Dr Sev Nagalingam

Sev Nagalingam was a Research Leader at the Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Research (CAMR) until Nov 2007 of the School of Advanced Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering (AME) , and the Program Director for Master of Logistics and Supply Chain Management , at AME, University of South Australia. In late 2007, his team established a Virtual Computer Integrated Manufacturing System Laboratory at AME.

He was invited as an international Steering Committee member (committee of experts among SME) for reinventing SME /CASA Manufacturing Enterprise Model, and have been a Guest editor of prestigious journals on CIM, a number of times.

Presently he is involved in many research and industrial projects.Information relating to the research projects are displayed on the AME web site Available Research Projects , .

• Manufacturing Management
• Advanced Manufacturing Systems
• Supply Chain - Manufacturing interrelated topics
• Innovation

Member, Engineers Australia

Senior Member, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), USA

Member - Australasian Association for Engineering Education

Supply Chain Council

Ph.D. in Manufacturing Engineering (University of South Australia, Australia)

Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering, (University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

• CIM (Computer Integrated Manufacturing)/ Virtual CIM
• Remote/Distributed manufacturing
• Manufacturing engineering/ Management
• Financial analysis of investment in AMT
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management for Collaborative Manufacturing
• Management information systems and Decision support systems
• Manufacturing operations diagnostics
• Productivity improvement
• Dynamic Task Scheduling for Manufacturing based SMMEs
• Supply Chain Management (SCM) system for Re-configurable Manufacturing Operations
• Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises (SMMEs)
• Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Publication is list is not updated periodically. If you are interested in having my full publication list, please contact me via my email address (given above.

Publications:

Nagalingam, S and Harris. H R. ¡§A Guide to Introducing Concurrent Engineering in Your Organisation¡¨, National Institute for Manufacturing Management (Smart Link), 2002

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

Nagalingam, S.V., Lin, G.C. I. and Wang, D., Resource Scheduling for a Virtual CIM System. In: Shen W, Wang L, ed. Process Planning and Scheduling for Distributed Manufacturing: Springer-Verlag; published in May 2007, ISBN 1-84628-751-0.

Wang, D., Nagalingam, S. V., and Lin, G. C.I., Development of an agent-based Virtual CIM architecture for small and medium manufacturers, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol 23m issue 1, 2007, pp.1-16

Eckermann, B, Nagalingam S and Lin G ¡§Learning about innovation by association with key management practices¡¨ The Journal of Enterprise Resource Management, Vol 12, fourth Quarter 2002, pp 58-72

Chiu, M., Lin, H.W., Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I, Inter-operability Framework towards Virtual Integration of SMEs in the Manufacturing Industry, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management (IJMTM), Volume 9 - Issue 3/4 ¡V 2006, 328 ¡V 349

Wang, D., Nagalingam, S. V., and Lin, G. C.I., A Novel Multi-Agent Architecture for Virtual CIM System, International Journal of Agile Manufacturing System, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2005, pp 69-82

Lin, H-W., Nagalingam, S. and Lin, G., Towards Collaborative Manufacturing in Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises, 35th International MATADOR Conference, Taiwan, 18th – 20th July, 2007., pp 157-160

Wang D, Nagalingam, S V, and Lin, G C I, Development of a parallel processing multi-agent architecture for a virtual CIM system, International Journal of Production Research, September 2004, Vol. 42 Issue 17, p3765, 21p

Eckermann, B., Lin, G., and Nagalingam, S., A Proactive Approach to Innovation, International Journal of Business Performance Management, Vol 5, No 4. 2003, pp 362-380.

Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I Latest developments in CIM, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Vol 15 Iss 6 (November 1999) pp 423-430

Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I, A Methodology to Select Optimal System Components for Computer Integrated Manufacturing by Evaluating Synergy¡¨, Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Systems, Vol 11, No 3 (July 1998) pp 217- 228

Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I, ¡§A Unified Approach towards CIM Justification¡¨, Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Systems, Vol 10, No 2 (May 1997) pp 133-145

Zhou, N., Nagalingam, S. and Lin, G., Application of Virtual CIM in Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises, 35th International MATADOR Conference, Taiwan, 18th – 20th July, 2007, pp 161-164

Raman, D, Nagalingam, S.V. Gurd, B. and Lin, G.C.I., Effectiveness Measurement of Facilities Layout, 35th International MATADOR Conference, Taiwan, 18th – 20th July, 2007, pp 165-168

Lin, H-W., Nagalingam, S.V. and Lin, G.C.I., Manufacturing Decision-support using Interactive Meta-Goal Programming International Conference on Industrial Engineering 2007 (ICINDE 2007)), Hong Kong, 21-23 March, 2007, Vol 2, pp 2202-2207

Nagalingam, S.V, and Lin, G.C.I., Virtual CIM and Digital Manufacturing, First International Symposium on Digital Manufacture (ISDM'2006), 15-17 October, 2006. - pp 19-25, published in Journal of Wuhan University of Technology, Vol 28, Suppl 1, Wuhan China.

