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Jean C. Essila

Jean C. Essila, PhD, is a professor within the management department at Northern Michigan University (NMU) and the Chair of the College of Business Strategic Planning Committee. He is the recipient of the 2019 “Outstanding Research Award and the 2018 “Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award at NMU. He is also the Vice President for Planning for the Decision Sciences Institute Midwest region. Dr. Essila actively conducts research in operations management and research. He has authored several publications on a wide variety of supply chain topics. Dr. Essila has held top management positions in the oil and gas, carpet, transportation, and automotive industries, at corporations including ExxonMobil, Perenco, International Business Corporation, PWV Inc., Johnson Controls North America, and Harvard Consulting. He was the recipient of the 2004 ExxonMobil Merit Award “in Recognition of His Outstanding Contribution to the Vision and Values of the ExxonMobil Organization.” Dr. Essila earned a PhD in Business Administration from California InterContinental University, a PhD in Engineering from the George Washington University, and a Certificate in High Education Pedagogy from Harvard University.

Publications

Challenges Facing Electronic Supply Chains in the New E-Commerce Landscape

As organizations are all moving into the e-commerce platform to gain market shares, they realize that electronic supply chain management (e-SCM) powered by enterprise resource...

The Dynamics of Electronic Supply Chains and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: The New Business Challenge

Businesses around the world experience many challenges to acquire raw materials, parts, subassemblies, and the other necessary inputs to their production systems. As businesses...

Crafting the Edge: Gender Intelligence to Increase Productivity

This chapter examines the practice of gender that underlie sexual orientation to appreciate the paradigm shift on talent and its practicality in advancing organizational...

E-Business Supply Chains Drivers, Metrics, and ERP Integration

The world of business is witnessing the emergence of electronic supply chains (e-SC). As more business is performed via the internet, e-SCs are becoming an integral part of...

Managing Operations Throughout Global Supply Chains

Globalization has made both operations and supply chains more complex than ever before. Inputs are sourced from many locations all over the world to serve different needs and...

The Role of Electronic Supply Chains and ERP Systems in the Realm of E-Commerce

Businesses around the world experience many challenges to acquire raw materials, parts, subassemblies, and the other necessary inputs to their production systems. As businesses...

Forecasting: Investigating the Structural Relationship Among Financial Ratios and Stock Prices

The chapter covers a study on forecasting stock prices, which can be a challenging task due to the amount of information and variability involved. The test approach, research...

Investigating the Impact of ERPs on Job Shop Manufacturing Logistics Performance

Job shop manufacturing processes have been reluctant to adopt enterprise resource planning systems (ERPs) for enhancing logistics performance. The cost of adopting and deploying...

E-Business Supply Chains Drivers, Metrics, and ERP Integration

The world of business is witnessing the emergence of electronic supply chains (e-SC). As more business is performed via the Internet, e-SCs are becoming an integral part of...

Crafting the Edge: Gender Intelligence to Increase Productivity

This chapter examines the practice of gender that underlie sexual orientation to appreciate the paradigm shift on talent and its practicality in advancing organizational...

Alternate Techniques to Chart Practicality in Organizations

The discourse presented in this chapter is about alternative change management techniques hinged on pragmatic social construction ontology to champion productivity. All companies...

The Dynamics of Electronic Supply Chains and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: The New Business Challenge

Businesses around the world experience many challenges to acquire raw materials, parts, subassemblies, and the other necessary inputs to their production systems. As businesses...

Engineering Management: The Evolution, Conceptual Model, and Social Responsibility of an Emerging Discipline

This article continues the conversation about the formation, history, and evolution of the EM concept. It contributes to the description and advancement of engineering management...

Asking Questions: Applying Survey Techniques in Building Successful Enterprise

The objective of this article is to demonstrate how data collection can be enhanced with survey instruments, including questionnaires. Pinpointing at the prevailing...