
Assistant Professor of Production
Operations Management
School of Business Administration
University of Mississippi
Courses
MGMT 372 Operations Management Fall 2005, Spring and Fall 2006, Spring and Fall 2007
Education
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern University
M.S., Industrial Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
B.S. (with distinction), Industrial Engineering, Chung Yuan University, Taiwan
Areas of Interest
Supply Chain and Operations Management
Marketing-Operations Coordination
Capacity Planning and Operational Hedging
Knowledge Management in Production Systems and Supply Chains
Stochastic Modeling and Optimization
E-Commerce Design and Auctions
Publications
Huang, B., and S. M. R. Iravani (2007). “A make-to-stock system with multiple customer classes and batch ordering.” Accepted by Operations Research.
Huang, B., and S. M. R. Iravani (2007). “Optimal production and rationing decisions in supply chains with information sharing.” Operations Research Letters. Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 669-676.
Huang, B., and S. M. R. Iravani (2007). “Integrated production and maintenance policies in produce-to-stock systems with information sharing.” Under revision for Naval Research Logistics.
Huang, B., and S. M. R. Iravani (2005). “Production control policies in a supply chain under selective information sharing.” Operations Research. Vol. 53, No. 4, pp. 662-674.
W. T. Song, C. C. Su and B. Huang (1995). “Pseudo-random number assignment strategies: the relationship between simulation models, metamodels, and experimental design.” Journal of Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers. Vol. 12, pp. 193-201.
Conferences and Presentations
“Optimal production and rationing decisions in a supply chain with information sharing.” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006.
“Stock rationing in production-inventory systems with batch orders.” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 2004.
“Integrated production and maintenance policies in a capacitated supply chain.” CORS/INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Banff, Canada, May 2004.
“The benefit of information sharing in a supply chain.” Lunch Seminar, Northwestern University, March 2004.
“Value of information in a multi-client production-inventory system.” INFORMS Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2003.
Honors and Awards
Faculty Research Fellowship, University of Mississippi, 2007.
INFORMS Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium, Atlanta, GA, October 2003.
Best Paper Award, Journal of Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers.
Member, Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of Republic of China (Taiwan).
Honorable Student, College of Engineering, Chung-Yuan University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, 1990.
Services
Member of INFORMS
Ad-hoc Reviewer for Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics and IIE Transactions.