Jim Robison

Jim Robison has over 30 years’ experience in business operations management as director of supply chain, director of production control, materials manager, inventory manager, purchasing manager, accounts payable manager, and as the owner of a small business. In addition, he served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 22 years and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. Jim earned a Doctor of Business Administration (D.B.A.) degree in operations and technology management from Golden Gate University, a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) degree from Sonoma State University and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree, in business and industrial management, from San Jose State University. Jim is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management, CFPIM, and is certified in Integrated Resource Management, CIRM; both certifications awarded by APICS, the Association for Operations Management. He is certified as a Project Manager Professional, PMP, and an Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) by the Project Management Institute. Jim has also earned the Certified Purchasing Manager, C.P.M., designation from the Institute for Supply Management.

Jim is a past-president of the Redwood Empire Chapter of APICS and has presented at APICS International Conferences. He has published articles in the Production and Inventory Management Journal, one of which won the Article of the Year Award. His doctoral dissertation, which investigated process flexibility in the U.S. wine industry, won the APICS award for the best doctoral dissertation of the year in operations management. Jim is also a member of the Production Operations Management Society, has presented at POMS International Conferences, and has been published in the Production Operations Management Journal. Jim has been teaching business classes at Sonoma State University since 2003, focusing on operations management, management information systems, project management and strategic management. Most recently, he has developed a business simulation game that teaches strategic management to students as they manage a fictitious winery over a simulated 12-year period. "Annual" decisions are uploaded weekly and the results, in the form of various financial and managerial reports, are downloaded the following week.

EDUCATION:

• Golden Gate University - D.B.A. in Operations and Technology Management
  • Dissertation: The Effect of Process Flexibility on Work-In-Process and Finished Goods Inventory in the U.S. Wine Industry
• Sonoma State University - M.B.A.​
  • Thesis: Inventory Profile Analysis: An Aggregation Technique for Improving Customer Service while Reducing Inventory
• San Jose State University - B. S. in Business and Industrial Management

Professional Certifications:

• Agile Certified Practitioner
• PMI-ACP (Project Management Institute), 1/21/2017
• Project Management Professional, PMP (Project Management Institute), 1/20/2016
• Certified Fellow in Production & Inventory Management, CFPIM (APICS), 7/27/1994
• Certified in Integrated Resource Management, CIRM (APICS), 5/11/1994
• Certified in Production & Inventory Management, CPIM (APICS), 7/17/1993
• Certified Purchasing Manager, C.P.M. (Institute for Supply Management), 6/12/1996 (inactive)
• Accredited Purchasing Practitioner, A.P.P. (Institute for Supply Management), 7/27/1997 (inactive)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS:

• Robison, J. (2008). Process flexibility in the U.S. wine industry. A peer-reviewed presentation at the APICS Education and Research Foundation Conference.
• Robison, J. (May 2007). Bridging the aggregation gap – Supplementing sales and operations planning with inventory profile analysis. A peer-reviewed presentation at the Production Operations Management Society (POMS) International Conference, and included in the conference proceedings.
• Robison, J. (2001). Inventory profile analysis – An aggregation technique for improving customer service while reducing inventory. Production and Inventory Management Journal.
• Robison, J. (January 2018). WineSim Owners Manual.
• Robison. J. (2008). The match game: Managing to the system constraint. APICS International Conference.
• Robison. J. (2003). A New Model for Solving, and Resolving Inventory Problems. APICS International Conference.
• Robison. J. (March 2003). Mathematicians or Managers?” APICS - The Performance Advantage.
• Robison. J. (February 2001). Inventory Reports Missing Critical Information. Inventory Reduction Report.
• Robison. J. (2000). Inventory Management Techniques. APICS International Conference.
• Robison. J. (January 2000). Inventory Profile Analysis. Inventory Reduction Report.
• Robison. J. (1999). Inventory Profile Analysis. APICS International Conference.
• Robison. J. (August 1999). Inventory Profile Analysis. APICS - The Performance Advantage.