Areas of research and consultancy:
Energy efficiency and management; supply chain management; multi-attribute decision-making; fuzzy set theory and optimization; sustainable supply chain management; corporate sustainability; operations management; soft computing
Professional Experience
Editor-in-chief of Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering (JIF=4.5; CiteScore=7.5), currently. Guest editor for several well-known journals such as Elsevier, Springer and Emerald (2013-2024). Director of the Center for Innovation and Circular Economy at Asia University (University Center), consultant to the Medical Research Department of China Medical University Hospital, Chairman of the Chinese Institute of Innovation Management Development (CIIMD), Vice President of the International Society for Business Innovation and Technology Management (ISBITM), and many others Director of an international academic organization (APIEMS and IFPR Asia Pacific Chapter).
Honors & Awards
2019/2020/2021/2022 Top 2% Scientist in the World, Stanford University Report Research.com Ranking Top Researcher in Taiwan/World (Business Management Field- Taiwan ranking #3, world ranking #224; Engineering & Technology Field- Taiwan ranking #8, world ranking #1115) 2023 AD scientific index: Business & Management Ranking #1 in Taiwan.
Recent Research
Zhaoyu Qi, Shitao Peng, Ming K. Lim & Ming-Lang Tseng (2025). Photovoltaic storage charging stations considering distribution network sufficiency: A multi-objective capacity optimization allocation. Journal of Energy Storage. 140: 119096.
Ling-Ling Li, Jia-Rui Pei, Ming K. Lim, Kanchana Sethanan, Ming-Lang Tseng 2025. A Stackelberg game model with cloud energy storage operators: A multi-user, multi-scenario analysis, adopting the time-based pricing strategy. Journal of Energy Storage. 123: 116672.
Ming-Lang Tseng, Mohd Helmi Ali, Shulin Lan, Anthony S.F. Chiu 2025. Circular supply chain in Industry 4.0: Improving resource management and addressing recycling challenges. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 220: 108368.
Taufik Kurrahman, Ming-Lang Tseng, Feng Ming Tsai, Kanchana Sethanan, Ming K. Lim, 2025. Data-driven life cycle assessment of the automobile industry in Indonesia: Identifying circular supply chain enablers. Resources, Conservation & Recycling. 220: 108338.
Rapeepan Pitakaso, Kanchana Sethanan, Sarayut Gonwirat, Chen-Fu Chien, Ming K. Lim, Ming-Lang Tseng, 2025. Energy-efficient tugboat scheduling: A hybrid transformer-attention mechanism and artificial multiple intelligence system. Computers & Industrial Engineering. 204: 111112.
Ye Han, Ye-Xin Han, Ming K. Lim, Ming-Lang Tseng, 2025. DC microgrid with hybrid photovoltaic storage system: Control strategy optimization using improved Archimedes optimization algorithm. Journal of Energy Storage. 118: 116342.
Bui T.-D., Tseng J.-W., Chiu A.S.F., Sethanan K., Tseng M.-L. 2025. A Strategic Data-Driven Roadmap for Enhancing Energy Security in Taiwan Under Industry 5.0. Expert Systems. 42: e70025.
Ling-Ling Li, Bing-Xiang Ji, Zhong-Tao Li, Ming K. Lim, Kanchana Sethanan, Ming-Lang Tseng. 2025. Microgrid energy management system with degradation cost and carbon trading mechanism: A multi-objective artificial hummingbird algorithm. Applied Energy. 378: 124853.
Negash Y.T., Hassan A.M., Lim M.K., Tseng M.-L. 2025. Sustainable supply chain finance enablers under disruption: the causal effect of collaboration value innovation on sustainability performance. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications. 28: 4.
Caiyan Huang, Guofang Nan, Hailing Qiu, Ming-Lang Tseng, Kuo-Jui Wu 2025. Launching smart circular supply chain practices toward sociotechnological synergy: An integrative influential fast fashion model. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 212: 107935.
Feng Ming Tsai, Taufik Kurrahman, Anthony S. F. Chiu, Shu-Kai S. Fanc, Ming K. Lim, Ming-Lang Tseng. 2025. Optimization techniques for green supply chain practice challenges: a systematic hybrid approach. Engineering Optimization. 57.
