Rong Li
Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management
315-443-3432
Room: 538
rli138@syr.edu
Ph D, Purdue University (Industrial Engineering)
MS, Purdue University (Industrial Engineering)
BS, Nankai University (Mathematics)
Rong Li is an Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management at The Martin J. Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Li taught at Nankai University and Singapore Management University. Dr. Li received a B.S. in Mathematics from Nankai University, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University.
Dr. Li’s research interests include operations and finance interfaces, supply chain coordination and contracting, inventory management and maintenance with learning from real-time information. She has coedited the first handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains. Her research works have been published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, etc. One of her papers was among the top 20 most cited articles of all time (IIE Transactions, as of June 2015); another paper was a finalist for the best paper award in the supply chain and logistics track of ISERC.
Dr. Li has won the Dean’s Teaching Honor award consecutively when she was teaching at Singapore Management University. She was selected for The Thousand Talents Plan (Tianjin) and The Hundred Young Research Leaders Plan (Nankai University) in 2014.
Dr. Li’s research interests include operations and finance interfaces, supply chain coordination and contracting, inventory management and maintenance with learning from real-time information. She has coedited the first handbook of Integrated Risk Management in Global Supply Chains. Her research works have been published in Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, etc. One of her papers was among the top 20 most cited articles of all time (IIE Transactions, as of June 2015); another paper was a finalist for the best paper award in the supply chain and logistics track of ISERC.
Dr. Li has won the Dean’s Teaching Honor award consecutively when she was teaching at Singapore Management University. She was selected for The Thousand Talents Plan (Tianjin) and The Hundred Young Research Leaders Plan (Nankai University) in 2014.
Research Topics
- Integrated risk management
- Supply chain management
- Inventory management with real-time information
Supply Chain Finance (SCM400/600), Introduction to Management Science (SCM403), Principles of Management Science (SCM702), Introduction to Supply Chain Management (SCM265)
Her research interests are focused on risk management using operational hedges (inventories, real-time data, new technologies, new management schemes, etc.) and financial hedges (derivatives).
Selected Publications
Selected Publications
- "Scrap or Sell: The Decision on Production Yield Loss", Production and Operations Management (with Xia, Y., Yue, X.)
- "Integrated Risk Management for Newsvendors with VaR Constraints", Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (with Kouvelis, P.)
- "Coordination in a Single-Supplier, Multi-Retailer Distribution System: Supplier-Facilitated Transshipments", Production and Operations Management, 26(5), 784-801, 2017 (with Ryan, J., Zeng, Z.)
- "Managing Storable Commodity Risks: The Role of Inventory and Financial Hedge", M&SOM-MANUFACTURING & SERVICE OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT, 15(3), 507-521, 2013 (with Kouvelis, P., Ding, Q.)
- "Inventory flexibility through adjustment contracts", International Journal of Production Research, 50(7), 1955-1978, 2012 (with Ryan, J.)
- "A Bayesian Inventory Model Using Real-Time Condition Monitoring Information", Production and Operations Management, 20(5), 754-771, 2011 (with Ryan, J.)
- "Residual Life Distributions from Component Degradation Signals: A Bayesian Approach", IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers), 37(6), 543-557, 2005 (with Gebraeel, N., Lawley, M., Ryan, J.)
Awards and Honors
- NNSF Research Grant - The National Natural Science Foundation of China (2015)
- 1000 Talents – Youth program - Tianjin, China (2014)
- 100 Young Research Leaders - Nankai University (2013)
- Dean's Teaching Honor List - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2012)
- Finalist for the best paper award - ISERC - Supply Chain and Logistics track (2012)
- Dean's Teaching Honor List - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2011)
- Dean's Teaching Honor List - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2010)
- Dean's Teaching Honor List - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2009)
- Dean’s Teaching Honor List - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2008)
- Dean’s Teaching Honor List - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2007)
- Dean’s Teaching Honor List - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2006)
- Dean’s Teaching Honor List - Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (2005)
- SMU Research Fund - Singapore Management University (2005)
- INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium Fellow - INFORMS (2003)