Jerry Wei

Professor Emeritus

IT, Analytics, and Operations

Biography

Jerry C. Wei teaches and conducts research on supply chain management and integration, design of lean service processes, and adoption of lean manufacturing systems. He received a B.S. from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, an M.E. from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Operations Management from Texas A&M University. Wei won the “Best Paper Award” in the 1997 Decision Sciences Institute national meeting and is currently on the editorial review boards of the Journal of Operations Management and Decision Sciences. He is certified in production and inventory management (CPIM) by the Association of Operations Management and has conducted seminars or served as a consultant to various firms.

Background

Education

BSIE, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
M.Eng., Rochester Institute of Technology, NY
Ph D, Texas A&M University

Expertise

Supply Chain Financing
Simulation and Optimization
International Operations
Lean Process Design and Analysis

Editorial Boards

Associate Editor & Editorial Board, Journal of Operations Management (2014)
Editorial Board Member, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Operations Management (1998 - 1998)
Editorial Board Member, Editorial Review Board for Decision Sciences Journal (2004 - 2004)

Publications

SJET Supply Chain Co. Ltd.

Jerry Wei

Global Platform of China Cases

2017

Newsvendor problems with demand shocks and unknown demand distributions

Shawn O'Neil
Daewon Sun
Jerry Wei

Decision Sciences Journal

2016

Making Purchasing Decisions with Fuzzy Demand Information: The Use of Computer Learning

Jerry Wei

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information and Management Sciences

2014

Price Discount Based on Early Order Commitment in a Single-Manufacturer-Multiple-Retailer Supply Chain

Jinxing Xie
Deming Zhou
Jerry Wei
Xiande Zhao

European Journal of Operational Research

200

2010

Coordinating Advertising and Pricing in a Manufacturer-Retailer Channel

Jinxing Xie
Jerry Wei

European Journal of Operational Research

197

2009

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Presentations

Adopting Digitization in Lean Operations, International Conference on Information and Management Sciences (2017)
SJET Supply Chain Co. Ltd.: Embedding integrated services into the smartphone manufacturing industry, Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting (2016)
Embedding integrated services into smartphone manufacturing supply chain: A case study of a platform provider, IMS conference (2016)
Examining the roles and values of a smartphone supply chain intermediary, International Conference on Information and Management Sciences (2015)
Innovative services through integration: A case study of a critical intermediary in the mobile phone supply chain, Western Decision Sciences Institute (2015)
Implementing Lean Supply Chain: A Case Study of Change Management, INtrenational Conference on Information and Management Sciences (2013)
The effect of customer power on demand predictability and supplier trust, Decision Sciences National Meeting (2012)
Process integration between product recall and product return, Production and Operations Management Society (2010)
Differentiating consistency from Intensity in supply chain production integration, POMS National Meeting (2009)

Awards

elected President, International Association for Information and Management Sciences (IMS) (2016)
Best Theoretical/Empirical paper Award, Decision Sciences Institute National Meeting (1997)