Education:

• M.B.A., 1997, (Seattle University)
• B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1991, (Oregon State University)

• Manufacturing Engineering/Plant process improvement/Capital Projects - Quaker Oats, Ralston Purina, Boise Cascade, Ford Motor (total of 10+ years)
• Facility Design/Development Engineering Consulting - Industrial Design Corporation, Portland, OR (2 years)
• Engineering/Facilities Management - Fortune Brands, Inc. Hillsboro, OR (5 years)
• Teaching - Masters & Undergraduate level courses in management - (4 years; part time)

• Sourcing External Innovation and External Knowledge
• Design & Manufacturing Outsourcing
• Make-buy decisions in creativity and innovativeness
• Buyer-Supplier alignment

• Topic: Supplier Innovativeness and Manufacturer Performance, an Organizational Learning Perspective.
• Dissertation Advisor: Professor Kevin Dooley

• Absorptive Capacity and Strategic Alignment in Outsourcing: An Organizational Learning Perspective Under review at: Journal of Operations Management
• Creativity: A static or dynamic capability? Under review at: International Journal of Operations and Production Management

• An empirical Assessment of Outsourcing of Innovativeness. Target: Strategic Management Journal or Journal of Operations Management
• Manufacturers Span of Control and its impact on suppliers innovations: Comparing varying theoretical prescriptions Target: Production and Operations Management Journal
• Industry or Customer Awards? Choosing the right recognitions in assessing supplier innovativeness. Target: Journal of Operations Management
• Manufacturer Strategy and Supply Base Homogeneity: Contrasts in Supplier Selection. Target: Decision Sciences Journal

• Strategic considerations in outsourcing: Enhancing the effects of supplier innovativeness: Paper accepted to Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, August 2007
• Loose coupling and absorptive capacity: Influences on the effects of supplier innovativeness on performance, Paper accepted to ISM/NARTS 2007, Tempe, Arizona

• Contingencies on the effect of supplier innovativeness on manufacturer performance: Abstract accepted to Production and Operations Management Conference, Dallas, May 2007 (forthcoming)
• Contingencies on the impact of supplier innovativeness on manufacturer performance INFORMS 2006, Pittsburgh, PA

• 2006 - Supply Chain Management Department Doctoral Fellowship Award
• 2007 - Nominated (by the SCM department) for the CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals) Doctoral Symposium and Conference attendance in Philadelphia.

• Instructor: SCM 355 - Supply Chain Management at Arizona State University - Fall 2006 End of Course Survey Results: 3.6/4.0
• Area Chair & Faculty, University of Phoenix-Oregon Campus/Faculty Online Campus Sep. 2000-2004
• Teaching Experience: MBA and undergraduate level courses in General Management, Operations Management and Project Management - On-campus and online (Over 30 courses. Teaching evaluation results mostly in the top 20 percentile - above 3.5/4.0)
• Service Experience: Responsible for new faculty development, mentoring and evaluation (total of 9 new faculty)

Education:

• M.S., Management Information Systems, 2006 (University of Arizona)
• M.S., E-Commerce, 2002 (Illinois Institute of Technology)
• M.B.A., Operations and Technology Management, 1995 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• B.S., Industrial Management, 1992 (Illinois State University)

• Supply Chain Collaboration (Information Sharing, E-Commerce); Supply Chain Technologies’ (RFID, Computing/Networking Infrastructure) and Information Systems’ (IOS, WMS, ERP) Impact on Logistics Performance; Warehouse Logistics and Inventory Management Performance (Inv. Accuracy) 

• The Impact of RFID on Internal Efficiency: An Inventory Management Perspective (with M. Barratt and A. Maltz)
• The Logistical Implications of Managing Inventory at the Item Level (with M. Barratt and A. Maltz)
• Emerging Technologies in Warehouse Management Systems: A Review of the Literature and Some Future Directions
• Warehouse Management Systems’ Functionality: A Literature Review and WMS’ Functional Taxonomy

Education:

• M.S. in Information Management  (Arizona State University)
• M.S. in Agribusiness Marketing (Arizona State University)
• B.A. in Diplomacy and International Trade  (Foreign Affairs College)

Research Focus:

• Services Outsourcing

Submittals Under Review:

• State of Inductive Case Studies in OM by Dr. Mark Barratt, Dr. Thomas Y. Choi and Mei Li.  Under review at Production and Operations Management.

Working Paper:

• Services Outsourcing and Shifting Relationship Structures: Bridge Decay and Bridge Transfer by Mei Li and Dr. Thomas Y. Choi. Target: Journal of Operations Management

Conference Paper:

• Evolution of Inductive Case Studies in Operations Management by Dr. Mark Barratt, Dr. Thomas Choi and Mei Li.  Paper accepted to Academy of Management Conference, Philadelphia, August 2007

Awards and Recognitions:

• 2007 - Supply Chain Management Department Distinguished Doctoral Fellowship Award
• 2007 – Finalist for the Chen Hahn Best Paper Award by the Operation Management Division of the Academy of Management Conference.

