Dr. Mei Cao
Most recent degrees:
2007 - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Manufacturing Management & Engineering - University of Toledo
2001 - Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Information Systems - University of Toledo
1991 - Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – English - Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
Current certifications:
American Society of Transportation and Logistics - Certification in Transportation & Logistics
Academic background:
Dr. Mei Cao is Professor of Supply Chain Management in the School of Business & Economics at UW-Superior. At UWS, she teaches Supply Chain Management, Advanced Supply Chain Management, and Quantitative Models for Production & Operations Management. She has many publications in quality academic journals such as, Journal of Operations Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, and Information & Management, etc. She is a co-author of the book titled 'supply Chain Collaboration: Roles of Interorganizational Systems, Trust, and Collaborative Culutre", published by Springer.
Notable awards:
2016 - Journal of Operations Management - Jack Meredith Best Paper Award
2012 - UW-Superior - Max H. Lavine Award for Scholarly Contributions to Contemporary Concerns
2011 - UW-Superior - Excellence in Scholarship Performance Award
2004 - Distinguished paper award by Irwin/McGraw-Hill in the Midwest Business Administration Association Annual Meeting
2002 - Decision Sciences Institute Doctoral Consortium
2002 - The Certificate of the Basics of Supply Chain Management by APICS
Positions:
Researcher, Transportation and Logistics Research Center, UW-Superior. 2008-present
Assistant Professor, Business and Economics Department, UW-Superior 2008-present
Instructor/Asst Professor: Dept. of Computer and Information Technology, Arkansas State Univ., 2004-2007
Lecturer: Department of International Business and Management, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China, 1991-1997
Teaching Experience:
UW-Superior
Logistics & Supply Chain Management, Advanced Business Logistics, Land Transportation, Air Transportation, and Business Statistics
Arkansas State University
Management Information Systems, Operations Management, Business Statistics Database, Management, Advanced Database Concepts, and Micro-Computer Applications
University of Toledo
Micro-Computer Applications, Lecture & Lab, and 0Freshman Composition
Professional Memberships & Involvement:
Supply Chain Council (SCC), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Transportation Research Board (TRB), Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), and Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
Services:
Editorial board member of International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems, 2008-present, Editorial board member of International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 2007-present, Editorial board member of Handbook of Research on Information Security and Assurance, Gupta, J. & Sharma, S. (eds.), Idea Group Publishing, 2006-2007, Reviewer for Asia Pacific Management Review, 2009, Reviewer for Electronic Commerce Research Journal, 2009, Reviewer for International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 2009, Reviewer for International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems, 2008-2009, Reviewer for Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, 2003-2006, Reviewer for Association for Information Systems Annual Conference, 2005, and Session facilitator at the Decision Sciences Institute 39th Annual Meeting, 2008.
Professional Experience:
Instructor/GA, IMES Department, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 5/00-5/04
Instructor/TA, Department of English, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 8/98-5/00
Book editor, Guangzhou Foreign Language Audio/Video Publishing House, China, 9/95-7/97
Relevant Publications
Journal Papers
"Supply Chain Collaboration: Conceptualization and Instrument Development", accepted for publication by International Journal of Production Research, 2009, with Vonderembse, M., Zhang, Q., and Ragu-Nathan, T
"Product Concept and Prototype Flexibility in Manufacturing: Implications for Customer Satisfaction", European Journal of Operational Research, 194(1), 143-154, 2009, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.
"Exploring the Absorptive Capacity to Innovation/Productivity Link for Individual Engineers Engaged in IT Enabled Work" ,Information & Management, 45(2), 75-87, 2008, with Deng, X. and Doll, W.
"A Path Analytical Analysis of Organizational Integration Practices' Effects on Manufacturing Flexibility and Competitive Advantage", Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 17(3), 2008, with Zhang, Q.
"Achieving Flexible Manufacturing Competence: The Roles of Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Operations Improvement Practices", International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 26(6), 580-599, 2006, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.
"Level of End-User Computing Moderates the Impact of Time-Based Product Development Practices on Performance", International Journal of Product Development, 1(3/4), 280-300, 2005, with Rondeau, P., Vonderembse, M. A. and Ragu-Nathan, T. S.
"B2C E-Commerce Web Site Quality: An Empirical Examination", Industrial Management & Data Systems, 105(5/6), 645-661, 2005, with Zhang, Q. and Seydel, J.
"Learning and Knowledge Creation in Product Development: A LISREL Analysis," International Journal of Product Development, 1(1), 107-129, 2004, with Zhang, Q. and Lim, J.
"Innovation-Driven Learning in Product Development: A Conceptual Framework", Industrial Management & Data Systems, 104(3), 252-261, 2004, with Zhang, Q. and Lim, J.
