Yun Fong LIM is Associate Professor of Operations Management and MPA Research Fellow at the Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University (SMU). He is also Academic Director of the MSc in Management (MiM) Program at SMU. He has been a Chang Jiang Chair Professor, a Lee Kong Chian Fellow, and an NOL Fellow. Yun Fong’s research has appeared in Operations Research, Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, and Production and Operations Management. He has delivered keynote and plenary speeches in several international conferences. In addition, his work has received funding by MOE, A*STAR, and NNSF, and media coverage by The Business Times, CNA938, and Channel 8. His current research interests include e-commerce and marketplace analytics, inventory management, warehousing and fulfillment, sustainable urban logistics, and flexible workforce and resource management. Yun Fong serves as Associate Editor for Naval Research Logistics and Guest Editor for Production and Operations Management.
Yun Fong is a recipient of the SMU Teaching Excellence Innovative Teacher Award. He teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Operations Management. He has provided consulting service and executive development to corporations such as Alibaba, Maersk, McMaster-Carr Company, Resorts World Sentosa, Schneider Electrics, Temasek Holdings, and Zalora. Yun Fong obtained both his PhD and MSc degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.