Education
Ph D: Cornell University Ithaca, NY, 1992
MS: Cornell University Ithaca, NY, 1991
BS: Furman University Greenville, SC, 1988
Positions and Work Experience
08-16-2002 -05-31-2017 Professor, University Chair of Manufacturing Management, University of Alabama,
08-16-2011 -12-31-2016 Department Head - Information Systems, Statistics, and Management Science, University of Alabama,
1997 -2002 Associate Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Auburn University,
1992 -1997 Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Auburn University,
Research Support
Investigators:Sox, Charles 10-01-2018 State of Ohio, Department of Administrative Services University of Cincinnati - Helping Ohio Leverage Data Analytics Expertise to Solve Real World Challenges Currently Under Review
Investigators:Sox, Charles 01-01-2019 -12-31-2021 National Science Foundation SCC: Integrative Research: Hyperloop Applications for Community Access 2539040 Currently Under Review Type:Grant Level:Federal
Investigators:Parton, Jason Michael; Sox, Charles 10-01-2016 -09-30-2017 Alabama Medicaid Agency UA/Alabama Medicaid Research and Consulting Collaboration 515390 Funded
Investigators:Parton, Jason Michael; Sox, Charles 10-01-2015 -09-30-2016 Alabama Medicaid Agency UA/Medicaid Research and Consulting Project 457831 Funded
Investigators:Parton, Jason Michael 10-2015 -09-2016 Alabama Medicaid Agency UA/Medicaid Research and Consulting Project 400000 Funded
Investigators:Melnykov, Volodymyr; Sox, Charles; Cochran, James J 01-01-2015 -08-31-2016 Lockheed Martin Task 3 Identification and Manipulation of Key Features for Decision Support 206483 Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles; Hardin, James Michael 10-01-2014 -09-30-2015 Lockheed Martin Establishment of Lockheed Martin Sponosrship with the University of Alabama Data Analytics Laboratory 150000 Funded
Investigators:Parton, Jason Michael; Sox, Charles 10-01-2014 -09-30-2015 Alabama Medicaid Agency UA/Medicaid Research and Consulting Collaboration 261383 Funded
Investigators:Parton, Jason Michael 10-2014 -09-2015 Alabama Medicaid Agency UA/Medicaid Research and Consulting Project 400000 Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles; Hassler, Edgar E 01-20-2015 -06-30-2015 Lockheed Martin Task 5: Mobile App Development 65121 Funded
Investigators:Parton, Jason Michael; Sox, Charles 06-01-2014 -09-30-2014 Alabama Medicaid Agency Culverhouse-ISM/CAPS Alabama Medicaid Project 100000 Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles 06-2012 -05-2013 Webb Wheel Products, Inc. (Cullman, AL) Load Planning Algorithm and Tool for Webb Wheel 25000 Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles; Agrawal, A; Blackstock, S; Lopez-Bautista, J -01-2012 National Science Foundation (under review) Terrestrial Algae for Sustainable Pathway to Domestic Biomass Energy 2000000 Currently Under Review
Investigators:Sox, Charles 06-2011 -08-2011 C&BA Environmentally Sustainable Manufacturing - Instructional Development 10000 Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles 07-2010 -09-2010 Southern Company Services, Inc. Auction Clearing and EQR Data Mining Project 6560 Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles; Miller, D; Smith, R; Carver, J 10-01-2009 -01-31-2010 U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research and Development Engineering Center (AMRDEC) AMRDEC-WDI Contracting Process 88166 Not Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles; Schmidt, C 2003 -2004 Southern Nuclear Operating Company Southern Nuclear Supply Chain Inventory Management Project 42000 Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles; Adams, B 2003 -2004 Thermalex Inc Thermalex Statistical Process Control System Design 7000 Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles; Miller, D.; Sterling, J.; Ferguson, C. 2003 -2003 Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama Hyundai Logistics and Material Handling Study 50000 Not Funded
Investigators:Sox, Charles; Miller, D; Cashman, J; Sterling, J; Ferguson, C 2002 -2002 Hyundai Motor Manufacturing of Alabama Hyundai Supplier Site Location Study 25000 Funded
Publications
Other Publications
Mittenthal, John; Sox, Charles; Palmer, N; Hoang, O The Workforce Supply Problem . target: Manufacturing & Services Operations Management Journal
Sox, Charles; Bajwa, A. N.; Ishfaq, R. (2016. ) Coordinating Pricing and Production Decisions for Multiple Products .64 , OMEGA: International Journal of Management Science
Sox, Charles; Bajwa, N.; Fontem, B. (2016. ) Optimal Product Pricing and Lot Sizing Decisions for Multiple Products with Nonlinear Demands .3 (1 ) , Journal of Management Analytics
Sox, Charles; Bajwa, N. (2015. ) Coordination of Pricing, Advertising, and Production Decisions for Multiple Products .22 (4 ) , International Journal of Services and Operations Management
Keskin, Burcu; Capar, I; Sox, Charles; Freeman, Nickolas K (2014. ) An Integrated Load Planning Algorithm for Outbound Logistics at Webb Wheel .44 (5 ) , Interfaces
Sox, Charles; Stacey, J.; Natarajarathinam, M. (2012. ) Near-Optimal Heuristics and Managerial Insights for the Storage Constrained, Inbound Inventory Routing Problem . International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
Sox, Charles; Ishfaq, R (2012. ) Design of Intermodal Logistics Networks under Hub Congestion . European Journal of Operational Research
Sox, Charles; Ishfaq, R. (2011. ) Hub Location-Allocation in Intermodal Logistics Networks .210 (2 ) , European Journal of Operational Research
Sox, Charles; Ishfaq, R (11-2010. ) Intermodal Logistics: The Interplay of Financial, Operational and Service Issues .46 (6 ) , Transportation Research B-METH
Sox, Charles; Shaltayev, D (02-2010. ) The Impact of Market State Information on Inventory Performance .1 (2 ) , International Journal of Inventory Research
