OFFICE
3354 Van Munching Hall
301-405-3784
xwan@rhsmith.umd.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D.
Candidate in Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain
Management, R.H. Smith School, University of Maryland, U.S. ,
2006 – present
Minor: Operations Management
Comprehensive Exams passed: Summer
2008
Advanced to Candidacy: January 2009
MS in Economics, School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong
University, China,
June 2005
BS in Computer Science, Information Engineering School, Nanchang
University, China,
July 2001
PUBLICATIONS
Xiang
Wan, Li Zou and Martin Dresner. 2009
Assessing the Price Effect of Airline Alliance on Parallel
Routes. Transportation Research, Part E: Logistics and
Transportation Review
45 627-641.
Xiang
Wan, 2004.
Comparative Analysis of Supermarket and Convenience Shop in
China, China Market
Modern Business 13, 57-60
Xiang
Wan, 2004.
Consumption, Fashion and Brand,
Business Research,
31-32
Xiang
Wan,
2004. Analysis of
Several approaches used
in promoting the Logistics Modernization in China,
China’s Modernization of
Circulation in New Times. Chinese Market Press, 290-297
PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Xiang
Wan, and Philip Evers, “The Beer Game with Multiple Retailers:
An Exploratory Study” ( Under review at Journal of Business
Logistics).
WORKING PAPERS
Xiang
Wan, Yan Dong, Kefeng Xu, and Qi Feng “Contracting Quality Management
along the Supply Chain” ( Preparing for submission to
Production and Operations
Management).
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Supply Chain Coordination
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Inventory Management
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Customization in Supply Chain
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Transportation Management and Policy
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Xiang
Wan, Yan Dong, and Kefeng Xu, Contracting Quality Management
along the Supply Chain. 19th Annual Conference of the Production
and Operations Management Society (POMS), San Diego, CA, May
2008.
Xiang
Wan, Li Zou and Martin Dresner,
Assessing the Price Effect of Airline Alliance on Parallel
Routes.
49th
Annual Forum of Transportation Research Forum (TRF), Fort Worth,
TX, March 2008.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
BMGT476: Technology Applications in Supply
Chain Management, Fall 2009
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Class purpose is to understand tactical
and operational management of supply chain with advance
software systems that build on top of ERP (enterprise
resource planning) systems;
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Emphasize issues related to creation of
end-user value through supply chain cost reductions and/or
service improvements;
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Provide students hands-on experience
with major ERP software in use by major companies - Oracle
and SAP Advanced Planning and Optimization.
BMGT372: Introduction to Logistics and Supply
Chain Management, Spring 2009
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Class purpose is to understand the
complexities associated with the physical movement of goods
and how they affect the mission of firms;
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Provide a knowledge of the cost
trade-off between different functions and activities within
an organization as well as with other members of the supply
chain;
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Develop experience employing the
various analytical and empirical techniques used in solving
supply chain-related problems.
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Course Evaluation Rating: 4.78 out of
5
Teaching Assistant
BMGT808M Doctoral Seminar: Transportation
Economics, Fall 2009
BMGT828C: Workshop in Supply Chain
Management, Fall 2007 - Fall 2008
BMGT476 : Applied Computer Models in Supply
Chain Management, Fall 2007- Fall 2008
BMGT380: Business Law, Fall 2007
PROJECTS INVOLVED
Building A Cyber Supply Chain
Assurance Reference Model, A collaborative research project
between SAIC and the Supply Chain Management Center, Smith
School of Business, 2009
Research on
asymmetric information in the financing of Chinese private
enterprises, Social and Scientific Fund of Xi’an Jiaotong
University, 2002
Case
analysis of the role of local government in handling the high
stake in Finance companies, Chinese Post Doctors Fund, 2002
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND ACTIVITY
2008-Current
Member of Production and
Operations Mgmt Society (POMS)
2008-Current
Member of Decision
Sciences Institute (DSI)
2006-Current
Member of Council of
Supply Chain Mgmt Professionals (CSCMP)
2006-2008 Member of Transportation Research Forum (TRF)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Top 15%
Teaching Award Recipient for Teaching Excellence, R.H. Smith
School of Business, University of Maryland, 2009
Dean’s
Summer Research Fellowship, R.H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland, 2009
Story-Philips Scholarship, the Logistics, Business and Public
Policy (LBPP) Department, University of Maryland, 2009
Dean’s
Summer Research Fellowship, R.H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland, 2008
Winner of
the Graduate Paper Contest; Transportation Research Forum (TRF)
Foundation, 2008
Dean’s
Summer Research Fellowship, R.H. Smith School of Business,
University of Maryland, 2007
Outstanding
Graduate Student Scholarship,
Xi’an Jiaotong
University, 2004
First Class
Prize of Academic Papers Contest, Academy Committee of China
Management Research Academy of Science, 2004
Exceptional
Graduate Student Fellowship,
Xi’an Jiaotong
University, 2003
Outstanding
Graduate Student Scholarship,
Xi’an Jiaotong
University, 2003
Excellent
Award in Countrywide Workshop of Circulation and Logistics
Modernization in China, Chinese Commercial Economic Academy,
2003
Excellent
Award in the Contest of Enrollment Slogan of Xi’an Jiaotong
University, Xi’an Jiaotong University,
2003
Exceptional
Graduate Student Fellowship,
Xi’an Jiaotong
University, 2002
First Class
Scholarship, Nanchang University, 2001
Award of
Excellent Individual in Social Practice,
Nanchang University, 2000
First Class
Scholarship, Nanchang University, 2000
Champion of
the Contest of Network Acknowledge in Jiangxi Province, China,
1999
Second Class
Scholarship, Nanchang University, 1999
Award of
Excellent Individual in Social Practice,
Nanchang University, 1999
Award of
Excellent Student Leader,
Nanchang University, 1999
Award of
Excellent Student League Leader,
Nanchang University, 1999
Award of
Excellent Individual in Social Practice,
Nanchang University, 1998
Second-Class
Prize in the Academic Paper Contest, Nanchang University, 1998
First Class
Scholarship, Nanchang University, 1997
WORK EXPERIENCE
Manufacture Manager of Letop International Limited, 2001 – 2002
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Seminar Coordinator, Department of Logistics, Business, and Public Policy, Smith School of Business, 2008-2009
Session
Chair in Annual POMS Conference 2009
SERVICE IN COLLEGE
Chairman of
Student Association of Nanchang University, 1998 – 2001
Secretary of
Project Division of Reporter Group,
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Skills
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Advanced Supply Chain Planning SAP ERP
Module
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Econometrics Analysis in R
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Parse Online Data by Programming in PHP
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Bayesian Statistics (Markov Chain Monte
Carlo)
Interests/Hobbies
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Sports (playing and watching)
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Music, Movies
REFERENCES
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Dr. Martin Dresner Ph.D., University of British Columbia Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Dr. Philip T. Evers Ph.D., University of Minnesota Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Dr. Thomas M. Corsi Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Robert H. Smith School of Business
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Dr. Yan Dong Ph.D., University of
Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business
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updated 09/2009