Jing-Sheng Song | Scholars@Duke

Jing-Sheng Song
R. David Thomas Professor of Business Administration

Current Appointments & Affiliations

R. David Thomas Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University 2018
Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University 2003

Contact Information

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Columbia University 1991
- M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) 1984
- B.S., Beijing University (China) 1982
Research
Selected Grants
- Multi-Product Assemble-to-Order Systems: Performance Optimization and Supply Chain Applications awarded by National Science Foundation 2003 - 2005
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Supply Chain Structures: Coordination, Information and Optimization. Edited by J Song and D Yao. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
- Book Sections
  - Song, J. "Supply chain operations: assemble-to-order systems." In Supply Chain Management, edited by S Graves and T De Kok. 2003. (Chapter)
- Journal Articles
  - Shang, Y, Dunson, D, and Song, J-S. "Exploiting Big Data in Logistics Risk Assessment via Bayesian Nonparametrics." Operations Research 65, no. 6 (December 2017): 1574-1588. Full Text
  - Ang, M, Sigman, K, Song, J-S, and Zhang, H. "Closed-Form Approximations for Optimal ( r , q ) and ( S , T ) Policies in a Parallel Processing Environment." Operations Research 65, no. 5 (October 2017): 1414-1428. Full Text
  - Chen, L, Song, J-S, and Zhang, Y. "Serial Inventory Systems with Markov-Modulated Demand: Derivative Bounds, Asymptotic Analysis, and Insights." Operations Research 65, no. 5 (October 2017): 1231-1249. Full Text
  - Chen, J, Hu, Q, and Song, J-S. "Supply Chain Models with Mutual Commitments and Implications for Social Responsibility." Production and Operations Management 26, no. 7 (July 2017): 1268-1283. Full Text
  - Cheung, KL, Song, J-S, and Zhang, Y. "Cost reduction through operations reversal." European Journal of Operational Research 259, no. 1 (May 2017): 100-112. Full Text
  - Chen, J, Hu, Q, and Song, J-S. "Effect of partial cross ownership on supply chain performance." European Journal of Operational Research 258, no. 2 (April 2017): 525-536. Full Text
  - Song, J-S, Xiao, L, Zhang, H, and Zipkin, P. "Optimal Policies for a Dual-Sourcing Inventory Problem with Endogenous Stochastic Lead Times." Operations Research 65, no. 2 (April 2017): 379-395. Full Text
  - Liu, F, and Song, J-S. "Coordinating a Semi-Centralized Global Production Network Through Different Levels of Headquarters Involvement." Production and Operations Management 26, no. 2 (February 2017): 305-319. Full Text
  - Huang, L, Song, J-S, and Tong, J. "Supply Chain Planning for Random Demand Surges: Reactive Capacity and Safety Stock." Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 18, no. 4 (October 2016): 509-524. Full Text
  - Liu, F, Song, J-S, and Tong, JD. "Building Supply Chain Resilience through Virtual Stockpile Pooling." Production and Operations Management 25, no. 10 (October 2016): 1745-1762. Full Text
  - Li, Q, Guo, P, Li, C-L, and Song, J-S. "Equilibrium Joining Strategies and Optimal Control of a Make-to-Stock Queue." Production and Operations Management 25, no. 9 (September 2016): 1513-1527. Full Text
  - Lu, L, Song, J-S, and Zhang, H. "Optimal and asymptotically optimal policies for assemble-to-order n- and W-systems." Naval Research Logistics (NRL) 62, no. 8 (December 2015): 617-645. Full Text
  - Ang, M, Song, J-S, Wang, M, and Zhang, H. "On properties of discrete (r, q) and (s, T) inventory systems." European Journal of Operational Research 229, no. 1 (August 2013): 95-105. Full Text
  - Ang, M, Song, J-S, Wang, M, and Zhang, H. "On properties of discrete (r, q) and (s, T) inventory systems." European Journal of Operational Research 229, no. 1 (2013): 95-105. Full Text
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, P. "Supply streams." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 15, no. 3 (2013): 444-457. Full Text
  - Liu, F, and Song, J-S. "Good and bad news about the 4S1 T 5 policy." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 14, no. 1 (2012): 42-49. Full Text
