The bulk of Tarpey’s professional career has been spent within various Information Technology development and labor management areas, giving him a thorough understanding of technology and system concepts, which have assisted with the effort to operationalize the Schedule Quality Measurement concepts into a usable and effective presentation for unit leaders.

Topic:Labor & Resource Scheduling Concepts and Systems

When: Tuesday, June 11th, 2024 12pm - 1pm

Dr. Richard J. Tarpey is an Assistant Professor at the Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University. Tarpey received his doctoral degree in Business Administration from the University of South Florida. He is a dual alumnus of Middle Tennessee State University, earning an MBA and a B.A. in Computer Information Systems. Dr. Tarpey has returned to MTSU after a long practitioner career in the airline and healthcare industries to convey his expertise and experience to up-and-coming supply chain and healthcare management students to help prepare them for successful careers. He coordinates the undergraduate and graduate Supply Chain Programs at MTSU, the MBA – Healthcare program, and is the MTSU Center for Supply Chain Management and Sustainability Director.

Tarpey spent most of his 30+ practitioner years working with labor and resource scheduling concepts and systems in the airline and healthcare industries. He started at United Airlines and then was with HCA for 22 years, working extensively with hospital labor scheduling and staffing. He proposed and implemented HCA’s Scheduling Excellence initiative, in which he developed the Staff Schedule Quality Measurement system, forming the basis of his doctoral work. HCA and several other hospital systems have adopted the methodology.

The bulk of Tarpey’s professional career has been spent within various Information Technology development and labor management areas, giving him a thorough understanding of technology and system concepts, which have assisted with the effort to operationalize the Schedule Quality Measurement concepts into a usable and effective presentation for unit leaders.