Sammi Yu Tang
Assoc. Professor

Education
2008 | Ph.D. Operations and Manufacturing Management Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School |
2005 | M.S. Business Administration Washington University in St. Louis, Olin Business School |
2001 | B.S. Geophysics Peking University (Beijing, China) |
2001 | B.S. Economics Peking University China Center for Economic Research (Beijing, China) |
Professional Experience
2015 - | Associate Professor, Management, Miami Herbert Business School |
2008 - 2015 | Assistant Professor, Management, University of Miami School of Business |
Honors & Acknowledgements
2019 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society
Outstanding reviewer for the POM Journal, Production & Operations Management Society, Washington DC, 2019
Miami Business School Research Cluster Day Best Paper Presentation Award, 2019
CSAMSE Annual Conference Best Paper Award, Third place, 2018
Provost Research Award, University of Miami, 2012
James W. McLamore Research Award, University of Miami School of Business Administration, 2009
University of Miami School of Business Summer Research Grant, 2010 - 2011, 2013 - 2014
INFORMS Future Academician Colloquium, 2007
Hubert C. Moog Scholar, Washington University, 2005, 2007
Doctoral Fellowship, Washington University, 2003 - 2008
Boeing Center for Technology, Information and Manufacturing Fellowship, 2004 - 2008
Supply chain risk management; supply disruptions; sourcing and procurement strategies; economic modeling in supply chain management; and OM/marketing interface.
Publications
Li, Y., S.Y. Tang, J. Johnson, D. Lubarsky Individualized No-show Predictions: Effect on Clinic Overbooking and Appointment Reminders (Production and Operations Management, 28(8) 2068-2086. 2019).
Tian, Z., S.Y. Tang, P. Kouvelis Soft Order Commitment in Supply Chains: Role of Penalties and Rationing Rules (Decision Sciences, 50(2) 340-373. 2019).
Dong, L., S.Y. Tang, B. Tomlin Production Chain Disruptions: Inventory, Preparedness, and Insurance (Production and Operations Management, 27(7) 1251-1270. 2018).
Tang, S.Y., P. Kouvelis. Pay-Back-Revenue-Sharing Contract in Coordinating Supply Chains with Random Yield (Production and Operations Management 23(12) 2089-2102. 2014).
Tang, S.Y., H. Gurnani, D. Gupta. Managing Disruptions in Decentralized Supply Chains with Endogenous Supply Reliability (Production and Operations Management 23(7) 1198-1211. 2014).
Kouvelis, P., S.Y. Tang. On Optimal Expediting Policy for Supply Systems with Uncertain Lead-times (Production and Operations Management 21(2) 309-330. 2012).
Tang, S.Y., P. Kouvelis Supplier Diversification Strategies in the Presence of Yield Uncertainty and Buyer Competition (Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 13(4) 439-451. 2011).
Yu, D.Z., S.Y. Tang, J. Niederhoff On the Benefits of Operational Flexibility in a Distribution Network with Transshipment (OMEGA, The International Journal of Management Science 39(3), 350-361. 2011).