Prof. Ki Ling CHEUNG
Associate Professor, Operations Management imcheung@ust.hk




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

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ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEAssociate Professor of ISOM, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 1999 - present
Director, Center for Marketing and Supply Chain Management, 2012 2013
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

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS ArticlesYi, Z., Cao, Z.,andCheung, K. L., “Managing digital piracy under consumer valuation uncertainty: the roles of product demonstrations and antipiracy measures," to appear in Informationand Management.
Yi, Z., Yu, M.,andCheung, K. L., “Impacts of counterfeiting on a global supply chain," to appear in Manufacturing and Service Operations Management.
Cheung, K. L., Song, J-S. and Zhang, Y., “Cost reduction through operations reversal,”European Journal of Operational Research,259. 2017,100-112.
Zhang, S. H., andCheung, K. L., “The impact of information sharing and advance order information on a supply chain with balanced ordering”,Production and Operations Management,20, 2, 2011, 253-267
Li, Q., Wu, X., andCheung, K. L., “Optimal policies for inventory systems with separate delivery-request and order-quantity decisions”,Operations Research, 57, 3, 2009, 626-636
Zhang, S. H., andCheung, K. L., “Replenishment sequencing in a supply chain with balanced ordering”,Manufacturing & Service Operations Management,10, 2, 2008, 198-203.
Cheung, K. L., and Zhang, S. H., “Balanced and synchronized ordering in supply chains”,IIE Transactions,40, 1, 2008, 1-11
Yuan, X.-M., andCheung, K. L., “Optimal inventory policy for systems with demand cancellations”,IIE Transactions,35, 8, 2003, 739-747
Cheung, K. L., and Yaun, X.-M.. “An infinite horizon inventory model with periodic order commitment”,European Journal of Operational Research,146, 1, 2003, 52-66
Cheung, K. L., "The effects of component commonality in an infinite horizon inventory model
A risk-return framework for inventory management
Coordinating replenishments in a supply chain with quality control considerations
The impact of inventory information distortion due to customer order cancellations
On the benefits of coordinated replenishments via supplier consolidation
Service constrained inventory methods with random lifetimes and lead times
Joint determination of preventive maintenance and safety stocks in an unreliable production environment
On the (S-1, S) inventory model under compound poisson demands with i.i.d. unit resupply times
research-interests">RESEARCH INTERESTS Total quality management
Supply chain management
Production and operations management

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HONORSThe 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