Professor Ming Lim

Professor of Supply Chain Management and Digitalisation (Management)

ORCID iD https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0809-9431

Biography

Prof Ming Lim is currently Professor of Supply Chain Management and Digitalisation at Adam Smith Business School. Prior to joining the University of Glasgow, he was Dean of College of Mechanical Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Manufacturing & Logistics Engineering at Chongqing University (China) and Co-cluster Lead/Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at Coventry University. Prof Lim obtained his PhD in Manufacturing Systems from University of Exeter and BEng (Hons) in Manufacturing Engineering from University of Liverpool. After his post-doctoral position at University of Exeter and a couple of years as a business improvement manager at a management consulting company, he started his lectureship in logistics management at Aston University in 2006. In 2012, he was appointed as Head of Centre for Supply Chain Improvement at the University of Derby Business School.

At Aston University, Prof Lim started building his research in the field of technology-driven logistics and supply chain systems, and founded a research alliance, namely Radio-frequency identification (RFID) Advanced Research. He has been providing consultancy to companies from manufacturing and logistics sectors in enhancing production and supply chain competitiveness, and in implementing RFID technology. Close collaboration with large organisations including DHL, NHS, Tesco and Caterpillar, and a range of SMEs across different industries. In total, he has generated £557,000 incomes from a range of funding bodies, such as EU FP7, UKRI EPSRC, InnovateUK KTP, a number of EPSRC CASE studentships and industry-funded projects.

At University of Derby, he was Head of a new Centre of Excellence for Supply Chain Improvement for advanced research and business engagement to serve the region. He has recruited a team consisting of three academic staff, three research associates and four PhD students, to conduct research and heavily engage with businesses in three focuses: Technology Innovation, System Improvement and Process Re-engineering. Research projects awarded include EU-funded grants “CITADEL on the move” and “AdvIOT”, European Regional Development Funds, InnovateUK projects, and industry-funded projects. The industrial projects involved Rolls-Royce, Toyota, Bombardier, Unilever, Alliance Boots, and SMEs across aerospace, automotive and rail industries. The Centre has generated a total revenue of just over £860,000 in three and a half years.

At Coventry University, Ming was Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management and Co-cluster Lead for a group of supply chain academics and researchers to pursue excellency in research and industrial impact. The goal is to create critical mass in supply chain research to raise the university profile and reputation, and disseminate it to the international platform and the commercial sector. Collaborating with the University of Oxford, he has obtained an EPSRC grant of £970,000.

Over 20 years of research career and academic leadership, Prof Lim’s research is multi-disciplinary integrating engineering, computer science, information technology and operations management, aiming at addressing the fast-growing demands for industrial applications. His applied research expertise can be categorised into 3 areas:

Technology-driven – Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Blockchain, cloud manufacturing, big data analytics and AI/machine learning.
Sustainable/Circular supply chain management & low carbon logistics – Green logistics, sustainable supply chain management, low carbon initiatives (net zero/carbon neutral), circular economy and sharing economy.
Lean and agile principles – Lean logistics, agile manufacturing, operations analytics, cost & system optimisation, meta heuristics, and system modelling.

Prof Lim is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications and an editorial board member of a range of leading journals. Ming has published over 250 papers in leading journals in the fields, such as Int. J. of Operations & Production Management, European J. of Operational Research, Int. J. of Production Economics, Omega, Transportation Research, Computers & Industrial Engineering, J. of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research, Int. J. of Production Research, Production Planning and Control, Expert Systems with Applications, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, and Industrial Management & Data System.

Research interests

Prof Lim is a member of the School's Services and Operations Management research cluster.

Areas of expertise:

Technology-driven: Radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, Internet of Things, Industry 4.0, Blockchain, cloud manufacturing, big data analytics and AI/machine learning.
Sustainable/Circular supply chain management & low carbon logistics: Green logistics, sustainable supply chain management, low carbon initiatives (net zero/carbon neutral), circular economy and sharing economy.
Lean and agile principles: Lean logistics, agile manufacturing, operations analytics, cost & system optimisation, meta heuristics, and system modelling.

Publications

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Number of items: 123.

2023

Shi, Y., Lin, Y., Wang, S., Wen, H., Lim, M. K. and Tseng, M.-L. (2023) Resource saving and carbon footprint reduction potential of urban symbiosis strategy in express packaging waste recycling network. Waste Management, 161, pp. 17-28. (doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.02.023) (PMID:36863207)

Liu, J., Xia, S., Wang, Z., Nie, J., Ameen, N., Yan, C. and Lim, M. K. (2023) How to balance economic profits and environmental protection: the impacts of cash hedging on remanufacturing firms. International Journal of Production Economics, 258, 108783. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2023.108783)

Gani, A. B. D., Fernando, Y., Lan, S., Lim, M. K. and Tseng, M.-L. (2023) Interplay between cyber supply chain risk management practices and cyber security performance. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 123(3), pp. 843-861. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-05-2022-0313)

Wang, C., Sun, Y., Lim, M. K. , Ghadimi, P. and Azadnia, A. H. (2023) An analysis of barriers for successful implementation of municipal solid waste management in Beijing: an integrated DEMATEL-MMDE-ISM approach. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 123(3), pp. 931-966. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-08-2022-0464)

