Wanshan Zhu

Research Philosophy:

Uncover laws to describe operations activities, propose methods to improve operations efficiency, and improve social welfare of all operations participants.

Teaching Philosophy:

Be kind to the students, impart knowledge to the students, and cultivate courage in the students.

Education

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
  PhD in Industrial and Operational Engineering * Master of Science in Financial Engineering
  
• Master of Science in Industrial and Operations Engineering
  
• Electrical Power Research Institute, Beijing, China
  Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
  
• Wuhan University （former Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering）Wuhan, China
  Bachelor in Electrical Engineering

Research Interests

Supply Chain Management，Behavioral Operations Management

Courses

Operations Management

Services & Awards

Other Appointments

• 2014-2019 Board of Directors for the Behavioral Operations Management Sub-Society in China Operations Research Society of China

Honors and Awards

• 1997-2001, Research Assistantship Award, Engineering Research Centers for Reconfigurable Machining Systems, College of Engineering, University of Michigan

• 1987-1991, Student Scholarship Wuhan University (Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electrical Engineering)

Selected Academic Articles:

1. Wu Z.*, Zhu W., Pascal C. (2011) the Newsvendor Problem with Advertising Revenue. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2011, 13(3): 281-296.

2. Zhao X., Si D., Zhu W.*, Xie J., Shen Z. (2019) Behaviors in VMI and Performance Improvement: An Experimental Study. Production and Operations Management, 2019, 28(7):1818-1836.

3. Song Y., Zhao X., Zhu W.*, Chen Y. (2018) Decision Bias of Strategic Customers with Private Product-value Information: An Experimental Study. Production and Operations Management, 28(5):1305-1319.

4. Angelus A.* and Zhu W. (2017) Looking Upstream: Optimal Policies for a Class of Capacitated Multi-Stage Inventory Systems. Production and Operations Management, 26(11):2071-2088.

5. Zhu W., Gavernani S.*, Kapuscinski R. (2010) Periodic flexibility, information sharing, and supply chain performance. IIE Transactions, 43(3):173-187. A highlighted article selected by the Editor.

6. Zhu W., Wu Z.* (2014) The stochastic ordering of mean-preserving transformations and its applications. European Journal of Operational Research, 239(3):802-809.

7. Wu Z.*, Pascal C., Zhu W. (2012) The newsvendor’s optimal incentive contracts for multiple advertisers. European Journal of Operational Research, 2012, 220(1): 171-181.

8. Angelus A.*, Zhu W. (2013) On the structure of capacitated assembly systems. Operations Research Letters. 41(1):19-26.

9. Chen Y., Zhao X., Zhu W.*, Xie J. (2019) How precious are scarce products? An experimental study on a turn-and-earn allocation mechanism. Decision Sciences, 2019, 50(5):1031-1059.

10. Xie D., Zhu W.*, Zhao X., Xie J. An Experimental Study on Selling Counterfeit Products under Monitoring Policies. Accepted at Journal of the Operational Research Society.