My Biography


Lori S. Cook is an Associate Professor of Operations Management in the Department of Management at DePaul University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate level courses in operations management and quality management systems.  She previously served as an Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering Technology and the Coordinator for the Master of Science in Quality Assurance graduate program at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia. 

 

Dr. Cook’s research interests focus on the analysis and design of supply chain processes and the strategic impact of quality management systems.  She is currently participating in various ongoing supply chain and quality management research projects investigating 1) the effect of organizational attributes on supply chain practice and priorities, and 2) linkages between service quality and performance excellence and 3) the operational implication of organizational values.

 

She has served as a Lincoln Foundation for Performance Excellence examiner for over six years.  She has presented many papers at national and international conferences and has published in the Journal of Operations Management, Health Services Research, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Journal of Management Education, POMS Chronicle, Quality Management Journal and The Journal of Supply Chain Management.

 

In addition to her teaching and research activities, she has provided industrial engineering, quality, and management support through project-oriented work and training for over twenty companies and educational organizations.  She has held engineering positions with both Armco Eastern Steel Division and Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation. Her primary responsibility for both employers was the application of simulation modeling and analysis techniques for process improvement.  She has a PhD, MENG and BS in Industrial Engineering from the University of Louisville. 

 

 


E-Mail: lcook@depaul.edu
Lori S. Cook
Department of Management
DePaul University
1 East Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604 USA

Phone: (312) 362-5203
FAX: (312) 362-6973

 

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