Some applications of Operations Management in Manufacturing, Transportation, and Healthcare industries
Event details
| Date | 04.11.2013 |
| Hour | 11:00 › 12:00 |
| Speaker |
Professor Payman Jula, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Vancouver, Canada Bio: Payman Jula is an Associate Professor at Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University (SFU), Vancouver, Canada, where he teaches courses related to operations management, and decision making under uncertainty. Payman has a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from University of California at Berkeley. His research interests are in transportation and logistics, and applications of operations management in the manufacturing and service (particularly healthcare delivery) industries. Payman has studied the economics of Asia - North America supply chains. He has worked with many international high tech companies, including Samsung Semiconductor, Cypress Semiconductor, Micron Technology, and IMFlash Technologies on issues related to cycle time reduction, production planning, scheduling, and supply chain management. |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract: In Manufacturing:Motivated by scheduling challenges in semiconductor manufacturing, I propose a framework to oversee and integrate local decentralized scheduling algorithms utilized in complex supply chain manufacturing. This approach fill the gap between higher–level production planning and lower-level scheduling by establishing short-term production targets and priority scores for each product at each step in the system. Examples of schedulers within this framework will be provided.
In Transportation: Analytical models are introduced for predicting the allocation to ports and transportation channels of containerized goods imported from Asia to North America. These models are calibrated on industrial data. The results are analyzed, and are used to describe the mix of supply-chain strategies utilized by various types of importers and the consequent trends in import flows by port and landside channel. Policy recommendations for governments, transportation and logistics service providers, and importers are also provided. (Joint work with Rob Leachman at U.C. Berkeley)
In Healthcare: Analytical models are introduced to address challenges of scheduling patients with stochastic service times and heterogeneous service sequences in a multi-stage outpatient facility, while considering bi-objectives of minimizing the waiting time of patients and the overtime of the facility. (Time permitting)
In Transportation: Analytical models are introduced for predicting the allocation to ports and transportation channels of containerized goods imported from Asia to North America. These models are calibrated on industrial data. The results are analyzed, and are used to describe the mix of supply-chain strategies utilized by various types of importers and the consequent trends in import flows by port and landside channel. Policy recommendations for governments, transportation and logistics service providers, and importers are also provided. (Joint work with Rob Leachman at U.C. Berkeley)
In Healthcare: Analytical models are introduced to address challenges of scheduling patients with stochastic service times and heterogeneous service sequences in a multi-stage outpatient facility, while considering bi-objectives of minimizing the waiting time of patients and the overtime of the facility. (Time permitting)
Practical information
- General public
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Organizer
- Dr-Ing. Naoufel Cheikhrouhou
Head of the Operations Management team
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Institute of Mechanical Engineering
Laboratory for Production Management and Processes
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
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Contact
- Dr-Ing. Naoufel Cheikhrouhou