Sox, Charles; Stacey, J.; Natarajarathinam, M. (12-2007. ) The Storage Constrained, Inbound Inventory Routing Problem .37 (6 ) , International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management
Sox, Charles; Natarajarathinam, M. (12-2005. ) Simulating and Designing the Stochastic Inbound Inventory Routing Problem .2005 (37 ) , Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference
Sox, Charles; Lee, W; Kim, C (12-2003. ) A Dynamic Production and Transportation Model with Heterogeneous Vehicle Types .10 (4 ) , International Journal of Industrial Engineering
Sox, Charles; Treharne, J (05-2002. ) Adaptive Inventory Control for Non-Stationary Demand and Partial Information .48 (5 ) , Management Science
Sox, Charles; Treharne, J (2000. ) Adaptive Inventory Control for Partially Observed Non-Stationary Demand .2 (2 ) , Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
Sox, Charles; Muckstadt, J; Bowman, R. A.; Jackson, P (09-1999. ) A Review of the Stochastic Lot Scheduling Problem .62 (3 ) , International Journal of Production Economics
Sox, Charles; Gao, Y (02-1999. ) The Capacitated Lot Sizing Problem with Setup Carry-Over .31 (2 ) , IIE Transactions
Sox, Charles; McClain, J; Thomas, L. J (09-1997. ) Coordinating Production and Inventory to Improve Service .43 (9 ) , Management Science
Sox, Charles (05-1997. ) Dynamic Lot Sizing with Random Demand and Non-stationary Costs .20 (4 ) , Operations Research Letters
Sox, Charles; Muckstadt, J (05-1997. ) Optimization-Based Planning for the Stochastic Lot Scheduling Problem .29 (5 ) , IIE Transactions
Sox, Charles; Muckstadt, J (11-1996. ) Multi-Item, Multi-Period Production Planning with Uncertain Demand .28 (11 ) , IIE Transactions
Sox, Charles; McClain, J; Thomas, L. J (1992. ) "On-the-Fly" Line Balancing with Very Little WIP .27 (3 ) , International Journal of Production Economics
Honors and Awards
2014 2014 Best EJOR Theory and Methodology Paper Level:International Type:Scholarship/Research
2013 Wagner Competition Finalist for "Integrated Load Planning for Outbound Logistics at Webb Wheel" with B. Keskin, I. Capar, and N. Freeman Type:Scholarship/Research
2010 Outstanding MBA Instructor Type:Teaching
2009 Outstanding MBA Instructor Type:Teaching
2000 Alumni Engineering Council Senior Faculty Research Award Level:College Type:Scholarship/Research
1999 Outstanding ISE Faculty Member Level:Department Type:Teaching
1997 Best Paper in Scheduling and Logistics Level:International Type:Scholarship/Research
1997 Outstanding ISE Faculty Member Level:Department Type:Teaching
Service
UC Cross Disciplinary Research Task Force (Represent Lindner College of Business at quarterly task force meetings ) Task Force Member Type:University Level:University 06-27-2018
UC Research Advisory Board (RAB) (Represent Lindner College of Business at quarterly meetings ) Committee Member Type:University Level:University 03-01-2018
UC Institute for Analytics Innovation (IAI) (Meet on a bi-weekly (2017-2018) or weekly (2018-2019) basis; develop and execute strategies to support data analytics related research and instruction at UC ) Faculty Cluster Hire Type:University Level:University 08-16-2017
Community Data Partners Panel (Organized panel and recruited panelists from various community organizations with opportunities to partner with UC faculty and students on data analytics projects: OKI Council of Governments, City of Cincinnati, United Way, Strive Partnership. ) Session Chair Type:University Level:University -04-01-2018
Data Solutions Panel - 2018 Data Day (Served as panelist ) Guest Speaker Type:University Level:University -03-06-2018
Operations/Industrial Management (Responsible for managing Operations Management major and Industrial Management degree programs ) Program Director Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-16-2018
APICS - UC Student Chapter Faculty Advisor Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-16-2017
UC Center for Business Analytics (Attend and participate in quarterly member board meetings for the UC Center for Business Analytics. ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 06-2017
OBAIS Faculty Search (2018) (Co-chair with Uday Rao Responsible for extensive documentation for HR and subsequent green card application. ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 08-16-2017 -08-31-2018
LCB Research Committee (Plan and manage college research budget for research awards and promotion of college research activities; assist college faculty with proposal development and post award management of sponsored research projects. ) Committee Chair Type:University/College Service Level:University 08-16-2018
Interfaces - INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics (Practice Summaries Editor ) Editor, Associate Editor Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-01-2018
International Journal of Inventory Research Editorial Review Board Member Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 01-2008
Production & Operations Management Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-01-2017 -11-18-2017
Operations Research Reviewer, Journal Article Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-01-2017 -07-11-2017
INFORMS: Institute for Operations Research and Management Science Chair, Editor-in-Chief Search Committee, INFORMS Transactions on Education Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 01-2012 -07-2012
Louisiana Tech University External Reviewer for Promotion to Full Professor - J. Cochran Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -11-2011
University of Tennessee External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion - B. Bichescu Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -10-2011
