Rui Yin

Harold E. Fearon Fellow of Purchasing Management and Associate Professor,

NASPO Department of Supply Chain Management

BA 432 TEMPE, AZ 85287-4706
Mail code: 4706

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Rui Yin is an Associate Professor and Assistant Chair in the Department of Supply Chain Management in the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Dr. Yin joined ASU in 2007 after receiving her PhD degree in Operations Management from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research focuses on downstream demand management issues in retail operations, including pricing, inventory management, and consumer behavior; as well as upstream supply management issues such as sourcing and procurement strategies for firms to manage their multi-tier supply chains. She is a Harold E. Fearon Fellow of Purchasing Management for ASU CAPS Research, and her current projects include applying AI to procurement contract negotiations. Dr. Yin has published research papers in Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Decision Sciences, European Journal of Operational Research, and International Journal of Production Economics. She also serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Logistics.

Education

Ph.D. University of California-Los Angeles 2007
M.S. National University of Singapore 2002
B.S. Peking University, China 2000

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

AI for Supply Chain Management
Consumer-Driven Operations Models
Pricing and Revenue Management
Inventory Management
Operations-Marketing Interface

Publications

Wang, Y., R. Yin, X. Chen, S. Webster. 2022. Investment Efforts Under Complementary Sourcing: The Role of Market Risk and Endogenous Pricing. Forthcoming at Manufacturing & Service Operations Management.
Yang, Y., T. Y. Choi, C. Carter, R. Yin. 2022. Expanding the Boundaries of Buyer-Supplier Agency Problems: Moving from Dyad to Triad. Forthcoming at Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management.
Park, S., E., Rabinovich, C. S. Tang, R. Yin. 2020. The Impact of Disclosing Inventory-Scarcity Messages on Sales in Online Retailing. Journal of Operations Management 66, 534-552.
Park, S., E., Rabinovich, C. S. Tang, R. Yin, J. Yu. 2020. Technical Note: Should an Online Seller Post Inventory Scarcity Messages? Decision Sciences 51(5), 1288-1308.
Guan, Z., T. Ye, R. Yin. Channel Coordination under Nash Bargaining Fairness Concerns in Differential Games of Green Goodwill Accumulation. 2020. European Journal of Operational Research 285, 916-930.
Xu, K., R. Yin, Y. Dong. 2016. Stockout Recovery under Consignment: The Role of Inventory Ownership in Supply Chains. Decision Sciences. 47(1), 94-124.
Lee, C-Y, C. S. Tang, R. Yin, J. An. 2015. Fractional Price Matching Policies Arising from the Ocean Freight Service Industry. Production and Operations Management 24(7), 1118-1134.
Yin, R., H. Li, C. S. Tang. 2015. Optimal Pricing of Two Successive-Generation Products with Trade-in Options under Uncertainty. Decision Sciences 46(3), 565-595.
Yin, R., C. S. Tang. 2014. Optimal Temporal Customer Purchasing Decisions Under Trade-in Programs with Upfront Fees. Decision Sciences 45(3), 373-400.
Li, H., Y. Wang, R. Yin, T. J. Kull, T. Y. Choi. 2012. Target Pricing: Demand-side versus Supply-side Approaches. International Journal of Production Economics 136 (1), 172-184.
Tang, C. S., R. Yin. 2010. The Implications of Costs, Capacity, and Competition on Product Line Selection. European Journal of Operational Research 200, 439-450.
Yin, R., Y. Aviv, A. Pazgal, C. S. Tang. 2009. Optimal Markdown Pricing: Implications of Inventory Display Formats in the Presence of Strategic Customers. Management Science 55 (8), 1391-1408.
Elmaghraby, W., S. A. Lippman, C. S. Tang, R. Yin. 2009. Will More Purchasing Options Benefit Customers? Production and Operations Management 18 (4), 381-401.
Yin, R., K. Rajaram. 2007. Joint Pricing and Inventory Control with a Markovian Demand Model. European Journal of Operational Research 182, 113-126.
Tang, C. S., R. Yin. 2007. Joint Ordering and Pricing Strategies for Managing Substitutable Products. Production and Operations Management 16 (1), 138-153.
Tang, C. S., R. Yin. 2007. Responsive Pricing under Supply Uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research 182, 239-255.

Research Activity

Procurement and sourcing strategies in multi-tier supply chain management

Courses

2026 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 791	Seminar

2025 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 517	Business Process Analytics

2025 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement

2024 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 517	Business Process Analytics
SCM 517	Business Process Analytics

2024 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 791	Seminar
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement

2023 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 517	Business Process Analytics

2023 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 795	Continuing Registration
SCM 795	Continuing Registration

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 799	Dissertation
SCM 792	Research
SCM 795	Continuing Registration
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 517	Data-Driven Quality Management
SCM 517	Data-Driven Quality Management

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 791	Seminar

2021 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 517	Data-Driven Quality Management
SCM 517	Data-Driven Quality Management

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement
SCM 440	Quality Management/Measurement

Work History

Arizona State University: 2007-present

Expertise Areas

Consumer Behavior

Inventory Management

Operations Management

Pricing