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OFFICE ADDRESS

Department of Management
Hankamer School of Business
Baylor University
P.O. Box 98006
Waco, Texas 76798-8006
Phone: (254) 710-6209
Fax: (254) 710-1093
Email: liz_umble@baylor.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Statistics (G.P.A.: 3.99) 1996 Baylor University

M.A. Statistics (G.P.A.: 3.98) 1993 Baylor University

A.B.D. Finance (G.P.A.: 3.64) 1991 University of Texas at Austin

M.S. Economics (G.P.A.: 4.0) 1982 Baylor University

J.D. (G.P.A.: 3.0) 1980 Baylor University

B.S. Foreign Service (G.P.A.: 4.0) 1977 Baylor University

DISSERTATION TOPIC

Determining the Joint Probability of Failure of Materials Subject to Multiple Stress Loads:
A Bayesian Approach

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Statistical Association
Decision Sciences Institute
American Society for Quality
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
National Association of Purchasing Managers
Phi Beta Kappa
State Bar of Texas
Waco/McLennan County Bar Associaton

EXPERIENCE

Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Baylor University, 2002 - present
· Teaching operations management, global supply chain management, management science, and services management
Member, Graduate Statistics Faculty, Institute of Statistics, Baylor University, 2002 - present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Baylor University, 2001 - 2002
· Taught operations management and management control systems
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University, 1996-2001
· Taught introductory statistics course for biomedical sciences and pre-med
· Taught introductory statistics course for all majors
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Management, Baylor University, 1999 and 2000
· Taught senior level courses in management control systems
Visiting Lecturer, Institute for Graduate Statistics, Baylor University, 1997
· Taught a Ph.D. level course in survival analysis
Teaching Assistant for Graduate and Undergraduate Econometrics, Baylor University, 1995
Research Assistant, Waco Faculty Development Center, 1993-1995
· Principal statistical consultant to four doctors on research projects conducted as part of a year-long professional development fellowship
· Developed and presented lectures on statistical topics to doctors participating in fellowship
· Participated in preparation of federal grant application
· Conducted research for the Faculty Development Center
Statistics Lab Instructor for Psychology Department, Baylor University, 1992-1993
Assistant Instructor, University of Texas, 1986-1987
· Taught integrative finance, the capstone course for finance majors
Lecturer, Baylor University, 1982-1984
· Taught operations management, corporate finance, microeconomics, macroeconomics
Assistant Instructor, Baylor University, 1980-1982
· Taught macroeconomics and microeconomics
Secretary to Vice President for Student Affairs, Baylor University, 1975-1977

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: JOURNAL ARTICLES

Umble E. and M. Umble, 2004, "The Production Dice Game: An Active Learning Classroom Exercise and Spreadsheet Simulation." Operations Management Education Review, forthcoming.

Umble M. and E. Umble, 2004, "Using Active Learning to Transform the Monte Hall Problem into an Invaluable Classroom Exercise." Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Vol. 2, No. 2, 213 - 217.

Umble, E., R. Haft, and M. Umble, 2003, "Enterprise Resource Planning: Implementation Procedures and Critical Success Factors." European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 146, No. 2, 241 - 257.
Bagby, R., E. Umble, and L. Palich, 2003, "Beeinträchtigen Korrupte Praktiken die Entwicklung von KMU? Eine Explorative Studie." IGA Zietschrift fur Klein- und Mittelunternehmen, Internationales Gewerbearchiv, 3 - 11.
Another form of this article appears as: Bagby, R., E. Umble, and L. Palich, 2002, "Do Corrupt Practices Affect the Development of SMEs? An Exploratory Study." Radical Change in the World - Will SMEs Soar or Crash?, U. Fuglistaller, H.J. Pleitner, T. Volery, and W. Weber, eds., Swiss Research Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, University of St. Gallen, 443 - 451.

Umble, E. and M. Umble, 2002, "Avoiding ERP Implementation Failure." Industrial Management, Vol. 44, No. 1, 25 - 33.

