Dr. Jiachen Hou,Assistant Professor
Information about Dr. Jiachen Hou at the University of Bradford.
- School of Management
(Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences) - Email:
- j.hou1@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 234041
Biography
Jiachen joined the Operations and Information Management Group in January 2016. Prior to this, she was a teaching fellow at the Department of Management Science, University of Strathclyde. She involved in two European Commission found projects during her PhD study from Nottingham Trent University, EU-Asia Link project and EU-IT&C project. The aims of the projects are to improve co-operation between Asia and Europe by increasing the mutual understanding of the complexity of transferring European information and communications technology to China, thus improving technology cross-flow and the quality of Europe-China partnerships.Her PhD project was focused on investigating the issues that have influenced SMEs in the processes of product life cycle and supplier selection.Jiachen has been engaged with a range of professional activities. She has reviewed articles for journals such as International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, International Journal of Design Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Public Money and Management 92018), for Journal of Strategic Contracting and Negotiation (2018), etc. Jiachen was a member of the Member of the program committee for BLESS UWorkshop (2018), member of the program committee for The 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research (2018), and programme committee of the International Conference on Advanced Desing and Manufacture (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011). She is a member of SAP Global University Alliances Program Community.
Jiachen is currently working on British Council Sponsored project: "Bandar Lampung Enhanced Smart-health Services with Smart Ubiquity".
Recent publications:
Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen, Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter (2023). 'The role of power-based behaviours on pharmaceutical supply chain resilience'. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
Fatema Al-Dhaen, Jiachen Hou, Nripendra P Rana, Vishanth Weerakkody (2021). ‘Advancing the Understanding of the Role of Responsible AI in the Continued Use of IoMT in Healthcare’. Information Systems Frontiers
Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen, Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter (2021) ‘Advancing the Understanding of Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience using Complex Adaptive System (CAS) Theory’. Supply Chain Management---An International Journal. Vol. 26 No. 3, pp. 323-340.
Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen, Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter (2021) Resilience Strategy Outcomes, Medicine Shortages, and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PSC). LRN2021: The Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2021. Cardiff, UK, September 8-10, 2021
Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen, Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter (2019) 'Resilience Strategies and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain The Role of Agility in Mitigating Drug Shortages' In: Pharmaceutical Supply Chains Medicines Shortages. Portugal: Springer.
T Sigwele, A Naveed, Y.F Hu, M Ali, Jiachen Hou, M Susanto, H Fitriawan (2019) ‘Building a Semantic RESTFul API for Achieving Interoperability between a Pharmacist and a Doctor using JENA and FUSEKI’. Journal of Physics Conference Series.
A Naveed, T Sigwele, Y.F Hu, Mumtaz Kamala, Jiachen Hou, M Susanto, H Fitriawan (2018) ‘Addressing Semantic Interoperability, Privacy and Security Concerns in Electronic Health Records’. International Conference on Engineering, Technologies and Applied Sciences(ICETsAS) 2018.
Sigwele T, Hu Y, JC Hou, Susanto M, Fitriawan H. (2018) ‘Intelligent and Energy Efficient Mobile Smartphone Gateway for Healthcare Smart Devices Based on 5G’. 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2018
Sigwele T, Hu Y, JC Hou, Susanto M, Fitriawan H. (2018) ‘An Intelligent Edge Computing Based Semantic Gateway for Healthcare Systems Interoperability and Collaboration’ 2018 IEEE 6th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud
Rongyao He, Yu Xiong, Yongheng Cheng, Jiachen Hou, ‘Online expansion: is it another kind of strategic manufacturer response to a dominant retailer?’. International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, Vol 30 (1/2), 2016, pp 1-18
Research
Process improvement in healthcare industry, knowledge management & decision making for SMEs, sustainable supply chain, business process and IT alignment, and servitization.Research projects
| Role | Date | Title/description | Funder | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-investigator | 2017-04-01T00:00:00 | Co-investigator | ||
| Investigator |
Research collaborators
| Name | Company | Country | Type | Role | Theme | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kunming University of Science and Technology | CN | EXTERNAL | Healthcare | Grant proposal submission to British Academy in 2018. | ||
| Xiamen University | CN | EXTERNAL | Healthcare | Looking for collaborative funding opportunities | ||
| University of Lampung | ID | EXTERNAL | Healthcare | Working on British Council Sponsored project | ||
| University of Bradford | GB | INTERNAL | Digital Healthcare | Working on British Council Sponsored project |
Professional activities
Information about education, employment and areas of particular interest for Dr. Jiachen Hou is as follows:
Employment
- University of Bradford - Lecturer in Information Management and Decision Support
Education
- Nottingham Trent Univeristy - PhD
Publications
There are 26 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Jiachen Hou. They are listed as:
- book chapter (3)
- conference contribution (4)
- conference publication (11)
- peer reviewed journal (8)
Book Chapter
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service and Components Oriented Environment for Conducting Product Design Specification | 2006 | Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design III | Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design III | Jiachen Hou & Daizhong Su | 0302-9743 | Springer | |||||
| Management of networked organizations using a Web-enabled collaborative environment | 2003 | Advanced Design, Production and Management Systems | Advanced Design, Production and Management Systems | Su, D., Hull, J.B. and Hou, J. | Taylor and Francis | ||||||
