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Future of engineering education: Cyber physical systems engineering (2021)
Conference Proceeding
Ekren, B. Y., & Kumar, V. (2021). Future of engineering education: Cyber physical systems engineering. In Industrial Engineering in the Internet-of-Things World (45-54). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76724-2_4

Recent Industry 4.0 developments have created disruptive changes in industries. It has also changed the way people work and the required skills of work-force for the future. This new technological advancement has created requirement of workforce comb... Read More about Future of engineering education: Cyber physical systems engineering.

A multi-objective linear optimization model for designing sustainable closed-loop agricultural supply chain (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Reyhani, H., Jabarzadeh, Y., Ghaffarinasab,, N., & Garza-Reyes, J. A. (2020). A multi-objective linear optimization model for designing sustainable closed-loop agricultural supply chain

Demand for agricultural products will grow by nearly 70 percent in 2050 and high volume of chemical pesticides and agricultural fertilizers along with considerable waste in this sector induces serious environmental concerns. Hence it is not a priorit... Read More about A multi-objective linear optimization model for designing sustainable closed-loop agricultural supply chain.

Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Aghayev, H., Arturo, J., Nadeem, S. P., Kumar, A., Kumar, V., Rocha-Lona, L., & González-Aleu, F. (2020). Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry

This paper identifies and measures the Lean readiness of the Azerbaijan construction industry. A survey questionnaire was utilised to evaluate the Lean readiness of this industry by measuring its quality practices and to test three hypotheses. The Le... Read More about Lean readiness level of the Azerbaijan construction industry.

The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Han, Y., Kumar, V., Tuyết Trương, N., & Ngoc Hoang, N. Y. (2019). The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, Vietnam, 2019

Culture of Quality (COQ) is regarded as an important component of TQM however this is a relatively new theme, compared to other concepts in the quality management domain. However, literature resources on this topic are relatively scarce and there is... Read More about The impact of culture of quality (COQ) on the organizational performance.

A classification and framework for measuring sustainability supply chain risk indices in small and medium enterprises (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Sutrisno, A., Kumar, V., Handayani, D., Arief, R., Virdhian, S., & Punuhsingon, C. (2019). A classification and framework for measuring sustainability supply chain risk indices in small and medium enterprises.

Considering its significant contribution to the global Gross Domestic Product, improving an understanding of risks affecting the sustainability of operation in small and medium enterprises in a networked economy is undeniably important. Unfortunate... Read More about A classification and framework for measuring sustainability supply chain risk indices in small and medium enterprises.

Coalescing the lean and circular economy (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Nadeem, S., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Anosike, A., & Kumar, V. (2019). Coalescing the lean and circular economy

Growing population along with technological advancement to pace the production speed like never before has raised alarming concerns and attracted attention globally. Circular Economy, a fairly new concept has emerged to address such issues by proposi... Read More about Coalescing the lean and circular economy.

The challenges of GSCM implementation in the UK manufacturing SMEs (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Sabri, S., Garza-Reyes, J., Nadeem, S., Kumari, A., & Akkaranggoon, S. (in press). The challenges of GSCM implementation in the UK manufacturing SMEs.

The importance of green supply chain management has long attracted the interest of both researchers and practitioners in the industry. As environmental concerns are becoming one of the major issues discussed in the 21st century, countries with manufa... Read More about The challenges of GSCM implementation in the UK manufacturing SMEs.

Improving the reliability of warehouse operations in the 3PL industry: An Australian 3PL case study (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Dieu Ho, T., Daniel, J., Nadeem, S., Garza_Reyes, J., & Kumar, V. (in press). Improving the reliability of warehouse operations in the 3PL industry: An Australian 3PL case study.

Warehouses play an important value-adding role to provide a competitive edge to any organization, and support business growth and efficiency throughout their supply chains. This paper explores warehouse operations (i.e. receiving, put away, picking,... Read More about Improving the reliability of warehouse operations in the 3PL industry: An Australian 3PL case study.

Investigating the impact of short food supply chain on emigration: A study of Valencia community in Spain (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Falguieres, M., Kumar, V., Lim, M. K., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumari, A., Lim, M. K., & Rocha-Lona, L. (2015). Investigating the impact of short food supply chain on emigration: A study of Valencia community in Spain. In IFAC-PapersOnLine (2226-2232). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2015.06.419

© 2015, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Recent financial crisis had severe impact on many economies around the globe. In Spain, it has resulted in increasing job loss, increasing shor... Read More about Investigating the impact of short food supply chain on emigration: A study of Valencia community in Spain.

