The University of Sheffield
Management School

Dr Niraj Kumar

Lecturer in Operations and
Supply Chain Management

Room: B064
Sheffield University Management School
Conduit Road, Sheffield S10 1FL
Phone: +44 (0)114 222 3360
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 3348
Email: n.kumar@sheffield.ac.uk
Niraj Kumar

Dr Niraj Kumar is a Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management at Sheffield University Management School. He is also associated with the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) Research centre and the Centre for Environment, Energy and Sustainability (CEES) at the University. In past, he has held various academic and research positions at Hull University Business School (UK), University of Bath School of Management (UK) and the University of Hong Kong (HK). He has been closely working with the industry on several research projects in UK, India and Hong Kong particularly in the area of Operations and Supply chain management. He has also contributed in various consultancy projects with Aerospace and Defence, Retail, Construction, IT and Automobile industries.

Dr Kumar has a strong research background and some of his research works have been highly cited in reputed international journals. He has published his work in top quality world class journals such as Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, Expert Systems with Applications, International Journal of Production Research, Production Planning and Control, and Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing. He is on the editorial board of International Journal of Network and Mobile Technology. He also serves as the reviewer for many international journals such as International Journal of Production Economics, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Omega, Decision support systems, IEEE, Expert Systems with Applications, International Journal of Production Research, Production Planning and Control, and Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing. He has served as the session chair/scientific committee member of many reputed international conferences worldwide and also presented his research in international conferences such as European Operations Management Association (EurOMA), Production and Operations Management Society (POMS), Decision Sciences Institute (DSI), Logistics Research Network (LRN), and Asian Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems (APIEMS).

Dr Kumar holds a PhD in the area of Operations and Supply Chain Management from University of Bath School of Management. His education also includes an MPhil in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering from University of Hong Kong and Bachelor of Technology from National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology (NIFFT), India. He was the ‘overall topper’ in his undergraduate programme. While studying at various levels in his life, he has received numerous awards. In spare time, he actively participates in charitable activities and closely works with ‘Saumya Foundation’ to provide education to socially deprived communities in India. He has also received ’the Bath Award’ in 2009 at the University of Bath for his outstanding contribution in community service and student union

Research Interests

Teaching

Dr Kumar has been primarily involved in developing and teaching operations management and supply chain management modules at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. He currently teaches in MSc in Logistics and Supply chain management programme in autumn semester. He is the module leader for following two modules:

• MGT 6081: Green Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• MGT 6083: Supply Chain Technology.

Selected Publications

International Peer Reviewed Journals

V. Kumar, N. Mishra, N. Kumar, M. Kumar and M. K. Tiwari (2011), Addressing lot sizing and warehousing scheduling problem in the manufacturing environment, Expert systems with applications, 38(9), 11751-11762.

Felix T. S. Chan and Niraj Kumar (2009), Effective allocation of customers to distribution centers: A multiple ant colony optimization approach, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, 25(1), 1-12.

Felix T. S. Chan, Niraj Kumar, M.K. Tiwari, H.C.W. Lau and K.L. Choy (2008), Global Supplier Selection: A Fuzzy-AHP Approach, International Journal of Production Research 46(14), 3825 - 3857.

Niraj Kumar, M.K.Tiwari and F.T.S. Chan (2008), Development of a hybrid negotiation scheme for multi-agent manufacturing systems, International Journal of Production Research, 46 (3), 539-569.

Niraj Kumar, R. Ranjan and M.K.Tiwari (2007), Recognition of undercut features and parting surface of moulded parts using polyhedron face adjacency graph, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 34 (1-2), 47-55.

Felix T.S. Chan and Niraj Kumar (2007), Global supplier development considering risk factors using fuzzy extended AHP-based approach, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 35 (4), 417-431.

Felix T. S. Chan, Niraj Kumar and K. L. Choy (2007), Decision-making approach for the distribution centre location problem in a supply chain network using the fuzzy-based hierarchical concept, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B, Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 221 (4), 725-739.

Felix T.S. Chan and Niraj Kumar (2006), Ranking based heuristic approach for three - dimensional multi shaped container-loading problem, Annual Journal of Institute of Industrial Engineers (Hong Kong), 26, 51-60.

