Sammi Tang

Curriculum Vitae 

BIOGRAPHY

Sammi Tang is an Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. Her research addresses issues related to supply chain risk management, outsourcing and procurement strategies, sustainable supply chains, and topics in the interface of operations management and marketing, and healthcare operations. Her research has appeared in top journals such as Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Marketing Research, and other high-quality journals such as Decision Sciences and OMEGA. Her research has won the Best Paper Award at international conferences and has been supported by the Boeing Center for Supply Chain Innovation at Washington University, the James W. McLamore Research Award, and the Provost Research Award at the University of Miami. Sammi serves as a Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management and an Associate Editor for Decision Sciences. She is the recipient of the M&SOM Meritorious Service Award and the POM Outstanding Reviewer Award. She is a member of INFORMS, Production and Operations Management Society, and the Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society.

At the University of Miami, Sammi has developed and taught various courses in supply chain management, supply chain strategy, sustainable supply chains, operations management, global supply chain management, and supply chain resilience. She has taught for executive MBA, customized executive education programs, MBA, specialized masters, undergraduate, and doctoral programs. She received the 2025 Teaching Award for Tenure/Tenure-Emerging Track Faculty at Miami Herbert Business School, Poets & Quants’ Top 50 Undergraduate Professors of 2021 recognition and the Excellence in Teaching Award selected by Global Executive MBA Class of 2020 at the University of Miami.

Sammi received her B.S. from Peking University, China, and MSBA and Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis, USA.

RESEARCH

PUBLICATIONS (underlined are doctoral student co-authors):

• P. Kouvelis, X. Tan, S. Y. Tang (2025). Flexibility Value of Reshoring Capacity under Policy Uncertainty and Domestic Competition, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2023.0387.

• Y. Li, S. Y. Tang (2025). Incentive Contract Design for Supplier Reliability: The Role of Asymmetric Information on Reliability Level and Improvement Costs. Forthcoming in Decision Sciences.

• Tang, S.Y, J-S. Song (2023). Effect of Guided Delegation and Information Proximity on Multi-tier Responsible Sourcing.  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 25(6) 2314-2332.

• Gurnani, H., S. Singh, S.Y. Tang, H. Wang (2021). Service Provision in Distribution Channels. Journal of Marketing Research, 59(5) 926-940. 

• Li, Y., S.Y. Tang, J. Johnson, D. Lubarsky (2019). Individualized No-show Predictions: Effect on Clinic Overbooking and Appointment Reminders. Production and Operations Management, 28(8) 2068-2086.

• Tian, Z., S.Y. Tang, P. Kouvelis (2019). Soft Order Commitment in Supply Chains: Role of Penalties and Rationing Rules. Decision Sciences, 50(2) 340-373. 

• Dong, L., S.Y. Tang, B. Tomlin (2018). Production Chain Disruptions: Inventory, Preparedness, and Insurance. Production and Operations Management, 27(7) 1251-1270. (CSAMSE 2018 BEST PAPER AWARD)

• Tang, S.Y., P. Kouvelis. (2014). Pay-Back-Revenue-Sharing Contract in Coordinating Supply Chains with Random Yield. Production and Operations Management 23(12) 2089-2102.

• Tang, S.Y., H. Gurnani, D. Gupta. (2014). Managing Disruptions in Decentralized Supply Chains with Endogenous Supply Reliability. Production and Operations Management 23(7) 1198-1211.

• Kouvelis, P., S.Y. Tang. (2012). On Optimal Expediting Policy for Supply Systems with Uncertain Lead-times. Production and Operations Management 21(2) 309-330.

• Tang, S.Y., P. Kouvelis. (2011). Supplier Diversification Strategies in the Presence of Yield Uncertainty and Buyer Competition. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 13(4) 439-451. 

• Yu, D.Z., S.Y. Tang, J. Niederhoff. (2011). On the Benefits of Operational Flexibility in a Distribution Network with Transshipment. OMEGA, The International Journal of Management Science 39(3) 350-361. 

WORKING PAPER (underlined are doctoral student co-authors):

• Ning, J., S.Y. Tang, J. Wu, J. Zhu (2025). Reducing Risk through Trade Credit: Theory and Evidence from Dual-Channel Suppliers. Under 2nd-round review at Management Science. 

• Xiao, G., S.Y. Tang, R. So (2023) On the Value of Sequential Procurement in Assembly Systems under Supply Uncertainty. Under revision at Production and Operations Management. 

• Incentives for Information Transparency under Vertical Information Asymmetry (with H. Huang, D. Liu, and H. Xu), under revision for resubmission

• Brand Licensing and Advertising under Market Competition (with H. Xu, X. Liu, Y. Zhou), manuscript under preparation

WORK IN PROGRESS (underlined are doctoral student co-authors):

• Managing Supply Chain Responsibility: The Roles of Channel Structure, Cost Sharing, and Pre-commitment, with X. Wang

• Effect of After-sales Service Sharing on Capacity Investment and Competition

• Rebalance the Global Supply Chain: the Effect of Offshore Supply Dependence, Lead-time Uncertainty, and Domestic Competition

• Optimal Introduction of Store-brand Sustainable Products

TEACHING

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HERBERT BUSINESS SCHOOL

• BUS661: Module-Managing Risks in Global Supply Chains (Global EMBA)

• MGT645: Principles of Supply Chain Management (MBA, Master of International Business)

