Dinesh Davè

Ph.D.
Professor & Director, Supply Chain Management
Peacock Hall
Dinesh Davè

Biography

Dr. Dinesh S. Davè is a Professor in the Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management in the  Walker College of Business at Appalachian State University. He also serves as the Director of Supply Chain Management and is also the Director of Center for Business Research, and held the Beroth Oil Four Brothers Professorship. His teaching and research activities have been in the areas of Supply Chain/Operations Management, Quantitative Methods & Techniques, Analytical Models, Business Statistics, Lean Six-Sigma Quality Management, and Information Technology. 

Dr. Davè has published articles in such journals as International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Management, International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology, International Journal of Services Technology and Management, Computers & Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Productivity & Quality Management, Journal of Applied Business Research, Information & Management, Communication of the ACM, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Computer Information Systems, Journal of Health Marketing Quarterly, Service Marketing Quarterly, Cornell Hotel and Restaurant Administration Quarterly, Tourism Economics, International The IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management, International Journal of Management & Social Sciences, and others. Additionally, Dr. Davè has presented his research at regional, national, and international professional conferences. He has also completed several funded research projects. He received the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award at the university level and Outstanding Research Award and an Outstanding Service Award in the College of Business. He has been recognized as an Outstanding MBA Faculty for multiple times by MBA student. 

Dr. Davè has been providing leadership to many professional organizations. He served a President of Southeastern Chapter of the Institute for Operations Research & the Management Sciences (SE InfORMS) and Council Member of Southeast Decision Science Institute (SE DSI). Dr. Davè is currently serving on the Board of Advisors of the Branch Banking & Trust Company (BB&T), Director-at-Large of the Foothill Chapter of APICS, and Board of Director of North Carolina League of Transportation & Logistics (NC LTL). Dr. Davè has reviewed articles for journals and he served as a co-editor of International Journal of Electronic Marketing & Retailing. 

  • Ph.D., Gujarat University (India) 
  • M.S., West Virginia College of Graduate Studies (Became Marshall University Graduate College effective July 1, 1997) 
  • M.S., Gujarat University (India) 
  • B.S., Gujarat University (India) 
  • Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt 
  • “Covid-19 Pandemic Supply Chain Disruption and Simulation of Retail Store Resilience,” International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Vol. 47, issue 2, 2024, pp. 143-160 (V. M. Sharma, A. K. Aggarwal, and D. S. Dave). 
  • “Supply Chain Disruption at the US Ports: An Assessment of Underpinnings Using the Fishbone Approach,” International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Vol. 41, issue 1, 2024, pp. 128-139 A. K. Aggarwal, D. S. Dave, and V. M. Sharma). 
  • “Impact of Technology and Environmental Sustainability on Managing Global Supply Chains: An Overview,” IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 20, issue 4, 2023, pp. 5-16 (Aggarwal A. K., D. S. Dave, and V. M. Sharma). 
  •  “Mitigation of High Consequence Supply Chain Disruptive Effects on Stores and Consumers,” International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Vol. 45, issue 3, 2023, pp. 397-413 (V. M. Sharma, D. S. Dave, A. K. Aggarwal, and K. Sharma).  
  •  “Measuring the Efficiency of Public Service Sector Banks in India Using Two-Stage Closed System DEA Approach,” Thai Journal of Operations Research, Vol. 9, issue 1, 2021, pp. 22-30, (J. Christinal, P. Mariappan, and D. S. Dave). 
  • “Using Financial Accounting Throughout Supply Chain Management – Now is the Time,’ IUP Journal of Accounting Research and Audit Practices, Vol. XX, issue 1, 2021, pp. 28-36 (W. M. Baker and D. S. Dave). 
  • “Assessing Global Supply Chain Risks in a Lean Six Sigma World,” International Journal of Management and Social Sciences, Vol. 10, issue 1, 2020, pp. 1-8 (Dave D. S. and A. K. Aggarwal). 
  • “Global Supply Chain Management Course as an Alternative to the International Experience for MBA Students in the United States, IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management,” Vol. 17, Issue 1, 2020, pp. 55-62 (D. S. Dave, A. K. Aggarwal, and S. M. Leon). 
  • “Supplier Selection in Supply Chains: A SWOT Guided Artificial Intelligence Approach,” IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. 16, Issue 3, 2019, pp. 27-35. (A. K. Aggarwal and D. S. Dave). 
  • “An Artificial Intelligence Approach to Curtailing the Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains, IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. XV, Issue 4, 2018, pp. 51-58 (A. K. Aggarwal and D. S. Dave). 
  • “Consumer Awareness of Supply Chain Flows in Relation to Consumer Perceptions of Value-added by Supply Chain Management,” International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Vol. 31, issue 3, 2018, pp. 387-401 (D. S. Dave, M. J. Dotson, and J. E. Stoddard) 
  • “Developing a Quality Improvement Plan for a Small Engineering Firm in the United States with Six Sigma Methodologies,” International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Vol. 4, issue 1, 2018, pp. 1-11 (J. Belcher, E. Kaldas, V. E. Ellington, and D. S. Dave) 
  • “An Investigation of Consumer Awareness of Supply Chain Management Flows: Differences Between Consumers in Thailand and the United States,” International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modeling, Vol. 9, issue 4, 2017, pp. 315-325 (Dave D. S., M. J. Dotson, J. E. Stoddard, and A. Suvittawatt). 
  • “Intercultural and Gender Differences Between Consumers in India and the United States: Implications for Consumer Awareness of Material Flow in Supply Chains,” International Journal of Management & Social Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2016, pp. 1-8. (D. S. Dave, M. J. Dotson, and J. E. Stoddard). 
  • “Organizational Maturity Significantly Enhances Six Sigma Implementation Success,” IUP Journal of Supply Chain Management, Vol. XIII, No. 1, March 2016, pp. 7-19. (S. Formby and D. S. Dave).