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KeahChoon Tan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Keah-Choon Tan is Associate Professor of Operations Management at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He received his Ph.D. in Production and Operations Management from Michigan State University. He has published articles in the areas of supply chain management, quality and operations scheduling in a number of trade magazines and academic journals, including Decision Sciences, European Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Omega, and Quality Management Journal. He is a coauthor of the Principles of Supply Chain Management: A Balanced Approach. Dr. Tan served as the executive editor of the International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, and co-guest editor of the International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management. He currently serves on the editorial board of the Industrial Management and Data Systems Journal.

Selected Research
"BuyerSupplier Relationships-- The Impact of Supplier Selection and Buyer-Supplier Engagement on Relationship and Firm Performance" International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management (submitted 10/27/05, 1st revision 05/11/06, accepted 07/03/06) "The Impact of Operations Capability on Firm Performance" International Journal of Production Research, (Submitted 03/23/06, accepted 06/16/06, TPRS-2006-IJPR-0239R2) "Just-In-Time, Total Quality Management, and Supply Chain Management-- Understanding Their Linkages and Impact on Business Performance" Omega, The International Journal of Management Science, 33(2005), 153-162 "Influence of Initiators on Supply Chain Value Creation" International Journal of Production Research, 42(20), 4377-4399 "Empirical Investigation of Supply Chain Strategy Typologies and Relationships to Performance" International Journal of Production Research, (Submitted 01/15/06, accepted 05/26/06, TPRS-2006-IJPR-0040R1) "The Impact of Operational Quality-- A Supply Chain View" Supply Chain Management An International Journal, 12(2), (Accepted in 2005) "Supplier Alliances-- Differences in Attitudes to Supplier and Quality Management of Adopters and Non-Adopters" Supply Chain Management-- An International Journal, 9(4), 279-286 "A Study of Operations Management Constructs and Their Relationships" International Journal of Operations and Production Management, V. 23, No. 11, 2003, pp. 1300-1325 "A Framework for Quality Improvement in the Transportation Industry" Quality Management Journal, V. 8, No. 1, 2001, pp. 9-22 "Supply Chain Management and Its Impact on Purchasing" Journal of Supply Chain Management, V. 36, No. 4, 2000, pp.33-42 "Supplier Selection Construct Instrument Development and Validation" International Journal of Logistics Management, Volume 17 Issue 2, 2006
Contact Information
College of Business Department of Management 4505 Maryland Parkway Box 456009 Las Vegas, NV 89154-6009 Phone: (702) 895-3873 Fax: (702) 895-4370 Email: kctan@unlv.nevada.edu Website: http://www.unlv.edu/faculty/kctan

Class Schedule
MW 3:00pm-5:00pm
Office Hours
MW 3:00pm-5:00pm By Appointment