"Human-Machine Web Interface Design for Electronic Commerce: A Review of Design Perspectives, Objectives, Dimensions, and Techniques", International Journal of Services Technology and Management, 4(4), 442-463, 2003, with Zhang, Q.
"Business Process Reengineering for Flexibility and Innovation in Manufacturing", Industrial Management & Data Systems, 102(3), 146-152, 2002, with Zhang, Q.
"Building Flexibility into the Organization", APICS: The Performance Advantage, 11(11), 46-49, 2001, with Zhang, Q.
Book Chapter
Visual Analytics and Interactive Technologies: Data, Text and Web Mining Applications (ed.), to be published by IGI Global in 2010, with Zhang, Q., Segall, R.
"Web Design Quality and Usability in E-Commerce", Chapter VI (pp. 108-125), in Web Systems Design and Online Consumer Behavior, by Y. Gao (ed.), ISBN: 1591403278, Idea Group Publishing, 2005, with Zhang, Q.
Conference Proceedings:
"Data Mining and Visualization of Forest Cover Type Data using SAS Enterprise Miner", Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Cooperation and Promotion of Information Resources in Science and Technology (COINFO'09), Beijing, China, Nov. 21-23, 2009, with Zhang, Q.
"Web-Based Text Mining of Hotel Customer Comments Using SAS® Text Miner and Megaputer Polyanalyst®", Proceedings of the SWDSI 2009 Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, February 27-28, 2009, with Segall, R. and Zhang, Q.
"Achieving Collaborative Advantage and Firm Performance through Supply Chain Collaboration", Proceedings of the 39th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, November 22-25, 2008, with Zhang, Q., Vonderembse, M., and Ragu-Nathan, T.
"Supply Chain Collaborative Advantage: A Firm's Perspective", Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, Beijing, China, October 12-15, 2008, with Zhang, Q.
"An Empirical Analysis of Collaborative Advantage in the Context of Supply Chain", Proceedings of the INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington DC, October 12-15, 2008, with Zhang, Q.
"Supply Chain Collaboration: Conceptualization and Instrument Development", Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Phoenix, AZ, November 17-20, 2007, with Vonderembse, M.A., Ragu-Nathan, T.S., and Zhang, Q.
"Investigation of Integration Practices Impact on Manufacturing Flexibility and Competitive Advantage", Accepted for Proceedings of the 38th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Phoenix, AZ, November 17-20, 2007, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.
"Impact of Integration Practices on Manufacturing Flexibility and Customer Satisfaction", Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the INFORMS Society on Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (MSOM), Beijing, China, June 18-19, 2007, with Zhang, Q.
"Impact of Infusion of Technologyand Learning on Manufacturing Flexibility and Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Examination", Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Antonio, TX, November 18-21, 2006, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.
"Measuring Logistics Flexibility: A Confirmatory LISREL Analysis", Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Service Operations, Logistics, and Informatics, Beijing, China, August 10-12, 2005, with Zhang, Q.
"Web Services and Virtual Communities", Proceedings of the International Conference on Services Systems and Services Management, Chongqing, China, June 13-15, 2005, with Zhang, Q.
"End-User Computing Skills and Involvement: Antecedents of Time-Based Product Development Practices", Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Boston, MA, November 22-25, 2004, with Rondeau, P., Ragu-Nathan, T. S. and Vonderembse, M. A.
"The Impact of IT Learning Capabilitieson Computer-Mediated Engineering Work", Proceedings of the 35th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Boston, MA, November 22-25, 2004, with Doll, W. and Deng, X.
"e-Commerce Web Site Quality: An EmpiricalExamination," Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), New York, NY, August 6-8, 2004, with Zhang, Q. and Seydel, J.
"e-Commerce Web Site Quality: A Conceptual Framework", Proceedings of the Midwest Business Administration Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 17-20, 2004, with Rao, S.
"Advanced Manufacturing Technology InducedFlexible Manufacturing Competencies: The Role of Improvement Practices", Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Washington, D.C., November 22-25, 2003, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.
"Product Concept and Prototype Flexibility: Implications for Customer Satisfaction", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute, Shanghai, China, July 04-08, 2003, with Zhang, Q. and Vonderembse, M. A.
"Factors Affecting the Attractiveness of E-CommerceWebsite", Proceedings of the 6th World MultiConference on Systemics, Cybernetics, & Informatics, Orlando, FL, July 14-17, 2002, with Zhang, Q.
"Evaluating E-Commerce Website Design: A Customer's Perspective", Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, San Diego, CA, November 17-21, 2002, with Zhang, Q.
"Human Machine Web Interface Design for ElectronicCommerce: A Review of Design Perspectives, Objectives, Dimensions, and Techniques", Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Electronic Business, Hong Kong, China, December 19-21, 2001, with Zhang, Q.
