Doug Smock is the former Chief Editor of Plastics World and Purchasing magazines (RBI) and the Former Editorial Director and Associate Publisher of Modern Mold and Tooling (McGraw-Hill). He began his career as a staff reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1969-1977). Doug Smock is co-author of two leading books in supply chain management: "Straight to the Bottom Line" (2005 J. Ross Publishing), & "On-Demand Supply Management" 2007, J. Ross Publishing). “Straight to the Bottom Line” is now in it second printing. He has a Bachelor's Degree from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio