Dr Sev Nagalingam

Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management UniSA Business

City West Campus (EM4-27A)
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email Sev.Nagalingam@unisa.edu.au

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About me

Dr Sev Nagalingam Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management at the UniSA Business academic unit. As a Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management, Dr Nagalingam conducts research and teach both undergraduate and postgraduate students. He formerly held positions in UniSA-STEM, Air Lanka Ltd, Sri Lanka and Faculty of Engineering at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka.

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Dr Sev Nagalingam received his PhD from the University of South Australia and proposed a novel way of justifying investments in advanced manufacturing technologies in 1999. He holds Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Engineering (Mechanical Engineering), University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, which he earned in 1990. His current research interests are: Sustainable supply chain, Supply chain management, Technology management, Operations management and Collaborative systems. He is currently exploring operational and managerial issues that are associated with collaborative and sustainable supply chains.

He has published over 70 peer reviewed international research papers, a book on CIM, two book chapters, and a booklet to date. In 2000, Dr Nagalingam obtained an ARC small grant entitled “Development of an Integrated Architecture for Virtual Computer Integrated Manufacturing” to develop a framework for Virtual Computer Integrated Management (VCIM) using the Internet as the communication medium. In 2003, he obtained ARC linkage grant entitled “Development of a Global Decision Support System towards Virtual Manufacturing”. Further, he has received many internal competitive grants.

Due to his pioneering research on VCIM systems, he was invited as a steering committee member [an international committee of invited experts among SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers) members] for reinventing SME/CASA Manufacturing Enterprise Model during 2003-04. This activity was sponsored under the auspices of SME's Manufacturing Enterprise Council and the Product, Process, Design, and Management Technical Community. He was a Senior Member of SME, USA up to 2022.

Dr Nagalingam currently holds MCIPS from the Charted Institute of Procurement and Supply Australia. He was a Guest Editor for two special issues of the International Journal of Robotic and Computer Integrated Manufacturing that were published in 2003 and 2007, and for International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing (June 2007). Further, he had been an Editor for Proceedings of conferences and organising committee member of a few Conferences as well. He has been invited as a reviewer for several journal articles by the journal editors - International Journal of Production research, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing and International Journal of Business Performance Management.

Research

Research focus

Information and Computing Sciences
Business and Management
Engineering
Artificial Intelligence and Image Processing
Cognitive Sciences

Highlights

Sustainable supply chain, Sustainable Procurement, Risk and Resilience of Supply chain, Collaborative and Sustainable Supply Chain, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Productivity improvement, Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises, Manufacturing operations diagnostics.

Research

Outputs

Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2017	Ali, I, Nagalingam, S & Gurd, B 2017, 'Building resilience in SMEs of perishable product supply chains: enablers, barriers and risks', Production Planning and Control, vol. 28, no. 15, pp. 1236-1250. Open access 153 127 10
2013	Nagalingam, S V, Kuik, SS & Amer, Y 2013, 'Performance measurement of product returns with recovery for sustainable manufacturing', Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 473-483. Open access 46 37
2010	Nagalingam, S, Xing, K & Zhou, N 2010, 'An Agent-based Cross-enterprise Resource Planning for Small and Medium Enterprises', IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 252-258. 6
2009	Nagalingam, S, Lin, GC & Ho, LT 2009, 'A risk mitigation framework for integrated-enterprise systems implementation for the manufacturing environment', International Journal of Business Information Systems, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 290-310. 13
2008	Lin, GC & Nagalingam, S 2008, 'CIM - still the solution for manufacturing industry', Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 332-344. Open access 59 37

Chapters

Year	Output
2008	Lin, GC, Lin, HW & Nagalingam, S 2008, 'Interactive Meta-Goal Programming: A Decision Analysis Approach for Collaborative Manufacturing', in Alan H.S. Chan & Sio-Iong Ao, Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Springer, USA, pp. 155-172. 1