Gray, V., J. Felan, E. Umble, and M. Umble, 2002, "A Comparison of Drum-Buffer-Rope Production Scheduling and Critical Chain Project Scheduling Techniques." Frontiers of Project Management Research, D. Slevin, D. Cleland, and J. Pinto, eds., Newton Square, Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute, 419 - 433.

Umble, M., E. Umble, and L. Von Deylen, 2001, "Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning and Theory of Constraints: A Case Study." Production and Inventory Management Journal, Second Quarter, Vol. 42, No. 2, 43 - 48.

Umble, E. and M. Umble, 2000, "Developing Control Charts and Illustrating Type I and Type II Errors." Quality Management Journal, Vol. 7, No. 4, 23 - 31.

Umble, M. and E. Umble, 2000, "Manage Your Projects for Success: An Application of the Theory of Constraints." Production and Inventory Management Journal, Second Quarter, Vol. 41, No. 2, 27 - 32.

Umble, E., 2000, "The Implications of Deming's Approach." Innovations in Competitive Manufacturing, Paul M. Swamidass, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishing, Boston, MA, 83 - 92.
Another version of this article, titled "Quality: The Implications of W. Edwards Deming's Approach," was published in Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management, 2000, Paul M. Swamidass, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishing, Boston, MA, 621 - 627.

Umble, M. and E. Umble, 2000, "Activity Based Costing: An Evaluation." Encyclopedia of Production and Manufacturing Management, Paul M. Swamidass, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishing, MA, 19 - 23.

Umble, M., V. Gray, and E. Umble, 2000, "Improving Production Line Performance." IIE Solutions, Vol. 32, No. 11, 36 - 41.

Umble, M. and E. Umble, 1999, "Drum-Buffer-Rope for Lower Inventory." Industrial Management, Vol. 41, No. 5, 24 - 33.

Umble, E., J. Seaman, and H. Martz, 1999, "A Distribution-Free Bayesian Approach for Determining the Joint Probability of Failure of Materials Subject to Multiple Proof Loads." Technometrics, Vol. 41, No. 3, 183 - 191. [This paper was selected by the editors of Technometrics as the outstanding empirical paper of the year and was an invited paper for the 1999 Joint Statistical Meetings in Baltimore, MD.]

Umble, M. and E. Umble, 1998, "How to Apply the Theory of Constraint's Process of Continuous Improvement." Journal of Cost Management, Vol. 12, No. 5, 5 - 14.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: BOOK REVIEWS

Umble, E., 2000, Book review of Cumulative Sum Charts and Charting for Quality Improvement for Technometrics, Vol. 43, No. 1, 107.

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROCEEDINGS

Bagby, Umble, and Palich, 2003, "The Impact of Corruption on Entrepreneurial and Economic Activity: An Expanded View." Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research. Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference.

Umble, E. and M. Umble, 2002, "Defining Producer's and Consumer's Risk: Classical, Average, and Posterior Risk." Proceedings of the 3rd Annual World Scientific and Engineering Academy and Society Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Business and Economics, Tenerife, Spain.

Umble, E. and M. Umble, 2002, "Integrating the Theory of Constraints into Supply Chain Management." Proceedings of the 33rd annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Diego, California, 479 - 484.

Umble, E., 2001, "The Distribution of Products of Independent Beta Random Variables." Proceedings of the 32nd annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Francisco, California, 1106 - 1108.

Umble, E. and M. Umble, 2001, "Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: A Review of Implementation Issues and Critical Success Factors." Proceedings of the 32nd annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Francisco, California, 1109 - 1111.

Umble, M and E. Umble, 2001, "The Production Dice Game: An Active Learning Classroom Simulation." Proceedings of the 32nd annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Francisco California, 1112 - 1114.

Umble, E., V. Gray, J. Felan, and M. Umble, 2000, "Are Traditional PERT Time Estimates Reasonable?" Proceedings of the 31st annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Orlando, Florida, 860.
Umble, M. and E. Umble, 2000, "Enterprise Resource Planning and Theory of Constraints: Complementary and Synergistic Systems." Proceedings of the 31st annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1056.