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, PH. "Newsvendor problems with sequentially revealed demand information." Naval Research Logistics 59, no. 8 (2012): 601-612. Full Text
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, P. "An approximation for the inverse first passage time problem." Advances in Applied Probability 43, no. 01 (March 2011): 264-275. Full Text
  - Guo, P, Song, J-S, and Wang, Y. "Outsourcing structures and information flow in a three-tier supply chain." International Journal of Production Economics 128, no. 1 (2010): 175-187. Full Text
  - Lu, Y, Song, J-S, and Zhao, Y. "No-Holdback allocation rules for continuous-time assemble-to-order systems." Operations Research 58, no. 3 (2010): 691-705. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Song, J-S, Zhang, H, Hou, Y, and Wang, M. "The effect of lead time and demand uncertainties in (r, q) inventory systems." Operations Research 58, no. 1 (2010): 68-80. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Bernstein, F, Song, J-S, and Zheng, X. "Free riding in a multi-channel supply chain." Naval Research Logistics 56, no. 8 (2009): 745-765. Full Text
  - Decroix, GA, Song, J-S, and Zipkin, PH. "Managing an assemble-to-order system with returns." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 11, no. 1 (2009): 144-159. Full Text
  - Shang, KH, Song, J-S, and Zipkin, PH. "Coordination mechanisms in decentralized serial inventory systems with batch ordering." Management Science 55, no. 4 (2009): 685-695. Full Text
  - Song, J-S, and Zhao, Y. "The value of component commonality in a dynamic inventory system with lead times." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 11, no. 3 (2009): 493-508. Full Text
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, P. "Inventories with multiple supply sources and networks of queues with overflow bypasses." Management Science 55, no. 3 (2009): 362-372. Full Text
  - Bernstein, F, Song, J-S, and Zheng, X. ""Bricks-and-mortar" vs. "clicks-and-mortar": An equilibrium analysis." European Journal of Operational Research 187, no. 3 (2008): 671-690. Full Text
  - Lu, X, Song, J-S, and Zhu, K. "Analysis of perishable-inventory systems with censored demand data." Operations Research 56, no. 4 (2008): 1034-1038. Full Text
  - Lu, X, Song, J-S, and Regan, A. "Rebate, returns and price protection policies in channel coordination." IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers) 39, no. 2 (2007): 111-124. Full Text
  - Shang, KH, and Song, J-S. "Serial supply chains with economies of scale: Bounds and approximations." Operations Research 55, no. 5 (2007): 843-853. Full Text
  - Song, J, and Zhao, Y. "Lead times, component costs and allocation rules in the value of component commonality." ICMSEM: Proceedings of 2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (2007): 359-369.
  - Lu, X, Song, J-S, and Regan, A. "Inventory planning with forecast updates: Approximate solutions and cost error bounds." Operations Research 54, no. 6 (2006): 1079-1097. Full Text
  - Shang, KH, and Song, J-S. "A closed-form approximation for serial inventory systems and its application to system design." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 8, no. 4 (2006): 394-406. Full Text
  - DeCroix, G, Song, J-S, and Zipkin, P. "A series system with returns: Stationary analysis." Operations Research 53, no. 2 (2005): 350-362. Full Text
  - Lu, X, Song, J-S, Zhu, K, Ding, X, Bisi, A, and Puterman, ML. "On "the censored newsvendor and the optimal acquisition of information"." Operations Research 53, no. 6 (2005): 1024-1027. Full Text
  - Lu, Y, Song, J-S, and Yao, DD. "Backorder minimization in multiproduct assemble-to-order systems." IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers) 37, no. 8 (2005): 763-774. Full Text
  - Lu, Y, and Song, J-S. "Order-based cost optimization in assemble-to-order systems." Operations Research 53, no. 1 (2005): 151-169. Full Text
  - Choi, K-S, Dai, JG, and Song, J-S. "On measuring supplier performance under vendor-managed-inventory programs in capacitated supply chains." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 6, no. 1 (2004): 53-72. Full Text