Adoption of operations improvement methods in the Greek engineering sector (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Lim, M. K., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Garza-Reyes, J., Zisis, S., Kumar, V., & Rocha-Lona, L. (2015). Adoption of operations improvement methods in the Greek engineering sector. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. , (1-8). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEOM.2015.7093947

© 2015 IEEE. This paper presents an initial research that explores the awareness and adoption of Lean Manufacturing (LM), Lean Six Sigma (LSS), Quick Response Manufacturing (QRM) and Theory Of Constraints (TOC) in the Greek engineering sector. An exp... Read More about Adoption of operations improvement methods in the Greek engineering sector.

Corporate Sustainability and Business Excellence (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Lim, M. K., Rocha-Lona, L., Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., & Lim, M. K. (2015). Corporate Sustainability and Business Excellence. In Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. , (1-7). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEOM.2015.7093844

© 2015 IEEE. This paper discusses the suitability for Business Excellence Models (BEMs) to include Corporate Sustainability on business model criteria. The conceptual paper brings discussion of what sort of measures are required to fit organizations'... Read More about Corporate Sustainability and Business Excellence.

Investigating key antecedents of customer satisfaction in B2B information service firms (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Kumari, A., Ruan, X., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Akkaranggoon, S. (2014). Investigating key antecedents of customer satisfaction in B2B information service firms. In IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology (327-337). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45526-5_30

Service sector has grown significantly over the years and now is one of the major contributors of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of most of the developed and developing economies. Within the service sector, information economy has grown significant... Read More about Investigating key antecedents of customer satisfaction in B2B information service firms.

Dependability a key element for achieving competitive advantage: A study of information service firms (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Kumari, A., Garza-Reyes, J., & Lim, M. (2013). Dependability a key element for achieving competitive advantage: A study of information service firms. . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41266-0_59

© IFIP International Federation for Information Processing 2013. In the current economic climate and intense competitive environment achieving sustainable competitive advantage has become vital for any organisation’s survival. Organisations around th... Read More about Dependability a key element for achieving competitive advantage: A study of information service firms.

Exploring short food supply chains from triple bottom line lens: A comprehensive systematic review
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Wang, M., Kumari, A., Akkaranggoon, S., Garza-Reyes, J., Neutzling, D., & Tupa, J. (in press). Exploring short food supply chains from triple bottom line lens: A comprehensive systematic review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Bangkok, Thailand, March 5-7, 2019 (728-738)

Growing awareness towards the sustainability has compelled supply chain domain experts to explore its relevance in this context. As a result, a number of studies in recent years have focused on investigating sustainable supply chain practices across... Read More about Exploring short food supply chains from triple bottom line lens: A comprehensive systematic review.

The impact of learning orientation on innovation performance: Mediating role of operations strategy and moderating role of environmental uncertainty
Conference Proceeding
Jeihoony, P., Jabarzadeh, Y., Kumar, V., & Garza-Reyes, J. (in press). The impact of learning orientation on innovation performance: Mediating role of operations strategy and moderating role of environmental uncertainty. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Pilsen, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 201. , (1657-1667)

Performing well in developing production industry is an important factor for companies to survive and sustain a competitive edge in the current turbulent business environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the effect of learning orientation... Read More about The impact of learning orientation on innovation performance: Mediating role of operations strategy and moderating role of environmental uncertainty.

Use of clean technologies in agribusiness in Mexico: A literature review
Conference Proceeding
Rocha-Lona, L., Cuevas-Zuñiga, I. Y., Soto-Flores, M. D. R., Garza-Reyes, J. A., & Kumar, V. (in press). Use of clean technologies in agribusiness in Mexico: A literature review. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Pilsen, Czech Republic, July 23-26, 2019. , (1542-1553)

There is little research documenting the use of clean technologies (CT) in Agribusiness in Mexico. In this regard, the objective of this article is to provide an in-depth literature review that can cover this gap and help decision-makers and investor... Read More about Use of clean technologies in agribusiness in Mexico: A literature review.

Investigating supply chain performance and supply chain integration linkage in Jordanian manufacturing firms
Conference Proceeding
Kumar, V., Zeidan, J., Kumari, A., Garza-Reyes, J., & Tupa, J. (in press). Investigating supply chain performance and supply chain integration linkage in Jordanian manufacturing firms. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Paris, France, July 26-27, 2018. , (2297-2306)

Supply chain integration plays a major role in the success of any organisation. As a result in last over a decade it has drawn a significant interest from the research community and practitioners alike. Though researchers have aimed to address variou... Read More about Investigating supply chain performance and supply chain integration linkage in Jordanian manufacturing firms.