Greg Frazier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Professor Frazier joined The University of Texas at Arlington in 1997,
and teaches courses in Production and Operations Management and in Management Science.
Previously at the University of Oregon, Professor Frazier participated in a 1996 program
funded by a U.S. Department of Education grant to study Asian business practices, spending
three weeks visiting companies and organizations is Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, and
Hong Kong. Also in 1996 he was selected to be a Faculty Fellow at The Boeing Company,
spending three months in Seattle and visiting many of their manufacturing facilities.
Professor Frazier's research interests include issues in cellular
manufacturing, production scheduling, line balancing, inventory record accuracy, and
forecasting. He has published his research in Journal of Operations Management,
International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production
Economics, Production and Inventory Management Journal, and Business Horizons.
Professor Frazier is an active member of the American Production and
Inventory and Control Society (APICS) and is a Certified Fellow in Production and
Inventory Management (CFPIM). He is also a member of Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) and
the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS). |
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Texas A&M University at College Station |
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Doctor of Philosophy, 1989 |
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Production and Operations Management - Major |
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Management Science - Minor |
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Texas A&M University at College Station |
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Masters of Business Administration, 1985 |
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Business Computing Science |
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Texas A&M University at College Station |
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Bachelors of Science, 1984 |
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Mechanical Engineering |
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- University of Texas at Arlington - Assistant Professor, Fall 1997 - present
- University of Oregon - Assistant Professor, Fall 1990 - Summer 1997
- Texas A&M University at College Station - Visiting Assistant Professor,
Fall 1989 - Summer 1990
- Texas A&M University at College Station - Graduate Teaching Assistant
Spring 1987 - Summer 1989
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Business and Other Relevent
Experience |
- McMasters Office Supplies - Manager, Spring 1986
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Teaching and Instructional Activities
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The University of Texas
at Arlington |
- Undergraduate
- POMA 3308 - Production and Operations Management, 1
- Masters
- MASI 5321 - Introduction to Management Science, 1
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- Undergraduate
- ???? 300 - Concepts of Production/Operations Management, 11
- Masters
- ???? 600 - Introduction to Production Management, 2
- ???? 400/500 - Introduction to Management Science, 13
- ???? 400/500 - Materials and Logistics Management, 1
- ???? 400/500 - Simulation of Industrial Systems, 1
- Doctoral
- Ph.D. Seminar - Deterministic Management Science Techniques, 1
- Ph.D. Seminar - Stochastic Management Science Techniques, 1
- Ph.D. Seminar - Inventory Management, 1
- Ph.D. Seminar - Production Scheduling Theory and Approaches, 1
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New Courses or Curricula
Developed |
| The University of Oregon
at Arlington |
- Developed and taught a new 400/500-level course on Materials and Logistics Management.
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Participation in Teaching Oriented
Organizations, Conferences, Committess,
or Other Activities |
- Attended Business and Environment Learning and Leadership conference on integrating
environmental issues into business education, Northwestern University, Chicago, 1995.
- Attended Business and Environment Learning and Leadership conference on integrating
environmental issues into business education, University of Texas, Austin, 1994.
- Attended several teaching improvement workshops at the University of Oregon,
1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995.
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Participation in Teaching Oriented
Organizations, Instructional Development |
- Enhanced and maintained software that accompanies the text Production and Operations
Management by Norman Gaither, 1988 - 1990
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Intellectual Contributions
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"Impact of Seed Machines on the Cell
Formation Decision in Cellular Manufacturing" |
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Texas A&M University at College Station,
1989 |
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Basic and Applied Scholarly
Publications
Refereed Articles Published
in Academic Journals |
- Patrick R. McMullen and Gregory V. Frazier, "A Heuristic for Solving
Mixed-Model Line Balancing Problems with Stochastic Task Durations and Parallel
Stations," International Journal of Production Economics, forthcoming, 1997.
- Gregory V. Frazier and Mark T. Spriggs, "Achieving Competitive Advantage
Through Group Technology," Business Horizons, v39, n3, May-June 1996, 83-90.
- Gregory V. Frazier, "An Evaluation of Group Scheduling Heuristics in a
Flow-Line Manufacturing Cell," International Journal of Production Research,
v34, n4, 1996, 959-976.