Bui, T.-D., Tseng, J.-W., Tseng, M.-L., Wu, K.-J. and Lim, M. K. (2023) Municipal solid waste management technological barriers: a hierarchical structure approach in Taiwan. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190, 106842. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106842)

Hu, X., Sun, B., Wang, C., Lim, M. K. , Wang, P., Geng, X., Yao, C. and Chen, W.-Q. (2023) Impacts of China's exports decline in rare earth primary materials from a trade network-based perspective. Resources Policy, 81, 103321. (doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2023.103321)

Hu, X., Wang, C., Lim, M. K. , Chen, W.-Q., Teng, L., Wang, P., Wang, H., Zhang, C., Yao, C. and Ghadimi, P. (2023) Critical systemic risk sources in global lithium-ion battery supply networks: static and dynamic network perspectives. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 173, 113083. (doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2022.113083)

Yang, M., Lim, M. K. , Qu, Y., Li, X. and Ni, D. (2023) Deep neural networks with L1 and L2 regularization for high dimensional corporate credit risk prediction. Expert Systems with Applications, 213(Part A), 118873. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118873)

Ni, D., Lim, M. K. , Li, X. and Yang, M. (2023) Monitoring corporate credit risk with multiple data sources. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 123(2), pp. 434-450. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-02-2022-0091)

Hu, H., Xu, J., Liu, M. and Lim, M. K. (2023) Vaccine supply chain management: An intelligent system utilizing blockchain, IoT and machine learning. Journal of Business Research, 156, 113480. (doi: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113480) (PMCID:PMC9718486)

Zhang, W., Lim, M. K. , Yang, M., Li, X. and Ni, D. (2023) Using deep learning to interpolate the missing data in time-series for credit risks along supply chain. Industrial Management and Data Systems, (Accepted for Publication)

Chen, L., Jiang, M., Li, T., Jia, F. and Lim, M. K. (2023) Supply chain learning and performance: a meta-analysis. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, (doi: 10.1108/IJOPM-05-2022-0289) (Early Online Publication)

Chien, C.-F., Aviso, K., Tseng, M.-L., Fujii, M. and Lim, M. K. (2023) Solid waste management in emerging economies: opportunities and challenges for reuse and recycling. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 18, 106635. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106635)

Yang, M., Lim, M. K. , Qu, Y., Ni, D. and Xia0, Z. (2023) Supply chain risk management with machine learning technology: a literature review and future research directions. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 175, 108859. (doi: 10.1016/j.cie.2022.108859) (PMCID:PMC9715461)

Tseng, M.-L., Bui, T.-D., Lewi, S., Rizaldy, H., Lim, M. K. and Wu, K.-J. (2023) Causality sustainable supply chain management practices in the Indonesian coffee industry using qualitative information: digitalization integration leads performance improvement. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2022.2155936) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Shi, Y., Lin, Y., Lim, M. K. , Tseng, M.-L., Tan, C. and Li, Y. (2022) An intelligent green scheduling system for sustainable cold chain logistics. Expert Systems with Applications, 209, 118378. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2022.118378)

Ibrahim, A., Fernando, Y., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Low-carbon warehousing practices and challenges: insights from emerging country. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2022.2145276) (Early Online Publication)

Abdul-Hamid, A.-Q., Ali, M. H., Osman, L. H., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Industry 4.0 quasi-effect between circular economy and sustainability: palm oil industry. International Journal of Production Economics, 253, 108616. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108616)

Xiong, W., Lim, M. K. , Tseng, M.-L. and Wang, C. (2022) An effective service trust evaluation and preprocessing approach considering multi-user interests in cloud manufacturing. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 173, 108728. (doi: 10.1016/j.cie.2022.108728)

Bai, X., Hu, X., Wang, C., Lim, M. K. , Vilela, A. L.M., Ghadimi, P., Yao, C., Stanley, H. E. and Xu, H. (2022) Most influential countries in the international medical device trade: network-based analysis. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 604, 127889. (doi: 10.1016/j.physa.2022.127889) (PMID:35813460) (PMCID:PMC9250171)

Huang, X., Lin, Y., Lim, M. K. , Zhou, F. and Liu, F. (2022) Electric vehicle charging station diffusion: an agent-based evolutionary game model in complex networks. Energy, 257, 124700. (doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2022.124700)

Li, L.-L., Lou, J.-L., Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K. and Tan, R. R. (2022) A hybrid dynamic economic environmental dispatch model for balancing operating costs and pollutant emissions in renewable energy: A novel improved mayfly algorithm. Expert Systems with Applications, 203, 117411. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2022.117411)

Huang, X., Lin, Y., Liu, F., Lim, M. K. and Li, L. (2022) Battery recycling policies for boosting electric vehicle adoption: evidence from a choice experimental survey. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 24(8), pp. 2607-2620. (doi: 10.1007/s10098-022-02340-y)

Xia, S., Ling, Y., de Main, L., Lim, M. K. , Lie, G., Zhang, P. and Cao, M. (2022) Creating a low carbon economy through green supply chain management: Investigation of willingness-to-pay for green products from a consumer’s perspective. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2022.2115988) (Early Online Publication)

