Vinod Lall PhD,
Professor of Management
E-mail: lall@mnstate.edu 
Office: CB 207B
Phone: (218) 477-4648
Education
- Ph.D., 1991, North Dakota State University
- MS, 1987, Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale
- BS, 1983, Indian School of Mines -India
Professional Certifications
- Certified Quality Engineer (CQE)
- Certified Trainer for Boeing Advanced Quality Systems
Courses Taught Spring 2004-Fall 2009
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Mgmt 370 |
Management Information Systems |
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Mgmt 380 |
Operations Management |
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Mgmt 480 |
Management Science |
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Mktg/Mgmt 419 |
Supply Chain Management |
Intellectual Contributions in the previous five years (January 2004 through September 2009).
Peer-reviewed journals:
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Lall, V. (2009). Reducing cost with production and supply chain management: An essay. Qatar Finance: The Ultimate Resource. Bloomsbury Publication, London. (DB) |
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Lall, V. (2009). Countering supply chain risk. Qatar Finance: The ultimate resource. Bloomsbury Publication, London. (DB) |
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Lall, V. & Gupta, A. (2008) A tool based framework for applying Six Sigma methodology to services and transactional data. International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, forthcoming (DB) |
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Lall, V., & Teyarachekul, S. (2006) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System Selection: A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. Journal of Computer Information Systems. Vol. 47 No. 1, pp. 123-127 (DB) |
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Lumb, R., & Lall, V. (2006) Perception of the quality of products made in India by consumers from the united states: a longitudinal analysis. Special issue of Indian Journal of Economics and Business. Pp. 47-60 (DB) |
Other Peer-reviewed publications (excluding proceedings):
Proceedings:
Presentations:
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Lall, V., & Lumb, R. A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach for selecting Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. BICABR, Prague, CZ, September 25-30, 2006 (DB) |
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Lall, V. Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) to India: current status and future trends. Hawaii International conference on Business, May 26-29, 2005 (DB) |
Non-peer-reviewed publications:
In progress:
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Lall, V., Lowrie, A., & Lumb, R. Applying the framework of facilities, inventory, transportation and information to identify research and teaching issues in green supply chain management, 2009. |
2. Lall, V., & Lumb, R. Design, development & delivery of operation management online, 2009.
Continuing Education
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Title of CPE |
Dates Attended |
Number of Hours |
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2009 |
APICS Heartland President Meeting |
June 13 |
8 |
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2008 |
AACSB Global Collaboration Conference, Barcelona ASQ Green Belt Training Week 2 ASQ Green Belt Training Week 1 APICS District Meeting, Minneapolis |
Nov. 16-18 Apr 7 – 11 Mar 10- 14 Feb. 9 |
16 40 40 8 |
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2007 |
APICS Item Writer for CSCP, Minneapolis ICDSS Kolkata, India |
Nov 9 & 10 Jan. 2-4 |
8 |
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2006 |
APICS Leadership Institute, Davenport APICS Region Five President's Meeting Alexandria, VA |
Sept. 16 June 10 |
8 8 |
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2005 |
Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting San Francisco APICS Item Writer Workshop for CSCP Examination, Philadelphia RFID Conference: Tools for Business Success, NDSU APICS Leadership Institute, St. Louis Seminar on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) RRIV, APICS, Fargo, ND APICS Sales & Marketing Seminar, Washington, DC |
Nov. 19-22 Nov. 12 Oct. 12 Sept. 17 March 30 Jan. 22 |
8 8 8 8 16 |
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2004 |
AACSB Business Accreditation Seminar, Las Vegas, NV |
Nov. 6-7 |
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Service and Outreach Activities.
Community Service/Outreach:
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Session chair. ICDSS 2007 Conference, Kolkata, India, Jan. 2-4, 2007 |
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Vice-President, Education. Red River Valley Chapter (RRIV) of American Production Inventory Control Society (APICS). Ongoing since 2004. |
Professional Organizations Activities (include all memberships):
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Decision Sciences Institute |
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American Production and Inventory Control Society |
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American Society of Quality |
Consulting
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Phoenix International. One module, Spring 2009. |
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Developed and offered MBA course on Logistics and International Distribution for VIDE, Quito, Ecuador, July 2009. |
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Developed and coordinated offerings of EMBA class on operations management for American University Bulgaria (AUBG), Sofia, Bulgaria, Fall 2009. |
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Management development program (MDP) on Supply Chain Management: Certification and Other Issues. IILM Institute of Higher Education, New Delhi, August 6th, 2008. |
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Developed and offered an MBA class on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for IILM of Higher Education, New Delhi, India, July – August 2008. |
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Developed and coordinated offerings of EMBA class on operations management for American University Bulgaria (AUBG), Sofia, Bulgaria, Fall 2008. |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Phoenix International. One module, Spring 2008 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Magnum Logistics. One module, Spring 2008 |
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Developed and offered MBA course on operations management for University of Maryland, University College, Summer 2008 |
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Sofia, Bulgaria, Fall 2007 |
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Management development program on supply chain management. Prestige Institute of Management and Research, Indore, India, August 6-10, 2007 |
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Developed and offered MBA course on operations management for University of Maryland, University College, Summer 2007 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Phoenix International. One module, Spring 2007 |
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Developed on-line course on Operations Management for Aviation Professional MBA program at Daniel Webster College, New Hampshire, Spring 2007 |
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Developed and offered a course on Project Management for Kaserart University International MBA (KIMBA) program, Bangkok, Thailand, Jan. 2007 |
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Developed and coordinated offering of EMBA class on Operations Management for American University Bulgaria (AUBG), Sofia, Bulgaria, Fall 2006 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Phoenix International. One module, Fall 2006 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Phoenix International. One module, Summer 2006 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Phoenix International. Two modules, Spring 2006 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Phoenix International. One module, Fall 2005 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Magnum Logistics. One module, Fall 2005 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Border State Electric. One module, Spring 2005 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Tecton Products. One module, Spring 2005 |
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Reviewed textbooks for numerous publishing companies. (On-going) |
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Coordinate offering of graduate level course on Logistics and Supply Chain Management for Master of Engineering Management for Navy College Program for Afloat College Education through Old Dominion University, Fall 2002-current |
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Developed and coordinated offering of EMBA Class on Operations Management for American University Bulgaria (AUBG), Sofia, Bulgaria, Summer 2004 |
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Developed storyboards for interactive modules for Introduction to Information Technology, 3rd edition by Efraim Turban, Kelly Rainer and Richard Potter. John Wiley & Sons, Spring 2004 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Magnum Logistics. One module, Fall 2004 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Bobcat. One module, Fall 2004 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Border States Electric Supply. One module, Spring 2004 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Bobcat. One module, spring 2004 |
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Customized training on American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). Certified Production Inventory Management (CPIM) curriculum for Rommesmo Companies. One module, Fall 2003-Spring 2004 |
University/School Service:
1. Member, 2008 Operations Management Search Committee, MSUM
2. Member, 2008 Accounting Search Committee, MSUM
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Chair, 2005 Operations Management Search Committee, MSUM |
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Member, 2006, 2007, 2008 Promotion, Tenure and Review (PTR) Committee, MSUM |
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Member, 2007, 2008 Curriculum and Assessment Team, MSUM |