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2021	Bhatti, BM, Mubarak, S & Nagalingam, S 2021, 'Information security implications of using NLP in IT outsourcing: a Diffusion of Innovation theory perspective', Automated Software Engineering, vol. 28, no. 2, article no. 12, pp. 1-29. Open access 12 10 3
2021	Bhatti, BM, Mubarak, S & Nagalingam, S 2021, 'Information security risk management in IT outsourcing - a quarter-century systematic literature review', Journal of Global Information Technology Management, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 259-298. 6 4 1
2020	Laosirihongthong, T, Samaranayake, P, Nagalingam, SV & Adebanjo, D 2020, 'Prioritization of sustainable supply chain practices with triple bottom line and organizational theories: industry and academic perspectives', Production Planning and Control, vol. 31, no. 13, pp. 1207-1221. Open access 34 26
2019	Laosirihongthong, T, Samaranayake, P & Nagalingam, S 2019, 'A holistic approach to supplier evaluation and order allocation towards sustainable procurement', Benchmarking: An International Journal, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 2543-2573. Open access 41 37
2018	Ali, I, Nagalingam, S & Gurd, B 2018, 'A resilience model for cold chain logistics of perishable products', International Journal of Logistics Management, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 922-941. Open access 106 89 9
2017	Ali, I, Nagalingam, S & Gurd, B 2017, 'Building resilience in SMEs of perishable product supply chains: enablers, barriers and risks', Production Planning and Control, vol. 28, no. 15, pp. 1236-1250. Open access 153 127 10
2017	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, S, Samaranayake, P & McLean, MW 2017, 'Evaluation of recovery configuration options by product utilisation value', Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 686-710. Open access 10 8 3
2013	Nagalingam, S V, Kuik, SS & Amer, Y 2013, 'Performance measurement of product returns with recovery for sustainable manufacturing', Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 473-483. Open access 46 37
2013	Zhu, Z, Hsu, H-Y, Nagalingam, S & Geng, L 2013, 'Literature review on the creativity of CBR applications', Artificial Intelligence Review: An International Survey and Tutorial Journal, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 379-390. 9 8
2012	Lin, HW, Nagalingam, S V, Kuik, SS & Murata, T 2012, 'Design of a global decision support system for a manufacturing SME: towards participating in collaborative manufacturing', International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 136, no. 1, pp. 1-12. 53 42
2011	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, SV & Amer, Y 2011, 'Sustainable supply chain for collaborative manufacturing', Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 984-1001. Open access 75 46
2011	Zhu, Z, Nagalingam, S & Hsu, H-Y 2011, 'Toward a creative problem-solving methodology with knowledge provision', Applied Artificial Intelligence: an international journal, vol. 25, pp. 836-881. 4 3
2010	Nagalingam, S, Xing, K & Zhou, N 2010, 'An Agent-based Cross-enterprise Resource Planning for Small and Medium Enterprises', IAENG International Journal of Computer Science, vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 252-258. 6
2009	Lin, HW, Nagalingam, S & Lin, GC 2009, 'An interactive meta-goal programming-based decision analysis methodology to support collaborative manufacturing', Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 135-154. 19 12
2009	Nagalingam, S, Lin, GC & Ho, LT 2009, 'A risk mitigation framework for integrated-enterprise systems implementation for the manufacturing environment', International Journal of Business Information Systems, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 290-310. 13
2009	Raman, D, Nagalingam, S & Gurd, BW 2009, 'A genetic algorithm and queuing theory based methodology for facilities layout problem', International Journal of Production Research, vol. 47, no. 20, pp. 5611-5635. 28 23
2009	Raman, D, Nagalingam, S, Gurd, BW & Lin, GC 2009, 'Quantity of material handling equipment: a queuing theory based approach', Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 348-357. 28 24
2008	Lin, GC & Nagalingam, S 2008, 'CIM - still the solution for manufacturing industry', Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 332-344. Open access 59 37
2008	Raman, D, Nagalingam, S & Lin, GC 2008, 'Towards measuring the effectiveness of a facilities layout', Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 191-203. 48 29

