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2018, 'Open Innovation Stages in the Service Sector', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Paris, France, J, IEOM Society International, Paris, France, pp. 1487 - 1497, presented at International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Paris, France, 26 July 2018 - 27 July 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/27141
,2018, 'Open innovation in service sector', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM Society International, Bandung, Indonesia, pp. 352 - 363, presented at 8th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Bandung, Indonesia, 06 March 2018 - 08 March 2018, http://ieomsociety.org/ieom2018/papers/101.pdf
,2016, 'Impact of Initial Level and Growth Rate in Multiplicative HW Model on Bullwhip Effect in a Supply Chain', in Sarker R; Abbass HA; Dunstall S; Kilby P; Davis R; Young L (eds.), DATA AND DECISION SCIENCES IN ACTION, SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG, Univ New S Wales, Canberra Campus, Kensington, AUSTRALIA, pp. 357 - 368, presented at 24th Australian-Society-for-Operations-Research (ASOR) Conference, Univ New S Wales, Canberra Campus, Kensington, AUSTRALIA, 16 November 2016 - 17 November 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55914-8_26
,2016, 'The history and development of six sigma quality management', in Ali A; Bon AT (ed.), Proceeding of IEOM2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, presented at Sixth International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 08 March 2016 - 10 March 2016, http://www.ieomsociety.org/ieom2016/
,2013, 'Sustainable product-service system', in Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on ISO and TQM (17-ICIT), Sydney, presented at 17th International Conference on ISO and TQM (17-ICIT), Sydney, 23 August 2013 - 25 August 2013
,2013, 'Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices and Operational Performance', in American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, Scientific Research Publishing, Inc., pp. 42 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajibm.2013.31006
,2012, 'Determining Key Service Attributes in Mobile Telecommunications Industry', in World Business Capability Congress, Centre for Organisational Excellence Research, Auckland, pp. 1 - 10, presented at World Business Capability Congress, Auckland, 05 December 2012 - 07 December 2012, http://www.worldbusinesscapabilitycongress.com/presentations/
,2012, 'A review of e-government', in 11th Global Congress on Manufactruing and Management, Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 538 - 554, presented at 11th Global Congress on Manufacturing and Management, Auckland, 28 November 2012 - 30 November 2012
,2012, 'Engineering Sustainability in Australian Higher Education', in Proceedings of P&OM World Conference 2012 Amsterdam, Euroma, POMS, JOMSA, Amsterdam, pp. 1 - 9, presented at P&OM World Conference on 2012 Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 01 July 2012 - 05 July 2012
,2011, 'The application of the service-profit chain in the mobile industry', in International Conference on Management and Service Science, MASS 2011, IEEE, Wuhan, China, pp. 1 - 4, presented at International Conference on Management and Service Science, MASS 2011, Wuhan, China, 12 August 2011 - 14 August 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICMSS.2011.5998813
,2011, 'Logistics technology transfer process model', in Proceedings of the 1st International Technology Management Conference, ITMC 2011, IEEE Computer Society, Piscataway, NJ, USA, pp. 944 - 956, presented at 1st International Technology Management Conference, ITMC 2011, San Jose, CA, United states, 27 June 2011 - 30 June 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ITMC.2011.5995989
,2011, 'Manufacturing in Australia - a Historical Perspective', in Proceedings 2011 IEEE International Summer Conference of Asia Pacific Business Innovation and Technology Management, APBITM, China, pp. 158 - 162, presented at 2011 International (Summer) Conference of APBITM, China, Dalian, China
,2010, 'An assessment of current university environmental management practices', in Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Logistics and Transport & The Ist International Conference on Business and Economics, UP Orgainzer and Publication, Co, Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand, pp. 1 - 6, presented at 2nd International Conference on Logistics and Transport, Queenstown, New Zealand, 16 December 2010 - 18 December 2010
,2010, 'ISO14000 and its perceived impact on corporate performance', in Proceedings of the Conference of CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factory of the Future, CSIR and University of Kwazulu Natal, Pretoria, South Africa, pp. 1 - 12, presented at 25th International Conference of Cad/Cam, Robotics and Factories of the future, Pretoria, South Africa, 13 July 2010 - 16 July 2010
,2009, 'Six Sigma in Service Organisations', in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Logistics and Transport, UP Organizer and Publication Co, Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand, presented at 1st International Conference on Logistics and Transport, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 17 December 2009 - 19 December 2009