Education:

• M.A. in Statistics, 2004 (Columbia University in the City of New York)
• M.B.A., Operations Management, 1998 (Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea)
• B.B.A., 1996 (Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea)

Research Areas:

• International logistics decision
• Cross border transportation
• Purchasing and Supply performance measurement

Conference Papers and Presentations:

• "Measurement Systems for Purchasing and Supply" with Carter, P. and Liu, C., International Purchasing & Supply Education & Research Association, San Diego, April 2006.

Education:

• M.Eng., Industrial & Operations Engineering (Manufacturing focus), 2003, (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
• M.S.E., Mechanical Engineering, 2002, (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
• B.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1994, (Korea University, Seoul, Korea)

Research Areas:

• Buyer-supplier relationships, network embeddedness, supply chain & network design, supply chain strategy (supply base rationalization, supply chain integration), social network theory, social capital theory, organization theory, systems theory

Research in Progress :

• “Expanding the Buyer-Supplier Relationship Taxonomy: Integration of “Strong-Weak Tie” Concept,” Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi – Working paper
• “Re-thinking Buyer-Supplier Relationship: A Structural Embeddedness Perspective,” Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi – Working paper
• "Network Embeddedness Effects on Firm's Performance: Implications for Strategic Supplier Evaluation Practices," Yoousoon Kim & Thomas Choi - Working paper
• “The Structural Embeddedness View: Network Positional Strategy and Sources of Inter-organizational Competitive Advantage,” Yoousoon Kim – Working paper
• “Supply Base Rationalization: Theory-Building from Eight Cases,” Thomas Choi, Robert Monczka, Yoousoon Kim – Working paper

Education:

• M.S. in Supply Engineering and Logistics, 2003 (The University of Warwick, Coventry, UK)
• B.S. in Computer Sciences, 1996 (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

Experience:

• Founder and director of a Brazilian high tech services provider firm for the transportation industry
• Consulting services for large carriers and third-party logistics providers
• Teaching at post-graduate level

Research Activities:

• Aggregate demand planning and forecasting for human resource needs on a project-oriented environment
• Inventory inaccuracy

Research Areas:

• Innovation management in service supply chains
• Transportation management and multi-modalism
• IT for SCM
• Supply Chain Integration
• Entrepreneurship

Adrian Tan
Adrian.Tan@asu.edu

Education:

• M.B.A – National University of Singapore, 2000
• B.S Electrical Engineering – State University of Maryland, 1989

Experience:

• Operations Management in Manufacturing, Telecommunications and IT Services
• Service Management in Customer Services
  
• Integrated Processes Management
  
• Worked in Wearnes-Thakral, SingTel and Siemens companies.

Research Activities:

• CAPS Research - Innovation at Supplier-Buyer level

Research Areas:

• Industrial clustering and buyer-supplier relationships

Education:

• M.B.A - University of Minnesota, 2006
• B.S Physics & Mathematics - University of Hawaii, 1990

Experience:

• IT Consulting
• Entrepreneur - Information Technology Company
• IT Trainer

Research Activities:

• Analyzing impact of strategic consumers in the retail service sector
• CAPS Research - Innovation at Supplier-Buyer level

Education:

• B.Eng., Management Information System, 2003, (Zhongnan University of Economics and Law) Wuhan, China
• M.S.in progress, Management Science, 2004-2006, Thesis will be defended in 2008, (Fudan University) Shanghai, China

Research Areas:

• Timing decisions in multi-stage inventory management, game theory in supply chain coordination, integration of financial derivatives in supply contracts, Internet-based supply chain, supply risk management from a real option perspective, global sourcing

Publications:

• The procurement function's role in strategic outsourcing from a process perspective, International Journal of Procurement Management, waiting for publication, with Joseph Carter
• "The Application of System Dynamics in Managing Procurement Disruption Risk." System Engineering, 2006 supplement (With Hongyu Li and a part of the key project named "a study of supply chain coordination theories, application technologies and operational tactics" funded by National Natural Science Foundation)
• The application of principal-agent model in choosing the right operation pattern in international franchising. Logistic Science and Technology March, 2006, No.3, 2006, P.72-74 & 77
• A multi-criterion method based on AHP used to classify inventory items Logistic Science and Technology, Sep. 2005, No.11, 2005, P.34-37 (With Hongyu Li)

Submittals Under Review:

• How Procurement Managers View Low Cost Countries and Geographies: A Perceptual Mapping Approach, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, with Joseph R. Carter, Arnold Maltz and Elliot Maltz

Working Papers:

• Entry Timing In a Secondary Market: When to Trade? (with Kevin Dooley and Rui Yin )
• The impact of Inventory Allocation Policies on Reducing Service Bullwhip Effect in an Internet Retailing Setting (With Elliot Rabinovich and Kevin Dooley