Publications

Professor Stan Oliver

Oliver, S., Kandadi, KR. (2005), "How to develop knowledge culture in organisations? A multiple case study of distributed large organisations", Journal of Knowledge Management, Emerald, Vol 10, No 6.

Books / Chapters:

Oliver, S., Maringanti, K., (2005), (Chapter, Book), "e-Procurement in emerging economies: Theory and Cases (Application of web-services in the context of e-Procurement: An SME Foci)," Idea Group International

Oliver. S., (Editor, Book), eTechnology…means…Business, Published by e4sme, ISBN 0-9546784-2-7.

Oliver S., (2003), (Editor, Book), Making Electronic Commerce work for Small and Medium Enterprises, Published by e4sme, ISBN 0-9546784-0-0.

Peer Reviewed Conference Publications:

Oliver, S., Maringanti, K., (2004), " An Exploratory Analysis of the Application of Web services in the context of e-Procurement," 2nd annual conference on Making Electronic Commerce Work for Small and Medium Enterprises, published by e4sme, ISBN 0-9546784-2-7.

Oliver, S., Liu, L., Green, G. and Qi, B. (2007) 'Knowledge-based Management Information Systems for effective Supply Chain Management in SMEs' In proceedings of the Logistics and Research Network conference, pp. 149-154.

Oliver.S and Vedanthachari.L (2006) The Need for a clear understanding about the benefits offered by Enterprise Integration Technologies: Evidence from two U.K SMEs, UKAIS Conference, Cheltenham, UK.

Oliver, S., Kandadi, KR., Maringanti, K. and Chinta, A.C. (2004), "The impact of broadband on Small and Medium Enterprises", 9th Annual Conference of UK Association of Information Systems, UKAIS, 5-7 May 2004, Glasgow, UK, ISBN 0-9546784-0-0.

Oliver, S., Kandadi, KR., (2003), "Marketing Knowledge Management", 1st annual conference on Making Electronic Commerce Work for Small and Medium Enterprises, Published by e4sme, ISBN 0-9546784-0-0.

Oliver. S., Chinta A. C., (2003), "Supplier relationship management - making use of information to forge inter-organisational relationships for competitive advantage - an SME perspective", Published by e4sme, ISBN 0-9546784-0-0.

Invited Speaker:

Oliver, S., UK Supply chain challenges and solutions from ICTs and Postgraduates into Industry, International Technical Conference, 29th–30th September 2005, Hong Kong, China.

Oliver S., International trends and impact on purchasing and supply, China Auto Parts Executive Conference 2004 (CAPEC) & International Seminar On Automotive Electronic Information Industry, 7th – 8th June 2004, Beijing, China.

Oliver. S., E-Marketing: Customer loyalty in the 21st Century………how we can manage it? Oldham Business and Management School Conference, May 2003.

Oliver. S., 2E or not 2E……..4Business is the Question? Bolton Institute, Public- Professorial Lecture, March 2003.

Oliver, S., Equal Mobility, Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) Conference, February 2001, London, UK.

Oliver, S., UK Auto Industry, a DTI-UK Trade Mission to Blount County, February 2001, Tennessee, USA.

Professor Danny Morton

"Measurement criteria of the relevance of the Innovation Management methods and tools", Accepted for Publication 2006, Int. J. Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management. (with A ABDALLA and B BITZER)

"Simulation and Implementation of Solar Assisted Heat Pump Systems for Domestic Housing" Proceedings of Universities Power Engineering Conference 2005 (UPEC), Cork Ireland (With BITZER, HEPPELMANN and VIRK)

"Run In and Usage of a Solar Assisted Heat Pump System",WSEAS International Conf. on ENERGY and Environmental Systems (EE'06, Chalkida, Evia Island, Greece, May 8-10, 2006

(With BITZER, HEPPELMANN and VIRK)

"Installation and First Results of a Solar Assisted Heat Pump System", Proceedings, Universities Power Engineering Conference 2006 (UPEC),Newcastle, UK (With BITZER, and HEPPELMANN)

"Measurement Criteria of the relevance of Innovation management methods and tools" Proceedings of the XV ISPIM Conference: 2004, Oslo, Norway (with A ABDALLA and B BITZER)

"Benchmarking TRIZ in the field of Product Service Systems ". Proceedings of the 4th ETRIA TRIZ future conference, Florence, Italy, 3-5 Nov. 2004 (with A ABDALLA and B BITZER)

