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Dr. Bih-Ru Lea is a Professor in the Jaggi School of Business at Missouri S&T. She received a Ph.D. in Industrial Management and a Master of Professional Accountancy (MPAcc) from Clemson University.
Dr. Lea conducts interdisciplinary research projects in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), accounting information systems, manufacturing information systems, information technology, and business strategy. Dr. Lea performed funded research for the National Science Foundation, British Telecom, Monsanto Company, Peabody, and the University of Missouri System Research Board. Dr. Lea collaborated with and supervised student projects for companies such as Peabody, Union Pacific, UPS, GE, Humana, Metro United Way, and Jefferson County Public Schools. Dr. Lea served as an Assistant Research Director at the UPS Center for Worldwide Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Distribution Institute at the University of Louisville.
Dr. Lea has served as the SAP Campus Coordinator, is the Director of the ERP Center, and is on the editorial board of Production and Operations Management Journal, Journal of International Technology and Information Management, International Journal of Electronic Finance, and International Journal of Business and Systems Research. Dr. Lea is a regular reviewer for prestigious academic journals and conferences, including the International Journal of Production Economics, the International Journal of Production Research, the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) conference, the Conference of the Association of Information Systems (AIS), and the Conference of the International Association of Information Systems (IACIS).
Specialties: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): SAP Configuration (FI, MM, SD, PP, CO, QM), SAP HANA, SAP/Sybase Mobile Platform, BusinessObjects Dashboards (Xcelsius), Crystal Report, SAP Lumira/Predictive Analysis, BW, CRM, Portal, SCM/APO, SAP Programming (WebDynpro, Visual Composer, XI).
Database design and development: SQL, Oracle database, Oracle Developer Suite (Oracle designer, Forms, Reports Developer), Warehouse Builder
Data Mining: SAS Base, SAS Enterprise Miner, SAS Text Miner
CEC Future Focused Research: Decision Making and Governance (Smart Systems)
Contact Information
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO 65409
573-341-6436
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. in Industrial Management, Clemson University
Award Date: May 17 1998
MPAcc in Accounting, Clemson University
External positions
Visiting Scientist, Honeywell Kansas City National Security Campus
Jun 2023 → Aug 2024
Visiting Faculty, Clemson University
Sep 2019 → Dec 2019
SAP Consultant, ABB
Jul 2019 → Aug 2019
Faculty Research Fellow, BT Group plc
Jun 2005 → Jul 2005
Assistant Research Director, UPS Center for World-wide Supply Chain Management, University of Louisville
Sep 1 2000 → May 1 2003
Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems, University of Louisville
Aug 1 1999 → May 1 2003
Research Interests
- Supply Chain Management
- Text Mining
- Social Networks
- ERP Implementation
- Virtual Organizations
- Balanced Scorecard
- Digital Cities
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
- Information Technology
- ERP Architecture
- Dashboard
- Management Accounting Systems
- Performance Measurements
- Data Visualization and Decision Quality
- In memory Data Warehouse Design and Implementation in Analytics Support
Disciplines
- Operations and Supply Chain Management
- Technology and Innovation
- Business Analytics
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Computer aptitude, positive affect, and openness personality traits on learning enterprise resource planning systems
Lea, B. R., Sumner, M. & Mirchandani, D. A., 2025, In: International Journal of Business and Systems Research. 19, 1, p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The impact of forecasting error, stream level, and control mechanism of the supply chain enhanced by theory of constraints on the order fill rate and the inventory level
Min, H. & Lea, B. R., 2025, In: International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management. 50, 2, p. 179-208 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Design An Interactive Dashboard System To Improve University Career Service: A Case Study
Lea, B.-R. & Yu, W. B., Jan 1 2024, In: International Journal of Business and Systems Research. 18, 2, p. 145-169 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Motivators and Inhibitors for Business Analytics Adoption from the Cross-Cultural Perspectives: A Data Mining Approach
Min, H. & Lea, B.-R., Jun 2024, In: Information Systems Frontiers. 26, 3, p. 1041-1062 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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User types and project involvement in role-based enterprise portal design
Lea, B. R. & Yu, D., 2024, In: Issues in Information Systems. 25, 2, p. 451-466 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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The Production and Operations Management Society (External organization)
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American Accounting Association (External organization)
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Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) (External organization)
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Association of Information Systems (External organization)
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