Yue Zhang

News

Our paper "Production-Equipment Rentals: Technical Service Design and Pricing for Customers of Varying Expertise" is available on SSRN.
Our paper "Predictive 3D printing of spare parts with IoT" has been published on Management Science.
Our case and case article of "Digitizing spare parts supply chain via 3D printing - an operational cost analysis" have been published on INFORMS Transactions on Education. An earlier version of the case study was selected as Finalist of 2022 INFORMS Case Competition.
Our paper "Distributed 3D printing of spare parts via IP licensing" has been published on Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.

Our paper "Stock or print? Impact of 3D printing on spare parts logistics" won the First Prize in 2019 Columbia Business Initiative/CSAMSE Best Paper Award Competition, and has been published on Management Science. This research has been featured on Additive Manufacturing (link), 3D Printing Industry (link), and Fuqua Insights (link).

I am deeply honored to be awarded the Dr. Robert D. Pashek and Dr. John J. Coyle Early Career Professorship in Supply Chain.

About Me

Hello! I am an assistant professor of supply chain management in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University.

I obtained my Ph.D. in Operations Management under the supervision of Prof. Jeannette Song at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University. I also earned a bachelor in math and physics from Tsinghua University and a master in operations management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

My research work have appeared on academic journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, INFORMS Transactions on Education, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and Operations Research. I serve as an Associate Editor for the Decision Sciences Journal, and my referee activities have been recognized with two M&SOM Meritorious Service Awards in 2017 and 2018.