Ken Boyer is a Dean's Distinguished Professor of operations management at the Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University. Dr. Boyer is co-Editor in Chief of the Journal of Operations Management. Dr. Boyer previously was a professor of supply chain management at the Broad College of Management, Michigan State University from 2000 to 2008. Prior to that, he was an assistant/associate professor at DePaul University from 1995 to 2000. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Brown University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Business Administration from Ohio State University. Dr. Boyer worked as a project engineer with General Dynamics Electric Boat Division in Groton, CT. Dr. Boyer's… research interests focus on the strategic management of operations, electronic commerce and the effective use of advanced manufacturing technologies. He has published articles in Management Science, Sloan Management Review, Decision Sciences, Journal of Operations Management, and Business Horizons, among others. His research received the 1997 Chan Hahn award, the 1996 Stan Hardy award and the 2004 Wick Skinner award. Dr. Boyer received the 2007 John D. and Dortha J. Withrow Teacher-Scholar Award at Michigan State University. He co-wrote the book Extending the Supply Chain: How Cutting-Edge Companies Bridge the Critical Last Mile into Customers' Homes, American Management Association, 2005. He is a member of the Academy of Management, Decision Sciences Institute and the Production and Operations Management Society.