Topic Roadmap
Topic 1: Product Return Management at Scale
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Survival Priority: [1][2][8]
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Effectively manage product returns to secure baseline business performance.
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Sustainable Business Growth: [5]-[7]
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Design life-cycle adaptive resource allocation strategies for return processing systems.
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Topic 2: Enhancing Theoretical Foundations for Joint Decision-Making
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New Insights: [4]
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Gain more visibility into joint decision-making efficacy.
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Methodology Innovations: [3]
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Develop effective joint decision-making strategies under stockout-based substitution.
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Papers under Revision or Review
[1] Combining a Smart Pricing Policy with a Simple Replenishment Policy: Managing Uncertainties in the Presence of Stochastic Purchase Returns with Stefanus Jasin and Joline Uichanco, under major revision at Mathematics of Operations Research [Link] (Job Market Paper)
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Selected for MSOM SIG, 2023
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Second prize, POMS-HK Best Student Paper Competition, 2022
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Winner, EURO Pricing and Revenue Management Student Video Presentation Award, 2022
[2] Assortment and Inventory Planning under Dynamic (Stockout-based) Substitution in the Presence of Customer Returns: A Fluid Analysis with Stefanus Jasin and Xiuli Chao, under major revision at Operations Research [Link]
[3] Assortment and Inventory Planning Under Dynamic Substitution with MNL Model: An LP Approach and an Asymptotically Optimal Policy with Stefanus Jasin and Joline Uichanco, under major revision at Operations Research [Link]
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Presented at INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Conference, 2023
[4] Expected Profit of the Best Fixed Price Policy Decays Exponentially in Lead Time with Stefanus Jasin, Murray Lei and Lai Wei, under review at Operations Research [Link]
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Presented at Cornell OTIM Symposium on New Frontiers in Revenue Management, 2023
Research in Progress
[5] Multi-product Return Management through Life Cycle Aware Logistics Optimization with Sheng Liu, Layla Martin and Yeqing Zhou, in progress
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Sponsored by TSL Cross-region Collaborative Grant (North America & Europe), 2023
[6] Multi-product Inventory and Return Processing Rationing in the Presence of Heterogeneous Product Life Cycle Patterns under Waste Regulations with Stefanus Jasin and Joline Uichanco, in progress
[7] Dynamic Return Disposition in the Presence of Heterogeneous Product Expiration Dates: Reconciliation between Profitability and Waste Reduction with Xiuli Chao and Murray Lei, in progress
[8] Assortment and Inventory Planning under Dynamic Substitution in the Presence of Customer Returns: An Asymptotic Analysis with Stefanus Jasin and Xiuli Chao, in progress
Papers Teaching Industry Immersions Research Exploration Curriculum Vitae