"Knowledge representation and the correlation between problem analysis and the solution knowledge domain: Research and recommendation for standards in the TRIZ methodology. Proceedings of the XVI ISPIM Conference 2005 (with A ABDALLA and B BITZER)

"Innovation management methods and tools for sustainable product service systems (With a Case Study). TRIZ Journal. April 2004, (with A ABDALLA and B BITZER) Issue. [Online] available: http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/2005/04/04.pdf

"Combined Methods for Image Compression", Recent Advances in Intelligent Systems and Signal Processing. Kanoni (Greece), 2003, p.233 - 235. (with E SAAVEDRA, and A GRAUEL)

"Support Vector Machines and Quad-trees applied to image compression" WSEAS Journal 2004 (with E SAAVEDRA, and A GRAUEL)

"An Online Control Strategy for Hybrid Power Systems of Decoupled State Variables" IEEE Transactions 2003, (with R SAIJU, O OMARI, and E ORTJOHANN)

"Combined Methods for Image Representation and Compression", Submitted for Publication to IDA 2003 Conference, Germany, August 2003. (With E SAAVEDRA & A GRAUEL)

"Evolutionary Computation for Support Vector Selection and Kernel Modelling", Submitted for Publication to MENDEL 2003 Conference, Czech Republic, 2003. (With E SAAVEDRA, I RENNERS & A GRAUEL)

"A Multi-Input Multi-Output Dynamic model for Laser Melting of Ceramic Materials", Journal of Laser Applications, Vol. 14, n.1, Feb 2002. (With AA PELIGRAD, E ZHOU & L LI)

"Dynamic Models Relating Processing Parameters and Melt Track Width During Laser Marking of Clay Tiles", Optics and Laser Technology, Vol.34, No. 1. , Jan 2002. (With AA PELIGRAD, E ZHOU & L LI)

"Transient Temperature Behaviour and Dynamic process models in Laser Surface Melting of Clay Tiles", Surface and Coating Technology, Vol. 150, No.3. 2002. (With AA PELIGRAD, E ZHOU & L LI)

"System Identification and Predictive Control of Laser Marking of Ceramic Materials Using Artificial Neural Networks", IMechE Proceedings. Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, Vol.216, No. 3, 2002 (With AA PELIGRAD, E ZHOU & L LI)

"Melt Depth Prediction Model for Quality Control of Laser Surface Glazing of Inhomogeneous Materials", Optics & Laser Technology, Volume 33, Issue 1, February 2001, Pages 7-13 (With AA PELIGRAD, E ZHOU & L LI)

Prediction of Melt Depth in Selected Architectural Materials During High-Power Diode Laser Treatment, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2001, Pages 51-62 (With AA PELIGRAD, E ZHOU & L LI and J LAWRENCE)

Mildred Brown - Houston

Mitra Amit, Brown Mildred, Hackney Ray, Evolutionary Knowledge Management within the Manufacturing Industry, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol 13, 2005

Mitra, A., Hackney, R., Brown, M.E. (Accepted) 'Perspective of practice within evolutionary knowledge management: Case of system development for the manufacturing industry', ISOneWorld conference, Las Vegas, April 2003

Mitra, A. and Brown, M.E. ' Knowledge Systems for Dynamic Environments: Case within Manufacturing Industry, UKAIS, "Co-ordination and co-opetition: The IS role", 9 – 11 April 2003

Brown, M.E. Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, E4SME conference, Bolton Institute June 18-19 2002

Mitra, A. and Brown, M.E. (2002) 'Challenges of modelling knowledge within dynamic environments: Case of application development within the media industry', eSMART conference on Knowledge Management within Construction, University of Salford, 19-21 November 2002.

Dr Alfred Charles Chinta

Dr Julian Coleman

Journal Papers

Accepted for publication: Coleman, J. (2008) "Extending supply chain synchronisation into upstream tiers - a collaborative approach illustrated with an automotive case study", International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations. Autmun 2008.

Coleman J.L., Edwards, J. (2005) The Semantic Web and Agent Technologies in Supply Chain Management; potential for SME application. Cyprus International Journal of Management. Vol 10. No. 1, Autumn 2005.

A.C.Lyons, A.E.Coronado, A.Bremang, D.F.Kehoe and J.Coleman, 2005. "Prototyping an information system's requirements architecture for customer-driven supply-chain operations". International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 43, No. 20, 15.

