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DR ALAN SMITH



Contact Details

Organization: Mechanical Engineering
Position: SENIOR LECTURER - MECH & MANU ENG
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Homepage: http://www.mame.mu.oz.au/people/staff/alan_smith.html
Work: 8344 6706
Fax: 9347 8784
Room: 105
Level: 02
Building: Engineering Workshops
Campus: Parkville

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Engineering Institution not known
Doctor of Philosophy Institution not known

Fellowships

Fellowship Date Awarded
Member of the Institution of Engineers, Australia (MIEAUST)

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Predictive mechanics of cutting models for forces & torque in machine tapping operations with straight & helical flute taps Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • A comparative study of manufacturing practices and performance variables
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal of Production Economics
    Volume: 112
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 841-859
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  • Empirical relationships between some manufacturing practices and performance
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal of Production Research
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 13
    Page numbers: 3583-3613
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • An empirically validated quality management measurement instrument
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Benchmarking
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 493-522
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  • ISO 9000 series of standards: comparison of manufacturing and service organisations
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
    Volume: 23
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 122-142
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  • Uncovering the Faultlines in Quality Management
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 395-407
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Manufacturing Yield improvement by Clustering
    Year: 2006
    Event name: International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP� 06)
    Conference Publication: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
    Volume: 4234
    Page numbers: 526-534
    Publisher: Springer(Berlin)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Strategic supply chain management issues in the automotive industry: an Australian perspective
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Production Research
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 16
    Page numbers: 3375-3399
    Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd(London)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Detection of faulty semiconductor wafers using dynamic growing self organizing map
    Year: 2005
    Event name: IEEE Tencon 2005
    Conference Publication: Tencon 2005-2005 IEEE Region 10
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: Swinburne Press(Melbourne)
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  • Managing quality and reliability of products under new challeges: an australian study
    Year: 2005
    Event name: International Manufacturing Leaders Forum - Global Competitive Manufacturing
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of The International Manufacturing Leaders Forum 2005
    Page numbers: 1-9
    Publisher: University of South Australia(Adelaide)
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  • Optimally balancing industrial-scale production lines
    Year: 2005
    Event name: The Seventh International Conference on Stimulating Manufacturing Excellence in Small and Medium Enterprises
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of The Seventh SMESME International Conference
    Page numbers: 332-339
    Publisher: University of Strathclyde(Glasgow)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Mechanics of othogonal cutting of optical polymeric materials
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Machining and Cutting Tools in Manufacturing Technology
    Volume: 66
    Page numbers: 124-132
    Publisher: NTU-XGP(Kharkov)
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  • Performance of a computer-aided cutting force model for turning with circular-profiled tools
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Research and Education
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 195-204
    Publisher: National Technical University(Kharkov)
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  • Relationship between TQM and innovation: a case study
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 394-401
    Publisher: Emerald
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A predictive model for turning with circular form tools
    Year: 2004
    Event name: microCAD 2004 International Scietific Conference
    Conference Publication: microCAD 2004 International Scientific Conference
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 201-206
    Publisher: University of Miskolc(Miskolc)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Detection of gas leakage from landfills using infrared thermography - applicability and limitations
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Waste Management and Research
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 2003
    Page numbers: 436-447
    Publisher: International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association
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  • Quality management practices and organizational performance: an empirical study of direct relationships
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Quality and Productivity Management
    Volume: 3
    Page numbers: 1-21
    Publisher: International Society of Quality and Productivity Management(Michigan)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • A case study using infrared thermography to detect landfill gas leakage
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 9th international waste management and landfill symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 9th international waste management and landfill symposium
    Issue: 2003-D13
    Page numbers: 413-419
    Publisher: CISA Environmental Sanitary Engineering Centre(Sardinia)
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  • Contemporary supply chain management issues in the automotive manufacturing industry
    Year: 2003
    Event name: Joint Conference of Production and Operations Management Society and European Operations Management Association
    Conference Publication: One World? One View of OM?
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 301-310
    Publisher: Servizi Grafici Editoriali(Padova)
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  • Difficulties and problems with quality management
    Year: 2003
    Event name: The ANZAM 2003 Operations Management Symposium
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the ANZAM 2003 Operations Management Symposium
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 241-253
    Publisher: University of Technology(Sydney)
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  • Perceptions of ISO 9000: How do Manufacturing and Service Industry Organisations View the Standards?
    Year: 2003
    Event name: 7th International Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference of theDecision Sciences Institute
    Page numbers: 1-6
    Publisher: Decision Sciences Institute(Shanghai)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Comparison of performance of TQM and NON-TQM manufacturing organisations
    Year: 2001
    Journal: The Journal of Enterprise Resource Management
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 62-66
    Publisher: Australian Production and Inventory Control Society(Sydney)
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • TQM and innovation: an empirical examination of their relationship
    Year: 2001
    Event name: 5th International and 8th National Research Conference on Quality and Innovation Management
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 5th International and 8th National Research Conference on Quality and Innovation Management
    Page numbers: 525-542
    Publisher: The Euro-Australian Cooperation Centre - Victoria(Melbourne)
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Reports

  • Training of thermographers
    Year: 2001
    Customer: The Australian Institute for Nondestructive testing
    Publisher: The Australian Institute for Nondestructive Testing(Sydney)
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