Kimball Bullington

Biography

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

• Ph.D. – Mississippi State University, Industrial Engineering 
• M.S. – Auburn University, Industrial Engineering
• B.S. – University of Oklahoma, Petroleum Engineering
• American Society for Quality Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
• Registered Professional Engineer (Industrial, State of Alabama)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Professor of Supply Chain Management, Belmont University
• Professor of Supply Chain Management, Middle Tennessee State University
• Associate Professor of Management, Middle Tennessee State University
• Assistant Professor of Management, Middle Tennessee State University
• Affiliate Faculty, Regis College, Denver
• Quality Engineer, Quality Engineering Manager, Purchasing Manager, Supply Chain Manager, Micro Motion, Inc., Boulder, CO
• Process Engineer, Sterling Plumbing Group, Huntsville, AL
• Petroleum Engineer, Amoco Production Co., Denver, CO
• Consultant in process improvement and basic Excel skills, Supply Chain Doctors, LLP

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

• Welborn, C.A., Bullington, K.E. and Abston, K. (2022) Recruiting Students to an Undergraduate Supply Chain Management Program. Industry and Higher Education.
• Bullington, K.E. and Welborn, C.A. (2022) GOALs 4 Improvement: Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone and Visiting Your Suppliers. Quality Progress, accepted, awaiting publication.
• Bullington, K.E. (2018) Sticky Storms: Applying Basic Quality Tools. Quality Progress.
• Welborn, C. and Bullington, K.E. (2013) Benchmarking Award Winning Health Care Organizations in the United States. Benchmarking: An International Journal.

HONORS & AWARDS

• Jones College of Business Teacher of the Year Nominee, 2016.
• Jones College of Business award for longest participation in college advising for new students.

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Kimball Bullington is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at Belmont University.   He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Mississippi State University, as well as an M.S.  degree from Auburn University and a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. He has nineteen years of operations, engineering, and supply chain management experience within multinational companies, in oil production and in manufacturing.

Dr. Bullington worked in supply chain management either directly or indirectly throughout his career and managed a global supply chain. He remains connected with industry leaders in operations and supply chain management.

Professor Bullington teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in operations and supply chain management. He has taught several executive education courses for Middle Tennessee State University. While at MTSU, Bullington co-founded MTSU’s supply chain management undergraduate program which grew from a first cohort of 14 to over 120 in three years. Dr. Bullington has been a media contact for a variety of supply chain topics.

In Professor Bullington’s operations management and supply chain management courses, he emphasizes systems thinking and continuous improvement utilizing lean and six sigma methods, emphasizing basic tools.  He has volunteered with TNCPE to help TN organizations continuously improve using the Baldridge framework. His current research interests are in the areas of cause-and-effect diagram use, supply chain relationships, and lean Six Sigma implementation. Bullington served two terms as president of the Nashville chapter of the Institute for Supply Management. He is a frequent speaker for ISM and ASQ.

Dr. Bullington has served as an elder of the North Boulevard church of Christ in Murfreesboro, TN since 2012. He has been a speaker at a variety of church conferences and venues on disciple-making leadership.