Rate My Professor Seokjin Kim

Seokjin Kim is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at Suffolk University's Sawyer Business School. He holds a PhD in Operations Management from the University of Toronto (2005), an MS from Stanford University, and an MBA and BBA from Yonsei University in South Korea. Dr. Kim's research interests include supply chain network design, complex networks, strategic customers and inventory, and operations research in healthcare. His work applies optimization techniques, heuristics, simulation, and network analysis to address challenges in supply chain management, quality costs, logistics, and healthcare operations.

Seokjin Kim has published key papers that have influenced the operations management field. Notable publications include 'The dynamics of quality costs in continuous improvement' in the International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management (2008); 'Ensuring feasibility in location problems with stochastic demands and congestion' (2009); 'Facility location for large-scale emergencies' in Annals of Operations Research (2010, cited over 150 times); 'Applying operations research to optimize a novel population management system for cancer screening' (2014); 'Return-on-investment (ROI) criteria for network design' (2015); 'Constructing a Watts-Strogatz network from a small-world network with symmetric degree distribution' in PLoS ONE (2017, cited over 30 times); and 'Managing perishable inventory when strategic customers form a reference on product availability' (2024). His research has accumulated over 468 citations on Google Scholar and 332 on ResearchGate, underscoring its impact. Kim has also co-authored on blockchain applications in supply chains, distinguishing enterprise-centered and customer-centered approaches (2023, Supply Chain Management Review). At Suffolk University, he serves on accreditation subcommittees as Associate Professor of the Sawyer Business School and contributes to initiatives such as the Rosenberg Institute for East Asian Studies. He teaches in operations management, with office hours in Sargent Hall, Room 5234, and can be reached at 617-305-3285.