ZVI H. LAVIE
6 Lissin Str. 62997, ISRAEL
Tel. 972-3-6961414
e-mail: zlavie@netvision.net.il
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
1. 2002-DBA (Doctor in Business Administration) – NEWPORT Un. California
USA (Specialization in LOGISTICS)
2. 1986- MSc – Contracting & Acquisition Management- Florida Institute of
Technology - USA
3. 1986- CPCM (Certified Professional Contract Manager )- by NCMA (National
Contract Managers Association USA)
4. 1986 – Logistic Executives Development Course (Diploma) – US Army – Army
Logistic Management College – Va. USA
5. 1980 – MA- History of Labor Science – Tel-Aviv Un. T-A, Israel
6. 1980 – 1983 PhD student at T-A Un. (Labor Sciences & Economics Dep.).
7. 1970- 1 year of study toward MBA (no degree acquired)
8. 1967- BA (Econ.)- Economics (Major) & Law, Statistics & Political Science
(Minors) – Hebrew Un. T-A Branch – Israel.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2/2004 – Present – Consultant and Lecturer in Procurement, Logistics.and SCM
4/1978 – 1/2004 – MOD – Gov. Of Israel – Director of Procurement Training &
Doctrine Division. Formerly , Head of Economics & Cost Analysis Dep. MOD
Purchasing Mission in NY USA, formerly Head of Economics Dep. DOPP MOD TelAviv Israel.
1964-1978 – Various commercial institutes, Economist, Statistician and Cost Analyst.
Altogether more than 35 years of experience in Procurement, Economics and Cost
Analysis.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Visiting Lecturer at various Academic and Professional Institutes:
Bridgeport UN. Connecticut, USA, Tel-Aviv Un., Ben-Gurion Un. In the Negev,
Haifa Un., Bar-Ilan Un. Ramat-Gan, The Academic Institute at Kiryat Onu, The
AirForce College, The Israeli Institute of Technology (Adult Education Center), The
College for Administration Studies, ORT, The Israeli Institute for Productivity and
Production, The IPLMA Educational Institute in SCM, The Tel Aviv – Jaffa Chamber
of Commerce Business College etc.
Altogether more than 8000 hours of teaching professional and academic courses for
both BA and MA classes.
2000-2010
Dean of the Institute for Studies in SCM of the Israeli Purchasing and Logistics
Managers Association (on a voluntary basis).
LANGUAGES
HEBREW, ENGLISH, ROMANIAN, FRENCH
PUBLICATIONS
1. Procurement Management – Advanced" – (Text book) – The Tel-Aviv – Jaffa
Chamber of Commerce 2011 (435 pp.)
2. "Procurement Management – From Theory to Practice" (Text Book) – MOD
Publishing House Tel-Aviv 2000 (459 pp. in Hebrew)
3. "Active and Integrative Training – The Solution for the Learning Logistic
Organization – (in English – presented at the World Congress of NCMA –
Washington DC USA – August 2000 ; in Hebrew – presented at the Annual
Training Convention by Human Resources Monthly Journal June 1999)
4. The Source Selection process – The desired vs. the existing (The Iplma
Journal – 1999 (in Hebrew)
5. Is it really WIN-WIN ? – The Iplma Journal 1998 (in Hebrew)
6. The New Ethical Challenges in Material Management – presented at the
Fourth Jerusalem International Conference June 1999 (in English)
7. A Model for Pricing and Contracting R&D Projects – presented at the
International Congress for Military R&D – Bucharest Romania May 2002(in
English)
8. LCC – A Real Panacea Or a White Elephant – presented at the International
Congress for Military R&D – Bucharest Romania – May 2002 (in English)
9. Back To Basics – The IPLMA Journal – 2002
10. Purchasing for the Israeli Defense Establishment – presented at the Turkish
Symposium for the Defense Industry – Ankara Turkey – November 2000 (in
English)
11. The Israeli Defense Establishment and the Defense Industry – A Strategic
Relationship – presented at the Second Turkish Symposium for the Defense
Industry – Ankara Turkey October 2002 (in English)
12. Tutoring – A Resourceful Interactive Training Method – presented at the
DSMC Acquisition Research Symposium – Rockville MD USA June 2001 (in
English) and the Annual Training Convention by The Human Resources
Monthly Journal – June 2001 (in Hebrew).
13. Establishing Procurement as a Multi-Disciplinary Profession – presented at the
First Congress of Procurement and Supply Chain Managers 2005 ( in
Hebrew).
14. Writing & Analyzing Case Studies (unpublished )
AWARDS
The "Hans Ovelgonne Award for research in the field of purchasing and supply chain
management in 2012- awarded by the International Federation of Purchasing and
Supply Managers ( IFPSM )
Research Output
1. Model for Purchasing & Pricing R7D Projects; 2. An Integrated Model for
Analyzing Case Studies (IMACS ) ; 3. Model for pricing Software Development; 4.
Model for Practically Managing Supply Chains; 5. Manual for conducting academic
seminaries ( with Dr. Ruth Amar from Haifa Univ.) ; 6. Manual for writing Project
and Seminar papers 7.Manual for searching and quoting bibliography; 8.Manual for
answering multiple-choice questions tests; 9. Model for building a Perpetual learning
organization ; 10. Model for performing tutoring based instruction.