Professor
Ou Tang is Professor of Production Economics at Linköping University, Sweden. He serves as the editor for the International Journal of Production Economics and is the past president of International Society of Inventory Research (ISIR).
His research includes inventory modelling, manufacturing planning and control systems, closed loop supply chains, supply chain risk management, sustainable supply chain management and China related operations management issues.
He has published more than 100 scientific articles, including 60 appearing in international journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Production and Operations Management and others.
Purchase or accept sharing? Incentivising-sharing-enabled placement strategy on a reusable transport item rental platform
European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 334, p. 810-826
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2026.02.022
Outsourcing or self-operation? Strategy selection for manufacturers' logistics-oriented servitization
Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, Vol. 210, Article 104827
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tre.2026.104827
Dynamic evaluation of intelligent coordination in platform-based logistics service supply chains: a refined entropy-weighted TOPSIS approach
International Journal of Production Research
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2026.2642414
Data analytics for maintenance with segmented customers in product-as-a-service environment
International Journal of Production Research
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2026.2642884
Cooperative Behaviors of Manufacturing Supply Chains Under the Carbon-Neutral Strategy: An Evolutionary Gaming Model
IEEE transactions on engineering management, Vol. 73, p. 1784-1806
(Article in journal)
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2026.3658327