Chen, Hui, Yang, Li-Bin, Gao, Jian, Ji, Bing-Xiang, Li, Ling-Ling, Tseng, Ming-Lang. 2025. Hierarchical game optimization of integrated energy systems with grid-forming energy storage: improved mountaineering team optimization algorithm. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering. 42.
Tseng, M. L., Bui, T. D., Lewi, S., Rizaldy, H., Lim, M. K., & Wu, K. J. (2022). 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, 28(2), 210–240.
Ghobakhloo, Morteza, Ghobakhloo M., Iranmanesh, Mohammad, Foroughi, Behzad, Tseng, Ming-Lang, Nikbin, Davoud, Khanfar, Ahmad A. A., (2025). Industry 4.0 digital transformation and opportunities for supply chain resilience: a comprehensive review and a strategic roadmap. Production Planning & Control. 36(1), 61-91
Zhaoyu Qi, Shitao Peng, Ming K. Lim, Tseng, Ming-Lang (2025). Photovoltaic storage charging stations considering distribution network sufficiency: A multi-objective capacity optimization allocation. Journal of Energy Storage, 140, 119096–119096.
Chen, C.-C., Faradilah Hanum, Bui, T.-D., Lim, M. K., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Suboptimal food products in Indonesia: a sustainable consumption behavior choice experiment and unveiling the attributes with a causality approach. Annals of Operations Research, 355(1), 1175–1221.
Li, L.-L., Qu, L.-N., Lin, G.-Q., Lim, M. K., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Improved butterfly optimization algorithm-support vector machine: Short-term wind power forecasting model. Soft Computing, 29(13-14), 4857–4877.
Bui, T.-D., Tseng, J.-W., Hania Aminah, Jovi Sulistiawan, Mohd Helmi Ali, & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Causality of total resource management in circular supply chain implementation under uncertainty: a context of textile industry in Indonesia.
Fu, C., Tseng, M.-L., & Sethanan, K. (2025). A hybrid combined cooling, heating and power system with carbon emission, economic cost and energy consumption constrains: An optimization and performance analysis. Applied Thermal Engineering, 279, 127877.
Bui, T.-D., Rosiana, R., Tsai, F.-M., Chiu, A. S., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Circular economy challenges under uncertainty in the Indonesian fashion industry: A causal hierarchical model. International Journal of Production Economics, 109719–109719.
Wu, K., Han, M., Huang, C., Qiu, H., Sethanan, K., & Tseng, M. (2025). Unveiling Dynamic Resilience on Sustainable Performance in Supply Chain: Artificial Intelligence, System Optimization and Information Transparency. Journal of Business Logistics, 46(4).
Li, L.-L., Qu, L.-N., Lin, G.-Q., Lim, M. K., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Improved butterfly optimization algorithm-support vector machine: Short-term wind power forecasting model. Soft Computing, 29(13-14), 4857–4877.
Gao, X., Wang, X., Kanchana Sethanan, & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Low-carbon transformation path in energy-intensive industries in China: a multilevel perspective and configuration effects. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 1–23.
Liao, Z., Li, W., Al Mamun, A., Tseng, M.-L., & Helmi Ali, M. (2025). SMEs’ capabilities in relation to resilience, reconfiguration, and flexibility in the supply chain: a moderated mediation model. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 1–23.
Tsai, F.-M., Mohamed, A. F., Bui, T.-D., Sethanan, K., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Sustainable development goal 12 – responsible consumption and production challenges and opportunities in world regions: a data-driven analysis on circular economy practices. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 1–47.
Pitakaso, R., Sethanan, K., Chamnanlor, C., Fan, S.-K. S., Tseng, M.-L., & Lim, M. K. (2025). Optimizing floating crane operations for efficient bulk product transshipments on inland waterways. International Journal of Production Economics, 279, 109469.
Li, P., Li, T., Xu, H., Chen, S.-C., Chen, C.-C., & Tseng, M.-L. (2024). Promoting or inhibiting? Digital supply chain impacts on firm performance in Industry 4.0: implication to circular supply chain strategy. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 1–19.
Fernando, Y., Sroufe, R., Tseng, M.-L., Shaharudin, M. S., Wahyuni-TD, I. S., & Jawo, M. (2025). The circular supply chains in smart cities: a catalyst for sustainable development. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 42(7), 730–754.
