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Dr. Phil Witt

Biography

My name is Phil Witt. I graduated from Washington State University with my PhD in Operations Management as well as an MS in Statistics in 2016. It was a long, but worthwhile road. I also have an MBA from Utah State University and a BS in Statistics from Brigham Young University.

Prior to attending WSU, I worked in industry as a Continuous Improvement Analyst in the Quality Department at WesTech Engineering in Salt Lake City, UT where I helped during the early stages of Lean implementation. I also had the opportunity to teach high school math and science at a private high school, Maple Lake Academy, in Lake Shore, UT. It was at MLA that I discovered my love of teaching.

I love working at UVU! I actually spent my first year of college here after I graduated from Provo High School. I am a first generation college graduate, and I worked at a variety of jobs throughout my high school and college experience. UVU has been a seamless fit for me.

Prior to UVU, I spent two great years as an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. While there I really enjoyed helping build the SCM program from its infancy to one of the larger programs in the College of Business.

When not working I enjoy spending time with my family, hiking, cycling, and I'm a big sports fan. College football and the NBA are the sports I most enjoy.

Education

MS, Washington State University, 2016

Major: Statistics

PhD, Washington State University, 2016

Major: Operations Management

MBA, Utah State University, 2011
BS, Brigham Young University, 2009

Major: Statistics

Teaching

MGMT 2340

Business Statistics I, Spring 2026

MGMT 2340

Business Statistics I, Spring 2026

Presentations

Rudsari, Saba (Presenter & Author), Fuqua, Don (Author Only), Pimentel, Victor (Author Only), Brewer, Barry (Author Only), Witt, Phillip (Author Only), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) Annual Conference, "2019’s Supply Chain Black Swan_ Resilience Model Under a Low-Frequency, High-Impact, and Global Disruption", Houston, TX. (November, 2022)
Witt, Phillip (Presenter & Author), Jackson, Jonathan (Author Only), Xu, Xun (Author Only), Pimentel, Victor (Author Only), Aizezikali, Aishajiang (Author Only), Production and Operations Management Society Annual Meeting, "A Structured Review of the Humanitarian Operations Literature Over the Last Fifteen Years", Production and Operations Management Society , Houston, TX. (May 7, 2018)
Witt, Phillip (Panelist), Xu, Xun (Coordinator/Organizer), Pimentel, Victor (Panelist), Lee, Chieh (Panelist), Decision Sciences Institute Conference, "Operations and Supply Chain Management Issues in Emerging Economies", Decision Sciences Institute, Washington DC. (November 18, 2017)
Witt, Phillip (Author Only), Pimentel, Victor (Presenter & Author), Xu, Xun (Author Only), Production and Operations Management Society Annual Meeting, "Performance Evaluation of Mexico’s Public Health Care System_ A DEA Window Analysis", Production and Operations Management Society , Seattle, WA. (May 7, 2017)
Witt, Phillip (Presenter & Author), Evans, Marc (Author Only), Munson, Charles (Author Only), Production and Operations Management Society Annual Meeting, "A Binomial Simulation Approach to More Consistent Analytic Hierarchy Process Matrices", Production and Operations Management Society , Seattle, WA. (May 5, 2017)
Witt, Phillip (Author Only), Baker, Timothy (Author Only), Ashley, Nancy (Presenter & Author), Winniford, MaryAnne (Author Only), Decision Sciences Institute Conference, "Is Personality a Key Element of Six Sigma Project Success?", Decision Sciences Institute, Baltimore, MD. (November 16, 2013)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Churi, Nikhil , Adams, Lynn , Witt, Phillip , (2025) "Integrated -Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Statistical Process Control (SPC), and Data Analytics (DA) Approach to Improve Process Efficiency in Micro-Finishing Process" (Issue: 1, vol. 32). Clarksville, TN: The Journal of Business Leadership. https://doi.org/10.69847/SK2jPU
Churi, Nikhil , Adams, Lynn , Witt, Phillip , (2025) "Phase II Lean Six Sigma Methodology in Traditional High-Value-High-Volume Manufacturing of Hard-to-Machine Polycrystalline Diamond for Premium Materials" (Issue: 1, vol. 32). Clarksville, TN: The Journal of Business Leadership. https://doi.org/10.69847/DQQoBd
Xu, Xun , Baker, Timothy , Zhang, Lizao , Witt, Phillip , (2025) "Managing context in Six Sigma projects_ New themes from a methods-only replication" . United Kingdon: Decision Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.70000
Fatoki, Jimho , Fuqua, Don , Pimentel, Victor , Brewer, Barry , Witt, Phillip , Arslan, Faruk , Kennedy, Edward , "Contracted near-shore service part production predictive modeling using BOM-based feature generalization and deep statistical learning " . Switzerland: International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences.
Churi, Nikhil , Adams, Lynn , Witt, Phillip , (2024) "Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in micro-surgical device manufacturing" (Issue: 1, vol. 31). Clarksville, TN: Journal of Business Leadership. https://www.apsu.edu/business/applied-research/journal/files/JBL-Spring-2024.pdf
Rudsari, Saba , Fuqua, Don , Pimentel, Victor , Brewer, Barry , Witt, Phillip , Xu, Xun , (2023) "2019's Supply Chain Black Swan_ Resilience Model Under a Low-Frequency, High-Impact, and Global Disruption" . Switzerland: International Journal of Logistics, Economics, and Globalisation.

Awards

Deans' Award of Excellence for Service

Woodbury School of Business - Utah Valley University - April, 2024

Outstanding Volunteer Award

Refugee Empowerment Center - June 20, 2017

My family and I received the annual award for Outstanding Volunteer efforts at the Refugee Empowerment Center in Omaha. https_//www.unomaha.edu/college-of-business-administration/news/2017/06/professor-recognized-for-refugee-volunteer-efforts.php

Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award (2014 - 2015)

Washington State University - May 31, 2015