Raman, D, and Nagalingam, S.V, Performance Analysis of Maintenance Function: A Queuing Theory Based Approach, Proceeding of International Manufacturing Leaders Forum 2006 (IMLF 2006), 23-25 October 2006, Taipei, Taiwan, pp CD ROM

Raman, D, and Nagalingam, S.V, An Approach to Analyse the Effectiveness of Material Handling System, Proceeding of International Manufacturing Leaders Forum 2006 (IMLF 2006), 23-25 October 2006, Taipei, Taiwan, pp CD ROM

Zhu, Z, Nagalingam, S V , Hsu, H-Y, and Lin, G C I, Case Based Reasoning Methodology for Mechanical Product Design, Proceeding of International Manufacturing Leaders Forum 2006 (IMLF 2006), 23-25 October 2006, Taipei, Taiwan, pp CD ROM

Raman, D, and Nagalingam, S.V, Productive area utilisation- Towards measuring the effectiveness of facilities layout, 4th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2006) 5th-7th September 2006, Liverpool, UK, pp 357-362,

Lin, H-W, Nagalingam, S.V and Chiu, M, Development of a Collaboration Decision-making Model for a Network SMEs, 18th International Conference on Production Research, 31st July -4th Aug 2005, University of Salerno, Italy- pp CD ROM

Raman, D, Nagalingam, S.V and Chiu, M, A Fuzzy Rule Based System to Measure Facility Layout Flexibility¡¨. 18th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR-18), 31st July -4th Aug 2005, University of Salerno, Italy- pp CD ROM

Wang, D., Nagalingam, S. V., and Lin, G. C.I., Production and logistic planning towards agent-based Virtual CIM system in an SME network, Eighth International Conference on Manufacturing & Management, PCMM 2004, 8-10 December 2004 - Gold Coast, Australia, pp CD ROM

9) Lin, H-W, Nagalingam, S. V., Chiu, M, and Lin, G. C.I., Development of a Dynamic Task Rescheduling Approach for Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises, Eighth International Conference on Manufacturing & Management, PCMM 2004, 8-10 December 2004 - Gold Coast, Australia, pp CD ROM

Wang, D., Nagalingam, S. V., and Lin, G. C.I., A Parallel Processing Multi-Agent Architecture for Virtual CIM System, 14th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, (FAIM 2004), July 12-14, 2004, Toronto, Canada, pp CD ROM

Lin, H-W, Nagalingam, S. V., Chiu, M, and Lin, G. C.I., Development of a Web-based Three-tier Decision Support System for Virtual Enterprises, 14th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, (FAIM 2004), July 12-14, 2004, Toronto, Canada, pp CD ROM

Chiu, M, Nagalingam, S. V., and Lin, G. C.I., Adaptation to Interoperability Framework for Web-Based Applications toward Virtual Manufacturing, 14th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, (FAIM 2004), July 12-14, 2004, Toronto, Canada, pp CD ROM

Wang, D., Nagalingam, S. V., and Lin, G. C.I., Development of a Virtual CIM System Using Agent-based Approach, 7th International Conference on Mechatronics Technology (ICMT-2003), Taipei, Taiwan, December 2~6, 2003, pp CD ROM

Wang, D., Nagalingam, S. V., and Lin, G. C.I., Implementation approaches for a multi-agent Virtual CIM System, 9th International Conference on Manufacturing Excellence (ICME ¡V 2003), October 13-15, 2003, pp CD ROM

Nagalingam, S. V., Lin, G. C.I., Zhou, J., and Wang, D., Virtual Computer Integrated Manufacturing and its Future Applications, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR ¡V 17), Blacksburg, Virginia USA, August 3-7, 2003, pp CD ROM

Wang, D., Nagalingam, S. V., and Lin, G. C.I., Development of an Optimised Virtual CIM System, 17th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR ¡V 17), Blacksburg, Virginia USA, August 3-7, 2003, pp CD ROM

Sexton, C., Lin, G. C.I., Lee, S-H., and Nagalingam, S., Development of a Flexible Gripping System Part 1 ¡V Guidelines for Flexible Gripper Design, 12th Int. Conf. On Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM-2002), Germany, July 15-17, 2002, pp 1265-1271

Eckermann, B., Nagalingam, S. & Lin, G., ¡Towards the development of a cultural innovation diagnostic tool¡¨, 4th international Symposium on Tools and Methods in Competitive Engineering. Wuhan, Hubei, China, April 22-26, 2002, pp 727-740

Sexton, C., Lin, G. C.I., Lee, S-H., Nagalingam, S., James, I., and Godfrey, D., Development of a Flexible Gripping System Part 2 ¡V A Case Study on the Development of a Flexible Gripping System for Sheet Metal Bending Operations, 12th Int. Conf. On Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing (FAIM-2002), Germany, July 15-17, 2002, pp 1272-1280

