Simon Croom

scroom@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-2791
Alcala West, Coronado 211

Professor of Supply Chain Management

Ph.D. University of Warwick (UK)
M.S. University of Warwick (UK), Management Science and Operational Research
B.A. Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry (UK), Honours Degree in Business Studies

Simon Croom has spent his entire professional career in supply chain management, both as practitioner and as a leading academic researcher. His postgraduate studies were in in both politics & history and management science. His Ph.D. research was into co-design capabilities in the auto industry supply chain of Jaguar Cars through the doctoral program of Warwick Business School in the UK. He was admitted as Fellow to the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply in 1992.

Croom has held an Associate Professorship in Operations at Warwick Business School for 12 years and previously was Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, Operations Research and Supply Chain Management in the UK at Sheffield Hallam and Coventry Universities.  He is a Research Fellow at Curtin Business School in Perth, Australia.

In his business career, Croom owned of several successful retail businesses and was a supply chain professional at Jaguar Cars Ltd and Eaves & Washbourne, both located in England.

Croom has written and spoken globally on the topic of e-procurement, e-business and supply chain strategy. He instigated the first e-business course at Warwick Busines School in 1999 and his expertise led to being retained as an Advisor to the UK Government's Office of Government Commerce.

He has just completed a $400,000 project on World Class Supply Chain in the UK for a major financial organization. Croom has published over 60 technical papers and serves on the Editorial Board for a number of leading journals.

Selected Current Research

Journal Article, Academic Journal

Betts, A., Croom, S., Lu, D. (2011). Benchmark to escape from Lake Wobegon. Benchmarking: International Journal, 18 (5), 733-744.

Croom, S., Betts, A. (2011). Developing a Forensic Approach to Process Improvement: The Relationship between Curriculum and Impact in Front Line Operator Education . Journal of Education for Business, 86 (6), 1-6.

Ramsay, J., Croom, S. (2008). The impact of evolutionary and developmental metaphors on supply chain practice: a literature critique and pilot study. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, 14 (3), 192-204.

Lu, D., Betts, A., Croom, S. Re-investigating Business Excellence: values, measures and a framework. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence

Journal Article, Public or Trade Journal

Lynch, R., Croom, S. Rethinking the Supply Chain: Ten New Mindsets. What Finance Officers Need to Know about Alliances. Startegic Alliance Magazine

Book, Chapter in Non-Scholarly Book-New

Croom, S. (2008). Introduction to Research Methodology in OM . Researching Operations Management (Ed C Karlsson)- Sage Publications

Conference Proceeding

Croom, S., Marshall, D., Ramsay, J. (2012). The Impact of Personality Disorder in Supply Professionals - Do we need to rethink assumptions about buyer behavior. NARS Conference

Wilson, K., Croom, S. (2012). Political-Entrepreneur: Fact of Fantasy?. IMP Annual Conference

Betts, B., Croom, S., Betts, A. (2011). Improving Participation in Social Learning: A Client Case Study. The eLearning Guild’s DevLearn 2011 Conference & Expo

Croom, S. (2011). Supply Chain Strategies: Focusing on Risk Management and Sustainability. Smarter Commerce Global Summit 2011

Croom, S. (2010). Making progress with sustainability across the Supply Chain: Year two of an annual study into Southern Californian Sustainable Supply Chain Management. Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference

Croom, S., George, P., Duhamel, P. (2010). Managing Risk and Creating Value in the Supply Chain. Sourcing Interests Group

Karlsson, C., Croom, S., Forza, C., Voss, C., Ahlstrom, P., Coughlan, P., Coghlan, D., Bertrand, W., (2009). Researching Operations Management - Routledge 2009 book. POMS Conference 2009

Birou, L., Croom, S., , ., , . (2008). Global Benchmarking Study SCM Syllabi. Decision Sciences Institute

Birou, L., Croom, S., Lutz, H. (2008). Benchmarking Study SCM Syllabi: Topics, Reading Assignments, Assignments and Course Requirements. POMS Annual Conference

Birou, L., Lutz, H., Croom, S. (2008). Global Benchmarking Study SCM Syllabi: Topics, Reading Assignments, Assignments and Course Requirements. DSi Annual Conference

Baglieri, V., Croom, S. Cinepolis Luxury Cinema: Factory or Theatre?. Services Forum

Croom, S., barani, s., belanger, d., lyons, t., murakami, j. Sustainable Supply Chain Management – An exploration of current practice. EurOMA 2009

Croom, S., Barani, S., Belanger, D., Lyons, T., Murakami, J., , . Sustainable Supply Chain Management – An exploration of current practice. POMS 2009

Croom, S., Betts, B., Shulver, M. Facebook and the Value Chain: The impact of Web 2.0 Technologies on Value Chain Effectiveness. POMS

Croom, S., Lu, D., Betts, A. UNDERSTANDING WHAT ‘WORLD CLASS’ LOOKS LIKE: A CONCEPTUAL DISCUSSION. EurOMA 2009

Croom, S., Marshall, D., Ramsay, J., Fritzon, K. The Impact of Psychopathic Personality Disorder in Supply Professionals. IMP Group

Lu, D., Croom, S., Betts, A. Re-investigating operational performance measure through world class diamond model. EurOMA

Vidal, N., Croom, S. Dimensions of Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Research: A Systematic Review. 21st Annual North American Research Symposium on Purchasing and Supply Chain Management (NARS)

Monograph

Giannakis, M., Croom, S. (2010). The Adaptation of SCOR in Service Contexts: The case of Management Consulting . SCMI

Other

Croom, S. (2012). Supply Chain Management & Operations Management Series. YouTube

Croom, S. Supply Chain Management Series. iTunes U