Scott Webster

Professor,

Department of Supply Chain Management

Scott.Webster@asu.edu

BA 424 Tempe, AZ 85287
Mail code: 4706

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Professor Scott Webster is the Bob Herberger Arizona Heritage Chair in supply chain management at the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. His research focuses primarily on problems related to pricing and inventory, and on challenges that arise in agriculture and nonprofit settings. He has worked in industry in the areas of consulting and finance. He teaches graduate classes in supply chain management.

Education

Ph.D. Operations Management and Decision Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington 1990
M.B.A. Indiana University, South Bend 1990
M.S.B.A. Indiana University, South Bend 1985
B.S. Mathematics and Statistics, Miami University 1980

Curriculum Vitae

Research Website URL

http://www.public.asu.edu/~swebste6/

Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=8RmEUjkAAAAJ

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4086-8088

Research Interests

Problems related to pricing and inventory, and on challenges that arise in agriculture and nonprofit settings.

Publications

Ayvaz-Cavdaroglu N, Kazaz B, Webster S (2021) Incentivizing farmers to invest in quality through quality-based payment. Production and Operations Management 30(10):3812-3830.
Eftekhar M, Song JS, Webster S (2022) Prepositioning and local purchasing for emergency operations under budget, demand and supply uncertainty. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(1):315-332.
Wang Y, Webster S (2022) Product flexibility strategy under supply and demand risk. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(3):1779-1795.
Wang Y, Yin R, Chen X, Webster S (2022) Investment efforts under complementary sourcing: the role of market risk and endogenous pricing. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(5):2595-2610.
Webster S (2023) Multiple discrete choice and quantity with order statistic marginal utilities. Journal of Choice Modeling 46:100395.
Lim SFWT, Wang Q, Webster S (2023) Do It right the first time: vehicle routing with home delivery attempt predictors. Production and Operations Management 32(4):1262-1284.
Li H, Webster S (2023) Technical Note--Optimizing risk-balancing return under discrete choice models. Operations Research 71(6):2232-2244.
Kazaz B, Webster S, Yadav P (2023) Increasing the supply of health products in underserved regions. Production and Operations Management 32(12):4212-4228..
Li H, Webster S (2024) Technical Note--Risk sensitivity and firm power: price competition with mean2-variance profit objective under multinomial logit demand. Operations Research 72(3):957-965.
Webster S, Kazaz B, Gheibi S (2024) Direct trade sourcing strategies for specialty coffee. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management to appear.
Webster, S., Principles of Supply Chain Management, 2nd edition, Dynamic Ideas, Belmont, MA, 2009.

Courses

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 519	Quantitative Risk Management

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 519	Quantitative Risk Management
SCM 519	Quantitative Risk Management
SCM 791	Seminar

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 519	Analytical Decision Model II
SCM 519	Analytical Decision Model II
SCM 519	Analytical Decision Model II

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 595	Continuing Registration

2022 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 595	Continuing Registration

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 519	Analytical Decision Model II
SCM 519	Analytical Decision Model II
SCM 791	Seminar

2021 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 795	Continuing Registration
SCM 795	Continuing Registration

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 799	Dissertation
SCM 792	Research

2020 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 799	Dissertation
SCM 792	Research
SCM 795	Continuing Registration
SCM 519	Analytical Decision Model II
SCM 519	Analytical Decision Model II
SCM 519	Analytical Decision Model II

Honors / Awards

2018: W. P. Carey Faculty Research Award
2017: First place, MSOM Practice-Based Research Competition
2017: Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award for best paper published in Production and Operations Management
2016: Production and Operations Management Conference Best Paper Award
2014: The Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award
2014: Decision Sciences Institute Conference Best Analytical Research Paper
2012: Syracuse University Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence
2012: Martin J. Whitman Dean’s Citation for Excellence
2011: Best Professor, Defense Controllership Masters Program

Editorships

Senior Editor, Production and Operations Management, 2014 – present
Associate Editor, Decision Sciences, 2004 – 2011
Department Editor, Decision Sciences, 2023 – present

Work History

2013 – present: Bob Herberger Arizona Heritage Chair in Supply Chain Management, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

2020-2021: Non-Resident Fellow, Center for Global Development, Washington DC

2007 – 2013: Steven Becker Professor of Supply Chain Management, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University; 2004 – 2007: Professor, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University; 1997 – 2004: Associate Professor, Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University

2005: Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain

2004: Queens University, Canada

1990 – 1997: Assistant Professor, School of Business, University of Wisconsin – Madison

Expertise Areas

Supply Chain Management