  - Boyaci, T, Gallego, G, Shang, KH, and Song, J-S. "Erratum: Serial Production/Distribution Systems under Service Constraints (Maufacturing & Service Operations Management)." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 5, no. 4 (2003): 372-374.
  - Dayanik, S, Song, J-S, and Xu, SH. "The Effectiveness of Several Performance Bounds for Capacitated Production, Partial-Order-Service, Assemble-to-Order Systems." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 5, no. 3 (2003): 230-251.
  - Drezner, Z, Scott, C, and Song, J-S. "The central warehouse location problem revisited." IMA Journal of Management Mathematics 14, no. 4 (2003): 321-336. Full Text
  - Lu, Y, Song, J-S, and Yao, DD. "Order fill rate, leadtime variability, and advance demand information in an assemble-to-order system." Operations Research 51, no. 2 (2003): 292-308. Full Text
  - Shang, KH, and Song, J-S. "Newsvendor bounds and heuristic for optimal policies in serial supply chains." Management Science 49, no. 5 (2003): 618-638.
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, P. "Supply Chain Operations: Assemble-to-Order Systems." Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science 11, no. C (2003): 561-596. Full Text
  - Song, J-S, and Yao, DD. "Performance analysis and optimization of assemble-to-order systems with random lead times." Operations Research 50, no. 5 (2002): 889-903+918.
  - Song, J-S. "Order-based backorders and their implications in multi-item inventory systems." Management Science 48, no. 4 (2002): 499-516.
  - Chen, F, and Song, J-S. "Optimal policies for multiechelon inventory problems with Markov-modulated demand." Operations Research 49, no. 2 (2001): 226-234.
  - Song, J-S, Yano, CA, and Lerssrisuriya, P. "Contract Assembly: Dealing with Combined Supply Lead Time and Demand Quantity Uncertainty." Manufacturing and Service Operations Management 2, no. 3 (2000): 287-296.
  - Song, J-S. "Note on assemble-to-order systems with batch ordering." Management Science 46, no. 5 (2000): 739-743.
  - Song, J-S, Xu, SH, and Liu, B. "Order-fulfillment performance measures in an assemble-to-order system with stochastic leadtimes." Operations Research 47, no. 1 (1999): 131-149.
  - So, KC, and Song, J-S. "Price, delivery time guarantees and capacity selection." European Journal of Operational Research 111, no. 1 (1998): 28-49.
  - Song, J-S. "On the order fill rate in a multi-item, base-stock inventory system." Operations Research 46, no. 6 (1998): 831-845.
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, PH. "Inventory control with information about supply conditions." Management Science 42, no. 10 (1996): 1409-1419.
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, PH. "Evaluation of base-stock policies in multiechelon inventory systems with state-dependent demands. Part II: State-dependent depot policies." Naval Research Logistics 43, no. 3 (1996): 381-396.
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, PH. "Managing inventory with the prospect of obsolescence." Operations Research 44, no. 1 (1996): 215-222.
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, PH. "The joint effect of leadtime variance and lot size in a parallel processing environment." Management Science 42, no. 9 (1996): 1352-1363.
  - Song, J-S. "Understanding the lead-time effects in stochastic inventory systems with discounted costs." Operations Research Letters 15, no. 2 (1994): 85-93.
  - Song, J-S. "Effect of leadtime uncertainty in a simple stochastic inventory model." Management Science 40, no. 5 (1994): 603-613.
  - Song, J-S, and Zipkin, P. "Inventory control in a fluctuating demand environment." Operations Research 41, no. 2 (1993): 351-370.
  - Song, J, and Zipkin, PH. "Evaluation of base‐stock policies in multiechelon inventory systems with state‐dependent demands part I: State‐independent policies." Naval Research Logistics (NRL) 39, no. 5 (January 1, 1992): 715-728. Full Text
  - Song, J, and Dong, Z. "A Secondary Approach to the Discounted Model in Semi-Markov Decision Processes." Science bulletin 33 (1988): 448-454.
  - Song, J. "Continuous-time Markov Decision Processes with Non-uniformed in Semi-Markov Bounded Transition Rates." Scientia Series A: Mathematical Sciences XXXI (1988): 1281-1291.
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