Chen, C., Qu, L., Tseng, M.-L., Li, L., Chen, C.-C. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Reducing fuel cost and enhancing the resource utilization rate in energy economic load dispatch problem. Journal of Cleaner Production, 364, 132709. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132709)

Wang, C., Sun, W., Lim, M. K. , Hu, X., Gao, Y. and Ghadimi, P. (2022) Structural evolution of global plastic life cycle trade: a multilayer network perspective. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 33, pp. 1031-1042. (doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2022.08.027)

Yang, M., Lim, M. K. , Qu, Y., Li, X. and Ni, D. (2022) Repair missing data to improve corporate credit risk prediction accuracy with multi-layer perceptron. Soft Computing, 26(18), pp. 9167-9178. (doi: 10.1007/s00500-022-07277-4)

Liu, W., Liang, Y., Lim, M. K. , Long, S. and Shi, X. (2022) A theoretical framework of smart supply chain innovation for going global companies: a multi-case study from China. International Journal of Logistics Management, 33(3), pp. 1090-1113. (doi: 10.1108/IJLM-10-2020-0388)

Fernando, Y., Tseng, M.-L., Nur, G. M., Ikhsan, R. B. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Practicing circular economy performance in Malaysia: managing supply chain disruption and technological innovation capability under Industry 4.0. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2022.2107188) (Early Online Publication)

Chhetri, P., Hashemi, A., Hung Lau, K. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Aligning supply chain complexity with product demand and design characteristics. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 25(8), pp. 1137-1163. (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2021.1885020)

Tseng, M.-L., Ha, H. M., Tran, T. P. T., Bui, T.-D., Lim, M. K. , Lin, C.-W. and Helmi Ali, M. (2022) Data-driven on sustainable food supply chain: a comparison on Halal and non-Halal food system. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 39(6), pp. 430-457. (doi: 10.1080/21681015.2022.2040622)

Bui, T.-D., Tseng, J.-W., Tran, T. P. T., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Circular business strategy challenges and opportunities for Industry 4.0: a social media data-driven analysis. Business Strategy and the Environment, (doi: 10.1002/bse.3217) (Early Online Publication)

Fernando, Y., Halili, M., Tseng, M.-L., Tseng, J. W. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Sustainable social supply chain practices and firm social performance: framework and empirical evidence. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 32, pp. 160-172. (doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2022.04.020)

Liu, W., Weia, S., Wang, S. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Theoretical framework of agricultural precision management based on the smart supply chain: evidence from China. Production Planning and Control, (doi: 10.1080/09537287.2022.2088424) (Early Online Publication)

Liu, W., Wei, S., Wang, S., Lim, M. K. and Wang, Y. (2022) Problem identification model of agricultural precision management based on smart supply chains: an exploratory study from China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 352, 131622. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131622)

Fu, C., Lv, Q., Tseng, M.-L., Wu, X. and Lim, M. K. (2022) A polynomial scale transformation and improved wiener process for a novel lithium-ion battery performance degradation model: remaining useful life performance. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, (doi: 10.1007/s12652-022-03883-0) (Early Online Publication)

Liu, W., Liang, Y., Bao, X., Qin, J. and Lim, M. K. (2022) China's logistics development trends in the post COVID-19 era. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 25(6), pp. 965-976. (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2020.1837760)

Zhou, F., He, Y., Ma, P., Lim, M. K. and Pratap, S. (2022) Capacitated disassembly scheduling with random demand and operation time. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 73(6), pp. 1362-1378. (doi: 10.1080/01605682.2021.1911603)

Li, L.-L., Xiong, J.-L., Tseng, M.-L., Yan, Z. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Using multi-objective sparrow search algorithm to establish active distribution network dynamic reconfiguration integrated optimization. Expert Systems with Applications, 193, 116445. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2021.116445)

Lim, M. K. , Xiong, W. and Wang, Y. (2022) A three-tier programming model for service composition and optimal selection in cloud manufacturing. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 167, 108006. (doi: 10.1016/j.cie.2022.108006)

Liu, Y.-W., Li, L.-L., Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K. and Helmi Ali, M. (2022) Optimal scheduling of combined cooling, heating, and power microgrid based on a hybrid gray wolf optimizer. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 39(4), pp. 277-292. (doi: 10.1080/21681015.2021.1974963)

Tseng, M.-L., Ha, H. M., Lim, M. K. , Wu, K.-J. and Iranmanesh, M. (2022) Sustainable supply chain management in stakeholders: supporting from sustainable supply and process management in the healthcare industry in Vietnam. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 25(4-5), pp. 364-383. (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2020.1749577)

Zhong, L., Nie, J., Lim, M. K. and Xia, S. (2022) Agency or Self-Run: the effect of consumer green education on recyclers’ distribution channel choice under platform economy. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 25(4-5), pp. 814-836. (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2021.1926949)

Li, L.-L., Ren, X.-Y., Tseng, M.-L., Wu, D.-S. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Performance evaluation of solar hybrid combined cooling, heating and power systems: a multi-objective arithmetic optimization algorithm. Energy Conversion and Management, 258, 115541. (doi: 10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115541)

Gao, S., Lim, M. K. , Qiao, R., Shen, C., Li, C. and Xia, L. (2022) Identifying critical failure factors of green supply chain management in China's SMEs with a hierarchical cause-effect model. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 24(4), pp. 5641-5666. (doi: 10.1007/S10668-021-01675-8)

Lim, M. K. , Li, Y., Wang, C. and Tseng, M.-L. (2022) Prediction of cold chain logistics temperature using a novel hybrid model based on the mayfly algorithm and extreme learning machine. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 12(3), pp. 819-840.