Zhou, J, Nagalingam S V, Lin G C I, ¡Implementing Virtual CIM through World Wide Web¡¨, 5th International Conference on Engineering Design and Automation, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. August 5-8, 2001, pp 115-120

Nagalingam, S V, Lu, T-F and Lin, G C I ¡Latest Research Directions in Intelligent Manufacturing¡¨, 6th Int. Con. on Manufacturing (PCM'2000), Southfield - Detroit, Michigan, USA, September 6 - 8, 2000, pp 372-377

Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I, A Framework of Group Decision Support System for Virtual CIM, 8th Int. Con. on Manufacturing Engineering Excellence (ICME-2000), Sydney, August 27-30, 2000, pp 543-548

Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I, "A Distributed Group Decision Support Systems for Virtual Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 6th International Conference on Automation Technology, Taiwan , 9-11 May, 2000, pp 377-382

Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I ¡§Optimising the resources for CIM Implementation¡¨, 4th International Conference on Manufacturing Technology, Hong Kong, December 1997, pp CD ROM

Nagalingam, S V, Lin, G C I, and Chan, F T S, A methodology to evaluate enterprise integration¨, World Congress- Manufacturing Technology Towards 2000, Cairns, Australia, September 1997, pp 629-637

Nagalingam, S V, and Lin, G C I., Selection System Components for CIM¨ CIRP International Symposium- advanced Design and Manufacture in the Global Manufacturing Era, Hong Kong, August 1997, pp 221-226

Lin, G C I, and Nagalingam, S V., CIM: Guidelines for Justification¨ 4th international Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, December 1996, pp 682-686. Invited Paper

Lin, G C I, and Nagalingam, S V., Justification of CIM: A Guided Approach¨, 4th international Conference on Automation Technology, Taiwan, July 8-11, 1996, pp 3-10

Chan, F T S, Ip, R W L, Lau, H, Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I., "Reduction in Product Cost via Manufacturing Simulation¡¨, 4 th international conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Singapore, October 1997 , pp 538-546

Nagalingam, S V, Lin, G C I, and Chan, F T S ¡"Quantifying Intangibles in CIM Justification by using the Cost-Value technique¡¨, 4th international conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Singapore, October 1997, pp 348-357

Chan, F T S, Ip, R W L, Lau, H, Nagalingam, S V and Lin, G C I ¡"A Case Study on BPR to Manufacturing Industry¡¨, 4th international conference on Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Singapore, October 1997, pp 132-143

Nagalingam, S V, Lin, G C I, and Chan, F T S ¡"A methodology to evaluate enterprise integration¡¨, World Congress- Manufacturing Technology Towards 2000, Cairns, Australia, September 1997, pp 629-637

Nagalingam, S V, and Lin, G C I ¡"Selection System Components for CIM¡¨ CIRP International Symposium- advanced Design and Manufacture in the Global Manufacturing Era, Hong Kong, August 1997, pp 221-226

Lin, G C I, and Nagalingam, S V ¡§CIM: Guidelines for Justification¡¨ 4th international Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Computer Vision, Singapore, December 1996, pp 682-686. Invited Paper

Lin, G C I, and Nagalingam, S V ¡§Justification of CIM: A Guided Approach¡¨, 4th international Conference on Automation Technology, Taiwan, July 8-11, 1996, pp 3-10

Eckermann, B., Nagalingam, S. & Lin, G., ¡§Measuring cultural innovation in a manufacturing organisation¡¨, 6th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering - Theory, Applications and Practice, San Francisco, CA, USA, November 18-20, 2001, pp CD ROM

Zhou, J, Nagalingam S V, Lin G CI, ¡§CORBA-Oriented CIM Framework¡¨ 16th International Conference on Production Research (ICPR-16), Prague, 29 July to 3 August 2001, pp CD ROM

Lin, G C I, Nagalingam, S V, and Zhou, J ¡§Virtual CIM for Globalised Manufacturing¡¨ International Conference on Engineering and Technology Sciences, Beijing, China, Oct 11-13, 2000, Session 2, pp 319-327

Lin, G C I, and Nagalingam, S V ¡§Justification of CIM: Overcoming implementation barriers¡¨, 2nd international Conference on Managing Integrated Manufacturing Leicester, U.K, June 1996, pp 13-18

Editorial for the special issue of RCIM for IMLF-2005, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, as a guest editor, , November 2006

Editorial for the special issue of RCIM for IMLF-2002, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, as a guest editor, Volume 19, Issue 6 , December 2003 , pp 459-460,

Editorial for the special issue of IJCIM for IMLF-2005, International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing– Special Issue on International Manufacturing Leaders Forum 2005: Global Competitive Manufacturing, Volume 20, No 5, July-Aug 2007, pp 411-412, Guest Editor

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

• Productivity improvements
• Integration of technologies
• Issues of Small and Medium Manufacturing enterprises