James Abbey
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- Reviews14
- School: Texas A&M University
- Campus: College Station
- Department: Business
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College Station, TX - Dates at Texas A&M University: April 2016 - June 2020
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Four me benchmarks were impossible: flying colors failed them. Very difficult, but simpler, in class testing. Easy quizzes af. For him, girls ovaries drop and I don't get them. Very lengthy and boring lectures in which he attempts to be funny and seldom succeeds.
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Professor Abbey's lecture was very boring as he mostly read from slides. Exams are taken online and he allows open notes, but I suggest you prepare beforehand. The simulation at the end of the course taught me the most about how the supply chain actually works, but at the same time I also study the visual component.
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Would take again: No
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Going to Prof. James' lectures doesn't help at all. He simply reads from powerpoints. Students actually stopped going after the first exam. Exams can be tough because they're timed. If you can, use chegg/quizlet for everything! I feel like the simulation was way more helpful to understand supply chain than the entire course was.
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Although the exams in Professor Abbey's class were online and open-note, they weren't fun. They seemed hard to finish on time, especially when you're looking through your notes. His lectures are so long and he speaks fast and the information can be dense. So, it's hard to pay attention. Just study and practice outside of class and you can get an A.
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It's impossible for me to learn from the lectures because Professor Abbey talks fast and the material is heavy. Luckily, the online exams are open notes and very simple. Just make sure you practice and understand the simulation before your actual attempts. Other than that, it was an easy class and the teacher was hilarious and relaxed.
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Would take again: Yes
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Professor Abbey is kind of funny while also being no-nonsense. He speaks quite fast, so it helped to read the PowerPoints after class each week. The first test was easy, the second was harder than I expected. I suggest you learn the basics of how to use Excel, pay attention during class, and review the material outside of class. Also, practice the simulation beforehand.
Biography
Texas A&M University College Station - Business
Resume
2008
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Supply Chain & Information Systems
Penn State University
Intro Theory to Probability and Statistics II
Calculus II
Latin I
Interdisciplinary Research Philosophy
Economics II
Applied Time Series Analysis
Calculus III
Econometric Methods
Intro Theory to Probability and Statistics I
Environmental and Resource Economics
Computational Statistics
Business Statistics
Data Mining and Process Analysis
Business Economics
Intro to Survey Statistics
Intermediate Economics I
Calculus I
Dynamic Programming
Intermediate Economics II
1996
Bachelors and Masters of Science
Economics
Statistics
and Business Administration
Alpha Lambda Delta (Board Chair and Chapter Advisor)
Phi Eta Sigma (Board Chair and Chapter Advisor)
Phi Beta Kappa (Website Development)
Honors Student Board (President)
Acacia (Risk Coordinator)
Golden Key (Media)
Student Alumni Leadership Council (Student Recruitment)
Iowa State University
000
Graduate Student Representative
Evaluated computer/software purchasing and grant proposals with budgets of $1
000-$2
000/per year.
Liberal Arts and Sciences Computer Advisory Committee
Iowa State University
Student Representative
Evaluated numerous grant proposals for funds to support research related to the required Honors senior project.
Honors Grant Review Sub-Committee
Iowa State University
Healthcare Consulting
Sustainable supply chains
Healthcare Reimbursement
Statistical Sampling
Linear Regression
Sustainability
Empirical Research
University Teaching
Closed-loop supply chains
Operations Research
Supply Chain
SAS
Supply Chain Management
Behavioral supply chain research
Statistics
SPSS
Data Analysis
Experimental Design
Statistical Modeling
Time Series Analysis
Optimal Pricing for New and Remanufactured Products
Optimal Pricing for New and Remanufactured Products
As an Associate Professor at the Mays Business School
I work in closed-loop supply chains
sustainability
and healthcare systems. Specifically
my primary research centers on consumer perceptions of multiple lifecycle products
designing products for multiple lifecycles
and related remanufacturing processes. I also study healthcare billing
coding
and reimbursement systems.
James
Abbey
Iowa State University
AACI
Advanced Management Resources
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School
Penn State University
Iowa State University
Iowa State University
Texas A&M University
Ames
IA
Economics Degree. Honors included Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
Top 2% of Graduating Class
and University Honors Program Graduate.
Baccalaureate Degree: B.S. in Economics
Iowa State University
Ames
IA
Second undergraduate degree in Statistics. Top 2% Honors Graduate.
Baccalaureate Degree: B.S. Statistics
Iowa State University
Ames
IA
Began as an office assistant and progressed to technology officer. Primary duties included creation and deployment of networks; hardware acquisition; software deployment and security; and web programming for web-based education services.
