Recent Research Group Presentations Dr Christian Hicks , University of Newcastle upon Tyne Business School Armstrong Building, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle NE1 7RU.

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Conference Papers

Hicks, C., 2006, "Lean Manufacturing", First Estonian Industy Conference, Tallinn, Estonia, 8th December 2006.

Hicks, C., Herron, C. and McGovern, T.W., 2006, "An evaluation of the implementation of Lean Manufacturing by the North East Productivity Alliance", Logistics Research Network (LRN 2006), 6th-8th September 2006.

Terrawut, T. and Hicks, C., 2006, "A Grouping Genetic Algorithm for optimising the cell formation problem", Third International Conference on Group Technology / Cellular Manufactuting, Groningen, Netherlands, July 3rd-6th, 2006.

Hicks, C., 2006, "Establishing the relationship between the mean tardiness and the number of resources under close control for companies producing complex products, with Beta distributed processing times", Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC 2006), Banff, Canada, June 3rd-6th, 2006.

Pongcharoena, P., Promtetb, Yenradeec, W. and Hicks, C., 2006, "Application of Genetic Algorithm Tool for University Course Timetabling", 14^th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria 20^th-25^th February 2004

Hicks, C., Hossen, F.A. and Pongcharoen, P., 2006, "Laissez-faire or full control? An evaluation of various control strategies for companies that produce complex products with stochastic processing times" , 14^th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria 20^th-25^th February 2004.

Hicks, C. and Herron, C, 2005, "The application of lean manufacturing as a repositioning strategy", 3^rd International Conference on Manufacturing Research ICMR2005, Cranfield, 6^th-8^th September.

Herron, C. and Hicks, C., 2005, "Improving the competitiveness of North East companies by implementing lean manufacturing using change agents", 3^rd International Conference on Manufacturing Research ICMR2005, Cranfield, 6^th-8^th September.

Hicks, C. and Hossen, F.A., 2005, "An analysis of the use of the Beta distribution for planning large complex projects", Fifth Annual Meeting of ENBIS, Newcastle upon Tyne, 14^th–16^th September, 2005.

Hicks, C. and Hossen, F.A., 2005, "Stochastic simulation studies of dispatching rules for production scheduling in the capital goods industry", Fifth Annual Meeting of ENBIS, Newcastle upon Tyne, 14^th–16^th September, 2005.

Hicks, C, 2004, "Determining optimum Genetic Algorithm parameters for designing manufacturing facilities in the capital goods industry", 13^th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, IGLS, Austria 16^th-20^th February 2004.

Hicks, C., Pongcharoen, P. and Braiden, P.M., 2004, "Stochastic simulation of dispatching rules in the capital goods industry", 13^th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, IGLS, Austria 16th-20th February 2004.

McGovern, T. and Hicks, C., 2004, "Specifications and supplier development in the UK electrical transmission and distribution equipment industry", 13^th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, IGLS, Austria 16th-20th February 2004.

Hicks, C., 2003, "An overview of current research"

Hicks, C., 2003, "A tool for optimising facilities design for capital goods companies", 32nd International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, Sustainability, Globalisation - The Engineering Challenge, University of Limerick, Ireland, August 11-13 2003.

Hicks C, Heidrich, O. McGovern T and Donnelly T., 2002, “Waste management: a strategic supply chain issue”, 12th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, IGLS, Austria 18-22nd February 2002, volume 3 pp185-202.

Hicks C., 2002, “A genetic algorithm design tool for designing manufacturing facilities in the capital goods industry”, 12th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, IGLS, Austria 18-22nd February 2002, volume 3 pp203-216.

Hicks C., "The use of managed learning environments to support large group teaching", IEE 2nd Annual Symposium on Engineering Education 3-4th January 2002.

D.P.Song, Hicks, C. and Earl C.F.,"Planning operation start times for the manufacture of capital products with uncertain processing times", Industrial Statistics in Action, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 8-10^th September 2000.

P.Pongcharoen, C.Hicks, P.M.Braiden and D.J.Stewardson, "Scheduling Complex Products using Genetic Algorithms with Various Fitness Functions", International Conference on Complexity and Complex Systems in Industry, University of Warwick 19-20^th September 2000.

C.Hicks, D.J.Stewardson, P.M.Braiden and P.Pongcharoen, "Applying designed experiments to optimise the performance of Genetic Algorithms used for scheduling complex products in the capital goods industry",  Industrial Statistics in Action, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 8-10th September 2000.
 

Braiden P.M. and Hicks C., "Improved Knowledge Management Activities in the Design and Manufacture of Engineered to Order Capital Goods", Know'99: New Directions in Research, Theory and Practice, 26^th November 1999, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. ISBN 1-86365-688-X pp 217-224.

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