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Cardiff Business School
Professor Mohamed Naim
Head of Logistics and Operations Management Section
Building D44, Aberconway Building
E-mail NaimMM@cf.ac.uk
Telephone +44 0 29 2087 4635/6083
E-mail NaimMM@cf.ac.uk
Telephone +44 0 29 2087 4635/6083
Biography
Mohamed Naim is the Head of the Logistics and Operations Management Section at Cardiff Business School. He is a Chartered Engineer, a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. He is also a Director of the Logistics Systems Dynamics Group and the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Systems at Cardiff (CAMSAC) formerly the EPSRC funded Cardiff University Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre (IMRC). He is currently the Cardiff lead on the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) sponsored project Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE).
Mohamed’s research interests may be summarised as the development of novel business systems engineering approaches to the establishment of resilient supply chains. This encompasses sustainable supply chains (see some recently completed work in the Green Logistics consortium) and the role of flexibility in lean, agile and leagile systems.
In 1997 he was awarded the Institute of Electrical Engineers’ Manufacturing Division Premium for a paper on supply chain modelling and simulation. In 2003 he was granted a Royal Academy of Engineering Global Research Award at the Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Mohamed undertakes peer review for EPSRC and ESRC and has been a member of the EPSRC Socio-Technical Panel and the BAE Systems / EPSRC Strategic Partnership: Service and Support Solutions Panel.
Mohamed is an Editor of the International Journal of Logistics and is an Advisory Committee Member for the International Symposium on Logistics. He is also on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the International Journal of Logistics Management, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Engineering for the Maritime Environment, Part M, International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management. He has published over 80 journal papers including publications in the International Journal of Management Science; OMEGA, European Journal of Operational Research, American Society of Civil Engineers’ Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Transportation and Logistics Transportation Journal, International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Production Research and Production Planning & Control.
Employment History
2003 Professor, Cardiff University
1999 Reader, Cardiff University
1997 Senior Lecturer, University of Wales, Cardiff.
1991 Lecturer in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Wales, Cardiff
1990 Research Associate, Cardiff
1989 Fixed Term Lecturer, Cardiff
1987 Research Assistant, Cardiff.
Selected publications
Afify, A., Dimov, S., Naim, M., Valeva, V. and Shukla, V., “Data mining: A tool for detecting cyclical disturbances in supply networks”, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2008, Vol. 221, No. 12, pp. 1771-1785 ISSN 0954-4054
Aryee, G., Naim, M. M. and Lalwani, C. S., “Supply Chain Integration using a Maturity Scale” Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 2008, Vol. 19 No. 5, pp. 559-575 ISSN 1741-038X
Barker, R. and Naim, M. M., “Housebuilding Supply Chain Survey: A UK Perspective”, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, 2008, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 67–80 ISSN 1367-5567 Print/ISSN 1469-848X online
Hosoda, T, Naim, M. M., Disney, S. M. and Potter, A., “Is there a benefit to sharing market sales information? Linking theory and practice”, Computers and Industrial Engineering, 2008, Vol. 54, pp. 315-326. ISSN 0360-8352
Sanchez, R. V., Stantchev, D. S., Potter, A. T., Naim, M. M. and Whiting, A. E., “Establishing a transport operation focussed uncertainty model for the supply chain”, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 2008, Vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 388-411. ISSN 0960-0035
Wang, Y., Potter, A., Mason, R and Naim M., “Aligning transport performance measures for customised logistics”, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, 2008, Vol. 11 No. 6, pp. 457-473. ISSN 1367-5567 Print/ISSN 1469-848X online
Gosling, J and Naim M. M., “Engineer-to-order supply chain management: A literature review and research agenda”, International Journal of Production Economics, 2009, Vol. 122, No. 2, pp. 741-754. ISSN 0925-5273
Shukla, V., Naim, M. M., and Yaseen, E. A., “'Bullwhip' and 'backlash' in supply pipelines”, International Journal of Production Research, 2009, Vol. 47, No. 23, pp. 6477 – 6497 ISSN 0020–7543 print/ISSN 1366–588X online
Wong, H., Wikner, J. and Naim, M. M., “Analysis of form postponement based on optimal positioning of the differentiation point and stocking decisions”. International Journal of Production Research, 2009, Vol. 47, Issue 5, pp. 1201-1224 ISSN 0020–7543 print/ISSN 1366–588X online
Gosling, J, Purvis, L and Naim M. M., “Supply chain flexibility as a determinant of supplier selection”, International Journal of Production Economics, 2010, Vol. 128, No. 1, pp 11-21. ISSN 0925-5273
Lagoudis, I. N., Naim, M. M. and Potter, A.T., “Strategic flexibility choices in the Ocean Transportation Industry”, International Journal of Shipping and Transport Logistics, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2010. ISSN (Online): 1756-6525 ISSN (Print): 1756-6517
Naim, M. M., Aryee, G. and Potter, A., “Determining a logistics provider’s flexibility capability”, International Journal of Production Economics, 2010, Vol. 127, No. 1, pp. 39-45 ISSN 0925-5273
Sanchez Rodrigues, V. S., Piecyk M., Potter, A., McKinnon, A., Naim, M. and Edwards. J., “Assessing the application of focus groups as a method for collecting data in logistics”, International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, 2010, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 75-94. ISSN 1367-5567 Print/ISSN 1469-848X online
Sanchez Rodrigues, R. V., Potter, A. T. and Naim, M. M., “The Impact of Logistics Uncertainty on Sustainable Transport Operations”, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 2010, Vol. 40, No. 1/2, pp. 61-83 ISSN 0960-0035
Sanchez Rodrigues, R. V., Potter, A. T. and Naim, M. M. “Evaluating the causes of uncertainty in logistics operations”, International Journal of Logistics Management, 2010, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. pp. 45-64 ISSN 0965-8564
Wong, H., Wikner, J. and Naim, M. “Evaluation of postponement in manufacturing systems with non-negligible changeover times”, Production Planning and Control, 2010, Vol. 21, No. 3, pp 258 – 273 ISSN 0953 7287 1366-5871?
Harris, I., Naim, M., Palmer, A., Potter, A. and Mumford, C, “Assessing the Impact of Cost Optimization Based on Infrastructure Modelling on CO2 Emissions”, International Journal of Production Economics, 2011, Vol. 131, No. 1, pp. 313-321 ISSN 0925-5273
Naim, Mohamed M. and Gosling, Jonathan, “On leanness, agility and leagile supply chains”, International Journal of Production Economics, 2011, Vol. 131, No. 1, pp. 342–354. ISSN 0925-5273
Wang, Y., Potter, A., Naim, M. and Beevor, D., “A case study exploring drivers and implications of collaborative electronic logistics marketplaces”, Industrial Marketing Management, 2011, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp 612-623. ISSN: 0019-8501
Wong, H., Potter, A. and Naim, M. “Evaluation of postponement in the soluble coffee supply chain: A case study”, International Journal of Production Economics, 2011, Vol. 131, pp. 355–364. ISSN 0925-5273
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