Technology Officer
Advanced Management Resources
College Station
TX
Recent manuscripts:\n\n\"A More Profitable Approach to Product Returns.\" 2018. MIT Sloan Management Review 60(1): 71-74.\n\n\"A Typology of Remanufacturing in Closed-Loop Supply Chains.\" 2018. International Journal of Production Research 56: 374-384.\n\n\"Attention by design: Using attention checks to detect inattentive respondents and improve data quality.\" 2017. Journal of Operations Management 53-56: 63-70.\n\n\"Strategic design of multiple lifecycle products for remanufacturing operations.\" 2017. Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineering Transactions 49(10): 1-13.\n\n\"The Role of Perceived Quality Risk in Pricing Remanufactured Products.\" 2017. Production and Operations Management 26(1): 100-115.\n\n\"Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Institutional Environment Impacts on Reimbursement Processes and Healthcare Operations.\" 2016. Journal of Operations Management 47-48: 71-79.\n\n\"Consumer Markets for Remanufactured and Refurbished Products.\" 2015. California Management Review. 57/4(Summer): 26-42.\n\n\"Optimal Pricing for New and Remanufactured Products.\" 2015. Journal of Operations Management 36: 130-146.\n\n\"Remanufactured Products in Closed-Loop Supply Chains for Consumer Goods.\" 2015. Production and Operations Management 24(3): 488-503.\n\n\"Delayed Differentiation for Multiple Lifecycle Products.\" 2013. Production and Operations Management 22(3): 588-602.\n\nSelected Recent Chapters:\n\n\"Consumer Markets in Closed-Loop Supply Chains.\" 2016. Environmentally Responsible Supply Chains in the Springer Series in Sustainable Operations.\n\n\"Closed-Loop Supply Chains: A Strategic Overview.\" 2017. Invited chapter for Sustainable Supply Chains. Springer.
Assistant Professor
Texas A&M University
Bryan/College Station
Texas Area
Recent Manuscripts:\n\nTaking Stock of Consumer Returns: A Review and Classification of the Literature. 2019. Journal of Operations Management 65(5): 560-605.\n\nImproving Remanufacturing Core Recovery and Profitability Through Seeding. 2019. Production and Operations Management 28(3): 610-627.\n\nRemanufacturing and Consumers’ Risky Choices: Behavioral Modeling and the Role of Ambiguity. 2019. Journal of Operations Management 65(1): 4-21.
Associate Professor
Texas A&M University - Mays Business School
Ames
IA
Title of Thesis: “Analyzing impacts on backorders and ending inventory in MRP due to changes in lead-time
demand variability and safety stock levels”\n\nPublication: \"Multithreading Tomorrow While Multitasking Today.\" 2005. Statistical Computing & Statistical Graphics (American Statistical Association)\n\nTeaching at Iowa State:\n\nGraduate Teaching Excellence Award
Iowa State University
2008\n\nFour semesters as solo-instructor Stat 226 Introductory Business Statistics. Average teacher quality rating 4.36/5.00 (Fall 2006 - Spring 2008).\n\nSubstitute instructor for half semester of MBA Statistics 328 (now 528). Two sections. Summer 2006. (no review given)\n\nStatistics 480 teaching assistant: Computational statistics
statistical programming
and statistical computing techniques
Iowa State University. Taught several class meetings and created content for Statistics 480. Spring 2006. (no review given)\n\nJMP computing instructor and distance learning lab teaching assistant for graduate student research methods
Statistics 401
Iowa State University. Fall 2005. Average teacher quality rating 4.89/5.00.
NSF VIGRE Fellow and Masters Degree
Iowa State University
Ames
IA
Member of the Healthcare Consulting Group. Worked in healthcare consulting related to APC integrity
compliance issues
revenue enhancement
education services
litigation support
chargemaster audits
RAC audits
and HIPAA compliance. AACI consults in forty-two states and has produced four books published by McGraw-Hill
four books published by HcPro
and six books published by Productivity Press
a part of the Taylor & Francis Group.
Consultant and Technology Officer
AACI
University Park
PA
Ph.D. in Supply Chain and Information Systems (SC&IS) at The Pennsylvania State University. Focus on empirical and behavioral closed-loop supply chains (CLSC).\n\nDissertation Title: \"Essays in Closed-Loop Supply Chains.\"\n\nTeaching at Penn State:\nSCM 405 Manufacturing and Service Strategy. Fall 2012. Average teacher quality evaluation 6.89/7.00.
Ph.D. (Completion Date: February 2013)
Penn State University
Various events to support student scholarship and support local retirement homes in the Ames region.
Alpha Lambda Delta and Phi Eta Sigma
Iowa State University
President and online coordination
Helped implement various philanthropic events for education and community outreach for local children.
Honors Student Board
Iowa State University
Student Representative
Supported the Honors Program in a cross-college role as the student representative.
University Honors Council
Iowa State University