APICS Birmingham Chapter VP of Programs Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2007 -08-2011
Annals of Operations Research Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 07-2011 -07-2011
Capstone Business Academy Presentations & Mercedes Tour Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2011 -07-2011
IJPDLM Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2011 -06-2011
Texas A&M University External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion - Chalam Narayanam Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 04-2011 -05-2011
English Language Institute - Business Program Presentation Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 01-2011 -01-2011
University of West Florida External Reviewer for Promotion to Full Professor - Julie Ann Stuart Williams Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 07-2010 -08-2010
INFORMS Selection Committee Member, Prize for the Teaching of OR/MS Practice Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2010 -08-2010
C&BA & MBUSI Capstone Business Academy Presentations & Tour Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 06-2010 -07-2010
Production and Operations Management (POM) Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 05-2010 -06-2010
Production & Operations Management Society (2010 POMS National Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -05-2010
INFORMS & Military Applications Society (MAS) (2010 INFORMS Southern Regional Conference ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -04-2010
INFORMS (2010 INFORMS Conference on O.R. Practice ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -04-2010
IIE Transactions, Ad Hoc AE Review Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 11-2009 -03-2010
International Journal of Production Research Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 10-2009 -02-2010
IIE Transactions, Ad Hoc AE review Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 09-2009 -02-2010
IJPR Special Issue on Lot Sizing Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 09-2009 -02-2010
Asia Pacific Journal of Operational Research Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 09-2009 -01-2010
INFORMS (2009 INFORMS National Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -10-2009
Supply Chain Leaders in Action Conference Faculty Mentor Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 01-2007 -06-2009
Decision Sciences Institute Reviewer for 2009 Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Competition Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -05-2009
Distribution Business Management Association (2009 Supply Chain Leaders in Action Conference ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -05-2009
Production & Operations Management Society (2009 POMS National Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -05-2009
NRL Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -2008
OMEGA Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -2008
Management Science Editorial Review Board Member Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 1998 -2008
IIE Transactions Editorial Review Board Member Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 1996 -2008
Decision Sciences Institute (2008 DSI National Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -11-2008
INFORMS (2008 INFORMS National Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -10-2008
University of Oklahoma External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion - Suleyman Karabuk Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -10-2008
University of West Florida External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion - Julie Ann Stuart-Williams Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -08-2008
(POMS 2008 Annual Conference ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -05-2008
(INFORMS Southwest Regional Conference ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -04-2008
IJPDLM Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -2007
IJPE Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -2007
NRL Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -2007
(2007 INFORMS National Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -11-2007
Distribution Business Management Association (Supply Chain Leaders in Action Conference 2007 ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -06-2007
(INFORMS 2006 National Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -11-2006
(CSCMP 2006 Annual Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -10-2006
INFORMS Reviewer for 2006 Junior Faculty Paper Competition Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 05-2006 -07-2006
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society Reviewer for 2006 MSOM Conference Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 03-2006 -04-2006
IIE Transactions Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -2005
Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Editorial Review Board Member Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations 1996 -2005
Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (2005 National INFORMS Meeting ) Attendee, Meeting Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -11-2005
Wright State University External Reviewer for Tenure and Promotion - Frank Ciarallo Type:Prof. Org. Level:Service to Professional Associations -10-2005
Professional Affiliation
2008: Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), International
2006: Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals,
1993: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society ,
1991: American Production and Inventory Control Society,
1989: Institute for Operations Research and Management Science,
1993 -2006: Institute of Industrial Engineers,
Courses Taught
DECISION MODELS
DECISION MODELS
GRAD CASE STUDIES
GRAD CASE STUDIES
DECISIONMODELS