Project-in-charge
Prof. Sean Zhou
Project duration
Jan 15 - Dec 17
Abstract:
The aim of this project is to conduct research to study dynamic pricing and channel structures for the supply chains facing strategic consumers. With the emergence and popularity of e-commerce, many firms nowadays sell their product via both brick-and-mortar and on-line stores in order to capture more of the market demand. Meanwhile, consumers are getting more sophisticated in deliberately delaying their purchasing when waiting for markdowns, and this has particularly been so during the recent economic downturn. Thus, it is imperative for firms to study the impact of channel structures and to design an effective pricing strategy to alleviate the negative impact of strategic purchasing behavior and improve their profitability. More...
Project-in-charge
Prof. Sean Zhou
Project duration
Jan 15 - Dec 18
Abstract:
With rapid growth of E-commerce in China and in the world, warehouse management is facing an increasing number of new issues and challenges. This project focuses on two main classes of research problems: joint management of inventory and warehousing rental; product assortment and replenishment in fast-picking area. These problems are challenging in that they are usually dynamic in time and include uncertain factors. We will construct quantitative models to describe the practical problems and conduct thorough analysis of these models so as to derive their structural properties. Based on these properties, we will characterize the optimal control policies of the systems, such as warehouse space rental, inventory replenishment, product assortment. More...
Project-in-charge
Prof. C.H. Cheng
Project duration
Jan 15 - Dec 17
Abstract:
The SARS epidemic in 2003 was traced back to an outbreak in a hospital in Hong Kong. In 2013, a Frenchman died of a SARS-like virus. He got infected while he was sharing a common hospital room with an infective. To ensure public health, we need a further understanding of human interaction dynamics in a hospital environment and a deeper investigation of nosocomial infections for effective and efficient control strategies. This research leverages our recent work in the active RFID traceability technologies. Our system is developed with the capability to determine the indoor location of an active tag. This system was installed inside two wards (11A & 11C) of Prince of Wales Hospital for a 4-month formal pilot study with patient and medical staff participation to improve patient care. More...
Project-in-charge
Prof. C.H. Cheng
Project duration
May 14 - Dec 14
Abstract:
This project aims to develop a Tree Guard Monitoring System (TGMS), which is an automatic, continuous and scalable monitoring system against possible tree theft from places ranging from public country parks to institutional managed properties and to private gardens. The Tree Guard Monitoring System will provide the functions of tree theft prevention, protection and monitoring to aid the tree management teams to devise proactive and reactive measures to safe guard trees. It is especially vital to protect endangered tree species such as Aquilaria Sinensis and Buddhist Pine, which have special values in black markets. More...
Project-in-charge
Prof. Waiman Cheung
Prof. Sung-chi Chu
Project duration
Jan 13 - Jun 15
Abstract:
IT innovations are critical for firms to be successful and remain competitive among peers. Quite often, institutional pressure is a major reason to innovate with IT. The literature suggests that institutional pressure leads to numerous mindless IT adoptions that results in isomorphic IT innovations. Institutional pressure can excel IT diffusion, yet it is difficult for firms to derive competitive advantages from isomorphic IT innovations, which forces firms to look and function alike. However, there are observed exceptions of successful cases, in which firms jump on the bandwagon and are still able to develop unique capabilities based on the adopted technology. More...
Project-in-charge
Prof. Sean Zhou
Project duration
Jan 13 - Dec 15
Abstract:
Closed-loop supply chain management has gained great momentum in both practice and academic research because of an increasing awareness of sustainable development. With the rising costs of energy and raw materials, more and more companies are now considering closed-loop supply chain management a strategic activity that can lower production and inventory costs and improve profitability. One important operation in closed-loop supply chain management is remanufacturing, which restores returned products to like-new condition and then resell them to satisfy customer demand. Examples of remanufactured products include automotive parts, tires, electronics products, photocopiers, toner cartridges, among others. More...
Project-in-charge
Prof. C.H. Cheng
Project duration
Jan 13 - Dec 14
Abstract:
The objective is to develop methodology for planning of telecommunication networks under risk and uncertainty and for closely related problem of evaluation of industrial projects in telecommunications dealing with development of high speed multiservice telecommunication networks under uncertainty. In order to achieve this aim we are going to adapt and further develop the advanced methods of operations research specifically developed for decision support under uncertainty and in particular recently emerged optimization techniques known under the name of stochastic programming. Important component of this objective is to train young researchers which will be capable to work on these topics further. More...
Project-in-charge
Prof. Waiman Cheung
Prof. Gang Chen
Prof. Sung-chi Chu
Project duration
Jan 12 - Jun 14
Abstract:
e-Service is of integrative importance in the e-business world. Its evolution can be traced to the beginning where service is rendered per user per site as a physical entity – software in a box. Conducting business online is now of a common practice rather than an exception in the integrative era, e-service, either as ASP, SaaS or as other service manifests, will continue to prevail as the trademark of developers for applications delivery. Yet, single-client e-services do not have provision to serve collaborative clients at the same time, and the interaction that may require with each other. More ...
Project-in-charge
Prof. Waiman Cheung
Prof. Sung-chi Chu
Project duration
Sep 09 - Apr 11
Abstract:
The garment industry has significant contribution to the HK economy. The industry competes very much on supply chain efficiency and effectiveness. RFID technology enables on-target visibility in supply chains beyond sight-to-sight expectation. This project guides and sets guiding standards for RFID adoption in the garment supply chain industry. The objective is to develop and deploy innovative use of RFID technology enabling on-target visibility. High visibility in general is an impetus to effective information management leading to efficiency in collaborative chain performance. While on-target visibility provides not only about goods in process and in transit, but synchronized real-time on-target movement of goods, safeguarding against logistics risk and uncertainty. More ...
Project-in-charge
Prof. Waiman Cheung
Project duration
Jun 09 - Feb 10
Abstract:
With the effects of Direct Transportation Link, the intermediate role of Hong Kong will be carefully examined. Our project study focuses on the cargo movement and trade within Greater China (China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong) and between Greater China and overseas through data analysis, interviews and case studies. In this study, six focus groups including 3PLs-sea, 3PLs-air, Shippers in China and Hong Kong are identified respectively. Various challenges faced by these groups will be studied from different perspectives. More ...
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