Gray, V., J. Felan, E. Umble, and M. Umble, 2000, "A Comparison of Drum-Buffer-Rope Production Scheduling and Critical Chain Project Scheduling Techniques." Proceedings of the Project Management Institute Research Conference 2000, Paris, France, 257 - 264.

Umble, E., 1998, "Definitions of Producer's and Consumer's Risks when Proportion Defective is a Random Variable." Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1140 - 1142.

Umble, M. and E. Umble, 1998, "The Theory of Constraints Approach to Project Management." Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1165 - 1167.

Umble, M. and E. Umble, 1998, "The Effect of Plant Type on Designing Stock and Time Buffers for Synchronous Manufacturing Environments." Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1439 - 1441.

Umble, E., 1997, "Producer's and Consumer's Risk when Proportion Defective is a Random Variable: A More General Approach." Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Diego, California, 1572 - 1578.

Umble, M. and E. Umble, 1997, "Improving System Wide Performance: Applying the Theory of Constraints." Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Diego, California, 1203.

Umble, E. and M. Umble, 1997, "The Costs of Product Failure Model Misspecification Under Constant versus Varying Failure Rates." Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, Jaipur, India, January, 151 - 156.

Umble, M., V. Gray, and E. Umble, 1997, "Improving Production Line Productivity: A Drum/Buffer/Rope Application." Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, Jaipur, India, January, 427 - 434.

Umble, E., and J. Seaman, 1996, "Determining the Joint Probability of Failure of Materials Subject to Destructive Testing: A Bayesian Approach." Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, Florida, 1112.

PRESENTATIONS: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

"Improving the Health Care System - Lessons from the British National Health Service" 35th annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Boston, MA, November 2004.

"Enhancing the Business Core: The Edward Jones Challenge." 34th annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Washington, D.C., November 2003.

"Integrating the Theory of Constraints into Supply Chain Management." 33rd annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Diego, California, November, 2002.

"The Distribution of Products of Independent Beta Random Variables." 32nd annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Francisco, California, November, 2001.

"Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: A Review of Implementation Issues and Critical Success Factors." 32nd annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Francisco, California, November, 2001.

"The Production Dice Game: An Active Learning Classroom Simulation." 32nd annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, San Francisco California, November, 2001.

"Enterprise Resource Planning and Theory of Constraints: Complementary and Synergistic Systems." 31st annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Orlando, Florida, November, 2000.

"Are Traditional PERT Time Estimates Reasonable?" 31st annual Decision Sciences Institute Conference, Orlando, Florida, November, 2000.

"A Comparison of Drum-Buffer-Rope Production Scheduling and Critical Chain Project Scheduling Techniques." Project Management Institute Research Conference 2000, Paris, France, June, 2000.

"Definitions of Producer's and Consumer's Risks when Proportion Defective is a Random Variable." 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 1998.

"The Theory of Constraints Approach to Project Management." 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 1998.

"The Effect of Plant Type on Designing Stock and Time Buffers for Synchronous Manufacturing Environments." 29th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Las Vegas, Nevada, November, 1998.

"Producer's and Consumer's Risk when Proportion Defective is a Random Variable: A More General Approach." 28th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Diego, California, November, 1997.

"Improving System Wide Performance: Applying the Theory of Constraints." 28th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Diego, California, November, 1997.

"Determining the Joint Probability of Failure of Materials Subject to Destructive Testing: A Bayesian Approach." 27th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Orlando, Florida, November, 1996.

"Determining the Joint Probability of Failure of Materials Subject to Multiple Stress Loads: A Bayesian Approach." Conference of Texas Statisticians, Nacogdoces, Texas, April, 1996.

"Evaluating the Impact of Single-Blind versus Double-Blind Reviewing: Evidence from the 1995 Predoctoral Education Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine." Conference of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, 1995.