Professor Emeritus of Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Awarded emeritus status on June 1, 2022.
Jake Simons retired as a lieutenant colonel following 20 years on active duty in the Air Force, working in fighter aircraft maintenance, software development, and graduate education. He came to Georgia Southern in 1997 from a tenured faculty position at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Simons published papers in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, OMEGA, International Journal of Production Research, Production and Operations Management and Journal of Service Research. His hobbies are playing with dogs, tinkering with mechanical things, watching college sports and serving with Kiwanis Club of Statesboro. Simons and his wife, Carol, have three sons.
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About Jacob V. Simons (Emeritus)
Awarded emeritus status on June 1, 2022.
Jake Simons retired as a lieutenant colonel following 20 years on active duty in the Air Force, working in fighter aircraft maintenance, software development, and graduate education. He came to Georgia Southern in 1997 from a tenured faculty position at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Simons published papers in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, OMEGA, International Journal of Production Research, Production and Operations Management and Journal of Service Research. His hobbies are playing with dogs, tinkering with mechanical things, watching college sports and serving with Kiwanis Club of Statesboro. Simons and his wife, Carol, have three sons.
| Present | Emeritus Faculty, Georgia Southern University ‐ Parker College of Business, Emeriti, Retired, and In Memoriam | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Honors and Awards
- Inductee, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi (1987)
- Inductee, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Beta Gamma Sigma (1989)
- Recipient, Certified Professional Logistician, Society of Logistics Engineers (1990)
- Recipient, Jonah (Theory of Constraints), A.Y. Goldratt Institute (1991)
- Recipient, Most Significant Article Award, Air Force Journal of Logistics (1992)
- Recipient, Field Award for Graduate Logistics Education, Society of Logistics Engineers (1992)
- Recipient, First Coast Systems Faculty Award, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University (1998)
- Recipient, Best Paper Award, Journal of Operations Management (2000)
- Recipient, Outstanding Kiwanian, Kiwanis Club of Statesboro (2002)
- Recipient, Eugene M. Bishop Award for Sustained Excellence (College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University (2004)
- Recipient, Outstanding Paper, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management (Emerald Publishing Literati Club (2005)
- Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, College of Business Administration (2008)
- Fellowship, Walter Zeller, Kiwanis Club of Statesboro (2013)
Courses
- Senior Seminar (BUSA 4610)
- Selected Topics in Business (BUSA 7030)
- Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LOGT 3232)
- Quantitative Analysis (BUSA 3132)
- Conversations with Prof (FYE 1000)
- Mgt & Organizational Behavior (MGNT 3130)
- Operations Management (MGNT 3430)
- Service Operations Mgnt (MGNT 3437)
- Spec Prob in Management (4890)
- Mgt. Op. For Competitive Adv. (MGNT 7322)
- Mgt Oper for Compt. Advantag (MGNT 7430)
- Production Planning (MGNT 9662)
| 1989 | Ph.D. in Operations Management, University of Houston | |
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| 1982 | M.S. in Management, Troy State University | |
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| 1980 | M.A. in Counseling, Ball State University | |
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| 1977 | B.S. in Behavioral Science, United States Air Force Academy | |
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Contact Information
PO Box 8036
Statesboro, GA 30460
Phone: (912) 479-0991
Office: COBA 3354
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