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Cardiff Business School
Dr Yingli Wang
Lecturer in Logistics and Operations Management
Building C07, Aberconway Building
E-mail WangY14@cf.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29 2087 5066
E-mail WangY14@cf.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29 2087 5066
Biography
Dr. Yingli Wang has conducted extensive research in the area of Electronic Logistics Marketplaces (ELMs). She was awarded the prestigious James Cooper Memorial Cup by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in 2009 for her PhD work in ELM.
She is also a co-investigator of DfT funded and principal investigator of two of the Welsh Assembly Government funded research of ELM. Dr. Wang has worked with a wide range of industrial companies from various sectors including both SMEs and blue chip companies. Her recent work with Tesco has been highlighted by Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) as a good example of industry and academic collaboration. Before embarking on her academic career, she worked for 9 years at Nestle China in various senior managerial roles. She's recently been awarded a place on the 2011 Welsh Crucible programme, an initiative funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) to develop future research leaders in Wales.
From 1995 to 2002 she undertook in a variety of managerial roles in Nestlé China, mainly in production, logistics and HR functions. She was also the chairwoman of Employee Representative Committee and a senior member of local Environment and Safety Government Committee. Her last job at Nestle was a regional manager at sales support unit for the north region.
Research interests
Use of information and communication technology (ICT) in logistics
Electronic logistics marketplace/network (ELM)
Business process (re)engineering
E-enabled multimodal transport
E-collaboration
People logistics: using ICT for remote workforce management
Mobile commerce
Selected publications
Journal Papers
Wang, Y., Potter, A., Naim M. and Beevor, D., 2011, A case study exploring drivers and implications of collaborative electronic logistics marketplaces, Industrial Marketing Management, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp. 612-23
Wang, Y., Potter, A., Mason, R and Naim M. 2008. Aligning transport performance measures for customised logistics, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, Vol. 11 No. 6, p457-473
Wang, Y. and Lalwani, C. S. 2007. Using e-business to enable customised logistics sustainability. International Journal of Logistics Management 18(3), pp. 402-419. ISSN 0957-4093
Wang, Y. and Naim, M. M. 2007. B2B E-business reference architecture for customised logistics. International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics 2(3), pp. 253-266.
Wang, Y. Potter, A. and Naim, M. M. 2007. Electronic marketplaces for tailored logistics. Industrial management and data systems 107(8), pp. 1170-1187. ISSN 0263-5577
Government-funded research reports
Wang, Y., Potter, A. and Naim, M., Pan-Wales Collaborative Electronic Logistics Marketplace, KEF Knowledge transfer project report for Welsh Assembly Government, April 2008
Wang, Y. and Potter, A. Freight Best practice Guide on Electronic Logistics Marketplaces, sponsored by UK Department for Transport. Report completed in June 2007, and available online (http://www.freightbestpractice.org.uk/default.aspx?appid=1960&cid=43) in January 2008.
Book chapter
Wang, Y., Potter, A and Naim, M.M., "An evaluation of Electronic Logistics Marketplaces within supply chains", (2008) in Supply Chain Management and Knowledge Management - Integrating Critical Perspectives in Theory and Practice edited by Ashish Dwivedi and Tim Butcher, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 978-0-230-57343-7
Other
Wang, Y., Naim, M. and Potter, A. (2010) "Electronic Logistics Marketplaces" in Lee, I. (Ed) Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy, Information Science Publishing, IBSN 978-1615206117, pp218-226.
Thomas, A., Wang, Y. and Potter, A. (2010), "Supply chain planning, auditing and performance analysis", in Mena, C. and Stevens, G. (Eds.) "Delivering Performance in Food Supply Chains", Woodhead Publishing, Cambridge, ISBN 978-1-84569-471-5.
Wang, Y., Potter, A and Naim, M.M., "An evaluation of Electronic Logistics Marketplaces within supply chains", (2008) in "Supply Chain Management and Knowledge Management - Integrating Critical Perspectives in Theory and Practice", edited by Dr. Ashish Dwivedi and Dr. Tim Butcher, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN: 978-0-230-57343-7
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