Steven A. Melnyk is a professor of operations and supply chain management at Michigan State University. He has co-authored twenty books on operations and supply chain management and over 90 journal articles. He sits on the editorial review boards for Production and Inventory Management, the Journal of Supply Chain Management, the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (where he is co-author for North America), and the International Journal of Production Research. His research focus includes supply chain risk and resilience, strategic supply chain management, behavioral research, and certified management standards.