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R. John Milne

John Milne
Master Inventor and Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM
Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering
603/646-9758
R.John.Milne@Dartmouth.edu

Education

  • B.S., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University 1983
  • M.Eng., Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Cornell University 1984
  • Ph.D., Decision Sciences and Engineering Systems, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1995

Research Interests

Supply chain optimization; large scale optimization, operations research practice.

Teaching, 2007-2009

Selected Publications

  • Denton, B., Forrest, J., and Milne, R.J. "Methods for Solving a Mixed Integer Program for Semiconductor Supply Chain Optimization at IBM," Interfaces 36:5, 386-399. September/October 2006.

  • Lyon, P., Milne, R.J., Orzell, R., and Rice, R. "Matching assets with demand in supply chain management at IBM Microelectronics," Interfaces 31:1, Jan/Feb 2001, 108-124.

  • Graves , R.J. and Milne, R.J. "A New Method for Order Release," Vol. 8, No. 4, Production Planning and Control, 332-342, 1997

  • Graves, R.J., Konopka, J.M., and Milne, R.J. "Literature Review of Material Flow Control Mechanisms," Vol. 6, No. 5, Production Planning and Control, 395-403. 1995

Selected Patents

  • Milne, R.J., Orzell, R.A., and Yen, C. "Advanced material requirements planning in microelectronics manufacturing," U.S. Patent 5,943,484. 8/24/1999.

  • Dangat, G.S., Gokhale, A.R., Li, S., Milne, R.J., Orzell, R.A., Reid, R.L., Tang, X, and Yen, C., "Best can do matching of assets with demand in microelectronics manufacturing," U.S. Patent 5,971,585. 10/26/1999.

  • Hegde, S., Milne, R.J., Orzell, R.A., Pati, M., Patil, S., "Decomposition System and Method for Solving a Large-Scale Semiconductor Production Planning Problem," U.S. Patent 6,701,201. 3/2/2004.

  • Denton, B. and Milne, R.J. "Method for Optimizing Material Substitutions within a Supply Chain," U.S. Patent 6,983,190. 1/3/2006.

  • Denton, B., Milne, R.J., Orzell, R.A., Vajjala, S., and Ward, J. "A Method for Optimizing Foundry Capacity," U.S. Patent 7,103,436. 9/5/2006.

Professional Activities

  • Member, INFORMS (1985-1995, 1998-present)
  • Member, POMS (1994-present)
  • Member, Franz Edelman Award Committee (2002-present)
  • Chair, Franz Edelman Award Committee (2005-2006)
  • Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management by APICS (1987)

Awards

  • Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice (2005)
  • Franz Edelman Award Finalist for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences (2000)
  • Best Paper, Production Planning and Control (1995)
  • Del and Ruth Karger Prize (1995) for outstanding doctoral dissertation