International manufacturing practices, planning and control systems, and strategy are among the areas of expertise of Clay Whybark.

His industrial experience was with the Boeing Company and Douglas Aircraft. He has consulted with corporate and governmental organizations in many parts of the world.  He is currently academic advisor for the Institute for Defense & Business.

Dr. Whybark has held positions at universities in New Zealand, Switzerland, China, Hong Kong, Peru and Chile as well as at Indiana, Purdue, Harvard, Arizona State and Stanford in the United States. He has taught in executive programs and presented seminars, some in Spanish, throughout the world.

The author of more than 300 papers and business cases (two of which won European POM case- of-the-year awards) in the areas of operations and logistics management, Dr. Whybark is the author or co-author of several books, including “Why ERP? Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems and Global Manufacturing Practices.”

Dr. Whybark is founding director of the Global Manufacturing Research Group, which is dedicated to international field research. He received the Distinguished Service Award of the Decision Sciences Institute, of which he is a fellow and past president. He is a fellow of the International Pan Pacific Business Association, which awarded him the Distinguished Global Leadership Award.  He is a fellow and immediate past president of the International Society for Inventory Research.

He received his PhD from Stanford University, his MBA from Cornell University and his BS in aeronautical engineering from the University of Washington.