Daniel Frederick Jennings

Industrial Distribution Program- Texas A and M University , College Station  

 

  

 

Bio

Executive Master of Industrial Distribution

Labor Arbitration

Strategic Management

Corporate Entrepreneurship

Vitae

Funded Research

Course Work

Books

 

 

Funded Research

2006                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence, Principal Investigator) “Information Systems to Study Supply Chain Integration, “Funded by IBM Corporation, $96,000.

 

2005                  Co-investigator (with S. Thompson) “Effective Methods in Resource Optimization,” Funded by Elk Corporation ($58,000)

 

2005                   Principal investigator (with S. Thompson) “Distribution Best Practices for Lean Branch Operations,” Funded by Ingersoll-Rand Company ($64,000).

 

2004                   Principal investigator (with F.B, Lawrence and S. Thompson, co-principal investigators)  “Providing Ingersoll-Rand Distribution Branch Personnel with the Understanding of  Distribution Best Practices,” Funded by Ingersoll-Rand Company ($39,000).

 

2001                  Principal investigator “Knowledge Management in the Supply Chain,” Funded by Information Consortium to Study Supply Chain Integration ($25,000).

 

2001                  Principal investigator "The Role of Trust in E-Commerce," Funded by Texas A&M University Information Technology to Study Supply Chain Integration ($25,000).

 

2001                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence, E.P. Robinson, and B.E. Reynolds) “A Logistics Software Development Project” Funded by Master Halco Corporation ($144,000).

 

2001                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence and B.E. Reynolds) “Distribution Trends” Funded by the Industrial Distribution Association/American Supply and Machinery Manufacturers Association ($34,000).

 

2001                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence, B.E. Reynolds, and G.L. Stading) “Customer Service Study” Funded by Avnet Electronics Corporation ($104,000).

 

1999-2001         Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence, G.L. Stading, R. Vokurka, and G. Zank) “An Information Consortium to Study Supply Chain Integration” Funded by IBM, Prelude Systems, Rexel, Siemens Energy & Automation, and Hughes Supply ($507,000).

 

2000                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence and B.E. Reynolds) "A Study to Quantify the Value Provided by Electronic Distributors to their Customers and Suppliers" Funded by National Electronic Distributors Association ($190,000).

 

2000                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence, B.E. Reynolds, G.L. Stading, R. Vokurka, and G. Zank) "A Study of the Perceived Value Provided by Electronic Distributors to their Customers and Suppliers," Funded by the National Electronic Distributors Association ($50,000).

 

2000                  Co-investigator (with G.L. Stading) "Measuring Trust in the Supply Chain," Funded by the Thomas A. Read Center for Distribution Research $25,000.

 

1999                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence) "E Commerce for Business to Business Transactions," Funded by EC4 Business, Inc. ($66,000).

 

1999                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence, G.L. Stading, R. Vokurka, and G. Zank) “Alternate Channels of Distribution,” Funded by Siemens Energy and Automation Corporation ($94,000).

 

1999                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence, G.L. Stading, R. Vokurka, and G. Zank) “Trends Study of Industrial Distribution,” Funded by Industrial Distribution Association ($38,500).

 

1999                  Co-investigator (with F.B. Lawrence, B.E. Reynolds, G.L. Stading, R. Vokurka, and G. Zank) “Developing an E-commerce Base-line for Industrial Distribution Firms,” Funded by the Industrial Distribution Association ($22,500).

 

1999                  Principal investigator, “52 nd Annual Survey of Industrial Distribution Firms,” Funded by Cahners Publishing ($15,000).

 

1998                  Principal investigator, “51 st Annual Survey of Industrial Distribution Firms,” Funded by Cahners Publishing ($15,000)

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1997                  Principal investigator, “50 th Annual Survey of Industrial Distribution Firms,” Funded by Cahners Publishing ($20,000).

 

1997                  Principal investigator, “Environmental Scanning Activities in Distribution Firms,” College of Engineering, Texas A&M University Research Grant ($45,000).

 

1995                  Principal investigator, “Innovation in Australian Firms,” Funded by the Centre for Innovation and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia ($45,000).

 

1994                  Principal investigator, “An Analysis of Language Used in Progressive Discipline Labor Agreements” Funded by Dow Chemical Company and the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union ($10,000).

 

1991                  Principal investigator, "Determining Employee Perceptions, A Study of Minnkota Power Company Employees” Funded by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service ($32,000).

 

1990                  Principal investigator, "Networking Activities in Entrepreneurial Organizations," Funded by the University Research Committee, Baylor University ($5,000).

 

1988                  Principal investigator, "Retrospective Findings from an Investigation of a Plant Closing," Funded by the University Research Committee, Baylor University ($1,500).

 

1985                  Principal investigator, "Corporate Entrepreneurship and Performance," Funded by the University Research Committee, Baylor University ($1,500).

 

1984                  Principal investigator, "A Process Model of Organizational Entrepreneurship, Strategic Actions, and Performance," Funded by the University Research Committee, Baylor University ($10,000).