Newcastle University

Background

Before coming to the school as a Lecturer in Operations Management, Ying was a lecturer in Operations Management in Aberystwyth University from 2005.

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Programme Director – MSc Purchasing and Supply Chain Management  

Degree Programme Director – MSc Operations Management, Logistics and Accounting  

Qualifications

Postgraduate Certificate of Teaching in High Education

PhD in Operations Management

MSc International Management

Master in Industry Economic Management

Review and Editorial Work:

Reviewer for International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Reviewer for Supply Chain Management: an International Journal

Reviewer for Journal of Chinese Economics and Foreign Trade Studies

Reviewer for Contemporary Wales

Research Grants:

ESRC Research Training Funding (2011)

International Travel Grant by Royal Academy of Engineering (2009)

ESRC Research Training Funding (2008)

International Conference Travel Grant Awarded by Royal Academy of Engineering (2004)

Vice Chancellor Research scholarship from Ulster University for PhD research study

Scholarship from Loughborough University for MSc study

Membership

A fellow of the Higher Educational Academy

Research Interests

My research interests include service operations managment, supply chain management, operations strategy,  information technology.

Undergraduate Teaching

BUS3046 Advanced Strategy and Operations Management  

Postgraduate Teaching

NBS8118 Purchasing and Supply Chain Management

NBS8221 Operations Management

• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R, Yang B. E-business Service in the UK Telecommunication industry. International Journal of Production Econimics 2011. Submitted.
• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R, Yang Y. E-business Service in the UK Telecommunication industry. In: 18th International Annual EurOMA Conference. 2011, Cambridge University, UK.
• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R, Yang B. E-business services and business performance: a study of the telecommunications manufacturing industry. Production Planning and Control 2010, 21(5), 496-507.
• Yang B, Yang Y. Postponement in supply chain risk management. International Journal of Production Research 2010, 48(7), 1901-1912.
• Yang B, Yang Y. Service postponement: translating manufacturing postponement to service operations. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 2010, 21(4), 470-483.
• Yang B, Yang Y. Postponement for the service industry. In: 15th International Annual EurOMA Conference. 2008, Groningen, Netherlands.
• Yang B, Yang Y, Wijngaard J. Postponement: an inter-organisational perspective. International Journal of Production Research 2007, 45(4), 971-988.
• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R. Business service quality dimensions in an e-commerce environment. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal 2006, 11(3), 195-201.
• Yang B, Yang Y, Wijngaard J. Impact of postponement on transportation: an environmental perspective. International Journal of Logistics Management 2005, 16(2), 192-204.
• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R. The impact of operations service on performance outcomes in an E-commerce Environment. In: the EurOMA International Conference on Operations and Global Competitiveness 2005. 2005, Budapest, Hungary.
• Yang B, Yang Y. Transport impact of postponement. In: EurOMA International Conference. 2005, Budapest, Hungary.
• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R. Business service quality dimensions in an e-commerce environment. In: 11th Annual International EurOMA Conference (EUROMA). 2004, Fontainebleau, France.
• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R. The impact of e-commerce on B2B services. In: 8th International Symposium on International Business. 2002, Cambridge University.
• Yang Y, Williams S. An Ecological Lens of Supply Chain Management. 2012. In Preparation.
• Yang Y, He XM. Bridging diversity to achieve engagement: A study on Newcastle University Business School. In: North East Universities (3 Rivers Consortium) Annual Learning and Teaching Conference. 2012, Teesside University, UK.
• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R. E-business Service in the UK Telecommunication Industry. International Journal of Production Research 2012. Submitted.
• Yang Y, Humphreys P, McIvor R. Perspectives on Supply Chain Risk Management. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal 2012. Submitted.
• Marian B, Yang Y. Green Purchasing Implementation: Status and Barriers of German Manufacturing. In: The International Conference on Production Research (ICPR). 2011, Stuttgart, Germany.
• Wang CG, Yang Y, Williams S. Supply Chain Collaboration in the Greater Pearl River Delta Port Network. In: Logisitics Research Network Annual Conference. 2007, Hull, UK.