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Ki Ling CHEUNG
Associate Professor
Email: imcheung@ust.hk

PhD 1990 Stanford University, Industrial Engineering
M.S. 1989 Stanford University, Industrial Engineering
B.S. 1986 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Mathematics


ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Associate Professor of ISOM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 1999-present
  • Assistant Professor of ISMT, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 1993-1999
  • Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, July-December 1996
  • Teaching Assistant, Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University, 1987-1990
  • Management Consultant, Teknekron Corporation, California, 1990-1992
  • Material Planning Analyst, Sun Microsystem, California, 1990


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

   Articles

  • "The Impact of Information Sharing and Advance Order Information on a Supply Chain with Balanced Ordering”, Production and Operations Management, Vol. 20, pp. 253-267, 2011 (with Sheng Hao Zhang)
  • "Optimal Policies for Inventory Systems with Separate Delivery-Requests and Order-Quantities Decisions", Operations Research, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 626-636, 2009  (with Qing Li and Xiaoli Wu)
  • "Replenishment Sequencing in a Supply Chain with Balanced Ordering", Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 2008, pp. 198-203 (with Sheng Hao Zhang)
  • "Balanced and Synchronized Ordering in Supply Chains", IIE Transactions,  Vol. 40, pp. 1-11, 2008 (with Sheng Hao Zhang)
  • "Optimal Inventory Policy for Systems with Demand Cancellations", IIE Transactions, Vol. 35, 2003, pp. 739-747  (with Xue-Ming Yuan)
  • "An Infinite Horizon Inventory Model with Periodic Order Commitment", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 146, 2003, pp. 52-66  (with Xue-Ming Yuan)
  • "The Effects of Component Commonality in an Infinite Horizon Inventory Model",  Production Planning and Control, Vol. 13, 2002,  pp. 326-333.
  • "The Inventory Benefit of Shipment Coordination and Stock Rebalancing in a Supply Chain",  Management Science, Vol. 48, 2002, pp.300-306  (with Hau L. Lee)
  • "A Risk-Return Framework for Inventory Management", Supply Chain Management Review Vol. 6, Jan/Feb 2002, pp. 50-55.
  • "Coordinating Replenishments in a Supply Chain with Quality Control Considerations", Production Planning and Control, Vol. 11, 2000, pp. 697-705 (with K. F. Leung)
  • "An Exact Performance Evaluation for the Supplier in a Two-Echelon Inventory System", Operations Research, Vol. 48, 2000, 646-653 (with W. H. Hausman)
  • "The impact of inventory information distortion due to customer order cancellations", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 46, 1999, 213-231 (with A. X. Zhang)
  • "A continuous review inventory model with a time discount", IIE Transaction, Vol. 30, 1998, 747-757
  • "Modeling returns of merchandise in an inventory system", OR Spektrum, Vol. 20, 1998, 147-154 (with X. Yuan)
  • "On the benefits of coordinated replenishments via supplier consolidation",  Global Supply Chain and Technology Management, POMS Services in Technology and Operations Management, Vol. 1, 1998
  • "Service constrained inventory methods with random lifetimes and lead times", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 48, 1997, 1022-1028 (with L. Liu)
  • "Joint determination of preventive maintenance and safety stocks in an unreliable production environment", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 44, 1997, 257-272 (with W.H. Hausman)
  • "On the (S-1, S) inventory model under compound poisson demands with i.i.d. unit resupply times", Naval Research Logistics, Vol. 43, 1996, 563-572
  • "Multiple failure in a multi-item spares inventory model", IIE Transactions, Vol. 27, 1995, 171-180 (with W.H. Hausman)


CONSULTATIONS AND EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

  • A feasibility study of supply chain management for Hong Kong industry - H.K.A.N.A.
  • Finished goods inventory optimization model, Sun Microsystems, U.S.A.
  • Corporate personnel database network, Panasonic Laboratories, U.S.A.
  • Turnaround and daily maintenance planning - BP Oil Company, U.S.A.
  • Mobile maintenance scheduling system - Dofasco Steel, Canada
  • Shop floor maintenance scheduling system - Algoma Steel, Canada


SERVICE ACTIVITIES WITHIN COLLEGE AND PROFESSION

  • Organizing Committee Member, Supply Chain Management Conference, HKUST, June 23, 1995
  • External Assessor, Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)
  • Editorial Board Member, IIE Transactions on Scheduling and Logistics
  • Reviewer, Management Science; Operations Research; IIE Transactions


HONORS

  • The Franklin Prize for Teaching Excellence, HKUST Business School, Winter 2001/Spring 2002
  • The Best Ten Lecturers Award, HKUST, 1994
  • Nomination for the Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching, HKUST, 1994


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS

  • The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences