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Yeming (Yale) GONG, Professor of Management Science

Yeming (Yale) GONG

Professor of Management Science, PI (Independent Principal Investigators for 3 National Scientific Grants)

Department of Operations, Data & Artificial Intelligence

Prof. Yeming (Yale) Gong studies logistics and supply chain management, the interface between operations management and information systems, with application interests in logistics, retailing, manufacturing, and IT industries. He has published two books “Stochastic Modelling and Analysis of Warehouse Operations” in Erasmus and “Global Operations Strategy: Fundamentals and Practice” in Springer. His book “Global Operations Strategy" has been globally adopted by 40+ universities or business schools in Europe, USA, Australia, Africa, China, and other Asian Countries. With records of 13 articles in A/ CNRS-1 /FT / UTD journals, he published 41 articles in journals like Production and Operations Management, IIE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Annals of Operations Research, International Journal of Information Management, Management Decision, Logistics Research, and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Prof. Gong received "2010 the Best Paper Award in Design and Manufacturing" from IIE, and "Erasmus Scholarship for Teaching" from European Union. He is advising 9 PhD and 3 DBA students as chair or co-chair. 10 of his PhD students have graduated, and 5 of them are now Principal Investigators (PI) with independent scientific grants. Supported by public scientific grants, he is a senior PI leading an international scientific cooperation team including 14PIs, 6 Professors, 7 Associate Professors, 11 Assistant Professors, 3 Post-Doc, 20+ PhD in France, China, Netherlands and USA. According to a published scientometrics article by leading USA professors of logistics, he is listed as top 10 in the world, No.1 in France, and No.1 in Chinese world in the field of material handling , measured by the degree of centrality (academic leadership).

EducationTop

  1. Post Doctoral Researcher in Management Science, The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, USA.
  2. Ph.D in  Management, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, the Netherlands.
  3. Visiting Ph.D Student in Management Science, The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, USA.
  4. M.Sc in Technology and Operation Management, INSEAD, France.
  5. B. Engineering, and M. Sc in Management Information Systems, HUST, China

AwardsTop

  • Principal investigator (PI) : "Logistics Management and Decision for Online Retailers: Big Data Driven Theories and Methodologies" (Covering 2017-2021).National Scientific Grant. Team: 5 Professors,5 Associate Professors, 6 Assistant Professors,20 PhD Candidates. Team output in the recent 5 years: 13 A+ (FT /INFORMS), 30 A, 130 SCI Journal Papers. 
  • Co-principal investigator (co-PI) : "IT- Enabled Intelligent Manufacturing Strategy"(Covering 2017-2020). National Social Scientific Grant. Team: 7 Professors,5 Associate Professors, 6 Assistant Professors,10 PhD Candidates. Team output in the recent 5 years: 6 A+, 20 A, 100 SCI Journal Papers. 
  • Principal investigator (PI) : National Scientific Grant. "Optimization and Decision of Warehousing Revenue Management in an Uncertain Environment". Team: 1 Professor,1 Associate Professor, 2 Assistant Professors. Team output: 10 SCI Journal Papers. (Completed with evaluation as "excellence"). 2012-2016
  • Chair in session "Warehouse Design and Management," IFAC MIM, Germany,2019
  • Chair in session "AI and Warehouse Management," EURO, Ireland, 2019
  • Chairman, Symposium on "AI and Global Operations Strategy", China, 2017
  • Track chair and session chair of "Empirical Operations Management", INFORMS International Conference, USA, 2016
  • Chairman, Symposium on "AI and Manufacturing", China, 2016
  • Session chair of "Facility Design and Planning", IFAC MIM, France, 2016
  • Track chair and session chair of "DEA and Empirical Study", DEA International Conference, China, 2016
  • Finalist, Prix académique de la Recherche en Management, France, 2015
  • Chairman, Symposium on "Big Data Analytics and Logistics", China, 2015
  • Honored as Chutian Chair Professor (highest level) by Hubei Government, 2014-2018.
  • Chairman, Symposium on "Advanced Research Methods in Management Science", China, 2014
  • Chair in session "Warehouse Design and Management," IFAC MIM, Russia,2013
  • "2010 the Best Paper Award in Design and Manufacturing" from IIE, USA,2010

ExperienceTop

  1. 09/2009-03/2013 : Assistant Professor, EMLYON Business School,  Ecully Campus, France.
  2.  03/2013-03/2017 : Associate Professor, EMLYON Business School,Ecully campus, France.
  3.  04/2017-Present:  Full Professor of Management Science, EMLYON Business School, Ecully campus, France.

