May Tajima

May Tajima is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management & Organizational Studies at Western University. She holds a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo (1998). Her research focuses on RFID technology applications in supply chains, operations management, and supply chain agility. She teaches courses including Operations Management (as course coordinator) and Statistics at Western's DAN Management program.

Teaching Experience: Previously taught at University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University in areas like Production Management, Operations Research, and Engineering Economics. Industry background includes supply chain analysis at Chesapeake Decision Sciences.

Key Research Themes: RFID adoption challenges across industries, technology standardization in pharmaceutical contexts, and strategic supply chain adaptability. Authored five major publications between 2005-2012 and contributed to an engineering economics textbook (2005).

• Awards: Recognized on University Student Council Teaching Honour Roll (2016)
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