Profile

Ying is an active researcher in operations strategy, supply chain management and business service. Her work has received well recognition and published in leading international journals. Among others, Ying is a reviewer forInternational Journal of Operations and Production Management, Supply Chain Management: an International Journal and International Journal of Production Research. Her work has been regularly presented at international academy conference. Before joining Newcastle University, Dr. Yang researched and lectured at the University of Ulster and Aberystwyth University. She is also an adjunct Professor for Management Development Institute, India from 2013.  

Ying is very happy to cooperate with researchers in the similar areas, and to discuss research proposals in these areas with prospective PhD students. Please feel free to contact if interested.

Roles and Responsibilities

Deputy Head of the Marketing, Operations and Systems subject group

Research Lead of Supply Chain and Operations Research Community

Qualifications

Postgraduate Certificate of Teaching in High Education

PhD in Operations Management

MSc International Management

Master in Industry Economic Management

Postgraduate Teaching

NBS8221 Operations Management

NBS8921 Operations Management

NBS8488 Projects, Programmes, and Operations Management (MBA)

Master dissertation

Research Interests

Supply Chain Stream

• Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management 
• Behavioural Supply Chain Management and Decision Making
• Supply Chain Relationships, Strategy, and Sustainability  

Operations Stream

• Operations Strategy (Postponement, lean and decoupling points)
• Service operations management
• Knowledge management in organisations  

PhD supervision

Ying encourage queries and applications in the research areas, such as supply chain sustainability, buyer and supplier collaboration and relationship development, behavioural supply chain management and operations strategies.  