Conferences

Year	Output
2021	Bhatti, BM, Mubarak, S & Nagalingam, S 2021, 'Factors impacting information security risk management in IT outsourcing: an agency theory perspective', 25th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Association for Information Systems, pp. 1-14. Open access
2020	Bhatti, BM, Mubarak, S & Nagalingam, S 2020, 'Information security implications of machine-learning-based automation in ITO service delivery - an agency theory perspective', in H Yang et al. (eds), 27th International Conference on Neural Information Processing, ICONIP 2020, Springer Nature, vol. 12533, pp. 487-498. 1 1
2020	Bhatti, BM, Mubarak, S & Nagalingam, S 2020, 'NLP-based enhancement of information security in ITO - a diffusion of innovation theory perspective', 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Workshops (ASE 2020), ACM, pp. 112-117. Open access 1 1
2019	Samaranayake, P, Nagalingam, S & Laosirihongthong, T 2019, 'Supplier selection and ranking towards sustainable procurement with multiple decision makers', 2019 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), IEEE, pp. 906-910. Open access 1
2017	Ali, I, Nagalingam, S & Gurd, B 2017, 'Supply chain resilience research: review, trends and opportunities', Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), ANZAM, pp. 1127-1156. Open access
2017	Bhatti, BM, Mubarak, S & Nagalingam, S 2017, 'A framework for information security risk management in IT outsourcing', Australasian Conference on Information Systems, University of Tasmania, pp. 1-9. Open access 5
2015	Nikookar, E, Nagalingam, S & Soosay, C 2015, 'The role of visibility in supply chain resilience: a resource-based approach', 29th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: Managing for Peak Performance (ANZAM), ANZAM, pp. 1-19. Open access
2014	Nagalingam, S, Kuik, SS & Chan, FT 2014, 'Challenges in assessing product returns for sustainability in a reverse supply chain', 28th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference: ANZAM 2014, ANZAM, pp. 1-19. Open access
2013	Kuik, SS & Nagalingam, S 2013, 'Product returns management for environmentally conscious manufacturing and sustainability in a supply chain', in M Grimmer & R Hecker (eds), 27th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM) 2013: managing on the edge, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-22. Open access
2012	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, S & Amer, Y 2012, 'Assessing sustainability in manufacturing using a fuzzy expert system', 3rd International Conference on Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications, IEEE Press, article no. 6337656, pp. 162-167. 7
2011	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, S & Amer, Y 2011, 'A framework of product recovery to improve sustainability in manufacturing', in M Ming (ed.), International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (MIME 2011), Information Engineering Research Institute, vol. 2, pp. 232-235. 1
2011	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, S & Amer, Y 2011, 'Criticality of product recovery management in sustainable supply chain', 2011 International Conference on Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Information Engineering Research Institute, pp. 225-229. Open access 3
2011	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, S & Amer, Y 2011, 'Manufacturing trend: adaptation of sustainability', ICMT 2011: 15th international conference on mechatronics technology, Monash University, pp. 557-562. Open access
2011	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, S V & Amer, Y 2011, 'Importance of product returns and recovery operations towards sustainability in manufacturing', 9th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain and Services Management Symposium, Deakin University and ANZAM, pp. 184-208. Open access
2011	Zhou, N, Nagalingam, S, Xing, K & Lin, G 2011, 'Inside virtual CIM: multi-agent based resource integration for small to medium sized manufacturing enterprises', International Conference on Advances in Intelligent Control and Computer Engineering, Springer, vol. 70, pp. 163-175. 6
2010	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, S & Amer, Y 2010, 'Challenges in implementing sustainable supply chain within a collaborative manufacturing network', 8th International Conference on Supply Chain Management & Information Systems (SCMIS2010), IEEE, article no. 5681736, pp. 662-669. Open access 15
2010	Kuik, SS, Nagalingam, S, Amer, Y & Saw, YP 2010, 'Implementation of Six Sigma methodology to improve supply chain network in the context of Malaysian manufacturing industries', 8th International Conference on Supply Chain Management & Information Systems (SCMIS2010), IEEE, article no. 5681705, pp. 707-714. Open access 3
2010	Memon, MA, Gurd, BW & Nagalingam, S 2010, 'Supply chain management practices and capabilities: a case of an apparel supply chain', in B Gurd (ed.), 24th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2010), Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 1-19. Open access
2010	Zhou, N, Nagalingam, S, Lin, GC & Xing, K 2010, 'A Multi-Agent based bidding system in VCIM using fuzzy AHP', in IEEE, 2010 International Conference on Management and Service Science : MASS 2010, IEEE, pp. 1-4. Open access
2010	Zhou, N, Xing, K & Nagalingam, S 2010, 'A fuzzy AHP decision making solution for resource scheduling process in multi-agent based VICM', in K Hughes, D Davis, P O'Neill, D Prajogo & A Sohal (eds), 8th ANZAM OM Symposium: Managing in Challenging Times, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, pp. 1-7. Open access
2010	Zhou, N, Xing, K, Nagalingam, S & Lin, GC 2010, 'Development of an agent based VCIM resource scheduling process for small and medium enterprises', in Ao, SI et al., IMECS : International Multiconference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, International Association of Engineers, pp. 39-44. Open access 10 6
2009	de Fretes, OM & Nagalingam, S 2009, 'Integration of small and medium manufacturing enterprises through collaborative partnerships', in Claudine soosay, Peter O'Neill and Daniel Prajogo, 7th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain and Services Management Symposium 2009, School of Management, University of South Australia, pp. 312-325. Open access
2008	Gurd, BW, Memon, MA & Nagalingam, S 2008, 'Association of Supply Chain Management Practices, Performance Measurement System, Competitive Resources: The Impact On Firm Performance', in P.J. Singh, D. Prajogo, P. O'Neill, S. Rahman, University of Melbourne, pp. 1-13.
2008	Nagalingam, S, Hsu, HY & Zhu, Z 2008, 'The Development of a Creativity-Enhancing Model for Innovative Design Concepts', in Jeng-Shyan Pan, Ajith Abraham, Chin-Chen Chang, ISDA '08 : Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, IEEE, pp. 139-144. 3 2

