BP America, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Fanny Farmer Candy Shops, Inc., General Electric Company, General Motors Corporation, The Geon Company, M. A. Hanna Company, IBM Corporation, Keithley Instruments Inc., Lincoln Electric Company, The Little Tikes Company, Merit Brass, Ohio Bell, Parker Hannifin Corporation, PCC Airfoils, QualChoice, Sherwin-Williams Company, TBN Holdings Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., TRW Inc., University Hospitals, and Western Publishing Company. His assignments have covered a broad range of management problems, including analysis projects as well as many software development and installation projects. Problem areas in which he has worked include: Forecasting, Scheduling, Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems, Quality Assurance and Management, Business Process Reengineering, Distribution Systems Design, Justification of Advanced Manufacturing Systems, Facilities Layout, Assembly Line Balancing, Inventory Control, Methods Engineering, Facilities Maintenance, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, etc. He is a principal in the STORM quantitative modeling software package for IBM and compatible microcomputers. It has been adopted at more than 200 universities for teaching management science and operations management including: Case Western Reserve University, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth, U. C. Berkeley, Georgia Tech, U. of Minnesota, U. of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, Columbia University, and many, many more. It is also now in use in a number of business firms in a large, industrial strength version. It was nominated in 1990 for the Lanchester Prize awarded annually by the Operations Research Society of America. He served on the Material Advisory Board for the Manhattan Engine Project for General Motors Corporation, the Board of Directors of MIM Mutual Funds, and is currently serving on the Board of Directors for Storm Software Inc., the Board of Advisors for Undercar Express LLC, and on the Steering Committee for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Working Group focusing on Biomedical Entrepreneurial Science.
Education and Honors - Professor Flowers received his B.S. in Quantitative Business Analysis, and M.B.A. and D.B.A. in Production and Operations Management from Indiana University, the last degree being awarded in 1972. He has published articles in journals such as IIE Transactions, Journal of Operations Management, POMS Journal and Interfaces. He received the 1981 IIE Transactions Development and Application Award for work in quality control implemented by Texas Instruments and General Electric. He received the 1992 Franz Edelman Finalist Award for work he did with Merit Brass Company as a part of leading their TQM process. He received the University Outstanding Teacher Award in 1978 while teaching at Texas Tech University and was a finalist for the Outstanding Teacher Award for the Weatherhead School of Management in 1987. He is listed in Who's Who in Engineering, Leading Consultants in Technology, Who's Who in Technology Today, Who's Who in Business Higher Education, and American Men and Women of Science. He is a member of POMS, IIE, APICS, ASQ, and INFORMS.
PRIOR EXPERIENCE
Assignments have included work in such areas as:
Forecasting
Production Scheduling
Quality Assurance and Control
Quality Management
Facilities Layout
Facilities Consolidation
Assembly Line Balancing
Capacity Planning and Lot Sizing
Inventory Management
Facilities Maintenance
Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems
Computer Software Development in many of the above areas
For companies including:
Alcoa Forged Products
A.O. Smith Automotive Products Company
Astro Metallurgical, Division of Harsco Corporation
Atsco Corporation
Avery Dennison
Bailey Controls
Belden Wire and Cable
Blue Coral Inc.
BP America
Broadview Savings and Loan Association
Centerior Energy
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cole Consumer Products, Inc.
Devro, Inc., Division of Johnson & Johnson
Fanny Farmer Candy Shops
General Electric Company, Cuyahoga Lamp Plant
General Electric Company, Quartz and Chemical Products Department
General Motors Corporation
Horsburgh & Scott
IBM Corporation
Keithley Instruments, Inc.
Lincoln Electric Company
Little Tikes Company
MacMillan Bloedel Containers
Merit Brass
Obron Corporation
Ohio Bell (now Ameritech)
Parker Hannifin
PCC Airfoils
Polysar Corporation
St. Mary of the Plains Hospital
Samuel Moore Company
Scott Fetzer
Sherwin-Williams Company
Specialty Chemical Resources, Inc.
State Chemical Company
TBN Holdings, Inc.
Texas Instruments, Inc., Consumer Products Division
Texas Instruments, Inc., Corporate Quality and Reliable Assurance Department
TRW, Inc.
United Management Consultants, Inc.
University Hospitals
Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Western Publishing Co., Inc.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Executive Education Programs
Operations Management for Small to Medium Sized Companies, Enterprise Development, Inc., 2002
EDI Excellence in Management Program, Enterprise Development, Inc., 2001-2002
Characteristics of a World Class Organization, Corporate University Program,
Alcoa Forged Products, Spring, 1998.
Quality Strategies and Their Implementation in Health Care Organizations,
Physicians Executive Institute, Spring & Fall, 1997-2000.
Tools of Quality, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, September, 1997.
Project Planning and Scheduling, Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland, September, 1997.
Operations Management in Health Care, Physicians Management Program, Fall, 1996.
Forecasting and Economic Lot Sizing, The Geon Company, Fall, 1996.
Quality Function Deployment, EMOT Program, Fall, 1996.
CQI in Healthcare, QualChoice, Summer, 1996.
Team Building, MacMillan Bloedel Containers, Spring, 1995.
Tools of Quality, MacMillan Bloedel Containers, Spring, 1995.
Methods Engineering & Reengineering, MacMillan Bloedel Containers, Spring, 1995.
Project Management, MacMillan Bloedel Containers, Spring, 1995.
Introduction to Total Quality Management, Technology Management Preparation Program, Weatherhead School of Management, Summer, 1995.
Team Building, Technology Management Preparation Program, Weatherhead School of Management, Summer, 1995.
Quality Function Deployment, EMOT Program, Fall, 1995.
Total Quality Management: A Top Down Approach, Co-Developer with Dr.
Lester Coleman, CEO Lubrizol, Dively Management Center CEO Series, 1994
An Executive Course in Total Quality Management, Merit Brass, 1994.
Operations Planning and Control, Blue Coral, Inc. 1994
Quality in Operations Management, Blue Coral, Inc. 1994
Strategic Financial Management, Co-Developer, Parker Hannifin, March and September, 1993
Strategic Planning for TQM, VAMC Brecksville, May, 1993.
Achieving Productivity & Quality Improvements in Service Operations, Co-Developer, Dively Management Center, 1993, 1994
Manufacturing and Quality Control, SCTS, 1991.
Forecasting Concepts, Belden Wire & Cable, 1990.
Managing Quality at Merit Brass, Merit Brass, 1990.
Operations Management Workshop, University of Twente, 1990-1991.
An Introduction to Operations Management, Scott Fetzer, 1989.
Regression Analysis for Establishing Standards, Ohio Bell, Astro Metallurgical, 1988, 1989.
Design of a Physical Distribution System, Polysar, Inc., 1989.
Operational Forecasting, Western Publishing Company, 1988.
Modern Concepts for Production Control, Polysar Inc., 1986.
Automation in Manufacturing, Co-Developer, 1985 CMDR, Case Western Reserve University
Quantitative Approaches to Decision Making, Co-Developer, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, IBM Corporation
Managing and Controlling Quality in Manufacturing, 1984, 1985 CMDR, Case Western Reserve University
Effective Planning for Manufacturing Operations, 1984 CMDR, Case Western Reserve University
Quality Circles and Beyond, Co-Developer, 1983 CMDR, Case Western Reserve University
Production and Logistics Workshop, Co-Developer, 1981 CMDR, Case Western Reserve University
Executive Education for University Administrators, Co-Developer, 1976 Texas Tech University
Executive Education for Hospital Administrators, Co-Developer, 1976 St. Mary of the Plains Hospital