- Paul C. Jordan and Gregory V. Frazier, "Is the Full Potential of Cellular
Manufacturing Being Achieved?," Production and Inventory Management Journal,
v34, n1, 1993, 70-72.
- Gregory V. Frazier and Norman Gaither, "Seed Selection Procedures for Cell
Formation Heuristics," International Journal of Production Research, v29, n11,
1991, 2227-2237.
- Gregory V. Frazier, Norman Gaither, and David L. Olson, "A Procedure For
Dealing With Multiple Objectives in Cell Formation Decisions," Journal of
Operations Management, v9, n4, 1990, 465-480.
- Norman Gaither, Gregory V. Frazier, and Jerry C. Wei, "From Job Shops to
Manufacturing Cells," Production and Inventory Management Journal, v31,
n4, 1990, 33-37.
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Refereed Publications in Proceedings
of National and Regional Meetings |
- Richard Todd La Salle and Gregory V. Frazier, "The Hub Location Problem with
Finite Capacities and Flow Based Discount Rates," Proceedings of the 26th Annual
Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, Kamuela, Hawaii, 1997.
- Patrick R. McMullen and Gregory V. Frazier, "Assembly Line Balancing Using
Simulation and Data Envelopment Analysis," Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting
of the Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, FL, 1996, 1391-1393.
- Patrick R. McMullen, Gregory V. Frazier and Robert J. Marois, "Comparing
Assembly Line Balancing Solutions via Data Envelopment Analysis," Proceedings of
the 25th Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, Seattle, WA, 1996,
454-456.
- Gregory V. Frazier, "Batch Overlapping in Cellular Manufacturing," Proceedings
of the 1995 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1995, 1248-1250.
- Patrick R. McMullen and Gregory V. Frazier, "A Simulation Approach for
Solving Mixed-Model Assembly Line Balancing Problems with Stochastic Task Durations,"
Proceedings of the 24th Annual Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute,
San Francisco, CA, 1995, 616-618.
- Gregory V. Frazier, "An Evaluation of Group Scheduling Rules," Proceedings
of the 1994 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994,
1755-1757.
- Timothy M. Bergquist and Gregory V. Frazier, "Using Quality Control Tools to
Improve Inventory Accuracy," Proceedings of the 1994 Decision Sciences Institute
Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1994, 2136-2138.
- Paul C. Jordan and Gregory V. Frazier, "Why Sequence Dependent Matrices are
Essential in Cellular Manufacturing Design," Proceedings of the 21st Annual
Meeting of the Western Decision Sciences Institute, Reno, NV, 1992, 429-431.
- Gregory V. Frazier and Norman Gaither, "Seed Selection in Cellular
Manufacturing," Proceedings of the 1989 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting,
New Orleans, LA, 1989, 892-894.
- Benito E. Flores, Frank P. Buffa, and Gregory V. Frazier, "Horizon Dependent
Parameters For Exponential Smoothing Forecasting Methods," Proceedings of the 1988
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1988.
- Gregory V. Frazier and Norman Gaither, "Performance of Line Balancing
Heuristics When Task Times May Exceed Cycle Time," Southwest Decision Sciences
Institute 1988 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1988.
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Published Abstracts Not
Listed in Other Sections |
- Patrick R. McMullen and Gregory V. Frazier, "Assembly Line Balancing Problem
with Paralleling of Work Stations Solved by Simulated Annealing," Proceedings of
the 27th Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1996, 1276.
- Patrick R. McMullen and Gregory V. Frazier, "Trends in Group
Technology/Cellular Manufacturing Research," Proceedings of the 1993 Decision
Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., 1993, 1531.
- Gregory V. Frazier, "An Examination of Benefits of Cellular
Manufacturing," Proceedings of the 1992 Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting,
San Francisco, CA, 1992, 1179.
- Gregory V. Frazier and Norman Gaither, "Initializing a Cell Formation
Heuristic in Cellular Manufacturing," Proceedings of the 1990 Decision Sciences
Institute Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1990, 1791.
- Frank P. Buffa, Benito E. Flores, and Gregory V. Frazier, "Improving
Forecasting Accuracy For Better Inventory Control," Southwest Decision Sciences
Institute 1988 Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 1988.
