Robert H. Hayes
Robert H. Hayes | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Stanford University |
| Occupation | Academic |
Robert H. Hayes is an American academic. He is the Emeritus Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School.
Early life
[edit]Robert H. Hayes received a PhD from Stanford University in 1966.[1]
Career
[edit]Hayes worked for IBM and McKinsey & Company.[1]
He became a professor at the Harvard Business School, eventually receiving the Philip Caldwell chair in business administration.[1] He worked with William J. Abernathy.[2] Professor Wickham Skinner was one of their mentors.[2] Hayes and Steven C. Wheelwright adopted the term "world class manufacturing" to cover the competitive context in which manufacturing businesses could use their operational manufacturing capabilities to strategic advantage.[3]
Hayes served as the president of the Production & Operations Management Society.[1] He serves on the board of directors of the American Productivity & Quality Center.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Harvard Business School: Robert H. Hayes
- ^ a b William Abernathy, 50, Dies; Harvard Business Professor, The New York Times, December 30, 1993
- ^ Flynn, Barbara B., Schroeder, Roger G., Flynn, E. James, Sakakibara, Sadao, and Bates, Kimberly A., World‐class manufacturing project: overview and selected results, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Volume 17, Issue 7, 1 July 1997, doi:10.1108/01443579710175592, accessed on 20 June 2025
Archives and records
[edit]- Robert H. Hayes papers at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.
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