Faculty & Staff
|  | Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management Professional Homepage montabon@iastate.edu (515) 294-1208 3347 Gerdin Business Building Ames, IA 50011-1350 | |
Academic History PhD, Michigan State University, 2001 BBA, University of Notre Dame, 1991 Expertise Business Measurement Corporate Social Performance Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing (ERM) Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Information Systems and the Supply Chain ISO 14000 Process Improvement Software Design, Selection and Development for the Supply Chain Professional Activities Dr. Montabon's primary research activities have been in the area of environmentally responsible manufacturing and ISO 14000. He has also done research on process improvement that has included direct involvement with leading firms. Dr. Montabon's research has been published in various academic journals including International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, Production and Inventory Management Journal, International Journal of Production Economics, and Omega. He has also presented his research at numerous annual meetings of the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI). Dr. Montabon has achieved three certifications from APICS-The Association for Operations Management: Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM), Certified in Integrated Resources Management (CIRM) and Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP). Dr. Montabon won the 1997-1998 Richard J. Lewis Quality of Excellence Award (Graduate Student category) from The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management at Michigan State University and the 2000 Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award from the Michigan State University Supply Chain Management Association. Dr. Montabon earned the Best Environmental Paper Award at the DSI 2001 and 2002 annual meetings. He earned the Iowa State University College of Business Research Award for 2002. He is a member of DSI, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), APICS, and the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). Before entering graduate school, Dr. Montabon was an information systems consultant, focusing on manufacturing and distribution clients. Many of Dr. Montabon's projects focused on software design, selection, development and implementation for these industries. Through the Business and Industry Relations program in the College of Business, Dr. Montabon has completed many successful consulting projects for Iowa-based firms. Selected Publications Montabon, F., Sroufe, R., and Narasimhan, R. "An Examination of Corporate Reporting, Environmental Management Practices and Firm Performance". Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 25, No. 5 (August 2007), pp. 998-1014. Montabon, F. "Using Kaizen Events for Back Office Processes: The Recruitment of Frontline Supervisor Co-ops". Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, Vol. 16 (2005), No. 10 (December), pp. 1139-11479. Melnyk, S., Sroufe, R., Calantone, R. and Montabon, F., "A Model of Site-Specific Antecedents of ISO 14001 Certification", Production and Operations Management, Vol. 12 (2003), No. 3 (Fall). Authorship erratum to appear in Vol. 14 (2005), No. 2 (Summ Sroufe, R., Montabon, F., Narasimhan, R. and Wang, X. "Environmental Management Practices: A Framework". Greener Management International, Issue 40 (Winter 2002), pp. 23-44. Melnyk, S., Sroufe, R., Montabon, F., and Hinds, T. "Green MRP: Identifying the Material and Environmental Impacts of Production Schedules". International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 39 (2001), No. 8, pp. 1559-1573. Montabon, F., Melnyk, S., Sroufe, R., and Calantone, R. "ISO 14000: Assessing Its Perceived Impact on Corporate and Purchasing Performance", Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 36 (2000), No. 2 (Spring), pp. 4-16. | |||