Bui, T.-D., Aminah, H., Wang, C.-H., Tseng, M.-L., Iranmanesh, M. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Developing a food and beverage corporate sustainability performance structure in Indonesia: enhancing the leadership role and tenet value from an ethical perspective. Sustainability, 14(6), 3658. (doi: 10.3390/su14063658)

Lim, M. K. , Lai, M., Wang, C. and Lee, S. Y. (2022) Circular economy to ensure production operational sustainability: A green-lean approach. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 30, pp. 130-144. (doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2021.12.001)

Tseng, M.-L., Bui, T.-D., Lim, M. K. , Fujii, M. and Mishra, U. (2022) Assessing data-driven sustainable supply chain management indicators for the textile industry under industrial disruption and ambidexterity. International Journal of Production Economics, 245, 108401. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108401)

Bui, T.-D., Tseng, J.-W., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2022) Opportunities and challenges for solid waste reuse and recycling in emerging economies: a hybrid analysis. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 177, 105968. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105968)

Yan, X., Liu, W., Lim, M. K. , Lin, Y. and Wei, W. (2022) Exploring the factors to promote circular supply chain implementation in the smart logistics ecological chain. Industrial Marketing Management, 101, pp. 57-70. (doi: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2021.11.015)

Huang, X., Lin, Y., Lim, M. K. , Zhou, F., Ding, R. and Zhang, Z. (2022) Evolutionary dynamics of promoting electric vehicle-charging infrastructure based on public–private partnership cooperation. Energy, 239(Part D), 122281. (doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.122281)

Li, Y., Lim, M. K. and Wang, C. (2022) An intelligent model of green urban distribution in the blockchain environment. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 176, 105925. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105925)

Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K. , Helmi Ali, M., Christianti, G. and Juladachah, P. (2022) Assessing the sustainable food system in Thailand under uncertainties: governance, distribution and storage drive technological innovation. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 39(1), pp. 1-18. (doi: 10.1080/21681015.2021.1951858)

Bui, T. D., Lim, M. K. , Sujanto, R., Ongkowidjaja, M. and Tseng, M.-L. (2022) Building a hierarchical sustainable consumption behavior model in qualitative information: consumer behavior influences on social impacts and environmental responses. Sustainability, 14(16), 9877. (doi: 10.3390/su14169877)

2021

Ling, Y., Xia, S., Cao, M., He, K., Lim, M. K. , Sukumar, A., Yi, H. and Qian, X. (2021) Carbon emissions in China's thermal electricity and heating industry: An input-output structural decomposition analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 329, 129608. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129608)

Li, L.-L., Liu, Z.-F., Tseng, M.-L., Jantarakolica, K. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Using enhanced crow search algorithm optimization-extreme learning machine model to forecast short-term wind power. Expert Systems with Applications, 184, 115579. (doi: 10.1016/j.eswa.2021.115579)

Negash, Y. T., Sarmiento, L. S. C., Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K. and Ali, M. H. (2021) Engagement factors for household waste sorting in Ecuador: improving perceived convenience and environmental attitudes enhances waste sorting capacity. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 175, 105893. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105893)

Lim, M. K. , Li, Y. and Song, X. (2021) Exploring customer satisfaction in cold chain logistics using a text mining approach. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 121(12), pp. 2426-2449. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-05-2021-0283)

Chen, S., Wang, Y., Han, S. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Evaluation of fresh food logistics service quality using online customer reviews. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2021.1998398) (Early Online Publication)

Chen, C.-C., Sujanto, R. Y., Tseng, M.-L., Chiu, A. S. F. and Lim, M. K. (2021) How is the sustainable consumption intention model in food industry under preference uncertainties? The consumer willingness to pay on recycled packaging material. Sustainability, 13(21), 11578. (doi: 10.3390/su132111578)

Lim, M. K. , Xiong, W. and Wang, C. (2021) Cloud manufacturing architecture: a critical analysis of its development, characteristics and future agenda to support its adoption. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 121(10), pp. 2143-2180. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-12-2020-0726)

Hu, X., Wang, C., Lim, M. K. , Bai, X. and Yao, C. (2021) Evaluating waste and scrap trade risks in Belt and Road Initiative countries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 173, 105728. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105728)

Huang, X., Lin, Y., Zhou, F., Lim, M. K. and Chen, S. (2021) Agent-based modelling for market acceptance of electric vehicles: evidence from China. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 28, pp. 206-217. (doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2021.04.007)