Other outputs

Dr Nagalingam has published more than 90 peer reviewed international research papers, a book on CIM, two book chapters, and a booklet to date.

Lin, GCI and Nagalingam, SV 2000, CIM justification and optimisation, Taylor & Francis Ltd, UK, January. 158 pages. ISBN: 0748408584. (Invited book)

Lin, H, Nagalingam, SV. and Lin, GCI 2008, IMGP: A Decision Analysis Approach for Collaborative Manufacturing, In: Chan, A H S, Ao, S-I, ed Advances in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Springer, pp 155-172, ISBN: 978-0-387-74903-7.

Nagalingam, SV, Lin, GCI.and Wang, D 2007, Resource Scheduling for a Virtual CIM System. In: Shen W, Wang L, ed. Process Planning and Scheduling for Distributed Manufacturing, Springer-Verlag; published May, pp 269-292. ISBN 1-84628-751-0.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

Guest Editor, Special issue of the International Journal of Robotic and Computer Integrated Manufacturing on International Conference on Product Design and Manufacturing Systems (PDMS 07), Vol 26 Issue 3, 2010, Publ. Elsevier

Lead Guest Editor, Special issue of the International Journal of Robotic and Computer Integrated Manufacturing– on International Manufacturing Leaders Forum -2005 (IMLF2005): Global Competitive Manufacturing, Vol 23, Number 3, June 2007. Publ. Elsevier

Lead Guest Editor, Special issue of the International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing– on International Manufacturing Leaders Forum -2005 (IMLF2005). Jul-Aug 2007. Publ. Taylor & Francis

Guest Editor, Special issue of the International Journal of Robotic and Computer Integrated Manufacturing.- on International Manufacturing Leaders Forum -2002 (IMLF2002): Leadership of the Future in Manufacturing. Volume 19, Issue 6, December 2003. Publ. Elsevier

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian Graduate School of Leadership	AUSTRALIA
Australian Institute of Business	AUSTRALIA
Harbin Institute of Technology	CHINA
Hong Kong Polytechnic University	HONG KONG
Kobe University	JAPAN
Private Individual	UNITED KINGDOM
Thammasat University	THAILAND
University of Greenwich	UNITED KINGDOM
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University Of Tunku Abdul Rahman	MALAYSIA
Waseda University	JAPAN
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Secretary Board Member Ceylon Tamil Association of SA Inc.	2022
President Ceylon Tamil Association of SA Inc.	2019
President Ceylon Tamil Association of SA Inc.	2018
Full Member Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (MCIPS)	2017
Member Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)	2017
Member Academy of Management (AOM)	2017
Member American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS)	2017
Senior Member Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), USA	2017
Guest editor, Special issue International Journal of Robotic and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, International Conference on Product Design and Manufacturing Systems	2011

Other

Committe member of CIPS- SA/NT branch from 2019 - current

Teaching & student supervision

Teaching strengths

Operations Management
Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Highlights

Operations Management/ Business Operations, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Management

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Embedding Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices on Operational Performance with Industry 4.0 in Saudi Arabia	Current
A framework of supply chain management practices for organizational performance	Completed
A resilience model for firms in perishable product supply chains	Completed
Development of an integrated performance evaluatiion framework for product returns and recovery operations	Completed
Embedding sustainability to enhance sustainability performance: an integrative framework for apparel manufacturers	Completed
Information security risk management framework for IT outsourcing businesses in the telecom sector	Completed
Supply chain resilience: a dynamic managerial capabilities perspective	Completed

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