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Jun Ru

Assistant Professor

Operations Management and Strategy Department

Education

PhD, Operations Management, School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas

MSc, Supply Chain Management, School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas

MSc, Operational Research, School of Management, Lancaster University, UK

BEng, Mechanical and Power Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P.R. China

Research Interests

• Supply Chain Management
• Retail Operations
• Operations-Marketing Interface
• Operations-Finance Interface

Dr. Ru has extensive interest in researching and teaching supply chain management. His current research focuses on new business practices in the retail industry, for example, consignment, vendor-managed inventory, store brand introduction, direct marketing and e-business. In particular, he has investigated the impacts of inventory decision-making, supply chain contract, customers’ store loyalty on supply chain performance.

Teaching Interests

• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management 
• Logistics and Distribution
• Service Operations

Selected Publications

Ru, J. and Y. Wang (2010). Consignment contracting: who should control inventory in the supply chain? European Journal of Operational Research. 201(3), 760-769.

Awards, Grants and Honors

• Student Teaching Award Finalist, School of Management, The University of Texas at Dallas, Fall 2009.

Professional Affiliations

• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
• Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society
• Production and Operations Management Society
• Decision Science Institute

Industry Experience

• Multiple years of industry experience in various functional areas from manufacturing to marketing to consulting
• Consulting projects: Analyzed market entry opportunity and designed sales channel structure