John Taylor

• Ph.D. Michigan State University, 1991
• M.B.A. Michigan State University, 1977
• B.A. Michigan State Universit, 1975

• Supply chain management
• Automotive Industry Supply Chain Management
• Logistics Management
• Transportation Policy
• International Logistics

Research

• Automotive Industry SCM
• U.S.-Canada-Mexico logistics and transportation issues
• U.S.-Canada border issues
• Trucking economic regulation/deregulation
• Ocean shipping in the Great Lakes
• Intermodal transportation
• Michigan highway funding
• Supply chain "in-stock" performance

Teaching

• Supply chain management
• Transportation policy and management
• International logistics

Journals

• Floyd, J., Roach, J. L., Taylor, J. (2018). Container Shipping in the Great Lakes: Current Situation and Future Potential. Journal of Transportation Management, Vol. 28(No. 2 (Winter 2018)), 51-61. https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/jotm/about.html
• Timothy W. Butler and John C. Taylor (2017), "The Automotive Industry Supply Chain Management Case Competition: A Univeristy and Industry Partnership," Journal of Transportation Management, Volume 27, No 1, p. 15-27.
• Sperry, Benjamin, R., Taylor, John C. and James L. Roach (Accepted February 21, 2013), “Economic Impacts of Amtrak Intercity Passenger Rail Service in Michigan: Community-Level Benefits,” Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2013 Publication.
• James L. Roach and John C. Taylor (2011), Michigan Passenger Rail: An Analysis of Community Benefits,” Journal of Transportation Management, Vol. 22, No. 1, p. 65-78.
• Taylor, John C. and James L. Roach (2009), "Ocean Shipping in the Great Lakes: An Analysis of Industry Transportation Cost Savings," Transportation Journal, Volume 48, No. 1, p. 53-67.
• Taylor, John C., Douglas R. Robideaux and George C. Jackson (2004), "U.S.-Canada Transportation and Logistics: Border Impacts and Costs, Causes, and Possible Solutions," Transportation Journal, Volume 43, No. 2, 5-21.
• Taylor, John C., Stanley E. Fawcett, and George C. Jackson (2004), "Catalog Retailer In-Stock Performance: An Assessment of Customer Service Levels," Journal of Business Logistics, Volume 25, No. 2, 119-138.
• Taylor, John C., Douglas R. Robideaux and George C. Jackson (2004), "Costs of the U.S.-Canada Border," in North American Economic and Financial Integration, ed. By Alan M. Rugman, Indiana University, Research in Global Management, Vol. 10, 283-296.
• Taylor, John C., Robideaux, Douglas R. and George C. Jackson (2003), "U.S.-Canada Border Policy: Costs and Options," Journal of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy, Volume 71 (Fall), 20-39.
• Taylor, John C. and Douglas R. Robideaux (2003), "Canada-U.S. Border Cost Impacts and Their Implications for Border Management Strategy," Horizons, Vol. 6, No. 3, 47-50.
• Taylor, John C. and Stanley E. Fawcett (2001), "Retail On Shelf Performance of Advertised Items: An Assessment of Supply Chain Effectiveness at the Point of Purchase," Journal of Business Logistics, 22 (No. 1), 73-90.
• Taylor, John C. and George C. Jackson (2000), "Conflict, Power and Evolution in the Intermodal Transportation Industry's Channel of Distribution," Transportation Journal, 39, (Spring), 6-17.
• Daugherty, Patricia J., John C. Taylor and Alexander E. Ellinger (1999), "Automatic Replenishment Programs and Level of Involvement: Performance Implications," International Journal of Logistics Management, 10, no. 1, 25-35.

Academic Proceedings

• Taylor, John C., Proceedings of the 15h Annual International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Institute for Inland Water Management, abstract on Ocean Shipping in North America's Great Lakes: Invasive Species Costs vs. Transportation Cost Savings, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 23-27, 2007, p. 41.
• Taylor, John C. (2005), "U.S.-Canada Border Costs and Future Research Needs," Summary Proceedings of the Conference on Border Security and Canada-US Integration: Toward a Research Policy Agenda, Western Washington University, Center for Canadian American Studies, Bellingham, Washington, April 26, 2005, pp.1 electronic .
• Taylor, John C., Douglas R. Robideaux, and George C. Jackson (2003), "Border Related Costs Attributable to U.S.-Canadian Border Crossings," Proceedings of the 38th Annual Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 11-14, 1-15.
• Taylor, John C., Douglas R. Robideaux, and George C. Jackson (2003), "The U.S.-Canada Border and Transit Time Costs," Proceedings (CD) of the 44th Annual Transportation Research Forum, Washington D.C., March 6-8, 1-28.
• Taylor, John C. and Stanley E. Fawcett (1999), "Retail In-Stock Performance on Promotional Items: An Assessment of Logistics Effectiveness," 28th Proceedings of the Council of Logistics Management Educators Conference, Toronto, Canada, October 17, 111-119.
• Academic Policy Monographs and Reports
• Taylor, John C. and James L. Roach (2007), Ocean Shipping in the Great Lakes: An Analysis of Issues, for The Joyce Foundation, Lansing, Michigan, October, 2007, 1-48.
• Taylor, John C. (2007), Michigan Highway Funding: Analysis and Recommendations, for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Midland, Michigan, April 14, 2007, 1-95.
• Taylor, John C. and James L. Roach (2005), Taylor, John C. and James L. Roach (2005), Ocean Shipping in the Great Lakes: Transportation Cost Increases That Would Result From A Cessation of Ocean Vessel Shipping, Lansing, Michigan, August, 2005, 1-89.
• Taylor, John C., Douglas R. Robideaux and George C. Jackson (2003), The U.S.-Canada Border: The Impacts of Transit Time, Uncertainty and Other Border Related Costs, for the U.S, Michigan and New York Departments of Transportation and the Canadian Embassy to the United States of America, Lansing, Michigan, February 6, 2003, 1-216.