• Articles

  • Zhu H, Hu J, Yang Y. Towards a circular supply chain for retired electric vehicle batteries: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Production Economics 2025, 282, 109556.
  • Trevor C, Guangming C, Raymond T, Yang Y, George O. A Dynamic Capability Lens to Investigate Big Data Analytics and Supply Chain Agility: Antecedents and Outcomes. In: The 20th IFIP Conference e-Business, e-Services, and e-Society I3E2021. 2021. Submitted.
  • Wang Q, Fu J, Chen L, Yang Y. How Does Corporate Digitalization Affect Circular Supply Chain Management?. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 2025.
  • Yang Y, Yang B, Nguyen H, Onofrei G. Developing analytics-driven maintenance data mining processes: a design science approach. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 2024, epub ahead of print.
  • Luo J, Yang Y, Jiang Y. Assessing the Antecedents, Processes, and Consequences of Sustainable Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling: A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Production Economics 2025, 282, 109551.
  • Liu PCY, Wang W, Wang Z, Yang Y. Will artificial intelligence undermine the effects of guanxi on relationship performance? Evidence from China's banking industry. Industry Marketing Management 2024, 116, 12-25.
  • Yang Y, Biao Y, Onofrei G, Nguyen H, Hlaciuc E. The role of employees in continuous improvement: a study on employee participation. European Journal of Training and Development 2024, epub ahead of print.
  • Yang Y, Jiang Y, Yang Y. Institutional logics and organizational green transformation: Evidence from the agricultural industry in emerging economies. Journal of Environmental Management 2024, 370, 122932.
  • Yang Y, Wiengarten F, Kalra J. Improving Supplier Diversity and Inclusion in Supply Chains. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management 2024, 30(5), 100973.
  • Nguyen H, Onofrei G, Yang Y, Nguyen K, Akbari M, Pham H. Green certification practices and process innovation alignment: diminishing point and catching up in nation's economic development. Business Process Management Journal 2024, 30(2), 463-484.
  • Yang Y, Yang B. Employee participation in total productive maintenance – a bottom-up perspective. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 2024, 41(1), 269-290.
  • Yang Y, Yang B, Davison E, Wylie J, Cadden T, Oyedijo A. Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A framework for successful implementation and value creation through employee engagement. Production Planning and Control 2024, ePub ahead of Print.
  • Stapelbroek M, Kilic O, Yang Y, Van Donk D P. Eliminating production losses in changeover operations: a case study on a major European food manufacturer. Production Planning and Control 2024, 35(8), 794-807.
  • Hong T, Ou J, Jia F, Chen L, Yang Y. Circular Economy practices and Corporate social responsibility performance: the role of sense-giving. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications 2024, 27(11), 2208-2237.
  • Nguyen H, Onofrei G, Yang Y, Hiep P C, Wiengarten F, Nkhoma M. Handling customer green pressures: the mediating role of process innovation among export-oriented manufacturing industries. Business Strategy and the Environment 2023, 32(4), 2312-2326.
  • Yang Y, Barnes H, Yang B, Onofrei G, Nguyen H. Food waste management for the UK grocery retail sector—a supply chain collaboration perspective. Production Planning and Control 2023, 35(15), 1961-1974.
  • Onofrei G, Nguyen H, Yang Y, Filieri R. Entrepreneurial orientation and the triple bottom line: Does supply chain learning matter?. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management 2023, 71, 10054-10065.
  • Cadden T, McIvor R, Cao G, Tracey R, Yang Y, Gupta M, Onofrei G. Unlocking supply chain agility and supply chain performance through the development of intangible supply chain analytical capabilities. International Journal of Operations and Production Management 2022, 42(9), 1329-1355.
  • Nguyen H, Onofrei G, Wiengarten F, Yang Y, Mcclelland R, Akbari M. The dual environmental customer and green reputation pressures on environmental management systems: the performance implications of manufacturing exports. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal 2022, 28(4), 695-709.
  • Oyedijo A, Koukpaki A, Simonov K, Alfarsi F, Yang Y. Restraining forces and drivers of supply chain collaboration: evidence from an emerging market. Supply Chain Management: an International Journal 2022, 27(3), 409-430.
  • Yang Y, Pham MH, Yang B, Sun JW, Tran PNT. Improving vegetable supply chain collaboration: a case study in Vietnam. Supply Chain Management 2022, 27(1), 54-65.
  • Yang Y, Kobbacy Y, Onofrei G, Nguyen H. Entrepreneurial strategies for coping with supply chain disruptions in the grocery-retail sector. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development 2022, 30(2), 213-233.
  • Oyedijo A, Yang Y, Koukpaki ASF, Mishra N. The role of fairness in multi-tier sustainable supply chains. International Journal of Production Research 2021, 61(14), 4893-4917.
  • Al Sawafi A, Lemke F, Yang Y. The impacts of internal quality management relations on the triple bottom line: A dynamic capability perspective. International Journal of Production Economics 2021, 232, 107927.
  • Cadden T, Cao G, Yang Y, McKittrick A, McIvor R, Onofrei G. The effect of buyers’ socialization efforts on the culture of their key strategic supplier and its impact on supplier operational performance. Production Planning & Control 2021, 32(13), 1102-1118.
  • Yang Y, Cooke C. Exploring the challenges to upscale production capacity for the novel meat alternative sector within the United Kingdom. British Food Journal 2021, 123(4), 1531-1545.
  • Adesanya A, Yang B, Bin Iqdara F, Yang Y. Improving Sustainability Performance through Supplier Relationship Management in the Tobacco Industry. Supply Chain Management 2020, 24(4), 413-426.
  • Yang Y, Brosch G, Yang B, Cadden T. Dissemination and communication of lessons learned for a project-based business with the application of information technology: a case study with Siemens. Production Planning and Control 2020, 31(4), 273-286.
  • Yang B, Obeng Frimpong A, Yang Y, Liu L. Application of the quick scan audit methodology in an industrial filter production process. Production Planning and Control 2019, 30(16), 1383-1395.
  • Wikner J, Yang B, Yang Y, Williams S. Decoupling thinking in service operations: a case in healthcare delivery system design. Production Planning and Control 2017, 28(5), 387-397.
  • Yang Y, Yang B, Humphreys P, McIvor R, Cadden T. An Investigation into E-business Service in the UK Telecommunication Manufacturing Industry. Production Planning & Control 2017, 28(3), 256-266.
  • Cadden T, Marshall H, Humphreys P, Yang Y. Old Habits Die Hard: Exploring the Effect of Supply Chain Dependency and Culture on Performance Outcomes and Relationship Satisfaction. Production Planning and Control 2015, 26(1), 53-77.
  • 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 in supply chain risk management: a complexity perspective. International Journal of Production Research 2010, 48(7), 1901-1912.
  • 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, 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.