MORe: Dr. Heng-Soon Gan
Short Biography
Heng-Soon is the principal consultant of Melbourne Operations Research. He
is a recent (2004) PhD graduate from The Univerity of Melbourne's Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. Heng-Soon is actively involved in the teaching of undergraduate courses at the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
While still involved in his PhD research, he undertook a number of projects for manufacturing companies, developing inventory, production and transport cost models, and undertaking supply chain/system optimization, under conditions of varying (and at times difficult to predict) customer demand.
Consulting Activities
Since joining MORe, Heng-Soon has developed spreadsheet-based optimization systems, and implemented simulation models for MORe clients, involving extensive data analysis and simulation model parameter estimation.
Technical Expertise
Heng-Soon's areas of expertise include machine scheduling (deterministic, robust and online scheduling techniques; realtime scheduling systems), supply chain modelling and optimisation, robust planning and simulation.
Research Activities
- Machine Scheduling (deterministic, robust and online)
- Supply Chain Optimisation
- Operations Research Education: Case studies and methodogies
Heng-Soon's Publications
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