Coleman, J.L., Lyons A.C., Kehoe, D.F., 2004. "The Glass Pipeline: Increasing Supply Chain Synchronisation Through Information Transparency". The International Journal of Technology Management. Volume 28, No.2.

Lyons A.C., Coleman, J.L., Kehoe, D.F., 2004. "Performance observation and analysis of an information re-engineered supply chain". Industrial Management and Data Systems, Volume 4 No.8..

Coronado A.E., Lyons A.C., Kehoe D.F. and Coleman J., 2004. "Enabling mass customisation: extending build-to-order concepts to supply chains." Journal of Production Planning and Control, Volume 15, Number 4.

Lyons A, Coronado A, Kehoe D, Coleman J, 2004 "Improving the synchronisation fo supply chains: an automotive case study" The International Journal of Automotive technology and management" , Volume 4 no. 4.

Bhattacharya, A.K., Coleman J.L.,1996. "The structure conundrum", International Journal of Logistics. Volume 7 No 1.

Coleman,J.L., Bhattacharya,A.K., Brace, G.,1995."Supply Chain re-engineering: A suppliers perspective", International Journal of Logistics Management. Volume 6 N0. 1.

Bhattacharya, A.K., Coleman J.L.1995."Re-positioning the supplier: An SME perspective", International Journal of Production Planning and Control. Volume 6. No. 3 April. special issue on supply chain management.

Coleman,J.L., Bhattacharya,A.K1995. "The suppliers response to changes in industry structure". Logistics Focus. Volume 3. No. 1.

Bhattacharya, A.K., Coleman J.L 1995. "Suppliers: proactive repositioning for survival". Logistics Technology International.

Bhattacharya, A.K., Coleman J.L1994."Linking manufacturing strategy to the design of hybrid production control systems", International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. May.

Prickett,P., Coleman,J.L.,1992. "Implementation of a cell-based system for the manufacture of a range of louvre smoke ventilators International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Volume 5. No. 1.

Articles in books

Coleman J.L. (2003) Down Stream Integration: A case for cross-supply chain information. In S.Oliver (ed) Making Electronic Commerce Work for Small and Medium Enterprises. e4SME publishers. ISBN 0-9546784-0-0.

Refereed Conference Papers

Oliver. S, Coleman. J, Jianyu Z (2007) An investigation and analysis of RFID adoption in aerospace MRO. Proceedings of the Logistics Research Network Conference, The University of Hull.

Coleman, J., Edwards, J., "Developments in WWW technology and their impact on supply chain management in SMEs", ISBE 28^th National Conference, Blackpool, November 2005.

Coleman, J., "Downstream Integration – a case for cross-supply chain information", e4SME Conference, Wigan, 18^th-19^th June 2003.

Coleman, J.L., Taylor P.J, and Kehoe, D.F., "Appraising and monitoring future supply chain innovations: perspectives from operations management and management accounting", Proceedings of the 6th Manufacturing Accounting Research Conference Twente, the Netherlands - May 26-28, 2003.

Coleman, J., Lyons, A. and Kehoe, D.F., "A Systems Approach to Improving Supply Chain Synchronisation Using information Transparency", Proceedings of the EUROMA/POMS Conference, Lake Como, 16^th-18^th June 2003, Vol. 3, 67-76.

Coleman, J., Lyons, A. and Kehoe, D.F., 2002"Schedule stability and the implementation of an e-enabled demand system". POMS 2002. Conference of the Production and Operations Management Society. San Francisco. April.

Coleman, J.L., Ward, T. 1996 "Benchmarking the structure and relationship management of automotive supply chains". Second International Conference on Managing Integrated Manufacturing, Strategic Organisation and Social Change. Leicester. June.

Coleman, J., James-Moore, M 1995 "What is unique about benchmarking the supply chain?" ICM Conference "Process Benchmarking the Supply Chain" November.

Coleman, J.L., Bhattacharya, A,K., Kelly, P, 1995 "The transition from discrete component to systems supply" 28^th ISATA Dedicated Conference on logistics management and regional/interregional freight transportation. Stuttgart. September.

Brace. G, Coleman, J.L., 1995 "Supply chain re-engineering and competition". 9^th IFPMM World Congress. MATCON '95. Vienna. May.

