Supply Chain Management

Office: 218 Rhodes

Phone: 607.255.9122

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Professor Peter Jackson received a B.A. in Economics with Mathematics in 1975 (University of Western Ontario), a M.Sc. in Statistics in 1978 (Stanford University), and a Ph.D. in Operations Research in 1980 (Stanford University). He has been a member of the faculty of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering since 1980. He is currently the Director of the Systems Engineering Program in the College of Engineering.

His research interests include production planning and scheduling, inventory control, supply chain management, transportation planning and scheduling, integrated production and transportation planning, and graphical modeling systems. He has published in IIE Transactions, Journal of Manufacturing and Operations Management, Management Science, Mathematical Programming, Mathematics of Operations Research, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, and Operations Research. Professor Jackson has consulted with several companies in these areas, including Xelus, Clopay Building Products, General Motors, Aeroquip, and Quaker Oats.

Jackson is also active in educational curriculum development for manufacturing system design and management. He is the recipient of several awards for curriculum innovation in addition to numerous student-voted awards for teaching excellence.

Select Publications

“A review of stochastic lot scheduling problem”. International Journal of Production Economics, 62, 181- 200. (1999). (With C. Sox, A. Bowman and J. Muckstadt)

“The warehouse scheduling problem formulation and algorithms”. IIE Transactions, 28, 2, 115 - 127 (1996). (With M.A. Hariga)

Professional Activities

Associate Editor, Operations Research, 1988 - 1990

Journal Referee:
AIEE Transactions
International Journal of Production Research Management Science
Naval Research Logistics Quarterly
Operations Research
Operations Research Letters

University Activities

Director Systems Engineering Program, College of Engineering, 2003 to present

Awards and Recognition

Faculty Grant for Research Innovation 2005