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John Grout
John Grout
Dean, David C. Garrett, Jr. Professor in Business Administration Chair, Department of Management
Phone: (706) 238-7877
E-mail: jgrout@berry.edu
Education:
  • Ph.D., Business Management Science, Penn State University
  • B.S., Business Operations and Systems Analysis, Brigham Young University
 

Teaching Interests:
 
  • Production and Operations Management
  • Quality Management
  • Statistics
  • Quantitative Business Analysis
Consulting Interests:  
 
  • Mistake-Proofing (Poka-Yoke)
  • Quality Management
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Buyer-Supplier Relationship Management
Selected Publications:  
 
  • John Grout (2004). “Mistakes and Complexity in Health Care.” In Failure Modes and Effects Analysis: Building Safety into Everyday Practice, Krasker, G., Ed. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, pp. 65-75.
  • John R. Grout (2003), “Preventing Medical Errors by Designing Benign Failures.” Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Safety Vol. 29, No.7, pp. 354-362.
  • Douglas M. Stewart and John R. Grout (2001), “The Human Side of Mistake-Proofing.” Production and Operations Management. Vol. 10, No. 4, 440-459.
  • John R. Grout and David P. Christy (1999), “A Model of Supplier Responses to Just-In-Time Delivery Requirements.” Group Decision and Negotiation. Vol. 8, No. 2, 139-156.
  • John R. Grout and Brian T. Downs (1999), “An Economic Analysis of Inspection Costs for Mistake-Proofing Binomial Attributes.” Journal of Quality Technology Vol. 31, No. 4, 417–426.
  • John R. Grout (1998), “Influencing a Supplier Using Delivery Windows: Its Effect on the Variance of Flow Time and On-Time Delivery.” Decision Sciences Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 747-764.
  • John R. Grout and Brian T. Downs (1998), “ Failsafing and Measurement Control Charts.” Quality Management Journal Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 67-75.
  • John R. Grout (1997), “Mistake-Proofing Production.” Production and Inventory Management Journal Vol. 38, No.3, pp. 33-37.
Business Experience:
 
  • Scheduling Supervisor, Signetics Corporation, 1985-1986.
  • Production Planner, Signetics Corporation, 1984-1985.
Other:
 
  • Poka-Yoke Web Pages:
    • www.campbell.berry.edu/pokayoke
    • www.mistakeproofing.com


 
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