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Current potential research project

Development of a Knowledge Management Performance Evaluation systems for Supply Chains

  1. Supervisors: Dr Sev Nagalingam
  2. Area: Sustainable Manufacturing , Manufacturing Engineering
  3. Abstract: This project proposes to develop a Knowledge Management Performance Evaluation (KMPE) system to evaluate the knowledge management performance in manufacturing industry; to provide solutions/suggestions based on the status of the company in an optimised model. Performance criteria within the manufacturing organisation will be developed. Managers/workers in manufacturing organisations will be surveyed, and then statistical software packages will be used to analyses after data collected to test the KMPE system. The purpose of this project is to improve the efficiency and performance of collaboration process in manufacturing supply chains. Collaborations essential to planning, forecasting and replenishment can be defined within a supply chain management framework which uses a common set of process building blocks to model the business activities associated with all phases of satisfying a customer’s demand. Therefore, disparate firms can be linked to describe the depth and breath of virtually any supply chain, ranging from very simple to very complex. This research area will include comparison and contrasting the effectiveness of proven frameworks, like the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model and the Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) guidelines, in defining the necessary processes, structures, metrics and standards that enable successful collaboration among supply chain participants in an virtual enterprise.
  4. Related references:
    • Memon, M., Gurd, B, Nagalingam, S.., Performance measurement system, competitive resources: the impact on firm performance, ANZAM, Gold Coast, Queensland, 8-10 June 2008

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