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Wenting Pan , Ph.D.

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Department:
School of Economics & Business Administration (SEBA) | Business Analytics
Phone: (925) 631-4881
Office Location: Power Plant 117

Professional Overview

Bio: Wenting Pan is a full professor in the Business Analysis Department at the School of Economics and Business Administration at Saint Mary’s College of California. She received her Ph.D. in Management from the Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, her Master’s in Management from the University of Durham in the UK, and her Bachelor’s in Biological Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University in China. She joined Saint Mary’s in 2012. She has served as the director of the MSBA program, director of the EMBA program, and department chair. Her research interests include managing supply chain uncertainty, sourcing strategies, inventory management, and decision analysis. She has teaching and related experience in business statistics, (advanced) data analytics, operations management, and supply chain management.

Courses Taught:

  • Data Analysis
  • Advanced Data Analysis
  • Advanced Modeling
  • Advanced Quantitative Methods
  • Operations and Supply Chain Management – Research and Practice
  • Graduate, Executive DBA
  • Graduate, Masters in Business Analytics
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Data Visualization

Publications:

  • Pan, W., and Huynh, C. (2024). Software Locking Special Features: Optimal Marketing and Operational Strategies for a Manufacturer. International Journal of Production Economics, 273, 109284.
  • Huynh, C., and Pan, W. (2024). Optimal Consumer Capacity Investment in Solar Panel System under Supply and Demand Uncertainty. Journal of Cleaner Production, 437.
  • Nguyen, P.A., and Pan, W. (2023). Times are changing: the case of Movado Group. The CASE Journal. 19 (5), 699-719
  • Pan, W., and Huynh, C., (2023). Optimal Operational Strategies for Online Retailers with Demand and Return Uncertainty. Operations Management Research. 16, 755-767. 
  • Pan, W., So, K.C., and Xiao, G., (2022). Benefits of Backup Sourcing  for Components in Assembly Systems Under Supply Uncertainty. European Journal of Operations Research. 302 (1), 158-171.
  • Lam, N., Pan, W. (2021). How many ideas do we need? Model of optimized creativity to maximize innovation. International Journal of Business & Management Studies, 2(8), 18 - 23.
  • Pan, W., and So, K.C., (2016). Component Procurement Strategies in Decentralized Assemble-to-order Systems Under Supply Uncertainty. IIE Transaction. 48 (3), 267-282. 
  • Huynh, C., Pan, W., (2015). Operational Strategies for Supplier and Retailer with Risk Preference Under VMI Contract. International Journal of Production Economics. 169, 413 - 421. 
  • Pan, W., and Huynh, C., (2014). Utility Function & Risk Attitudes in Decision Analysis. IGI Global, 365-378.
  • Pan, W., and So, K.C,. (2010). Optimal Product Pricing and Component Production Quantities for an Assembly System Under Supply Uncertainty. Operations Research. 58 (6), 1792 - 1797. 

Education

  • PhD, Operations & Decision Technologies. Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine, 2012
  • MA, Management. Business School University of Durham, 2006
  • BE, Bioengineering. School of Life Science & Biotechnology Shanghai Jiaotong University, 2005.

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