Publications 

Tao Lu and Brian Tomlin (2023). Forewarned is forearmed? Contingent sourcing, shipment information and supplier competition.  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 25(5): 1796-1813. [Unabridged PDF]

Tao Lu, Zhichao Zheng and Yuanguang Zhong (2023). Maximizing the benefits of an on-demand workforce: Fill rate-based allocation and coordination mechanisms.  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 25 (6), 2216-2232. [Unabridged PDF]

Yang Tong, Tao Lu, Yina Li and Fei Ye. Encroachment by a better-informed manufacturer. European Journal of Operational Research. 305(3), 1113-1129.

Tao Lu and Brian Tomlin (2022). Sourcing from a self-reporting supplier: Strategic communication of social responsibility in a supply chain. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 24(2), 902-920.  [Unabridged PDF]

Alberto Giudici, Tao Lu, Clemens Thielen, Rob Zuidwijk (2021). An analysis of the stability of hinterland container transport cooperation. Transportation Science 55(5):1170-1186 .[PDF]

Tao Lu, Ying-Ju Chen, Jan C. Fransoo and Chung-Yee Lee (2020). Shipping to heterogeneous customers with competing carriers. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management. 22(4): 850-867. [PDF] [Supplemental Material]

Tao Lu, Chung-Yee Lee and Loo-Hay Lee (2020). Coordinating pricing and empty container repositioning in two-depot systems. Transportation Science. 54(6):1697–1713. [PDF]

Tao Lu, Ying-Ju Chen, Brian Tomlin and Yimin Wang (2019). Selling co-products through a distributor: The impact on product line design. Production and Operations Management. 28(4): 1010-1032. [PDF]

Tao Lu, Jan C. Fransoo and Chung-Yee Lee (2017). Carrier portfolio management for shipping seasonal products. Operations Research. 65(5), 1250-1266.[PDF] 

Chung-Yee Lee and Tao Lu (2015). Inventory competition with yield reliability improvement. Naval Research Logistics. 62(2): 107-126.[PDF]  

Working Papers Under Review/Revision

Shipment Monitoring, Allocation and the Impact on Food Waste. 

Mergers between on-demand service platforms: The impact on consumer surplus and labor welfare (with Xiaogang Lin, Xin Wang).  

Can a supplier's yield risk be truthfully communicated via cheap talk?   

Credible communication of demand information when both the forecast average and accuracy are privately know (with Brian Tomlin)

Consumer profiling with inventory rationing (with Jing Liu, Ke Mao and Ke Fu)

Research Grant

Co-PI, "Harnessing Mobility Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Through a Transdisciplinary Research Network in Food Production, Processing, and Consumption Systems”, National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Data Science for Food and Agriculture Systems, 2022-2026, $1,000,000.