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Vol 28 - No 09 - November 2002 Geoff Relph Geoff Relph - Vice Chairman of the IOM, has taken early retirement from IBM to spend more time with his first love.inventory Management. He will focus on completing his PhDas well as starting up the independent consultancy Inventory Matters Limited. The focus on the PhD took Geoff this year, to speak at the 12th International Symposium on Inventory Research in Budapest where at the time of his departure from Heathrow, the River Danube was in a serious 'excess condition!.with such a wealth of inventory management thinking presented at the Symposium it is no surprise that by the end of the week the River Danube was 'under control'. In addition to presenting his research paper on 'Overage Inventory Management'to the international academic body, Geoff was also invited to present to the Hungarian Institute of Logistics and Supply. The presentation was well received by both groups.(Note Geoff is happy to present to any IOM Branch events). Geoff Relph, FIOM, is Director of Inventory Matters Limited specialising in manufacturing planning, control and inventory management. He has 25 years of 'hands on'experience in production control, MRPoperations, and inventory management gained in large blue chip companies -Rolls Royce Motors, Crosfield Electronics (De La Rue Group), GEC-Marconi and IBM. Geoff is recognised as an industry leader in MRPoperations and inventory management and has been instrumental in the development of innovative inventory management techniques, through both academic research and development in response to specific client requirements. His academic work has been with Aston Business School, Sunderland University, and more recently with Manchester Business School, working on his own doctoral research on Inventory Management in Business Systems. Geoff is the Vice Chairman of the Institute of Operations Management and serves on the Council, the Seminar and Membership committees and regularly speaks for the IOM and Warwick Manufacturing Group and has published in the 'International Journal of Operations Management', 'International Journal of Production Economics', and the IOM's 'Control'. Page number: 5 Word count: 280 Related Topics:
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