Tseng, M.-L., Ardaniah, V., Sujanto, R. Y., Fujii, M. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Multicriteria assessment of renewable energy sources under uncertainty: barriers to adoption. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 171, 120937. (doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120937)

Tseng, M.-L., Bui, T.-D., Lan, S., Lim, M. K. and Hashan MdMashud, A. (2021) Smart product service system hierarchical model in banking industry under uncertainties. International Journal of Production Economics, 240, 108244. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108244)

Aviso, K. B., Chien, C.-F., Lim, M. K. , Tan, R. R. and Tseng, M.-L. (2021) Taiwan drought was a microcosm of climate change adaptation challenges in complex island economies. Process Integration and Optimization for Sustainability, 5(3), pp. 317-318. (doi: 10.1007/S41660-021-00188-1)

Chien, C.-F., Aviso, K., Tseng, M.-L., Fujii, M. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Solid waste management in emerging economies: opportunities and challenges for reuse and recycling. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 172, 105677. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105677)

Lang Tseng, M., Dat Bui, T., Lim, M. K. and Lewi, S. (2021) A cause and effect model for digital sustainable supply chain competitiveness under uncertainties: enhancing digital platform. Sustainability, 13(18), 10150. (doi: 10.3390/su131810150)

Li, L.-L., Liu, Z.-F., Tseng, M.-L., Zheng, S.-J. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Improved tunicate swarm algorithm: solving the dynamic economic emission dispatch problems. Applied Soft Computing, 108, 107504. (doi: 10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107504)

Tseng, M.-L., Phuong Thuy Tran, T., Fujii, M., Lim, M. K. and Tamirat Negash, Y. (2021) Modelling hierarchical circular supply chain management enablers in the seafood processing industry in Vietnam under uncertainties. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, (doi: 10.1080/13675567.2021.1965105) (Early Online Publication)

Gao, S., Qiao, R., Lim, M. K. , Li, C., Qu, Y. and Xia, L. (2021) Integrating corporate website information into qualitative assessment for benchmarking green supply chain management practices for the chemical industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 311, 127590. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127590)

Tseng, M.-L., Bui, T.-D. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Resource utilization model for sustainable solid waste management in Vietnam: a crisis response hierarchical structure. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 171, 105632. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105632)

Huang, X., Lin, Y., Lim, M. K. , Tseng, M.-L. and Zhou, F. (2021) The influence of knowledge management on adoption intention of electric vehicles: perspective on technological knowledge. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 121(7), pp. 1481-1495. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-07-2020-0411)

Chen, C.-C., Yudistira Sujanto, R., Tseng, M.-L., Fujii, M. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Sustainable consumption transition model: social concerns and waste minimization under willingness-to-pay in Indonesian food industry. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 170, 105590. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105590)

Rahim, A. A.A., Musa, S. N., Ramesh, S. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Development of a fuzzy-TOPSIS multi-criteria decision-making model for material selection with the integration of safety, health and environment risk assessment. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 235(7), pp. 1532-1550. (doi: 10.1177/1464420721994269)

Tseng, M.-L., Remen Lin, C.-W., Yudistira Sujanto, R., Lim, M. K. and Bui, T.-D. (2021) Assessing sustainable consumption in packaged food in Indonesia: corporate communication drives consumer perception and behavior. Sustainability, 13(14), 8021. (doi: 10.3390/su13148021)

Cao, D., Gupta, S., Lim, M. K. , Dhir, A., Li, Z. and Schiavone, F. (2021) Consumers' role in addressing plastic pollution. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 169, 105473. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105473)

Ni, D., Xiao, Z. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Machine learning in recycling business: an investigation of its practicality, benefits and future trends. Soft Computing, 25(12), pp. 7907-7927. (doi: 10.1007/s00500-021-05579-7)

Zhan, Y., Chung, L., Lim, M. K. , Ye, F., Kumar, A. and Hua Tan, K. (2021) The impact of sustainability on supplier selection: a behavioural study. International Journal of Production Economics, 236, 108118. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108118)

Md Mashud, A. H., Pervin, M., Mishra, U., Daryanto, Y., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2021) A sustainable inventory model with controllable carbon emissions in green-warehouse farms. Journal of Cleaner Production, 298, 126777. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126777)

Tseng, M.-L., Jeng, S.-Y., Lin, C.-W. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Recycled construction and demolition waste material: a cost-benefit analysis under uncertainty. Management of Environmental Quality, 32(3), pp. 665-680. (doi: 10.1108/MEQ-08-2020-0175)

Lei, Z., Chen, Y. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Modelling and analysis of big data platform group adoption behaviour based on social network analysis. Technology in Society, 65, 101570. (doi: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2021.101570)

Liu, P., Wang, C., Xie, J., Mu, D. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Towards green port-hinterland transportation: coordinating railway and road infrastructure in Shandong Province, China. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and the Environment, 94, 102806. (doi: 10.1016/j.trd.2021.102806)

Tsai, F. M., Bui, T.-D., Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K. and Tan, R. R. (2021) Sustainable solid waste management in coastal and marine tourism cities in Vietnam: a hierarchical-level approach. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 168, 105266. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105266)

