Dr. Swee Kuik
PhDLecturer - Operations Management
School of Business and Law
Welcome to Swee Kuik’s webpage.
Prior to joining CQUniversity Brisbane, he was with the Graduate School of System Informatics, Kobe University in Japan. His research interests include supply chain optimisation, sustainable supply chain, product recovery, green logistics, smart manufacturing, and Internet of Things (IoT), product redesign for sustainability, and maintenance management and reliability. He teaches in operations management, management science, and business analytics related subjects. In the past, he was also the certified Six Sigma Black Belt practitioner (CSSBB) responsible for process and quality improvement projects (i.e. product design, engineering tooling modifications, machine design, automation and etc.).
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=SrWKHscAAAAJ&hl=en
Ongoing research works are as follows:
- Evaluation of recovery configuration options (i.e. reuse, remanufacture, recycle) by product utilisation value;
- Value co-creative design and production with IoT based thinking factory for tailor-made products;
- Production planning and inventory control in the production system;
- Quality and product warranty policies;
- Sustainable supply chain management for collaborative manufacturing.
Professional Experience
2016 Session Chair, Industrial Engineering, IAENG International Conference for Engineers and Computer Scientists, Hong Kong.
2016 Session Chair, Industrial Management, 4th IIAE International Conference on Industrial Application Engineering, Beppu, Japan.
2016 Technical Programme Committee, Engineering Management, International Conference on Economic Development and Management Engineering (EDME), China.
2014-2015 Programme Committee, International Conference of Engineering Technology and Industrial Application, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, Indonesia.
Key Achievements
2016 Best Paper Award, IAENG International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Hong Kong, Paper Title: Product Redesign Decision for Remanufactured Product in a Manufacturing System.
2016 Best Presentation Award, International Conference on Industrial Application Engineering, Beppu, Japan - Paper Title: Production Planning and Inventory Control in a Remanufactured Production System.
2014 Research Fellowship Award, Australian Academy of Science (AAS) and Australian Research Council (ARC) in association with Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Accreditation
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
- 4609 Information Systems
- 4014 Manufacturing Engineering
- 1503 Business and Management
