BIO

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.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Supply Chain Integration
• Manufacturing Planning and Control
• International Operations
• Lean Process Design and Analysis

EDUCATION

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

TEACHING

• Introduction to Process Analytics
• Operations & Supply Chain Management
• International Operations
• Introducton to Process Analytics
• Operations Strategy
• Operations Strategy and Management
• Process Analytics

HOMEPAGE

• www.nd.edu/~jwei

PUBLICATIONS

"Price Discount Based on Early Order Commitment in a Single-Manufacturer-Multiple-Retailer Supply Chain," (with Jinxing Xie, Deming Zhou, Xiande Zhao),  European Journal of Operational Research, 200, January (1st Quarter/Winter), 2010, 368-376.

"Coordinating Advertising and Pricing in a Manufacturer-Retailer Channel," (with Jinxing Xie, ),  European Journal of Operational Research, 197, September, 2009, 785-791.

"Impact of E-Business Technologies on Operational Performance," (with S. Devaraj, L. J. Krajewski, ),  Journal of Operations Management, 25 (6), 2007, 1199-1216.

"The value of early order commitment in a two-level supply chain," (with X. Zhao, J. Xie, ),  European Journal of Operational Research, 180 (1), 2007, 194-214.

"Responding to Schedule Changes in Built-to-Order Supply Chains," (with L. Krajewski, L. L. Tang),  Journal of Operations Management, 23 (5), 2005, 452-469.

"The Impact of Forecasting Errors on Early Order Commitment in a Supply Chain," (with X. Zhao, J. Xie, ),  Decision Sciences, 33 (2), 2002, 251-280.

"The Value of Production Schedule Integration in Supply Chains," (with L. Krajewski, ),  Decision Sciences, 32 (4), 2001, 601-634.

"A Model for Comparing Supply Chain Schedule Integration Approaches," (with L. Krajewski),  International Journal of Production Research, 38 (9), 2000.

"The Conference Paper-Reviewer Assignment Problem," (with D. Hartvigsen, R. Czuchlewski),  Decision Sciences, 30 (3), 1999, 865-876.

PRESENTATIONS

Jerry C Wei, Sarv Devaraj, Lee J Krajewski, Decision Sciences National Meeting, Decision Sciences Institute, San Francisco, "The effect of customer power on demand predictability and supplier trust," (November17, 2012).

Jerry C Wei, Production and Operations Management Society, Production and Operations Management Society, Vancouver, Canada, "Process integration between product recall and product return," (May9, 2010).

Jerry C Wei, , POMS, Orlando, FL "Differentiating consistency from Intensity in supply chain production integration," (May4, 2009).