Patricia Joan Daugherty is a retired American

management scientist Management science (or managerial science) is a wide and interdisciplinary study of solving complex problems and making strategic decisions as it pertains to institutions, corporations, governments and other types of organizational entities. It is ...

specializing in

logistics Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics manages the flow of goods between the point of origin and the point of consumption to meet the requirements of ...

supply chain In commerce, a supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products to customers through a distribution system. It refers to the network of organizations, people, acti ...

s, and

cooperation Cooperation (written as co-operation in British English) is the process of groups of organisms working or acting together for common, mutual, or some underlying benefit, as opposed to working in competition for selfish benefit. Many animal a ...

. She has been Siegfried Chair in Marketing at the

University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...

, Bowersox–Thull Chair in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

, and Debbie and Jerry Ivy Chair in Business at

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...

Education and career

Daughterty studied marketing and business at

Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers ...

, graduating in 1980 and earning an

M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

in 1981. She stayed at Western Michigan University as an instructor in

marketing Marketing is the process of exploring, creating, and delivering value to meet the needs of a target market in terms of goods and services; potentially including selection of a target audience; selection of certain attributes or themes to emph ...

from 1983 to 1985 before completing a Ph.D. in marketing in 1988 at

. After postdoctoral research at Michigan State University, she became an assistant professor of marketing and distribution at the

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

in 1989, and was promoted to associate professor in 1995. She moved to the

as Siegfried Chair in 1997, and was promoted to full professor there in 1999. In 2012 she moved to

as Bowersox–Thull Chair in Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and in 2017 she moved again to

as Debbie and Jerry Ivy Chair in Business and professor of supply chain management. She was

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

of the ''

Journal of Business Logistics The ''Journal of Business Logistics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of thCouncil of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) covering research and best practices in logistics and supply chain manage ...

'' from 2001 to 2005. She retired in 2022.

Recognition

The Western Michigan University Haworth College of Business has named Daugherty to their alumni hall of fame.

References

External links

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