Brace,G., Coleman J.L., "Benchmarking trading processes" 1994 Eurolog '94. European Logistics Association. Brussels. November.

Dr Gillian Green

Bednar, P. M., Green G. (2007) Same business same system?: A critique of organisation and the information systems process, Proceedings of the 12th Annual UK Academy for Information Systems Conference, UKAIS 2007, UKAIS conference, University of Manchester

Aleke, B., Wainwright, D., Green, G., (2006) Policy issues of e-commerce technology diffusion in South East Nigeria: The case of small scale agribusiness, Proceedings of the 11th Annual UK Academy for Information Systems Conference, UKAIS 2006, Gloucester University,

Wainwright, D., Green, G., Mitchels, E., Yarrow, D., (2005), Towards a Framework for Benchmarking ICT Practice, Competence and Performance in SMEs, Performance Measurement and Metrics, Vol 6, Iss 1, pp 39-52

Bednar, P. M., Green G. M., Bain A. and Eglin R., (2004), "Contextual Analysis in Practice", The Systemist Journal, Vol 26, ISSN 0961-8309

Bednar, P. and Green G. M., (2004) Critical Realism: he who pays the piper calls the tune; 3rd European Conference on Research methods in Business and Management

Hall,L. and Mallalieu, G. M., (2003),Identifying the Needs and Expectations of Users with Learning Disabilities, HCI International 2003 (conference proceedings)

Mallalieu, G. M., Edwards, H. and Hall, L., (2003) A critical approach to research in small and medium sized enterprises; 2nd European Conference on Research methods in Business and Management

Bednar P. M. & Mallalieu G. M. (2001). Romancing the stone: play between romance and affection. EGOS - The European Group for Organizational Studies. The17th EGOS Colloquium, July 5-7, 2001, Lyon, France Theme: The Odyssey of Organizing Subtheme 27. Knowing as Desire.

David Hagan

Dr Kondal Reddy Kandadi

Oliver, S., Kandadi, KR. (2005), "How to develop knowledge culture in organisations? A multiple case study of distributed large organisations", Journal of Knowledge Management, Emerald, Vol 10, No 6.

Oliver, S., Kandadi, KR., (2003), "Marketing Knowledge Management", 1st annual conference on Making Electronic Commerce Work for Small and Medium Enterprises, Published by e4SME, ISBN 0-9546784-0-0.

Dr Baomin Qi

Qi, B. and McGillivray, W. (2007) 'An Investigation into E-Commerce Adoption Profile for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Bury, Greater Manchester, UK'. EC-Web 2007, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 4655, pp. 68–77.

Qi, B., Lui, V., Liu, L. and Wang, Y. (2007)' A conceptual framework of the factors influencing online shopping behaviour' In proceedings of the Logistics and Research Network conference, pp.143-148.

Qi, B., Shafaghi, M. and Kehoe, D. (2003) 'E-Supply Chain Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.' In: Prof. Olive, S. ed(s) e4SMEs, UK.

Qi, B., Shafaghi, M. and Kehoe, D. (2003) 'E-Supply Chain Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises.' Presented in the Conference of e4SMEs, Wigan, UK.

Qi, B., Boughton, N.J., Kehoe, D.F. and Snowdown, S. (2003) 'Linkages between operations strategy and systems integration strategy in complex manufacturing supply chains.' In Proceedings of the First Joint international conference of Euroma and poms, Cernobbio, Lak Como, pp. 285-294.

Qi, B. and Chawdhry, P.K. (2001) 'An agent based decision support system for catalogue-based design in a distributed environment.' In CD-ROM Proceedings of 8th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, California, USA.

Dr LakshmiNarasimhan Vedanthachari

Vedanthachari.L (2006) Benchmark report on the benefits of ERP, CRM and e-Procurement Systems: A study of fifty MSMBs in the NorthWest of England, University of Bolton:UK, Reference Number: GONW5167/8EUR-M4-87-BOLTON

Oliver.S and Vedanthachari.L (2006) The Need for a clear understanding of the benefits offered by Enterprise Integration Technologies: Evidence from two U.K SMEs, UKAIS Conference, Cheltenham, UK.

Shafaghi.M and Vedanthachari.L (2003) E-Business Justification: Measuring Customer Satisfaction, Proceedings of the first conference of Electronic Commerce for SMEs (e4sme), Greater Manchester, United Kingdom, 18th -19th June 2003, ISBN: 0-9546784-0-0