Tsai, F.-M., Dat Bui, T., Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K. , Wu, K.-J. and Mashud, A. H. M. (2021) Assessing a hierarchical sustainable solid waste management structure with qualitative information: policy and regulations drive social impacts and stakeholder participation. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 168, 105285. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105285)

Wang, J., Lim, M. K. , Wang, C. and Tseng, M.-l. (2021) The evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) over the past 20 years. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 155, 107174. (doi: 10.1016/j.cie.2021.107174)

Tseng, M.-L., Kurrahman, T., Hanita, A., Lim, M. K. and Negash, Y. (2021) Building a hierarchical framework of corporate sustainability transition challenges using the qualitative information approach. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 121(5), pp. 1107-1141. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-08-2020-0471)

Bui, T. D., Tsai, F. M., Tseng, M. L., Tan, R. R., Yu, K. D. S. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Sustainable supply chain management towards disruption and organizational ambidexterity: a data driven analysis. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 26, pp. 373-410. (doi: 10.1016/j.spc.2020.09.017)

Lim, M. K. , Li, Y., Wang, C. and Tseng, M.-L. (2021) A literature review of blockchain technology applications in supply chains: a comprehensive analysis of themes, methodologies and industries. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 154, 107133. (doi: 10.1016/j.cie.2021.107133)

Ming Tsai, F., Bui, T.-D., Tseng, M.-L., Helmi Ali, M., Lim, M. K. and SF. Chiu, A. (2021) Sustainable supply chain management trends in world regions: a data-driven analysis. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 167, 105421. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105421)

Tseng, M.-L., Bui, T.-D., Lim, M. K. , Ming Tsai, F. and Tan, R. R. (2021) Comparing world regional sustainable supply chain finance using big data analytics: a bibliometric analysis. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 121(3), pp. 657-700. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-09-2020-0521)

Razzaq, A., Sharif, A., Najmi, A., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Dynamic and causality interrelationships from municipal solid waste recycling to economic growth, carbon emissions and energy efficiency using a novel bootstrapping autoregressive distributed lag. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 166, 105372. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.105372)

Lee, S. Y., Hu, J. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Maximising the circular economy and sustainability outcomes: an end-of-life tyre recycling outlets selection model. International Journal of Production Economics, 232, 107965. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107965)

Tseng, M.-L., Phuong Thuy Tran, T., Minh Ha, H., Bui, T.-D. and Lim, M. K. (2021) Sustainable industrial and operation engineering trends and challenges Toward Industry 4.0: a data driven analysis. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 38(8), pp. 581-598. (doi: 10.1080/21681015.2021.1950227)

Udokporo, C., Anosike, A. and Lim, M. (2021) A decision-support framework for Lean, Agile and Green practices in product life cycle stages. Production Planning and Control, 32(10), pp. 789-810. (doi: 10.1080/09537287.2020.1764124)

2020

Ming Tsai, F., Bui, T.-D., Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K. and Hu, J. (2020) Municipal solid waste management in a circular economy: a data-driven bibliometric analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 124132. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124132)

Wang, C., Huang, X., Lim, M. K. , Tseng, M.-L. and Ghadimi, P. (2020) Mapping the structural evolution in the global scrap copper trade network. Journal of Cleaner Production, 275, 122934. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122934)

Bui, T. D., Ali, M. H., Tsai, F. M., Iranmanesh, M., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2020) Challenges and trends in sustainable corporate finance: a bibliometric systematic review. Journal of Risk and Financial Management, 13(11), 264. (doi: 10.3390/jrfm13110264)

Shoaib, M., Lim, M. K. and Wang, C. (2020) An integrated framework to prioritize blockchain-based supply chain success factors. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 120(11), pp. 2103-2131. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-04-2020-0194)

Wang, Q.-Z., Zhao, Y.-F., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2020) Performance analysis and reuse of construction and demolition waste stone using fractal and gradation theory. Journal of Cleaner Production, 271, 122208. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122208)

Xia, S., Xiong, Y., Zhang, M., Cornford, J., Liu, Y., Lim, M. K. , Cao, D. and Chen, F. (2020) Reducing the resource acquisition costs for returnee entrepreneurs: role of Chinese national science parks. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 26(7), pp. 1627-1657. (doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-04-2019-0202)

Li, L.-L., Chang, Y.-B., Tseng, M.-L., Liu, J.-Q. and Lim, M. K. (2020) Wind power prediction using a novel model on wavelet decomposition-support vector machines-improved atomic search algorithm. Journal of Cleaner Production, 270, 121817. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121817)

Ling, P.-S., Lim, M. K. and Tseng, M.-L. (2020) Assessing sustainable foreign direct investment performance in Malaysia: a comparison on policy makers and investor perceptions. Sustainability, 12(20), 8749. (doi: 10.3390/su12208749)

Lim, M. K. , Wang, J., Wang, C. and Tseng, M.-L. (2020) A novel method for green delivery mode considering shared vehicles in the IoT environment. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 120(9), pp. 1733-1757. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-02-2020-0078)

Lim, M. K. , Xiong, W. and Lei, Z. (2020) Theory, supporting technology and application analysis of cloud manufacturing: a systematic and comprehensive literature review. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 120(8), pp. 1585-1614. (doi: 10.1108/IMDS-10-2019-0570)

