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Faculty Profile

Lee Kong Chian School of Business LKCSB

DEMEESTER Lieven

Full-time Faculty
Associate Professor of Operations Management (Practice)

Education

1995

Ph.D., Operations and Technology Management
Anderson School of Management
University of California , Los Angeles

1990

Diploma for Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications
University of Gent , Belgium

Current Position(s) Held

2021 - 2025Associate Provost (Teaching and Learning Innovation)
Singapore Management University
2018 - 2025Director, Centre for Teaching Excellence
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2015 - 2017Associate Dean, MBA Programmes
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2014 - 2017Academic Director, MBA, EMBA, IE-SMU MBA (blended)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2011 - 2014Area Coordinator of Operations Management
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2013 - NowAssociate Professor of Operations Management (Practice)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
2008 - 2013Assistant Professor of Operations Management (Practice)
Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Awards, Recognition and Honors

  • Singapore National Day Awards: Public Administration Medal (Bronze), 2021
  • Nominated for Best Reviewer award in the Sustainable Operations department of the journal of the Production and Operations Management Society, 2017
  • Nominated for Innovative Teacher award, 3 times, for AY11/12, AY12/13 and AY14/15, 2011 - 2015
  • Dean's Teaching Honour List - Top 20 Faculty Members - 7 times, 2009 - 2015
  • Nominated for Teaching Excellence in Postgraduate Professional Programmes award, 2013
  • Richard A. Freund Scholarship, ASQ (American Society for Quality). Only recipient, selected from over 90 candidates nationwide., 1994 - 1994

Research Interests

  • Operations Strategy
  • Supply Chain Strategy
  • Sustainable Operations

Selected Journal Articles (Refereed)

  • "Technology-enhanced personalized learning: Lessons from online teaching at three South-East Asian universities", by Kiran, K., Saat, R. M., Lieven DEMEESTER, Lew, M. D. N., Neo, W. L., Pausawasdi, N., & Nopparatjamjomras, T. R., 2025, 17, 2, Contemporary Educational Technology, ep567
  • “The Role of Operations Executives in Strategy Making”, by Lieven DEMEESTER, A. DE MEYER, and J. GRAHOVAC, 2014, 32, Journal Of Operations Management, 403-413
  • “Plant Networks for Processing Recyclable Materials”, by Lieven DEMEESTER, M. QI and L. VAN WASSENHOVE, 2013, 15, 4, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 670–688 
  • "Managing learning resources for consecutive product generations.", by Lieven DEMEESTER and M. QI, 2005 , 95 , International Journal of Production Economics, 265-283
  • "Organic production systems: What the biological cell can teach us about manufacturing", by Lieven DEMEESTER, K. EICHLER, and C.H. LOCH, 2004 , 6 , 2, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, 115-132
  • "Inventory Reduction and Productivity Growth: Linkages in the Japanese Automotive Industry", by M.B. LIEBERMAN and Lieven DEMEESTER, 1999 , 8 , 1, MANAGEMENT SCIENCE, 466-485
  • "The empirical determinants of inventory levels in high-volume manufacturing", by M.B. LIEBERMAN, S. HELPER, and Lieven DEMEESTER, 1999 , 45 , 4, Production and Operations Management, 44-55
  • "Cycle time reduction at an IBM wafer fabrication facility", by Lieven DEMEESTER and C.S. TANG, 1996 , 26 , 2, Interfaces, 34-49

Selected Chapters in Books

  • "Mathematical models in IC manufacturing", by C.S. TANG and Lieven DEMEESTER, Perspectives in Operations Management, Kluwer, 1993 

Other Published Articles

 

 
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