School of Business

Phone:

765-455-9317

Email:

mmeybodi@iuk.edu

Department:

School of Business

Campus:

IU Kokomo

Biography

Education

Ph.D.  Production and Operations Research, School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma.
M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida.
M.S. Operations Research, Department of Industrial Engineering, Syracuse University.
B.S. Natural Resource Engineering, College of Natural Resource Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran

Dr. Mohammad Meybodi is professor of Operations Management in the School of Business at Indiana University Kokomo. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Operations Management, Management Science, Statistics, and Supply Chain Management. Dr. Meybodi’ s research areas of interest include, lean manufacturing, new product development, TQM and six-sigma, continuous improvement/benchmarking, and production planning. He has published in journals such as Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Product Development, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Journal of Competitiveness Studies, and TQM Journal.

Dr. Meybodi earned his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Oklahoma, M.S. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research from the University of Florida and Syracuse University, and a B.S. in Natural Resource Engineering from the University of Tehran, Iran.

Professional Experience

• Professor of Operations Management 2005 - present. School of Business, Indiana University Kokomo
• Associate Professor of Operations Management, 1997 – 2005. School of Business, Indiana University Kokomo
• Assistant Professor of Operations Management, 1991 – 1997. School of Business, Indiana University Kokomo
• Adjunct Professor of Operations Management, 1991. College of Business, University of Central Oklahoma.
• Adjunct Professor of Industrial Engineering, 1990.School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma.
• Adjunct Professor of Operations Management, 1991. College of Business, University of Central Oklahoma.

• Systems Analyst/Consultant, 1989-1990. School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma.
• Programmer, 1987. School of Industrial Engineering, University of Oklahoma.
• Field Engineer, 1977-1978. Iranian Pulp and Paper Industries, Iran.

Refereed Journal Articles

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “The Effect of Company Size and Managerial Positions on Alignment of Benchmarking Performance Metrics: A Focus on Organizational Strategic Fit”, Journal of Competitiveness Studies, Vol. 27, No. 2, 2019, 12 pages.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “The Role of Managerial Positions on the Alignment of Benchmarking Performance Metrics”, International Journal of Management and Administrative Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 7, 2018, pp. 22-31.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Sequential and Integrated New Product Development: Experience Transferred from Conventional and Lean Manufacturing Systems”, Journal of Competitiveness Studies, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2017, pp. 7-22.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Using Principles of Lean Manufacturing to Enhance New Product Development”, International Journal of Management and Administrative Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2016, pp. 1-13.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “The Links Between Just-in-Time Practices and Alignment of Benchmarking Performance Measures” The TQM Journal, Vol. 27, Issue 1, 2015, pp. 108-121.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Consistency of Strategic and Tactical Benchmarking Performance Measures: A Perspective on Managerial Positions and Organizational Size”, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 22, Issue 6, 2015, pp. 1019-1032.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Just-In-Time Practices and Alignment of Benchmarking Performance Measures”, International Journalof Operations and Quantitative Management, Vol. 20 No 1, 2014, 49-63.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Alignment of Strategic Benchmarking Performances Measures: A Lean Manufacturing Perspective”, Advances in Competitiveness Research, Vol. 21, No 1&2, 2013, pp. 14-28.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. “Internal Manufacturing Strategy Audit: The First Step In Integrated Strategic Benchmarking,” Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 13, No 5, 2006, pp. 580-595.

Meybodi, Mohammad Z. and Bobbie L. Foote, “Hierarchical Production Planning and Scheduling with Random Demand and Production Failure”, Annals of Operations Research, Vol. 59, 1995, pp. 259-280. 

Awards/Honors/Membership

• Recipient of Indiana University Kokomo Faculty Research Award.
• Recipient of Indiana University Kokomo Grants-in-Aid of Faculty Research.
• Recipient of Indiana University Kokomo Teaching Excellence Recognition Awards.
• Finished Undergraduate Program as the Top Student with Honors, College of Natural Resource Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran.
• Received Outstanding Scholarship Award from Iranian Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
• Decision Sciences Institute (DSI).
• Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.
• Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS), (former member).