Douglas Morrice
Professor, Department of Information, Risk, and Operations Management | The University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business
Austin, TX, UNITED STATES
Supply chain, logistics, and operations management in large-scale industries such as energy, technology, health care, and retail
Areas of Expertise (12)
Computer Simulations
Operations Management
Supply Chain Management
High Technology Operations and Logistics
Energy Sector Operations and Logistics
Risk Management
Manufacturing Operations
Energy Exploration and Production
Retail Operations and Logistics
Service Chain Management
Health Care Operations and Logistics
Operations Modeling
Biography
Douglas J. Morrice is an educator and researcher in the field of operations management, supply chain, and risk management, using computer simulation and data analysis to discover ways to improve service operations, inform risk decisions, and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of supply chain systems. His work has found application in energy, technology, retail, health care, and other industries.
Morrice holds the Bobbie and Coulter R. Sublett Centennial Professorship in Business, and he is a professor of operations management at McCombs School of Business, The University of Texas at Austin. He is the director of the Supply Chain Management Center of Excellence at McCombs, a company-sponsored center dedicated to developing research and teaching programs in partnership with AMD, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Dell, Inc., Freescale, Frito-Lay, Halliburton and others.
Morrice’s research has received funding from SAP America under the University Alliance Research Grant Program, and he has over 40 technical publications and 2 patents. He is a member of INFORMS and the Production and Operations Management Society. He has designed and delivered executive development programs on operations modeling and supply chain management for several organizations including Schlumberger, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and Texas Instruments.
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Education (3)
Cornell University: Ph.D., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering 1990
Cornell University: M.Sc., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering 1988
Carleton University: B.A., Mathematics and Operations Research 1985
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Douglas J. Morrice Citations
Google Scholar
Listing of top scholarly works by Douglas J. Morrice.
Coordinated Scheduling for a Multi-server Network in Outpatient Pre-operative Care
Production and Operations Management
2018-03-01
In this study, we develop a coordinated pre‐operative scheduling approach between Anesthesiology and Internal Medicine to optimize patients’ medical conditions prior to surgery.
Annual Block Scheduling for Family Medicine Residency Programs with Continuity Clinic Considerations
IIE Transactions
2016-04-01
This article presents a new model for constructing annual block schedules for family medicine residents based on the rules and procedures followed by the Family Medicine Department at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio (UTHSC-SA).
Improving Patient Flow at a Family Health Clinic
Health Care Management Science
2014-08-26
The objective of the study was to obtain a better understanding of patient flow through a health care clinic and to investigate changes to current scheduling rules and operating procedures.
A Simulation Game for Teaching Service-Oriented Supply Chain Management: Does Information Sharing Help Managers With Service Capacity Decisions?
Production and Operations Management
2008-12-31
We propose a simulation game designed to teach service-oriented supply chain management principles and to test whether managers use them effectively.
A Production Scheduling Heuristic for an Electronics Manufacturer With Sequence-Dependent Setup Costs
European Journal of Operational Research
2007-12-31
We develop a three-step heuristic to address a production scheduling problem at a high volume assemble-to-order electronics manufacturer.
The “Physics” of Capacity and Backlog Management in Service and Custom Manufacturing Supply Chains
System Dynamics Review
2004-12-31
We investigate the dynamic behavior of service supply chains in the presence of varying demand and information sharing.
A Multiple Attribute Utility Theory Approach to Ranking and Selection
Management Science
2000-12-31
We develop a ranking and selection procedure for making comparisons of systems (e.g., project configurations) that have multiple performance measures.
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