• MGT653: Deriving Competitive Advantage through Operations (MBA)

• MGT646: Sustainable Supply Chain (M.S. in Sustainable Business, MBA)

• MGT696: Doctoral Seminar in Global Supply Chain Management (PhD) 

• MGT446: Supply Chain Strategy (undergraduate elective)

• MGT303: Operations Management (undergraduate core)

• Customized Executive Education: 

  • Optimizing Logistics for Sustainable Supply Chains

  • Mitigating Sourcing Risks in Supply Chains

  • Managing Risks in Global Supply Chains

  • Supply Chain Responsiveness and Flexibility

  • Supply Chain Resilience

AWARDS AND HONORS    

• 2025 Teaching Award for Tenure/Tenure-Emerging Track Faculty, Miami Herbert Business School

• Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Professors of 2021

• Excellence in Teaching Award selected by Global Executive MBA Class of 2020, Miami Herbert Business School

• 2020 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society

•  2019 M&SOM Meritorious Service Award, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Society

• Outstanding reviewer for the POM Journal, Production & Operations Management Society, Washington DC, 2019

• Miami Business School Research Cluster Day Best Paper Presentation Award, 2019

• CSAMSE Annual Conference Best Paper Award, Third place, 2018

• Provost Research Award, University of Miami, 2012

• James W. McLamore Research Award, University of Miami, 2009

• University of Miami School of Business Summer Research Grant, 2009-present

• INFORMS Future Academician Colloquium, 2007

• Hubert C. Moog Scholar, Washington University, 2005, 2007

• Doctoral Fellowship, Washington University, 2003 – 2008 

• Boeing Center for Technology, Information & Manufacturing Fellowship, 2004 – 2008 

SERVICES

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Senior Editor: Production and Operations Management, 2019 – current 

• Associate Editor: Decision Sciences Journal, 2021 - current

• Judges

  • Judge for MSOM iFORM SIG Conference: 2018

  • Judge for POMS Hong Kong Student Paper Competition: 2019

  • Review Committee Member for POM Supply Chain College Student Paper Competition: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021

  • Conference Reviewer: MSOM Annual Conference 2011, 2012, 2018 

  • External Reviewer for Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong

• Conference Track/Session Organizer:

  • Session: Capacity Management under Supply and Demand Uncertainty, Seattle, WA, October 2024

  • Track: Manufacturing Operations, POMS Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2023

  • Session: New Trends and Strategies in Managing Uncertainty in Supply Chains, POMS Annual Conference, Virtual, April 2022

  • Track: Economic Models in Operations Management, POMS Annual Conference, Virtual, April 2021

  • Track: Economic Models in Operations Management, POMS Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN,  April 2020

  • Track: Global Supply Chain Management, POMS Annual Conference, Washington D.C., May 2019

  • Session: Pricing and Information in Sourcing, DSI Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., November 2017

  • Session: Supply Chain Risk Management, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2014

  • Session: Managing Relationships in Supply Chains, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2014

  • Session: Supplier Reliability in Purchasing and Supply Management, POMS Annual Conference, Denver, CO, May 2013 

  • Session: OMM10. POMS Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 2010 

  • Session: Economic Models for Procurement Contract Design. INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2009

  • Session: Supply Chain Competition and Coordination. INFORMS Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2007

• Panelist: Women's Luncheon at Chinese Scholars Association for Management Science and Enginerring (CSAMSE) Annual Conference, Chengdu, China (2019)

• Panelist: 5th Annual Chief Sustainability Officer Summit & Symposium (CSOSS), Miami Herbert Business School, 2022

• Secretary of the Women in Operations Research and Management Science, a subdivision of INFORMS society (2019)

• Ad hoc Journal Reviewer: Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, IIE Transactions, Decision Sciences, International Journal of Production Research, OMEGA the International Journal of Management Science, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research 

• Member: INFORMS; MSOM; POMS; DSI 

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

• University of Miami Faculty Senate Budget and Compensation Committee member (2019 –)

• University of Miami Graduate Council (primary representative for MHBS) (2025 – ) 

• University of Miami Research Council member (2020 –)

• University of Miami Faculty Senate Professional Conduct Committee member (2019 – 2022)

• University of Miami Graduate Council representative (alternate representative for MHBS (2019 – 2022)

• University of Miami Cane Commitment Task Force member (2021 – 2022)

• Miami Herbert Business School Graduate Academic Review Committee member (2018 –)

• Miami Herbert Business School Libertoff Family Experiential Business Fund faculty lead (2024 –)

• Coordinate teaching activities for the undergraduate core Operations class MGT303 (2014 –2020, 2022 –)

• Served on the University of Miami Department of Management OM area Ph.D. Coordinator (2015 – 2017)

• Served on the University of Miami Faculty Senate Library and Information Resources Committee (2014 – 2018)

• Served on the organizing committee for the first Miami Conference on Operations (2016)

• Co-organized the MSOM seminar – a joint seminar series of the Management and Management Science departments (2008 – 2011)

• Participated in undergraduate faculty roundtable discussion on academic integrity (Spring 2014)

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Operations and Manufacturing Management, Olin Business School, Washington University in St Louis, 2008

• MSBA, Olin Business School, Washington University in St Louis, 2005

• BS, Economics, China Center for Economic Research, Peking University, 2001

• BS, Geophysics, Peking University, 2001