Alan Pritchard

Senior Lecturer
Marketing & Logistics

Background

Alan Pritchard is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Marketing and Logistics. He joined the Fisher College of Business after five years at Texas Tech University, where he was a finalist for the Jerry S. Rawls Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching award. Alan earned his Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from the University of Maryland and M.A. and B.S. degrees in Economics from Old Dominion University. His research focuses on inventory management, retail operations, and reverse logistics. He teaches core undergraduate and graduate courses in managerial economics, logistics, and supply chain management.

Areas of Expertise

International

  • International Trade
  • International Business

Logistics/Supply Chain Management

  • Inventory Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics Customer Service

Education

  • Ph.D., Supply Chain Management, University of Maryland
  • M.A., Economics, Old Dominion University
  • B.S., Economics, Old Dominion University

Publications

Pritchard, A., Taylor, D., Belford, M., 2024. "Teaching Data-Driven Decision Making for Inventory Analysis with Monte Carlo Simulation," Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education.

Pritchard, A., Sweeney, K., Celebi, H., Evers, P., 2023. “The Impact of Stockout-Based Switching on Fill Rates,” Journal of Business Logistics.

Taylor, D., Pritchard, A., Duhan, D., Mishra, S., 2020. “What’s Behind the Empty Grocery Shelves?” Supply Chain Management Review, July 2020, 1-8.

Taylor, D., Pritchard, A., Duhan, D., Mishra, S., 2020. “Demand Disruption and Channel-Based Supply Chain Flexibility,” Supply Chain Management Review, May 2020, 1-12.

Chatfield, D., Pritchard, A., 2018. “Crossover Aware Base Stock Decisions for Service-Driven Systems,” Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 114, 312-330.

Chatfield, D., Pritchard, A., 2013. “Returns and the Bullwhip Effect,” Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 49, 159-175.

Courses

BUSML 3380 - Logistics Management
Concepts and methods used to plan and manage logistics activities in a business environment. Understanding of the components of logistics management and tradeoffs required to manage the integrated flow of goods through the supply chain. Prereq: Econ 2001.01, or equiv.; and 2002.01, or equiv. Not open to students enrolled in UUSS, UExp, or PreBSBA-PR.
MBA 6243 - Organizations, Markets and Management
Microeconomics from a management and organizational perspective, developing a framework grounded in the fundamentals of economic theory. Prereq: Enrollment in MBA or WPMBA program, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for 6241 or 812.
BUSML 7383 - Supply Chain Management
Students learn the distinction between logistics and supply chain management (SCM) and develop SCM skills with a focus on cross-functional integration of key processes within the firm and across the network of firms that comprise the supply chain. Prereq: Enrollment in MBA, Online MBA, WPMBA, or MAcc program.
BUSOBA 7392 - Contemporary Issues In Supply Chain Management
This course will expose students to cutting-edge topics in supply chain, taught by research-active faculty. There will be six class sessions. Each session will include approximately 1.5-2 hours of asynchronous content and approximately 1.5-2 hours of synchronous content. Each session will cover a topic.
BUSML 7394 - Strategic Logistics Management
Strategic Logistics Management is the introductory graduate logistics course. The objective is to give students a working knowledge of strategic and managerial issues in logistics and supply chain management. The course is intended to provide broad support for careers in management, regardless of major.