James T. Lin. is a Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan R.O.C. He received his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering at Lehigh University in 1986. His current research and teaching interests are in the general area of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) and Supply Chain Management. In particular, he is interested in Simulation Modeling of Manufacturing Systems, Supply Chain and e-Business, Production Management. He is a member of IIE, SCS, and CIIE.