Dr. Pornthipa Ongkunaruk

Dr. Pornthipa Ongkunaruk is Assistant Professor in the Department of Agro-Industrial Technology of the Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University, Thailand. Established in 1943 to promote subjects related to agricultural science, the Kasetsart University was the first agricultural university in Thailand. She graduated in Agro-Industrial Product Development with a first class honors from the Faculty of Agro-Industry, Kasetsart University. She got her master in Industrial Engineering from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) with James A. Linen III Memorial Prize. Then, she got her Ph. D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2005. Her teaching and research interests are agri food supply chain management and simulation.

Her publications are in Supply Chain Management, Operations Research and Simulation in Agro-Industry area. She has authored and contributed to many research such as A genetic algorithm for a joint replenishment problem with resource and shipment constraints and defective items, The study of business process and decision support of raw milk blending for a collecting centre in Thailand, Productivity Improvement Based Line Balancing: A Case Study of Pasteurized Milk Manufacturer, Coconut sap pickup problem with time windows: a case study, An ECRS-Based Line Balancing Concept: A Case Study of a Frozen Chicken Producer, Simulation for Transport Pallet Cost Reduction in Pet Food Manufacturing: An Empirical Case Study, EOQ models for a coordinated two-level international supply chain considering imperfect items and environmental impact, Logistics Cost Structure for Mangosteen Farmers in Thailand, The Asymptotic Worst-Case Ratio of the Bin Packing Problem by Maximum Occupied Space Technique, Quality and Safety Aspects in HORECA Supply Chain, A Study of Large Scale Food Services Best Practices in Thailand: a Case Study of HORECAs, A Strategic Warehouse Decision: a Case Study for a Thai Exporter in the US, Business Process Analysis and Improvement for a Raw Milk Collection Centre in Thailand, Best Practices for Thai Farmers to Improve Coconut Sap Quality Using Experimental Design.