Wang, Q., Zhang, M., Li, L., Yan, W., Liu, B., Xia, Z., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Optimal capacity configuration of coupled photovoltaic and energy storage system: multi-objective red-billed blue-magpie optimizer. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 1–21.
Areas of research and consultancy:
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.mith Business School, University of Glasgow.
Professional Experience
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); 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. 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.
Recent Research
Li, L-L., Pei, J-R., Lim, M.K., Sethanan, K. & Tseng, M.L. 2025. A Stackelberg game model with cloud energy storage operators: A multi-user, multi-scenario analysis, adopting the time-based pricing strategy. Journal of Energy Storage 123: 116672.
Pitakaso, R., Sethanan, K., Gonwirat, S., Chien, C., Lim M.K. & Tseng M.-L. 2025. Energy-efficient tugboat scheduling: A hybrid transformer-attention mechanism and artificial multiple intelligence system. Computers & Industrial Engineering 204: 111112.
Han, Y., Han, Y., Lim M.K. & Tseng M.-L. 2025. DC microgrid with hybrid photovoltaic storage system: Control strategy optimization using improved Archimedes optimization algorithm. Journal of Energy Storage 118: 116342.
Li, L-L., Ji, B-X., Li, Z-T., Lim, M.K., Sethanan, K. & Tseng, M.L. 2025. Microgrid energy management system with degradation cost and carbon trading mechanism: A multi-objective artificial hummingbird algorithm. Applied Energy 378: 124853.
Negash, Y. T., Hassan, A. M., Lim, M. K., & Tseng, M. L. (2024). Sustainable supply chain finance enablers under disruption: the causal effect of collaboration value innovation on sustainability performance. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 28(4), 449–473.
Lei, Z., Liu, B., Lim, M. K., & Lau, Y. yip. (2025). A textual data-driven method to measure the capabilities and core paths of different digital technologies to improve supply chain resilience. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 1–34.
Kurrahman, T., Tsai, F. M., Lim, M. K., Sethanan, K., & Tseng, M. L. (2025). Generative AI capabilities for green supply chain management improvement: extended dynamic capabilities view. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 1–28.
Islam, M. S., Mamun, M. A., Hoque, I., Lim, M. K., Sethanan, K., & Tseng, M. L. (2025). Classification of review in green supply chain management for future challenges in methodological, generic, and domain-based review. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 1–35.
Tsai, F. M., Kurrahman, T., Chiu, A. S. F., Fan, S. K. S., Lim, M. K., & Tseng, M. L. (2024). Optimization techniques for green supply chain practice challenges: a systematic hybrid approach. Engineering Optimization, 57(1), 19–43.
Tseng, M. L., Bui, T. D., Lewi, S., Rizaldy, H., Lim, M. K., & Wu, K. J. (2022). 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, 28(2), 210–240.
Zhaoyu Qi, Shitao Peng, Ming K. Lim, Tseng, Ming-Lang (2025). Photovoltaic storage charging stations considering distribution network sufficiency: A multi-objective capacity optimization allocation. Journal of Energy Storage, 140, 119096–119096.
Tseng, M.-L., Lim, M. K., Chiu, A. S. F., & Ali, M. H. (2025). Guest editorial: Circular supply chain strategy in Industry 4.0 under disruption and ambidexterity: challenges and risks. Industrial Management & Data Systems, 125(10), 2721–2724.
Chen, C.-C., Faradilah Hanum, Bui, T.-D., Lim, M. K., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Suboptimal food products in Indonesia: a sustainable consumption behavior choice experiment and unveiling the attributes with a causality approach. Annals of Operations Research, 355(1), 1175–1221.
Chen, G., Lim, M. K., Yeo, W. M., Zhong, C., & Li, W. (2025). Revolution or trap? Long-term diffusion of bioplastics in China: Economic losses, health benefits, and policy pathways based on a multi-module CGE-LCA model. Journal of Environmental Management, 393, 127056.
Li, L.-L., Qu, L.-N., Lin, G.-Q., Lim, M. K., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Improved butterfly optimization algorithm-support vector machine: Short-term wind power forecasting model. Soft Computing, 29(13-14), 4857–4877.
Kurrahman, T., Tsai, F. M., Sethanan, K., Lim, M. K., & Tseng, M.-L. (2025). Data-driven life cycle assessment of the automobile industry in Indonesia: Identifying circular supply chain enablers. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 220, 108338.