,2009, 'Sustainable supply chain management practices and operational performance', in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Logistics and Transport, UP Organizer and Publication Co, Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand, presented at 1st International Conference on Logistics and Transport, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 17 December 2009 - 19 December 2009
,2009, 'Measuring warehouse Performance with regression analysis and factor analysis', Tamil Nadu, India, presented at International Conference on Advanced Manufacturing and Automation, Tamil Nadu, India, 26 March 2009 - 28 March 2009
,2008, 'An empirical study of performance measurement systems in New Zealand manufacturing companies', in 9th Global Congress of Manufacturing & Management (GCMM2008), Gold Coast, Australia, presented at 9th Global Congress of Manufacturing & Management (GCMM2008), Gold Coast, Australia, 12 November 2008 - 14 November 2008
,2008, 'Entrepreneurship and innovation in E-commerce', in 9th Global Congress of Manufacturing & Management (GCMM2008), Gold Coast, Australia, presented at 9th Global Congress of Manufacturing & Management (GCMM2008), Gold Coast, Australia, 12 November 2008 - 14 November 2008
,2008, 'RP Technology: Why limited uptake in SME`s?', in 2nd International Conference on Additive Technologies (ICAT 2008), DAAAM International, Vienna, presented at Additive Technologies, Ptuj, Slovenia, 17 September 2008 - 19 September 2008
,2008, 'Time compression technology: Why limited growth?', in 2nd International Conference on Additive Technologies (ICAT 2008), DAAAM International, Vienna, presented at Additive Technologies, Ptuj, Slovenia, 17 September 2008 - 19 September 2008
,2008, 'Strategies for the future supply of sustainable power generation for Australia', in Weatherill PN (ed.), U21 International Conference on Energy Technologies and Policy 2008, Birmingham, United Kingdom, pp. 1 - 2, presented at Energy Technologies and Policy, Birmingham, United Kingdom, 07 September 2008 - 10 September 2008
,2008, 'Knowledge management in global organisations', in Ho SKM (ed.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on ISO9000 & TQM 13-ICIT, Malaysia, pp. 1 - 7, presented at Innovation for Competitiveness, Malaysia, 24 March 2008 - 26 March 2008
,2007, 'Logistics technology implementation process: a causal model', in 21st ANZAM 2007 Conference-Managing our intellectual and social capital, Sydney, presented at 21st ANZAM 2007 Conference: Managing our intellectual and social capital, Sydney, 04 December 2007 - 07 December 2007
,2007, 'Measuring performance of supply chain with SCOR model: E-logistics aspect', in Regional and Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Bangkok, Thailand, presented at Regional and Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Bangkok, Thailand, 18 May 2007 - 20 May 2007
,2007, 'ISO9000 and TQM for business excellence', in Going for Gold, Taiwan RoC, presented at Going for Gold, Taiwan RoC, 09 April 2007 - 11 April 2007
,2006, 'Capital budgeting techniques used by small manufacturing companies', in Proceedings of the 2nd International Intelligent Logistics Systems Conference, Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok, presented at 7th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference and the 9th Asia Pacific Division Meeting of the International Foundation for Production Research, Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok, 17 December 2006 - 20 December 2006
,2006, 'Enterprise resource planning (ERP) in Australian Manufacturing Companies', in Proceedings of the 2nd International Intelligent Logistics Systems Conference, Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok, presented at 7th Asia Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference and the 9th Asia Pacific Division Meeting of the International Foundation for Production Research, Intercontinental Hotel Bangkok, 17 December 2006 - 20 December 2006
,2006, 'Green supply chain management practices and operational performance in Australian companies', in Management, Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities, Capricorn Coast, Central Queensland, presented at Management, Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities, Capricorn Coast, Central Queensland, 06 December 2006 - 09 December 2006
,2006, 'Logistics technology transfer model (LTTM)', in Kennedy J; Di Milia L (ed.), Management, Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities, Capricorn Coast, Central Queensland, pp. 1 - 19, presented at Management, Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities, Capricorn Coast, Central Queensland, 06 December 2006 - 09 December 2006
,2006, 'Survey of logistics performance and adoption of logistics technology in Omani companies', in Management, Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities, Capricorn Coast, Central Queensland, presented at Management, Pragmatism, Philosophy, Priorities, Capricorn Coast, Central Queensland, 06 December 2006 - 09 December 2006
,2006, 'Business excellence in services and education', in Corporate Governance, Hang Seng School of Commerce, Hong Kong, presented at Corporate Governance, Hang Seng School of Commerce, Hong Kong, 10 April 2006 - 12 April 2006
