Jing Li, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management

Address: 6363 St. Charles Avenue, Box 15
New Orleans, LA 70118
Phone: (504)864-7932
Fax: (504)864-7970
Email: jingli@loyno.edu
Office: Miller 328

• Education
• Academic/Industry Experience
• Research Interests
• Publications

Education

• Ph.D. in Business Administration, December, 1995
  Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma
  • Major: Production/Operations Management
  • Minors: Operations Research/Quantitative Methods
    Industrial Engineering
  • Dissertation Title: Fuzziness, Utility, and Decision Making:
    -A Special Application to the Newsboy Problem

• M.S. in Industrial Engineering
  Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P. R. China
  • Major: Engineering Economics
  • Minor: Computer Science

• B.S. in Mathematics
  FuDan University, Shanghai, P. R. China

Academic/Industry Experience

• Assistant Professor, August, 1997-
  College of Business Administration, Loyola University New Orleans
  Courses taught:
  • Operations Management (MGT B611 – MBA course)
  • Business Statistics (DECS B601 - MBA course)
  • Management Science (DECS B602 - MBA course)
  • Quantitative Analysis for Process Improvement
    (QMGT B625 - Master of Quality Management course)
  • Production and Operations Management (MGT B325)
  • Business Statistics & Quantitative Methods I (DECS B202)

Faculty Internship:

• Warehouse Efficiency Improvement in AEi' Miami
  Sponsored by the Louisiana Educational Quality Support Fund and Air Express International Corporation

• Visiting Assistant Professor, August, 1996 – July, 1997
  College of Business Administration, Loyola University New Orleans
  Courses taught:
  • Production and Operations Management (MGT B325)
  • Quantitative Approach I (DECS B202)
  • Production and Operations Management (MGT B611 - MBA course)
  • Business Process Management
    (QMGT B615 - Master of Quality Management course)
• Teaching Associate, 1989-1995
  Department of Management, Oklahoma State University
  Courses taught:
  • Production and Operations Management (MSIS 3223)
  • Computer Concepts and Applications (MSIS 2103)
• Visiting Scholar, 1987-1989
  Department of Management, Oklahoma State University
  Collaborated with Dr. H. S. Lau on research projects:
  • Multivariate Inventory models
  • Statistical Modeling of Hydrologic Variables
• Lecturer, 1982-1987
  Department of Management, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, P. R. China
  Courses taught:
  • Marketing Management (executive certificate program)
  • Total Quality Management (executive certificate program)
  • Business Statistics
  • Industrial Economics (graduate course)
  • Business Mathematics

Research Interests

• Inventory Models
• MRP
• Quality Management
• Scheduling
• Business Logistics
• Fuzzy Set Theory

Publications, Proceedings, and Papers

Published Journal Papers:

• Ho, C., and Li, J. "Progressive Engineering Changes in Multi-level Product Structure in MRP System," OMEGA, Int. J. Mgmt Sci. Vol.25, No.5, 1997.
• Ho, C., Lau, H. S. and Li, J., "Introducing Variable-Interval Appointment Scheduling Rules in Service Systems," International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 15, No. 6, 1995.
• Li, J., Lau, H. S. and Lau, A., "A Two-Product Newsboy Problem with Satisficing Objective and Independent Exponential Demands," IIE Transactions, March 1991.
• Li, J., Lau, H. S. and Lau, A., "Some Analytical Results for a Two-Product Newsboy Problem," Decision Sciences, Fall 1990.

Selected Refereed Proceedings Articles

• Li, J., Ho, C. and Zhang, Y., "Modeling Utilities with Fuzzy Functions – A Special Application to the Newsboy Problem," Proceedings: 1997 DSI Meeting.
• Ho, C., and Li, J. "Progressive Engineering Changes in Multi-level Product Structure in MRP System," Proceedings: 1997 DSI Meeting.
• Li, J., Fan, M. Y. and Zhao, L. G., "The Impact of Shortage Costs on a Two-Product Newsboy Problem," Proceedings: 1993 DSI Meeting.