Felix T.S. Chan, Rajat Bhagwat, N. Kumar, M.K. Tiwari and Philip Lam (2006), Development of a decision support system for air-cargo pallets loading problem: A case study, Expert Systems with Applications, 31 (3), 472-485.

R. Ranjan, N. Kumar, R. K. Pandey and M. K. Tiwari (2005), Agent-based design framework for riser and gating system design for sound casting, International Journal of Production Research, 42, 4827-4847.

Rakesh Ranjan, Niraj Kumar, Rupesh Kumar Pandey and M.K. Tiwari (2005), Automatic recognition of machining features from a solid model using the 2D feature pattern, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 26 (3-4), 861-869.

Book chapters

V. Kumar, N. Mishra, F. T. S. Chan, N. Kumar and A. Verma (2011) A multiple ant colony optimization approach for multi-objective manufacturing rescheduling problem (Chapter 12), in L. Wang, A. Ng and K. Deb (eds.), Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimization for Product Design and Manufacturing, Springer, 1-19.

Felix T.S. Chan and Niraj Kumar (2006) Systematic study of the complexities involved in loading and transportation of air-cargos, in T. Blecker/ W. Kersten (ed), Operations and Technology Management (Part 2)- Complexity Management in Supply Chains- Concepts, Tools and Methods, Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co, Berlin,141-157.

International Conferences

A. Brint, N. Kumar and A. Genovese, Modeling alternate bargaining using target, reserve and minimum price thresholds, Proceedings of the OR54 Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 4-6 Sep 2012.

Niraj Kumar, Mickey Howard, Mike Lewis and Sinéad Carey, Understanding the alignment of supplier capability and governance mechanism in buyer-supplier collaboration, Proceedings of the 4th World Conference on Production & Operations Management / 19th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA’12) Annual Conference, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, July 1-5, 2012.

M. Kumar and N. Kumar, Strategic Agility in Financial Services: Defence mechanism in turbulent times, Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute 42ndAnnual Meeting, Boston, USA, Nov 19 – 22, 2011.

Niraj Kumar, Mickey Howard, Mike Lewis and Sinéad Carey, Exploring the influence of contractual and relational governance on the relationship between capability and collaboration, Proceedings of 18th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA’08) Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK, July 3-6, 2011.

Niraj Kumar, Mickey Howard, Sinéad Carey and Michael Lewis, Relationship between supplier’s capabilities and collaboration type: A conceptual framework, Proceedings of Decision Sciences Institute 41st Annual Meeting, San Diego, USA, Nov 20 – 23, 2010.

Niraj Kumar, Mickey Howard, Sinéad Carey and Michael Lewis, Exploring the impact of technological capability on inter-firm collaboration in UK aerospace industry, Proceedings of POMS 21st Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada, May 7 – 10, 2010.

Felix T. S. Chan, S. Wadhwa and Niraj Kumar, Ant-colony based optimization approach for distribution centre allocation problem, Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Logistics and SCM Systems (ICLS Bangkok 2008), Bangkok, Thailand, 26-28November, 2008.

Niraj Kumar, Mickey Howard and Michael Lewis, Resource Based Strategy in the Context of Supply Chain: Evolution and Beyond, Proceedings of 15th European Operations Management Association (EurOMA’08) Annual Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands, June 15-18, 2008.

Felix T.S. Chan, Niraj Kumar and T. C. Wong, Three-dimensional air-cargo loading problem: An evolutionary algorithm based approach, Proceedings of 7th Asian Pacific Industrial Engineering and Management Systems Conference (APIEMS’ 06), Bangkok, 17-20 December 2006.

Felix T.S. Chan and Niraj Kumar, Mathematical modeling of the air-cargo loading problem for betterment of the airfreight forwarding industry, Proceedings of the Logistics Research Network Annual Conference Newcastle, UK, 6-8 September 2006.

Felix T.S. Chan and Niraj Kumar, Systematic study of the complexities involved in loading and transportation of air-cargos, Proceedings of the Hamburg International Conference of Logistics, Hamburg, Germany, 15-16 September 2006.

Felix T.S. Chan and Niraj Kumar, A new heuristic embedded approach for multi-constraint air-cargo loading problem, Proceedings of the 4th International IEEE Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN’06), Singapore, 16-18 August 2006.