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Prof. Yacob Khojasteh
Lab Director · Digital Supply Chain & AI Lab

Yacob Khojasteh, Ph.D.

Professor, Operations and Supply Chain Management
Graduate School of Global Studies · Sophia University, Tokyo
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Biography

About Prof. Khojasteh

Yacob Khojasteh is Professor at the Graduate School of Global Studies, Sophia University (Tokyo), and Director of the Digital Supply Chain & AI Laboratory. He teaches Supply Chain Management and other operations and management courses within Sophia's Graduate School of Global Studies.

He holds a Ph.D. in Systems and Information Engineering. During 2021–2022, he was a Visiting Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University (Toronto, Canada). Alongside his academic career, he has several years of professional experience in industry and consulting.

His research career has spanned production control systems, pull-based manufacturing, warehouse and order-picking optimization, supply chain risk management, and — most recently — the digital transformation and autonomous capabilities of modern supply chains powered by Artificial Intelligence. His current interests focus on production and operations management, supply chain management, logistics and warehousing, systems modeling and optimization, business analytics, and the digital and autonomous transformation of enterprises.

Prof. Khojasteh has authored and edited numerous books and journal articles. Together with S.M. Mousavi Jahan Abadi, he is co-authoring a Springer trilogy on Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies, and Autonomous Supply Chains (2026 – forthcoming).

Research & Teaching

Interests and Courses

Research Interests
  • Production and Operations Management
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics & Warehousing
  • Systems Modeling and Optimization
  • Lean Production Systems
  • Digital Transformation & Business Analytics
  • Autonomous Supply Chains & Agentic AI
Courses
  • Graduate School of Global Studies:
  • · Operations Management
  • · Supply Chain Management
  • · Quantitative Approaches to Management
  • · Strategic Management
  • · International Business
Publications

Selected Publications

A selection of recent books and journal articles. For a complete list, please see the ResearchMap profile or the Sophia Graduate School of Global Studies page.

📘 Books

Forthcoming Autonomous Supply Chains: Powered by Agentic and Generative AI. Khojasteh, Y. and Mousavi Jahan Abadi, S.M. Springer.
2026 Digital Transformation of Supply Chains: Business Objectives and Applications. Khojasteh, Y. and Mousavi Jahan Abadi, S.M. Springer, Switzerland. View →
2026 Emerging Technologies in Supply Chains: Towards Digital Transformation. Khojasteh, Y. and Mousavi Jahan Abadi, S.M. Springer, Switzerland. View →
2022 Supply Chain Risk Mitigation: Strategies, Methods, and Applications. Khojasteh, Y. et al. Springer, Switzerland. View →
2018 Production Management: Advanced Models, Tools, and Applications for Pull Systems. Khojasteh, Y. CRC Press. View →
2017 Supply Chain Risk Management. Khojasteh, Y. Springer. View →
2016 Production Control Systems: A Guide to Enhance Performance of Pull Systems. Khojasteh, Y. Springer. View →

📖 Book Chapters

2026 Khojasteh, Y., Mousavi Jahan Abadi, S.M. and Ng, C. Leveraging Digital Transformation in Supply Chains: Strategies for Agility, Performance, and Resilience. In: Khojasteh, Y. and Jahan Abadi, S.M. (eds.), Digital Transformation of Supply Chains, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol. 372, Springer, Cham. View →
2026 Khojasteh, Y., Mousavi Jahan Abadi, S.M. and Ng, C. Enabling Supply Chain Transformation with Cutting-Edge Digital Tools. In: Khojasteh, Y. and Jahan Abadi, S.M. (eds.), Emerging Technologies in Supply Chains, International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol. 373, Springer, Cham. View →
2016 Khojasteh, Y. Japanese Production Management and Just-in-Time Systems. In: Haghirian, P. (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Japanese Business and Management, Routledge, UK.
2016 Khojasteh, Y. Kaizen: Concepts and Strategies. In: Haghirian, P. (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Japanese Business and Management, Routledge, UK.
2016 Khojasteh, Y. and Abdi, M.R. Japanese Supply Chain Management. In: Haghirian, P. (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Japanese Business and Management, Routledge, UK.
2012 Khojasteh-Ghamari, Y. Warehouse Management: Productivity Improvement in Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems. In: Manzini, R. (ed.), Warehousing in the Global Supply Chain: Advanced Models, Tools and Applications for Storage Systems, Springer, London.

📄 Selected Journal Articles

2025 Ma, X. and Khojasteh, Y. The Effects of Firm Actions on Customers' Responses to Product Recall Crises in the Automobile Industry. Journal of Optimization and Supply Chain Management, 2(1), 46–58.
2024 Alizadeh Foroutan, R., Shafipour, M., Rezaeian, J. and Khojasteh, Y. Just-in-time scheduling of unrelated parallel machines with family setups and soft time window constraints. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 41(8), 692–715.
2024 Huang, G. and Khojasteh, Y. Using an incentive-compatibility due-date quotation to improve the performance for one-of-a-kind production shop floors controlled by load-based pull systems. International Journal of Production Research, 62(4), 1072–1091.
2023 Rezaeian, J., Alizadeh-Foroutan, R., Mojibi, T. and Khojasteh, Y. Sensitivity analysis of the unrelated parallel machines scheduling problem with rework processes and machine eligibility restrictions. Operations Research Forum, 4(52), 1–24.
2021 Huang, G., Chen, J. and Khojasteh, Y. A cyber-physical system deployment based on pull strategies for one-of-a-kind production with limited resources. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 32(2), 579–596.
2019 Kainuma, Y., Suyama, N., Furuhata, T. and Khojasteh, Y. Investigation of global supply chain network redesign. Procedia Manufacturing, 39, 1552–1558.
2019 Kobayashi, T., Khojasteh, Y. and Kainuma, Y. Analysis of multi-objective decision problems in humanitarian supply chains. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 12(2), 60–67.
2016 Khojasteh, Y. and Son, J.D. A travel time model for order picking systems in automated warehouses. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 86(5), 2219–2229.
2015 Khojasteh, Y. and Sato, R. Selection of a pull production control system in multi-stage production processes. International Journal of Production Research, 53(14), 4363–4379.
2012 Khojasteh-Ghamari, Y. Developing a framework for performance analysis of a production process controlled by Kanban and CONWIP. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 23(1), 61–71.

For the complete list of publications, please visit the researchmap profile, ORCID, or the Sophia University profile page.

Recognition

Awards & Memberships

Awards
  • 2022 · Best Paper Award — International Conference on Business and Management (with Xiaoyi Ma), for “A Study on Product Recall Crises and the Effects of Companies' Actions on Customers' Responses”.
Membership
  • Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
  • European Operations Management Association (EurOMA)
  • Japanese Operations Management and Strategy Association (JOMSA)
Contact

Get in Touch

Email
khojast[at]sophia.ac.jp
Telephone
03-3238-4068
Office
Bldg. 10, Room 549