• China Automated Warehousing Symposium, U.S. Logistics Trends, Shanghai, China, August 1, 2008.
• Taylor, John C., paper on Transaction Costs of the U.S.-Canada Border, at the Regional Integration in North America and Border Transaction Costs Workshop, El Colegio de Mexico, Center for International Studies, Mexico City, Mexico, March 13, 2008
• Taylor, John C., Michigan State University Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, October 8, 2007.
• Grand Forum, speaker on Great Lakes Ocean Shipping, Muskegon, Michigan, September 27, 2007.
• Taylor, John C., 15h Annual International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Institute for Inland Water Management, presentation on Ocean Shipping in North America's Great Lakes: Invasive Species Costs vs. Transportation Cost Savings, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 23-27, 2007.
• Great Lakes United, speaker on Cost-Benefits of Great Lakes Ocean Shipping, Toronto, Ontario, June 16, 2007.
• International Joint Commission, Conference on the Great Lakes, panel member on Economic Issues Related to Separation of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Lake Michigan , Chicago, Illinois, June 8, 2007.
• Taylor, John C. and James L. Roach, 50th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research: Past, Present and Future, presentation and Proceedings Abstract on Ocean Shipping in the Great Lakes: Cost Benefits, International Association of Great Lakes Researchers, State College, PA, May 28-June 1, p. 195, 2007.
• Detroit Intermodal Association, speaker on Ocean Shipping in the Great Lakes, Detroit, Michigan, October 25, 2006.
• Department of Homeland Security, presentation on U.S.-Canada Border Costs and Policy Options, and on Ocean Shipping in the Great Lakes - Security Issues?, Washington D.C., October 2, 2006.
• Delta Nu Alpha Transportation and Logistics Society - Holland Chapter, lunch speaker on Great Lakes Ocean Shipping: Cost-Benefits, Holland, Michigan, September 27, 2006.
• Taylor, John C. and James L. Roach, National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board, Committee on the St. Lawrence Seaway: Options to Eliminate Introduction of Non-indigenous Species Into the Lakes, Phase II, presentation on Transportation Cost Penalties From Ending Ocean Shipping Into the Lakes, Washington DC, May 24, 2006.
• Taylor, John C., Michigan State University, Invasive Species Symposium: Challenges and Opportunities, Panel presentation on Ocean Shipping in the Lakes: Transportation Cost Benefits, East Lansing, Michigan, May 12, 2006.
• Inland Seas Education Association, speaker on Great Lakes Ocean Shipping Cost Benefits, Traverse City, Michigan, May 2, 2006.
• Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Grand Rapids Roundtable, dinner speaker on Challenging the Conventional Wisdom: Do You Have Enough Inventory?, Grand Rapids, Michigan, April 19, 2006.
• Save the River Conference: Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper, speaker on Pros and Cons of Ocean Going Vessels in the Seaway, Thousand Islands, New York, February 11, 2006.
• International Transportation & Logistics Forum, presentation titled Are Borders Obsolete?, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, June 23, 2005.
• Taylor, John C., International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States of America, Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Biennial Meeting, Panel Session on Halting the Introduction of Alien Aquatic Species, panel/paper presentation on Transportation Cost Impacts of Ocean Vessel Shipping in the Great Lakes, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, June 9, 2005.
• Taylor, John C., Western Washington University, Center for Canadian American Studies, Conference on Border Security and Canada-US Integration: Toward a Research Policy Agenda, presentation on U.S.-Canada Border Costs and Future Research Needs, Bellingham, Washington, April 26, 2005.
• Industry Canada Ministry, Roundtable on Canadian Firms in the Global Supply Chain, presentation on Supply Chain Integration in North America, Ottawa, Canada, March 11, 2005.

Monographs

Taylor, J., Roach, J. L. (2017). Review Of U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Great Lakes And Mississippi River Interbasin Study (Glmris) Appendix D – Economic Analysis And Portions Of Main Report (pp. 40).

Taylor, J., Roach, J. L. (2014). Review of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study Commercial Cargo Navigation Report (pp. 37).

Taylor, J. C., Roach, J. L. (2010). Transportation and Handling Cost Impacts to Industry from Closing Waterway Connections between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River System. Michigan Attorney General's Office Case on Asian Carp (pp. 1-43).

Taylor, J. C. (2010). Economic Costs of the U.S. -Canada Border. Industry Canada (pp. 1-52).

Taylor, J. C. (2009). Economic Benefits of Michigan Passenger Rail Stations (1-64 ed.).

Taylor, J. (2007). Road Funding: It's Time for a New Direction (pp. 1-95). Midland, MI: The Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Taylor, J., Roach, J. L. (2007). Ocean Shipping in the Great Lakes: An Analysis of Issues (pp. 1-48). Chicago, IL:.

Taylor, J., Roach, J. L. (2005). Ocean Shipping in the Great Lakes: Transportation Cost Increases That Would Result From A Cessation of Ocean Vessel Shipping (pp. 1-89). Chicago, IL:.

Taylor, J., Robideaux, D. R., Jackson, G. C. (2003). The U.S.-Canada Border: The Impacts of Transit Time, Uncertainty and Other Border Related Costs (pp. 1-216).

Taylor, J. (1995). Fixing the Roads: A Blueprint for Michigan Transportation Infrastructure Policy (pp. 1-40).

Taylor, J., Krebs, R. D. (1994). Toward a National Intermodal Transportation System (pp. 1-60).
 

 2015  Ilitch School of Business Alumni Assocaition Award - Most Inspirational Faculty Member