Jason Miller
Interim Chairperson
Jason Miller's primary research stream examines issues in the truck transportation industry including safety, productivity and employment.
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Jason Miller (PhD The Ohio State University) is a Professor of Supply Chain Management and is serving the second year of a two-year term as interim chairperson for the Department of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business. His primary research stream examines issues in the for-hire truck transportation industry including safety, productivity, pricing dynamics, driver turnover, and employment. He also conducts macroeconomic research in the manufacturing
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and retail sectors, with a special emphasis on the disruptive role of imports, tariffs, and the COVID-19 pandemic. His research has appeared in Academy of Management Journal, Decision Sciences, Forecasting, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Management, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Multivariate Behavioral Research, Transportation Journal, and Transportation Research Part E. Jason is a Senior Editor at Journal of Business Logistics; an Associate Editor at Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, and International Journal of Operations and Production Management; and an Editorial Review Board Member at Journal of Supply Chain Management. He also actively reviews for several supply chain (International Journal of Logistics Management and Transportation Journal) and quantitative methods (Behavior Research Methods, Educational and Psychological Measurement and Structural Equation Modeling) journals.
In addition to academic research, Jason provides commentary via LinkedIn on various issues that affect supply chain practitioners such as inventory levels, pricing dynamics, manufacturing output, and transportation activity. He regularly speaks at industry webinars regarding these topics. He is frequently quoted by national general media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NBC News, The Washington Post, Reuters, and NPR as well as specialized industry news outlets including Journal of Commerce, FreightWaves, Supply Chain Dive, Business Insider, and Trains, amongst others.
Education
The Ohio State University: Ph.D., Logistics | 2014
John Carroll University: B.S., Logistics & Marketing | 2010
Selected Press
Understand The Demand for What You Haul
DAT Freight & Analytics | 2023-04-25
If you want to skip all that and follow an industry expert, look no further than supply chain professor Jason Miller at the Michigan State University – Eli Broad College of Business. He’s regarded as the most insightful expert on all matters related to supply and demand for the trucking industry. Connect with him on LinkedIn and make sure he’s your first stop of the day. Jason also produces the Truckload Ton-Mile Index (TTMI), which tracks demand for 41 freight-producing commodities and is published typically in the second week of each month.
Manufacturing slowdown, interest rates continue to squeeze freight market
CCJ MarketPulse | 2023-04-24
Joining Randall Reilly Content Director Jeff Crissey this week for the first installment of CCJ's newest video series, CCJ MarketPulse, is Jason Miller, supply chain professor at the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State and veteran transportation economist, and he shares his take on the current state of freight: are we at or near the bottom?
Air cargo operators still feel ‘hangover from the 2021 party’
FreightWaves | 2023-04-20
The commodities that have declined the most in airfreight moving from Asia to the U.S. are computers, sweaters, phones, microphones and loudspeakers, clothing, and printer ink, said Jason Miller, the interim chairperson of Michigan State University’s Department of Supply Chain Management, on the latest episode of the Freight Buyers’ Club podcast.
US truckload carriers look to fill revenue gaps as rates fall
Journal of Commerce | 2023-04-17
US truckload contract rates are falling as demand drops, but the costs paid by shippers for transportation services aren’t dropping as quickly.