- Accounting
- Business
- Finance
- Health & Wellness Management
- Sustainable Management
- Transportation & Logistics Mgt
UW-Superior Schedule of Classes for Cao, Mei
Fall Semester 2018
For up to date information on all schedules, please refer to the class search page in the E-Hive portal.
Note: the Class Schedule information below reflects data as of June 19, 2018 11:45 AM.
| Fall Semester 2018 | ||||||||||
| Class Nbr. | Catalog Nbr. | Course Title/Course Topics | Class Sect. | Credits | Bldg. | Room | Days | Time | Seats Open | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCT - Accounting | ||||||||||
| 2203 | ACCT 200 | Financial Accounting 09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. | B07 | 3.00 | Online | 2 of 3 open | ||||
09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. | ||||||||||
| BUS - Business | ||||||||||
| 2205 | BUS 211 | Business Law I 09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. This class is closed for enrollment. | B07 | 3.00 | Online | 0 of 5 open | ||||
09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. This class is closed for enrollment. | ||||||||||
| 2216 | BUS 288 | Independent Study In Business 09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required | B07 | 3.00 | Online | 1 of 1 open | ||||
09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required | ||||||||||
| 2217 | BUS 288 | Independent Study In Business 09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required | B08 | 3.00 | Online | 2 of 2 open | ||||
09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required | ||||||||||
| 2208 | BUS 306 | Management Science 09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. | B07 | 3.00 | Online | 1 of 5 open | ||||
09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. | ||||||||||
| 2209 | BUS 370 | Principles Of Marketing 09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. This class is closed for enrollment. | B07 | 3.00 | Online | 0 of 4 open | ||||
09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. This class is closed for enrollment. | ||||||||||
| 2207 | BUS 483 | Organization Behav & Develop 09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. | B07 | 3.00 | Online | 4 of 5 open | ||||
09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. | ||||||||||
| FIN - Finance | ||||||||||
| 2206 | FIN 320 | Principles Of Finance 09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. | B07 | 3.00 | Online | 4 of 5 open | ||||
09/05/2018 - 12/14/2018 UW-Alliance On-Line Course: Special additional course fee $160 per credit. Registration deadline is August 24, 2018. Limited number of seats. Register for this course on your E-Hive registration account. No department permission needed. When the course is full, we cannot allow any additional registrations. You will receive information regarding this course and the materials required approximately 10 days before the course starts. Contact the Business and Economics Department if you have any questions. | ||||||||||
| HWM - Health & Wellness Management | ||||||||||
| 2077 | HWM 700 | Contemp Hlth & Wellness Persp 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | HU1 | 3.00 | Online | 20 of 20 open | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | ||||||||||
| 2078 | HWM 710 | Research Methods Wellness Mgrs 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | HU1 | 3.00 | Online | 17 of 20 open Wait List: 15 of 15 | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | ||||||||||
| 2079 | HWM 730 | Biopsychosocial Aspect of Hlth 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | HU1 | 3.00 | Online | 18 of 20 open Wait List: 15 of 15 | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | ||||||||||
| 2080 | HWM 740 | Hlth Syst & Policy Welln Mgrs 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | HU1 | 3.00 | Online | 19 of 20 open Wait List: 15 of 15 | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | ||||||||||
| 2081 | HWM 750 | Plan & Eval for Wellness Mgrs 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | HU1 | 3.00 | Online | 19 of 20 open Wait List: 15 of 15 | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | ||||||||||
| 2082 | HWM 760 | Wellness Law 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | HU1 | 3.00 | Online | 19 of 20 open Wait List: 15 of 15 | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | ||||||||||
| 2084 | HWM 780 | Best Pract & Issue in Wellness 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | HU1 | 3.00 | Online | 18 of 20 open Wait List: 15 of 15 | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | ||||||||||
| 2085 | HWM 790 | Hlth & Wellness Mgmt Capstone 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | HU1 | 3.00 | Online | 19 of 20 open Wait List: 15 of 15 | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Health & Wellness Management program or permission of HWM program director required. Special tuition rate of $740 per credit. Tuition is not part of the plateau | ||||||||||
| SMGT - Sustainable Management | ||||||||||
| 2101 | SMGT 370 | Log,Supply Chain Mgmt and Sust 09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Sustainable Management program or permission of SMGT program director required. Special tuition rate of $398 per credit, Tuition is not part of the plateau. | MU1 | 3.00 | Online | 25 of 30 open Wait List: 15 of 15 | ||||
09/04/2018 - 12/14/2018 Department Consent Required Online course. Admission to Sustainable Management program or permission of SMGT program director required. Special tuition rate of $398 per credit, Tuition is not part of the plateau. | ||||||||||