Keah-Choon Tan

Keah-Choon Tan is Chair of the Marketing Department and Professor of Operations Management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received a BS and an MBA from the University of South Alabama and a PhD in Operations Management from Michigan State University. He is a certified purchasing manager of the Institute for Supply Management and is certified in production and inventory management by the APICS. He has published articles in the area of supply chain management, quality, and operations...See more

Keah-Choon Tan is Chair of the Marketing Department and Professor of Operations Management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received a BS and an MBA from the University of South Alabama and a PhD in Operations Management from Michigan State University. He is a certified purchasing manager of the Institute for Supply Management and is certified in production and inventory management by the APICS. He has published articles in the area of supply chain management, quality, and operations scheduling in academic journals and magazines. Prior to academia, Dr. Tan was a hospital administrator and an account comptroller of a manufacturing firm. He has served as co-track chair and on various committees for the Decision Sciences Institute. Dr. Tan has served as editor and co-guest editor and on the editorial boards of academic journals. He has received several research grants and teaching awards, including the UNLV Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award. See less