Li, G., Lim, M. K. and Wang, Z. (2020) Stakeholders, green manufacturing, and practice performance: empirical evidence from Chinese fashion businesses. Annals of Operations Research, 290(1-2), pp. 961-982. (doi: 10.1007/s10479-019-03157-7)

Rahim, A. A.A., Musa, S. N., Ramesh, S. and Lim, M. K. (2020) A systematic review on material selection methods. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part L: Journal of Materials: Design and Applications, 234(7), pp. 1032-1059. (doi: 10.1177/1464420720916765)

Sun, J., Li, G. and Lim, M. K. (2020) China's power supply chain sustainability: an analysis of performance and technology gap. Annals of Operations Research, (doi: 10.1007/s10479-020-03682-w) (Early Online Publication)

Hu, X., Wang, C., Lim, M. K. and Chen, W.-Q. (2020) Characteristics of the global copper raw materials and scrap trade systems and the policy impacts of China's import ban. Ecological Economics, 172, 106626. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106626)

Zhu, S., Song, M., Lim, M. K. , Wang, J. and Zhao, J. (2020) The development of energy blockchain and its implications for China's energy sector. Resources Policy, 66, 101595. (doi: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101595)

Liu, G., Hu, J., Yang, Y., Xia, S. and Lim, M. K. (2020) Vehicle routing problem in cold chain logistics: a joint distribution model with carbon trading mechanisms. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 156, 104715. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104715)

Udokporo, C. K., Anosike, A., Lim, M. , Nadeem, S. P., Garza-Reyes, J. A. and Ogbuka, C. P. (2020) Impact of Lean, Agile and Green (LAG) on business competitiveness: an empirical study of fast moving consumer goods businesses. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 156, 104714. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104714)

Yeh, L.-T., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2020) Assessing the carry-over effects of both human capital and organizational forgetting on sustainability performance using dynamic data envelopment analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 250, 119584. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119584)

Liu, Z.-F., Li, L.-L., Tseng, M.-L. and Lim, M. K. (2020) Prediction short-term photovoltaic power using improved chicken swarm optimizer - extreme learning machine model. Journal of Cleaner Production, 248, 119272. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119272)

Li, Y., Lim, M. K. , Hu, J. and Tseng, M.-L. (2020) Investigating the effect of carbon tax and carbon quota policy to achieve low carbon logistics operations. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 154, 104535. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104535)

Wang, J., Lim, M. , Zhan, Y. and Wang, X. (2020) An intelligent logistics service system for enhancing dispatching operations in an IoT environment. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 135, 101886. (doi: 10.1016/j.tre.2020.101886)

Wang, C., Zhao, L., Lim, M. K. , Chen, W.-Q. and Sutherland, J. W. (2020) Structure of the global plastic waste trade network and the impact of China’s import ban. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 153, 104591. (doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104591)

Hu, X., Wang, C., Lim, M. K. and Koh, S.C. L. (2020) Characteristics and community evolution patterns of the international scrap metal trade. Journal of Cleaner Production, 243, 118576. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118576)

2017

Li, L., Chen, X.-D., Tseng, M.-L., Wang, C.-H., Wu, K.-J. and Lim, M. K. (2017) Effective power management modeling of aggregated heating, ventilation, and air conditioning loads with lazy state switching. Journal of Cleaner Production, 166, pp. 844-850. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.08.112)

Wu, K.-J., Tseng, M.-L., Chiu, A. S. F. and Lim, M. K. (2017) Achieving competitive advantage through supply chain agility under uncertainty: A novel multi-criteria decision-making structure. International Journal of Production Economics, 190, pp. 96-107. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2016.08.027)

Wu, K.-J., Liao, C.-J., Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K. , Hu, J. and Tan, K. (2017) Toward sustainability: using big data to explore the decisive attributes of supply chain risks and uncertainties. Journal of Cleaner Production, 142(2), pp. 663-676. (doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.040)

Vu, H. M., Chan, H. K. C., Lim, M. K. and Chiu, A. S.F. (2017) Measuring business sustainability in food service operations: a case study in the fast food industry. Benchmarking, 24(4), pp. 1037-1051. (doi: 10.1108/BIJ-04-2015-0030)

