Dr. Sower is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Operations Management at Sam Houston State University where he taught from 1990 to 2008. He is a Senior Member of the American Society for Quality and is Certified as a Quality Engineer. He also is a member of APICS, the Academy of Management, DSI, ISM, ACS, AIChE, SWAM and other professional organizations. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, an M.B.A. from Auburn University, and a Ph.D. in Operations Management from the University of North Texas. Dr. Sower is author or co-author of 7 books, 31 articles in refereed journals, 33 articles in refereed conference proceedings, and numerous presentations. He is an active consultant in the quality and innovation management areas. He was the 1996 recipient of the SHSU Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2001 recipient of the SHSU Excellence in Research Award, and the 2008 recipient of the SHSU Excellence in Service Award. He was named a 2005 Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. In addition to his academic experience, he has over 18 years of experience in process engineering, engineering management, and general management of a manufacturing operation and 2 years active duty service as an officer in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps.
Credentials do not command respect. Professors
must earn the respect of their students every day in the classroom.
Vic Sower
See selected publications by instructor:
RFID
for the Supply Chain and Operations Professional
Better Business Decisions Using Cost Modeling
Essentials of Quality With Cases and Experiential Exercises.
Benchmarking in Hospitals: More Than a Scorecard
There is More to Quality
than Continuous Improvement: Listening to Plato
Moderator Variables in Cultural Values and Business Ethics Research:
Important to External Validity
The Dimensions of Service
Quality for Hospitals...
Differences
in Ethical Orientations of Upper Level U.S. and Mexican Business Students
Classics in
Production and Operations Management
Delta Charts for Short
Run SPC
Adapting
Deming's Philosophy: An Evaluative Model
Use of Simulation for
Determining Appropriate Levels of Buffer Inventories in a JIT Environment
Cost of Quality and Its
Relationship to Quality System Maturity
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