Scientific CommitteesTop

Worked as co-chair PhD Supervisor in 10 PhD committees

  1. Guangmei Wu, Optimal Design and Planning for Compact Automated Parking Systems.Now an Assistant Professor(Jointly published 1 paper in a CNRS-1 journal). Graduated in 2018
  2. Jiawen Liu, DEA-based Models for  Operations Strategies in Retailing,a Post-doc Fellow(Jointly published 2 papers in CNRS-1 journals). Graduated in 2018
  3. Bianpan Zou, Study on Operational Policies Optimization in Vehicle-based Storage and Retrieval Systems. Now an Assistant Professor(Jointly published 6 papers in CNRS journals, 3 papers in CNRS-1 journals), and principal investigator (PI).Graduated in 2017
  4. Peiran Gao, Research on Organizational Information Technology Assimilation Models. Now a Post-doc Fellow, Graduated in 2017
  5. Haitao Li, Two-stage Game DEA Model and its Application Study. Now a Post-doc Fellow.Graduated in 2017
  6. Haoxuan XU, Lot-sizing Models of Replenishment and Delivery for Online Retailers. Now an Assistant Professor and principal investigator (PI)(Jointly published 3 papers in CNRS journals, 2 papers in CNRS-1 journals). Graduated in 2016
  7. Tian LIU, Research on Optimization Models and Policies of Picking and Storage/Retrieval Efficiency in Warehouse Systems. Now an Assistant Professor(Jointly published 1 paper in CNRS-1 journal) Graduated in 2016.
  8. Qinguo BAI, Research on Optimization and Coordination of Supply Chains for Deteriorating Items under Carbon Emission Regulation. Now an Associate Professor and principal investigator (PI) of  NSFC(Jointly published 1 paper in CNRS-1 journal), Graduated in 2016.
  9. Hongyi MAO, An Information Technology and Knowledge Management Capability Enabled Organizational Agility Framework. Now an Associate Professor, Department Chair, and principal investigator (PI). Graduated in 2015.
  10. Xiang WU, Coordinated Pricing and Ordering Models for Organic French Produce.  Now an Assistant Professor and Principal investigator (PI) (Jointly published 1 paper in CNRS-1 journal).Graduated in 2015.

Working as  supervisor for 3 DBA candidates in EMLYON

   1.  Xiaofeng Qin. CEO and founder of a training and consulting firm.

   2.  Yuwen Pan. Executive in KPMG.

   3.  Kosen GAO. Executive in ARKEMA. Thesis: "Supplier-Manufacturer Cooperation and New Product Success: A Dynamic Capabilities Perspective."

ExpertiseTop

  • Interface research between operations management and information systems
  • Big data-driven logistics systems
  • IT- Enabled Intelligent Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things
  • Facility layout and planning, Warehousing
  • Sustainable operations
  • AI-based smart products and service
  • DEA-based performance evaluation of information and operations systems

AssociationsTop

INFORMS,AIS, IIE, IEEE, IFAC

Courses taughtTop

  1. Logistics Management(for MSc). In Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011,  Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, 2016,2017,2018,2019.
  2. Supply Chain Management in Asia(for MSc Asian track). In Summer and Winter 2012,2015,2017
  3. Operations Strategy(for MSc). In Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Winter 2012,  Spring 2013, Winter 2014, 2016,2017
  4. Revenue Management(for MSc). In Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012,  Spring 2013, Spring 2014,2017,2018,2019
  5. Warehouse Management(for MSc). In Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Spring 2012,  Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015,2016.
  6. Service Operations Management(for MSc). In Spring 2010, Fall 2010,  Fall 2011.
  7. Operations Strategy in Asia(for MSc). In Winter 2010, Summer 2011, Winter 2011, and Summer 2012, Summer 2014, 2015,2016
  8. Operations Management (Specialized in Hospitality Management.Specialized Master, EMLYON, Bocuse, Ecully).2015
  9. Operations Management(for MSc). Winter 2015,2017,2018
  10. Operations and Supply Chain Management (for EMBA),2017,2018
  11. Quantitative Research Methods for Business Study (for DBA),2019
  12. Artificial Intelligence and Management Science (for DBA),2019

Research InterestTop

Research direction: Interface research between operations management and information systems

  • Interface research between IT/AI and logistics/SCM, including integration research between facility logistics and big data, automated facility management, robotic warehousing, warehouses for online retailers, big data and inventory location optimization for online retailers, facility planning for online public storage warehouses, supply chain models with advance demand information for online retailers,  clickstream big data and system integration for online retailers, carbon emission reduction and green supply chain coordination, compact automated parking systems, robotic mobile fulfillment system, and automated storage and retrieval systems.
  • Interface research between IT/AI and operations strategy, including interface research between  information systems and operations strategy, big data capacity and operational flexibility, IT-enabled sustainable operations, joint inventory and rationing decisions in reward-based crowdfunding, the role of AI in green supply chain, and the role of IT in a socially sustainable supply chain.
  • Interface research between IT/AI and  manufacturing , including IT- Enabled intelligent manufacturing, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, national manufacturing strategy, IT and productivity, shared economy, dynamic lot-sizing models for retailers with online channels, and dynamic lot-sizing models with pricing for new products.
  • Interface research between IT/AI and service operations, including interface research between IT and service strategy, stochastic service systems based on priority queueing systems,  AI-based service operations, quality and user experiences of AI-based smart products and service, users resistance and mobile application, customers recommendation and brand app, the impact of social identification and distinctiveness on gift-giving behavior on social live-streaming services, IT service and the role of mindfulness.
  • Interface research between IT/AI and project management,including big-data-based project management, AI-based project management, and diversity in online collaboration in project management, online project management in game development community.
  • DEA-based performance evaluation on information or operations systems,including DEA-based approach for competitive environment analysis in global operations strategies, DEA-based models for sustainable operations for efficiency, DEA-based models for information systems, DEA-based performance evaluation models for AI-based logistics systems,  DEA-based performance evaluation models for big-data-based logistics systems, DEA-based performance evaluation models for smart products and service.

Communications & SeminarsTop

-Regularly present in INFORMS, IIE, AIS, IEEE, IFAC, EURO, POM conferences.

-Regularly give talks in seminars in leading European, Chinese and American universities.

-His researching and opinions had been reported by 20 news papers, international medias, and national journals.

-His book “Global" Operations Strategy has been "globally" adopted by 40+ universities or business schools in Europe, USA,  Australia, Africa, China, and other Asian Countries.

PublicationsTop