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Grants

2019: British Council: UK-China-BRI Countries Partnership Fund – BRIIM (£77,000)
2017: EPSRC: Humanitarian Energy for Displaced Populations in Refugee Camps (£972,700)
2015: Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Scheme: Encore Environment (£122,000)
2015: China Hunan Vocational College: Summer Training Program (£95,000)
2015: Toyota RFID Project (£6,000)
2015: KTP Scheme: IPI Solutions (£137,000)
2015: Consultancy through European Regional Funding (Infinity Park Derby) (£25,000)
2015: Newton Fund (British Council & Mexico’s CONACYT) (£1,000)
2014: KTP Scheme: Logistex (£125,000)
2014: KTP Scheme: Acres Engineering (£135,000)
2014: EU Research, Development and Innovation Program – CALAMARI (Total funding awarded: €100k, Derby’s bid: €12k)
2014: Philippine Department of Science and Technology (Engineering Research and
Development for Technology Program) (£4,000)
2013: EU FP7 Marie Curie Actions – “AdvIOT” (Total funding awarded: €548k, Derby’s bid: €140k)
2013: Taiwan Ministry of science and technology (£2,500)
2013: Italy University of Bergamo’s Visiting Scholar fund (£2,800)
2012: EU FP7 Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Program – “CITADEL on the move”
(Total funding awarded: € 1million)
2010: KTP Scheme: Accutronics Batteries (£123,000)
2010: UK EPSRC First Grant: RFID to improve outbound logistics (£65,000)
2009: KTP Scheme: Hazlin Doors (£125,000)
2009: EPSRC Case PhD Studentship: RFID in distribution network (DHL) (£60,000)
2009: EPSRC Case PhD Studentship: RFID adoption in the UK healthcare (NHS) (£60,000)
2009: Grant-priming Award: RFID to promote green transport (£5,000)
2009: RFID Consultancy: Index vouchers (ATMS Plc, UAV Engines, Carton Edge Packaging) (£9,000)
2008: EPSRC PhD Studentship: RFID in warehousing operations (£60,000)
2008: PhD Studentship: A fair model for parcel delivery (£45,000)
2008: West Midlands MAS: RFID to tag jewellery (Merrell Casting) (£3,000)

Supervision

Prof Lim is keen to supervise PhD researchers in the supply chain/logistics domain and in the following fields. He is also very open to suggestions of PhD proposals.

Circular Supply Chain
Industry 4.0/Internet of Things
Big data analytics
Blockchain
Sustainability and Circular Economy
Green/Low carbon agenda
Net zero/Carbon neutral
Artificial Intelligence/Machine learning to achieve competitiveness

In particular, Prof Lim is interested in exploring a novel integrated smart system and the sought-after technological infrastructure and taxonomy for adoption to enhance the industry competitiveness for more sustainable and greener logistics/supply chain operations to fulfil the circular economy/sustainability agenda and Net Zero/Carbon Neutrality targets.

Bai, Yutong
The impact of blockchain technology implementation on supply chain collaboration
Li, Weiyuan
Supply Chain Recovery Strategies of Automotive Industry under the COVID-19 Disruption

Prof Lim has been the primary supervisor of 12 PhD students and the associate supervisor of 7 PhDs; 15 of them have now completed their PhD studies. Topics included:

Organisation factors in RFID adoption, implementation and benefits
RFID to optimise warehousing efficiency
Being Green is Being Competitive: Manufacturing Supply Chain Perspective
How Sustainability Fundamentally Affects Performance Indicators: A Reverse Logistics Study of the Malaysian Automobile Industry
Maximising the Circularity and Sustainability: An End-of-Life Tyre Recycling Outlets Selection Model
Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) in the Oil and Gas industry: A perspective from the Natural Resource-based View (NRBV) and stakeholder theory

Teaching

Prof Lim has experience in teaching the following fields:

International/global logistics
Emerging technology in logistics and supply chain
Sustainable supply chain management
Green and low carbon logistics
Warehousing
Quality management
Research leadership

Additional information

Editorships

Prof Ming Lim is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications (Taylor & Francis) and Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Supply Chain and Operations Resilience (Inderscience). He is also the Chairman of European Business Innovation and Technology Management Society, Advisory Council Member and Board of Trustees of the Asia Pacific Business Innovation and Technology Management Society, Member of International Federation for Information Processing WG 5.7, and Senior Member of International Engineering and Technology Institute. Furthermore, he also holds the following roles and awards:

Editorial Board, Resources, Conservation and Recycling (Elsevier)
Editorial Board, Industrial Management & Data Systems (Emerald)
Editorial Board, Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal (Emerald)
Annual Reviewer Awards 2020, Elsevier - International Journals of Production Economics
Editorial Board, Journal of International Logistics and Trade
Associate Editor, Progress in Business Innovation and Technology Management
Editorial Board, International Journal of Big Data Mining for Global Warming
Editorial Board, International Journal of Sustainability Research
Editorial Board, Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal (OSCM)
Editorial Board, Artificial Intelligence Research
Book Editor: “Bidding: Types, Strategies and the Impact of Irrationality” Nova Publishers

External roles

Prof Lim was Adjunct Professor of Malaysia Institute for Supply Chain Innovation) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center of Transportation and Logistics’ Global SCALE centre and also holds the following external roles:

Visiting Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University China (2016-2019)
Visiting Professor, Anhui University of Finance and Economics China (2018-2021)
Visiting Chair Professor, Asia University Taiwan (2019-2022)
Adjunct Professor, Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS Surabaya), Indonesia (2019-2022)
Visiting Professor, Beijing Institute of Technology (Zhuhai), China (2020-2023)
Visiting Professor, National University of Malaysa, Malaysia (2022-2023)

Ming has been appointed as external PhD examiner for 13 thesis examinations, and external examiner for under/postgraduate programmes for Middlesex University (2013-2017) and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman Malaysia (2020-2023).

Professional bodies

Fellow of Institute of Couriers
Chartered Member of Institute of Logistics and Transport (CMILT)

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