| Resilience Strategies and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain The Role of Agility in Mitigating Drug Shortages | 2019 | Pharmaceutical Supply Chains Medicines Shortages | Pharmaceutical Supply Chains Medicines Shortages | Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen，Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter | Springer |
Conference Contribution
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016 3rd International Conference on Innovations in Business and Management | 2016 3rd International Conference on Innovations in Business and Management | unknown | Jiachen Hou | Singapore | ||||||
| 2014 | 13th International Academic Conference | 13th International Academic Conference | unknown | Jiachen Hou | Antibes, France | ||||||
| 2018 | Creative and Smart Healthcare of the future workshop | Creative and Smart Healthcare of the future workshop | unknown | Jiachen Hou | London | ||||||
| 2012 | 10th Annual International Conference on Management | 10th Annual International Conference on Management | unknown | Jiachen Hou | Athens, Greece |
Conference Publication
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| An Intelligent Edge Computing Based Semantic Gateway for Healthcare Systems Interoperability and Collaboration | 2018 | 2018 IEEE 6th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud | 2018 IEEE 6th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud | Unknown | Tshiamo Sigwele, Yim Fun Hu, Muhammad Ali, Jiacheng Hou, Misfa Susanto, Helmy Fitriawan | IEEE | |||||
| Intelligent and Energy Efficient Mobile Smartphone Gateway for Healthcare Smart Devices based on 5G | 2018 | IEEE Global Communications Conference | IEEE Global Communications Conference | Unknown | Tshiamo Sigwele, Yim Fun Hu, Muhammad Ali, Jiacheng Hou, Misfa Susanto, Helmy Fitriawan | ||||||
| Framework of creating an interactive knowledge based social media hub to enhance stakeholders’ engagement in healthcare industry | 2017 | International Academy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Management conference, | International Academy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Management conference, | unknown | Jiachen Hou | International Academy of Science, Technology, Engineering and Management | |||||
| Building a Semantic RESTFul API for Achieving Interoperability between a Pharmacist and a Doctor using JENA and FUSEKI | 2018 | 2018 International Conference on Engineering, Technologies, and Applied Sciences | 2018 International Conference on Engineering, Technologies, and Applied Sciences | unknown | Tshiamo Sigwele, Yim Fun Hu, Muhammad Ali, Jiachen Hou, Misfa Susanto, Helmy Fitriawan, Arjmand Naveed | ||||||
| Modularised Product Design Specification within the Web-Services Environment | 2006 | roceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture | roceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture | unknown | Jiachen Hou, Daizhong Su | ||||||
| Manufacturer Centralised Environment for Product Life Cycle Analysis, Supplier Selection and Knowledge Allocation’ | 2006 | Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanical Transmissions | Proceedings of the International Conference on Mechanical Transmissions | unknown | Jiachen Hou, Daizhong Su | Science Press | |||||
| Strategic Supplier Selection Model for Mass Customisation | 2006 | Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture | Proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture | unknown | Jiachen Hou, Daizhong Su | ||||||
| Manufacturer Centralized Product Design Specification Environment—Collaborative Research Supported by Asia Link Programme’ | 2005 | China Europe Engineering Education | China Europe Engineering Education | unknown | Jiachen Hou, Daizhong Su | ||||||
| Integration of Web-based techniques and business strategies into the development of a network supported system for supplier selection’ | 2004 | Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design | Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Work in Design | unknown | Jiachen Hou, Daizhong Su, B Hull | ||||||
| Intelligent and Energy Efficient Mobile Smartphone Gateway for Healthcare Smart Devices Based on 5G | 2018 | 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2018, Proceedings | 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2018, Proceedings | N/A | n/a | Sigwele T.;Hu Y.;Ali M.;Hou J.;Susanto M.;Fitriawan H. | 9781538647271 | 10.1109/GLOCOM.2018.8648031 | |||
| Building a Semantic RESTFul API for Achieving Interoperability between a Pharmacist and a Doctor using JENA and FUSEKI | 2019 | Journal of Physics: Conference Series | Journal of Physics: Conference Series | 1376 | Sigwele T.;Naveed A.;Hu Y.;Ali M.;Hou J.;Susanto M.;Fitriawan H. | 1742-6588 | 10.1088/1742-6596/1376/1/012015 |
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Review of problems faced by ERP consultancy and client organizations in China | 2014 | Hou, Jiachen | |||||||||
| Online expansion: is it another kind of strategic manufacturer response to a dominant retailer? | 2016 | He, R.; Xiong, Y.; Cheng, Y.; Hou, Jiachen | |||||||||
| Web Oriented System Supporting Small-Medium Sized Manufacturers | 2010 | Key Engineering Materials | 450 | Jiachen Hou & Daizhong Su | |||||||
| Integration of web services technology with business models within the total product design process for supplier selection | 2006 | Computers in Industry | 57 | Jiachen Hou & Daizhong Su | |||||||
| A Customer-Manufacturer-Competitor Orientation Model for Product Life Cycle Analysis based on QFD, ANP and TRIZ | 2007 | International Journal of Design Engineering | 1 | Jiachen Hou & Daizhong Su | |||||||
| EJB-MVC Oriented Supplier Selection System for Mass Customisation | 2007 | Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management | 18 | Jiachen Hou & Daizhong Su | |||||||
| Advancing the Understanding of Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Resilience using Complex Adaptive System (CAS) Theory | 2021 | Supply Chain Management-An International Journal | not known | Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen, Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter | 10.1108/SCM-05-2019-0184. | ||||||
| Advancing the Understanding of the Role of Responsible AI in the Continued Use of IoMT in Healthcare | 2021 | Information Systems Frontiers | not known | Fatema Al-Dhaen, Jiachen Hou, Nripendra P. Rana, Vishanth Weerakkody | Information Systems Frontiers | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10796-021-10193-x |