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Sammi Yu Tang is an Associate Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Miami's Miami Herbert Business School. Her research focuses on supply chain risk management, sustainable supply chains, operations-marketing interfaces, and healthcare operations. She has published in top-tier journals like Manufacturing & Service Operations Management and Production and Operations Management, with work supported by grants from the Boeing Center for Supply Chain Innovation and the University of Miami. She has received multiple teaching awards, including the 2025 Miami Herbert Business School Teaching Award and Poets & Quants' Top 50 Undergraduate Professors of 2021.
- Ph.D. in Operations and Manufacturing Management (2008), Washington University in St. Louis
- MSBA in Business (2005), Washington University in St. Louis
- B.S. in Economics (2001) and Geophysics (2001), Peking University
Her academic work explores supply chain coordination under uncertainty, with a particular emphasis on risk mitigation through contract design, inventory strategies, and disruption management. Recent publications analyze reshoring capacity under policy uncertainty, incentive structures for supplier reliability, and multi-tier sourcing strategies. Earlier work includes penalty contracts for soft orders and Bayesian models for clinic no-show predictions.
Sammi Tang’s peer-reviewed articles span supply chain ethics, disruption management, and healthcare analytics. Key themes include yield uncertainty, asymmetric information, and the economic implications of service provision in distribution channels. Her research has been recognized with the CSAMSE 2018 Best Paper Award and multiple M&SOM and POMS service accolades.
- 2025 Teaching Award for Tenure/Tenure-Emerging Track Faculty
- Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Professors (2021)
- Two M&SOM Meritorious Service Awards (2019–2020)
- CSAMSE Annual Conference Best Paper Award (2018)
- Provost Research Award (2012)
She mentors doctoral students in supply chain management and operations, evidenced by underlined co-authorships in her publications. Sammi Tang serves on editorial boards as Senior Editor for Production and Operations Management and Associate Editor for Decision Sciences. Her service extends to conference organization, grant review panels, and university governance through the Faculty Senate Budget Committee and Graduate Council.
