John A. Muckstadt
School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
John A. Muckstadt
Acheson/Laibe Professor
of Business Management and Leadership Studies
School of Operations Research
and Industrial Engineering
Cornell University

286 Rhodes Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-9123 - phone
(607) 255-9129 - fax
jack@orie.cornell.edu

A.B. U. of Rochester (1962)
M.S. U. of Michigan (1964)
M.A. U. of Michigan (1965)
Ph.D. U. of Michigan (1966)

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Jack Muckstadt is the Acheson-Laibe Professor of Engineering in Cornell University’s School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering. Professor Muckstadt joined the Cornell faculty in 1974. He was the School’s Director for nine years; he also established and was the first director of the Cornell Manufacturing Engineering and Productivity Program. His teaching, research and consulting interests are in the areas of manufacturing systems and manufacturing logistics, supply chain systems, and manufacturing system design and analysis.

Professor Muckstadt was an active duty officer in the U.S. Air Force for 12 years, primarily working in the logistics field with responsibility for spare parts planning. He retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserves.

Among the organizations he has or is currently consulting for are Avon, Accenture(Andersen Consulting), Eaton-Aeroquip, Aspen Technology, General Electric, Xerox, General Motors, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, Chicago Pneumatic Tool, SAS Air Lines, Rand Corporation, Logistics Management Institute, IBM, General Foods, XELUS and Bell Atlantic.

Dr. Muckstadt holds a A.B. in Mathematics from the University of Rochester and an M.A. in Mathematics, an M.S. in Industrial Administration, and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan.