Professor Hiroaki Matsukawa Ph. D., Department of Administration Engineering, Keio University, Yokohama, Japan;  Dept of IE & Management, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama

Main research interests include production & inventory control and supply chain management (SCM).Continuous effort has been dedicated to clarify principles of management on those research topics such as scheduling, manufacturing strategy, project management and other topics related to o production and logistics. Quantitative methods were frequently applied for solving management problems. Closed-loop SCM and future logistics system connecting home network and e-shop are also great interesting topics.