TAEHO PARK

Professor

Department of Organization & Management

Office: BT 654 Phone: 408-924-3561

 

[I] Degrees Earned:

· 1987 Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
   (Specialization in Manufacturing Systems)
· 1983 M. S. in Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
   (Emphasis on Operations Research)
· 1981 B. S. in Industrial Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

 

[II] Research Interests:

My research interests include (1) manufacturing system design/modeling, (2) production control problems, (3) Supply Chain Management/Logistics, and (4) TQM applications, including Quality Function Deployment.

 

[III] Teaching Competence:

  1. Production and Operations Management
  2. Supply Chain Management
  3. Total Quality Management
  4. Materials Management
  5. Logistics of Global Manufacturing
  6. Management of New Manufacturing Technology
  7. Computer-Integrated Manufacturing Systems: Design and Control
  8. Computer Applications in Industrial Engineering/Business
  9. Simulation Modeling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems

 

[IV] Academic Experience:

  1. San Jose State University (8/88 - present)

Professor in Operations/Manufacturing Management: Production/Operations Management, Total Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Materials Management, Logistics of Global Manufacturing, and New Manufacturing Technology Management

  1. University of Wisconsin-Madison (6/84 - 12/87)

Teaching Assistant in the following areas: Production Planning and Control, Facilities Planning , and Special Topic in Industrial Engineering, Statistics, and Business: Improving Quality and Productivity in Organization.


[V] Industrial Experience:

  1. 2/2002-7/2002  GPL Logistics Consulting (Consultant)
  2. 2/2000-1/2002 Samsung Electronics Co., Suwon, Korea (Consultant)
  3. 12/87-8/88 Operations Research Analyst, Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., Madison, WI.
  4. 2/83-4/84 System Engineer, Qnix Systems Inc., Seoul, Korea.

 

[VI] Software Development:

  1. Developed a prototype expert system, "Taguchi Master," for easy use of Taguchi Methods using C language.
  2. Developed a menu-driven simulator in Pascal, "STAR*CELL," for designing flowshop type manufacturing systems including flexible manufacturing cell flow lines. More than 50 companies (e.g., ITT, Caterpillar, AT&T, IBM, etc.) have used the STAR*CELL simulator.
  3. Developed a mathematical programming package using an XMP Subroutine Library written in Fortran.
  4. Developed a mathematical programming package for large-scale problems using C language and Unix Operating System.