Chris Anderson, DBA
Lecturer
Industrial Engineering
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville,
Box 1805, Edwardsville, Illinois 62026
Tel: (618) 650-5589
Fax: (618) 650-2555
E-mail: candeaf@siue.edu
Biography
Dr. Anderson recently completed his Doctorate in Business Administration with an emphasis in Operations Management at the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2021, where his dissertation focused on demand forecasting for an optimal order policy under long lead times using an automotive aftermarket case study. He received his MBA from Pepperdine University and a BS in electrical engineering from Southern Illinois University. He has over 30 years of combined industrial work and consulting experiences with such companies as Boeing, Siemens-Nixdorf, PPG, SKF, ABB, Sprint, Hussmann, U.S. Navy, Steelville Manufacturing, LMC Industries, and Precoat Metals, to name a few. His areas of expertise include business process management, quality management systems, supply chain analytics, lean six sigma advanced manufacturing, and business financial analysis. He has published 11 books on policies and procedures based on incorporating GAAP, ITIL, CoBIT, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA, and ISO Standards. Dr. Anderson served as a Missouri Quality Award Examiner using the Malcom Baldrige award criteria for three years. He is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (LSSBB), experienced Quality Auditor, a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), and a member of INFORMS.
Degrees Held
- DBA Operations Management, University of Missouri, Saint Louis, MO, 2021
- MBA Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, 1990
- BS Electrical Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, 1985
Areas of Expertise
- Business Process Management
- Quality Management Systems
- Lean Six Sigma Advanced Manufacturing
- Supply Chain Analytics
- Business Financial Analysis
Courses
- IE483 Production Planning and Control
- IE462 Six Sigma, Quality and Process Improvement.
- IE345 Engineering Economic Analysis