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Dr Yu (Jack) Gong PhD, FHEA, MSc, BSc

Lecturer in Operations Management, Director CORMSIS Business Liaison (China)

Dr Yu (Jack) Gong is Lecturer in Operations Management, Director CORMSIS Business Liaison (China) at Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, UK.

He obtained his PhD at the University of Exeter (2013-2016), MSc in Logistics and Supply chain management at Cranfield University (2009-2010). He has publications in high quality journals such as: International Journal of Operations & Production Management, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research, Industrial Marketing Management, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, and has published several teaching cases. His main research interests are sustainable supply chain management and supply chain innovation. He has a track record of engaging multinational companies in research such as IKEA, Nestle, and Tetra Pak.

Prior to his academic career, he had three years’ working experience in management consulting firms in both Malaysia and China providing service to various large scale multinational companies. He has extensive project management experiences serving companies including 3M, Nestle Malaysia, Zuellig Pharma, TCL Corporation, Power Construction Corporation of China (PCCC) and BMW Brilliance.

Qualifications

2013 - 2016 PhD in Management, University of Exeter, UK

2017 - 2019 Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCert), University of Southampton, UK

2009 - 2010 MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Cranfield University, UK

2004 - 2008 B.E. Logistics Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

2006 - 2008 B.A. Public Administration, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Research

Responsibilities

Publications

Teaching

Contact

Research interests

Sustainable supply chain management;
Supply chain leadership/followership;
Supply chain learning;
Supply chain innovation;
Qualitative research methods.

Dr Yu (Jack) Gong welcomes PhD applications in the above areas.

PhD Supervision

Miss Chen Zhang (Sep 2018 – Sep 2021 predicted), “The application of Blockchain technology in food supply chain management”, Supervisors: Prof Steve Brown, Dr Yu Gong;
Mr. Mohammed Alharithi (Feb 2019 – Feb 2022 predicted), “An investigation into the integration of sustainability in project management of not-for-profit organisations in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia”, Supervisors: Dr Yu Gong, Dr Serkan Ceylan, Prof Steve Brown;
Mr. Hang Yu (Sep 2019 – Sep 2022 predicted), “The competitiveness of port supply chain: a comparison between the UK and China”, Supervisors: Dr Yu Gong, Prof Steve Brown;
Mr. Saiful Islam (Sep 2019 – Sep 2022 predicted), “Sustainable textile supply chain management in Bangladesh”, Supervisors: Dr Yu Gong, Dr Taposh Kumar Roy, Prof Steve Brown;
Mr. Yaobo Wang (Feb 2020 – Feb 2023 predicted), “Integration of ERP and management accounting information system”, Supervisors: Dr Pingli Li, Dr Mahmoud Al-Sayed, Dr Yu Gong;
Mr. Shenghao Xie (Sep 2020 – Sep 2023 predicted), “The application of blockchain technology in recycling”, Supervisors: Dr Yu Gong, Prof Steve Brown;
Mr. Da Xu (Sep 2020 – Sep 2023 predicted), “The influence of Additive Manufacturing on the sustainability of supply chains”, Supervisors: Dr Regina Frei, Dr Yu Gong and Dr Nicholas Dacre

Research projects

01/2020: “Sustainable seaports: a comparison between the UK and China”, Southampton Confucius Institute, PI, £3,450
12/2019: “Blockchain driven sustainable dairy supply chain”, Southampton Business School small grant, PI, £5,000
10/2018: “Sustainable seaports in China”, Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute, PI, £10,000
12/2017: “Circular Supply Chains in Emerging Economies – A comparative study of packaging recovery ecosystems in China and Brazil”, British Academy, project member, £9,970.
06/2017: “Sustaining Urban Habitats: An Interdisciplinary Approach”, Leverhulme Trust Grant, project member, £1.75 million.
06/2017: “Packaging recycling: a comparison between China and Brazil”, Santander UoS Latin America Fund, PI, £1,000
03/2017: “SME’s supply chain learning of sustainability”, Southampton Business School small grant, PI, £5,000

Research group

Affiliate research groups

Business, Nature and Value, Laboratory for Urban Complexity And Sustainability

Director CORMSIS Business Liaison (China)

Internal and external examiner in Doctorate Viva;

Editorial board of the Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.

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Key Publication

Articles

Book

Gong, D. Y., Xie, S., Brown, S., Li, C., & Duan, J. (2021). Zhida: blockchain potential in household waste recycling. (W24882 ed.) (IVEY Publication). Ivey Publishing.

Conferences

Zhang, C., Gong, Y., Brown, S., & Li, Z. (2019). A content based literature review on the application of blockchain in food supply chain management. In The 26th EurOMA Conference, 17th - 19th June 2019, Helsinki, Finland
Jiang, Y., Jia, F., & Gong, Y. (2018). IKEA: Global sourcing and sustainable leather initiatives. In 27th IPSERA Conference, Athens, Greece, 25-28 March, 2018
Batista, L., Gong, J., Pereira, S., & Jia, F. (2018). Packaging recovery ecosystems from a circular supply chain perspective – Insights from China and Brazil. In 5th International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chains Forum
Gong, Y., Jia, F., & Brown, S. (2017). Modernisation of dairy farms: the case of Nestlé’s Dairy Farming Institute in China. Paper presented at 4th International EurOMA Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Forum, Milan, Italy.
Gong, Y., Jia, F., Brown, S., & Koh, L. (2017). Supply chain learning of sustainability in multi-tier supply chains: a resource orchestration perspective. Paper presented at 24th EurOMA Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Gong, Y., Jia, F., & Wilding, R. (2016). Logistics innovation in China: a conceptual model. Paper presented at The 21st LRN Annual Conference and PhD Workshop 2016, Hull, United Kingdom.
Gong, Y., Gosling, J., & Jia, F. (2014). Supply chain learning of sustainable practice: the role of MNCs’ leadership. Paper presented at 21st EuroMa Conference, Palermo, Italy.

Report

Gong, Y., Jia, F., & Brown, S. (2017). Tetra Pak: creating a recycling chain in China. Ivey Publishing.

Reviews

Perdana, T., Onggo, B. S., Sadeli, A. H., Chaerani, D., Achmad, A. L. H., Hermiatin, F. R., & Gong, Y. (2022). Food supply chain management in disaster events: A systematic literature review. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 79, [103183]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103183
Jamalnia, A., Gong, Y., & Govindan, K. (2022). Sub-supplier's sustainability management in multi-tier supply chains: a systematic literature review on the contingency variables, and a conceptual framework. International Journal of Production Economics, 255, [108671]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108671
Xie, S., Gong, D. Y. J., Kunc, M., Wen, Z., & Brown, S. (2022). The application of blockchain technology in the recycling chain: a state-of-the-art literature review and conceptual framework. International Journal of Production Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2022.2152506

MANG2021 : Operations Management (module leader)
MANG3078 : Strategic Operations Management (tutorial lecturer)
MANG6315: Principles of Supply Chain Management (module leader)
MANG6316 : Purchasing and Supply Management (guest lecturer)

Dr Yu (Jack) Gong
Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK

Room Number : 2/5047

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