Current Appointments & Affiliations
R. David Thomas Distinguished Professor of Business Administration
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2018 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Professor of Business Administration
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2003 - Present
Fuqua School of Business
Recent Publications
Optimal Dual-Sourcing Inventory Policies with Order Tracking: Backlogging and Lost Sales Under Uncertain Lead Times
Journal Article Operations Research · November 1, 2025 This study explores the effective use of order-tracking information in dual-sourcing inventory systems in both backlogging and lost-sales settings. Our inventory model features a normal source, comprising a two-stage tandem queue with Erlang-distributed pr ... Full text CiteThe Blockchain Newsvendor: Value of Freshness Transparency and Smart Contracts
Journal Article Management Science · August 1, 2025 Motivated by blockchain applications in the fresh produce industry, we consider a newsvendor problem in which a retailer faces stochastic and freshness-dependent consumer demand. The retailer can adopt blockchain technology to have more transparent informa ... Full text CiteSpatial Flexibility of Autonomous Vehicles in Shared-Mobility
Journal Article · March 10, 2025 Open Access CiteRecent Grants
Multi-Product Assemble-to-Order Systems: Performance Optimization and Supply Chain Applications
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2003 - 2005View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Columbia University ·
1991
Ph.D.