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- Gregory V. Frazier, "Marketing Implications of Cellular Manufacturing,"
Production and Operations Management Society 1992 Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1992.
(invited)
- Gregory V. Frazier, Norman Gaither, and David L. Olson, "Multiobjective
Facets of Cell Formation in Cellular Manufacturing,", TIMS/ORSA Joint National
Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1990. (contributed)
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- Patrick R. McMullen and Gregory V. Frazier, "Assembly Line Balancing Problem
with Paralleling of Work Stations Solved by Simulated Annealing," August 1997; under
2nd review at International Journal of Production Research.
- Patrick R. McMullen and Gregory V. Frazier, "Using Simulation and Data
Envelopment Analysis to Compare Assembly Line Balancing Solutions," December 1996;
under 2nd review at Journal of Productivity Analysis.
- Richard T. La Salle and Gregory V. Frazier, "The Hub Location Problem with
Finite Capacities and Flow Based Discount Rates"; under further development
- Gregory V. Frazier and Timothy M. Bergquist, "Implementing Quality Control
Charts to Monitor Inventory Record Accuracy"; under further development
- Gregory V. Frazier, "Batch Overlapping in Cellular Manufacturing" under
further development
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Manuscript Reviews
1990-1997 Served as ad hoc reviewer of manuscripts for the following journals: |
- International Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems
- International Journal of Production Research
- Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
- Journal of Operations Management
- Naval Research Logistics
- Production Planning and Control
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- Lundquist College of Business Faculty Professional Development Award, Summer 1995,
University of Oregon, $7000 grant for research proposal "Application of Quality
Control Tools for Inventory Management."
- College of Business Administration Faculty Professional Development Award, Summer 1994,
University of Oregon, $7000 grant for research proposal "Determining Transfer Batch
Sizes in Cellular Manufacturing."
- College of Business Administration Faculty Professional Development Award, Summer 1993,
University of Oregon, $6000 grant for research proposal "An Investigation of Group
Scheduling in Cellular Manufacturing."
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Professional Qualifications |
I was just finishing all the requirements for a Ph.D. in production and operations
management at Texas A&M University. I had previously been teaching university courses
in my department for two and one-half years. I had been assisting faculty with academic
research for four years. |
Membership in Professional and Honorary
Organizations |
- American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), 1987 - present
- Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), 1987 - present
- The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS),
1988 - present
- Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), 1992
- Western Academy of Management, 1997
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Activities in Professional Organizations |
- At DSI annual and regional conferences during the past several years I have presented
many papers, reviewed many manuscripts, served as discussant for many papers, and chaired
several sessions.
- I attend local meetings of APICS, and am currently the faculty advisor for the UTA
student chapter of APICS
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Other Professional Qualifiactions
and Experiences |
- I was competitively selected as a Faculty Fellow by The Boeing Company in Seattle. For
about three months I worked full-time on a project at Boeings facilities around
Seattle, 1996.
- I was selected to participate in a program funded by a U.S. Department of Education
grant to study Asian business practices and culture. Participation began with five months
of seminars on Asian culture and business issues. The program concluded with a three-week
study tour of companies and organizations in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong
Kong, 1996.
- I was recognized as a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) by
APICS. This is a valued industry-level certification of competence in my field. Being
certified as a Fellow indicates the highest level of achievement and a demonstrated
willingness to disseminate knowledge and educate others, 1993.
- At the University of Oregon I conducted/advised independent studies with many students
at the undergraduate, masters and Ph.D. levels on a variety of issues in my field.
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University and Community Service
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- Ph.D. Program Committee, 1994 - 1996.
- Computer Advisory Committee, 1994.
- Computer Support Specialist Search Committee, 1993.
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- Faculty advisor for several incoming MBA students.
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Extracurricular Student Activities |
- I was the faculty advisor for MBA and undergraduate student teams competing in the
International Collegiate Business Policy Competition. All students received course credit
for their participation, 1994 and 1995.
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- I coordinated, wrote many questions for, and graded several Ph.D. comprehensive
examinations in Production and Operations Management at the University of Oregon, 1992 -
1995.
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