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Jose M. Tanchoco, Ph.D.
Professor of Industrial Engineering

Highlights

• Professor Tanchoco was an early pioneer on research on AGV Systems Design and Operations. More Info
• Invention (2008) - Optimum Material Flow Pattern and Layout Design, Linked-based Material Flow Pattern and Layout Design (with Dr. Jaewoo Chung, Kyungpook National University, South Korea). More Info
• Unit Load Definition - "A single item, a number of items or bulk material which is arranged and restrained so that the load can be stored, picked up and moved between two locations as a single mass," Tanchoco (1980).

Degrees

• Ph.D., Purdue University, Aug. 1975
• M.S.I.E., Purdue University, Dec. 1972
• B.S.I.E., University of the Philippines Diliman, Nov. 1968
• A.B., Mathematics, Ateneo De Manila University, May 1966

Research

• Enterprise operations and production systems
• Global logistics and operations
• Container port handling and operations
• Automated Guided Vehicle Systems (AGVS)
• Unit Load Design
• Manufacturing and Industrial Economics