,2005, 'The impact of E-commerce on small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in Australia', in Engaging the multiple contexts of management: convergence and divergence of management theory and practice, Canberra, presented at Engaging the multiple contexts of management: convergence and divergence of management theory and practice, Canberra, 07 December 2005 - 10 December 2005
,2005, 'Linking total quality management and business performance in Australian Companies', in Ho SKM; Tang X-F; Liu Y-Z (eds.), TQM and 6-Sigma for Competitiveness, Shanghai, China, pp. 1 - 6, presented at TQM and 6-Sigma for Competitiveness, Shanghai, China, 28 March 2005 - 30 March 2005
,2004, 'ISO 9000 and its contribution towards total quality management', in Operations Management and Advanced Technology: Integration for Success, Gold Coast, Qld, presented at Operations Management and Advanced Technology: Integration for Success, Gold Coast, Qld, 08 December 2004 - 10 December 2004
,2004, 'Total quality management (TQM) and organisational performance in Australian service companies.', in Edvardsson B; Gustafsson A; Brown SW; Johnston R (eds.), Service Excellence in Management: Interdisciplinary Contributions, Karlstad, Sweden, pp. 137 - 146, presented at Service Excellence in Management: Interdisciplinary Contributions, Karlstad, Sweden, 15 June 2004 - 18 June 2004
,2003, 'An exploratory study of the manufacturing strategy process in practice', in Surfing the waves: management challenges, management solutions, Fremantle, WA, presented at Surfing the waves: management challenges, management solutions, Fremantle, WA, 02 December 2003 - 05 December 2003
,2003, 'The development of quality management in Australia', in CARS and FOF 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, presented at CARS and FOF 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, 22 July 2003 - 24 July 2003
,2003, 'The effect of total quality management (TQM) on performance of companies', in CARS and FOF 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, presented at CARS and FOF 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malayasia, 22 July 2003 - 24 July 2003
,2002, 'An empirical study on manufacturing resources planning (MRPII) practices in Australia', in 7th International Conference on Manufacturing and Management PCM`2002, Bangkok, Thailand, presented at 7th International Conference on Manufacturing and Management PCM`2002, Bangkok, Thailand, 27 November 2002 - 29 November 2002
,2002, 'Total quality management in small business in the service industry', in 7th International Conference on Manufacturing and Management PCM`2002, Bangkok, Thailand, presented at 7th International Conference on Manufacturing and Management PCM`2002, Bangkok, Thailand, 27 November 2002 - 29 November 2002
,2002, 'The relationship between total quality management practices and organisational performance in service organisations', in Change Management - 7th Intnl Conference on ISO 9000 and TQM, Melbourne, presented at Change Management - 7th Intnl Conference on ISO 9000 and TQM, Melbourne, 02 April 2002 - 04 April 2002
,2001, 'Investigation of employee involvement in quality service programs in Australian hotel industry.', in International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, presented at International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26 December 2001 - 28 December 2001
,2001, 'Quality management practices in health service programs.', in International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, presented at International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26 December 2001 - 28 December 2001
,2000, 'Quality management in service organisations', in 2000 pacific conference on manufacturing, Southfield - Detroit, Michigan, USA, presented at pacific conference on manufacturing 2000, Southfield - Detroit, Michigan, USA, 06 September 2000 - 08 September 2000
,2000, 'Value of ISO9000 series of standards', in 2000 pacific conference on manufacturing, Southfield - Detroit, Michigan, USA, presented at pacific conference on manufacturing 2000, Southfield - Detroit, Michigan, USA, 06 September 2000 - 08 September 2000
,2000, 'A sequential manufacturing investment using real option framework', in ICME 2000: 8th International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering, Sydney, presented at ICME 2000: 8th International Conference on Manufacturing Engineering, Sydney, 27 August 2000 - 30 August 2000
,1999, 'Implementation of total quality management - critical success factors', in 2nd world manufacturing congress 1999, University of Durham, UK, presented at 2nd world manufacturing congress 1999, University of Durham, UK, 27 September 1999 - 30 September 1999
,1999, 'Quality management practices in Australian universities', in 2nd UICEE annual conference on engineering education. Networking in engineering education, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at 2nd UICEE annual conference on engineering education. Networking in engineering education, Auckland, New Zealand, 10 February 1999 - 13 February 1999
,1997, 'Linking total quality management practices to organisational performance', in Manufacturing Technology Towards 2000, Cairns, Qld, presented at Manufacturing Technology Towards 2000, Cairns, Qld, 15 September 1997 - 17 September 1997
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