Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management
- MBA, University of San Diego
- BA, Pomona College, Economics
Ray Hummell has been an adjunct faculty member at the University of San Diego's Knauss School of Business since 1998. He currently teaches supply chain management to undergraduate students and strategic cost management to undergraduate and graduate students. Ray also serves as a project supervisor for students in the advanced integrative project phase of the Master of Science in Supply Chain Management.
His areas of expertise include supply management; financial and managerial accounting; and micro and macroeconomics. Ray's work experience outside of academia includes a professional internship at Harley Davidson and controller positions at Western Pacific Foods, Differential Seismology, and Lentz & Associates Commercial Interior Design. While at Harley Davidson, he developed the company's commodity strategy for seats and saddlebags, a $50 million annual spend at that time. The strategy was designed to be a template for the remaining 70+ "commodities" that make up a motorcycle.
Ray's research and consulting interests are in accounting systems and cost management in the supply chain. In addition to teaching, Ray currently advises undergraduate supply chain management students preparing for internships and employment.
Areas of Expertise
Supply Chain Management, Financial and Managerial Accounting, Micro and Macroeconomics