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DR VIVEK N

Designation: Professor 

Biography
Dr.N. Vivek has a teaching experience of more than 25 years. He has received his Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management and specialized in Quantitative Methods, Research Methods, Business Statistics, Supply Chain Management, Theory of Constraints, Throughput accounting, Quality Management and Operations Management. He has published numerous papers in peer reviewed journals and has presented papers in India and abroad. His other interests include Training Within Industry, Karakuri Kaizen, Activity Based Learning, low-cost organic agriculture, sustainable development, micro infrastructure development, rural economies, value investing and community health.

Qualification:

Degree University Month Year
Ph.D. Anna University 2008
M.B.A Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning 1994
B.E (EEE) Bharathiar University 1992
Certified practitioner in MODAPTS fundamentals International MODAPTS Association Dec 2020

Academic Experience:

University/college Designation Period
PSG College of Technology Professor 01.03.2019 till date
PSG College of Technology Associate Professor 01.06.2011 to 28.02.2019
PSG College of Technology Assistant Professor 01.06.2010 to 31.05.2011
PSG College of Technology Lecturer(Selection Grade) 01.06.2009 to 31.05.2010
PSG College of Technology Lecturer 14.06.2003 to 31.05.2009
CMS College of Science &Commerce Lecturer 01.07 1999 to 13.06.2003
SRS College of Science & Commerce Lecturer 01.09.1997 to 30.04.1999

Programs Designed

  1. PGDM Program, 2011
  2. MBA-WMSE program (Waste Management & Social Entrepreneurship), 2020

Administrative positions

  1. Program Coordinator, Master’s Program in International Business, 2004-05, 2006-07
  2. Program Coordinator, MBA program, 2005-06
  3. Program coordinator, PGDM program, 2019-21
  4. Program coordinator, MBA – WMSE (Waster Management & Social Entrepreneurship), 2020 till date
  5. Stream head, Decision Sciences Stream, 2014 till date
  6. Head, Industrial Consultancy, 2022 till date
  7. Deputy Warden, PSG Tech Additional Hostel, 2010 till date

Subjects Taught

  1. Industrial Management
  2. Theory of constraints
  3. Applied business Statistics
  4. Operations Management
  5. Supply Chain management
  6. Total Quality Management
  7. Operations Research
  8. Management Strategies from the Panchatantra
  9. Spreadsheet applications for Business
  10. Research methods 1 & 2

Doctoral Thesis Supervised / Co supervised

  • AJITH K THOMAS, The role of in house travel arrangers On purchase of star hotel rooms A study with reference to Kochi, the commercial capital of Kerala, Co-Supervisor | Viva voce date 10.03.2014
  • S PARVADAVARDHINI, A Study On the Impact of Quality Management Practices On The Quality Results And Profitability Of The Manufacturing Firms Supervisor | Viva voce date: 03.03.2017
  • SATISH MOHANRAM, A study on the impact of supply chain initiatives and supply chain maturity on the competitive advantage and performance of companies in India Supervisor | Viva voce date: 26.05.2017
  • SATHIYAPRIYA T, An extended model for the theory of constraints supply chain replenishment system and its application to supply chain restructuring a simulation study Supervisor | Viva voce date: 01.12.2017
  • KISHNAVENI D, Sustainable Agriculture – Sustainable Agriculture – Investigation Of Drivers, Practices And Impact In Coimbatore Region Co-Supervisor | Viva voce date: 13.11.2020
  • SHABEENA BEGAM M, Exploration and Analysis Of Lean Management Practices In Manufacturing Industries Of Coimbatore: An Empirical Study Co-Supervisor | Viva voce date: 29.11.2021

Indexed publications

  1. Sekkizhar, J., Vivek, N. (2023). Buffer Sizing, Resizing and Monitoring in TOC DBM Approach with Respect to Seasonal Products—A Simulation Study. In: Natarajan, E., Vinodh, S., Rajkumar, V. (eds) Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Sustainable Environment. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. [Scopus: Mechanical Engineering Q4]
  1. Sekkizhar, J., Vivek, N. (2023). Establishing Flow and Improving Flow Velocity in Manufacturing Systems—Pointers from Theory of Constraints. In: Natarajan, E., Vinodh, S., Rajkumar, V. (eds) Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Sustainable Environment. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. [Scopus: Mechanical Engineering Q4]
  1. P Hong, Balasudarsun NL, N Vivek, M Sathish, (2022), Sustainable Agricultural Business Model: Case Studies of Innovative Indian Farmers, Sustainability 14 (16), 10242 [Scopus-Renewable Energy, sustainability, environment Q2, WOS- Environmental in SSCI: Q2]
  1. Parvadavardini Soundarrajan, Nagarajan Vivek, (2016), ‘Green finance for sustainable green economic growth in India’, Agricultural Economics (Zeme?de?lská Ekonomika), Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 62(1), pp 35-44 [Scopus – Economics, econometrics and finance: Q1, WOS-Economics in SSCI: Q2]
  1. Parvadavardini Soundarrajan, Nagarajan Vivek, (2015), ‘A study on the agricultural value chain financing in India’, Agricultural Economics (Zeme?de?lská Ekonomika), Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 61(1), pp 31-38, [Scopus – Economics, econometrics and finance: Q1, WOS-Economics in SSCI: Q2]
  1. Parvadavardini S, Vivek N, Devadasan S R, (2015), ‘Impact of quality management practices on quality performance and financial performance: evidence from Indian manufacturing companies’, Total Quality Management & Business Excellence, 27(5-6), pp 507-530 [Scopus-Business management and accounting: Q1, WOS-Management in SSCI: Q3, ABDC: C]
  1. Priya T S, Vivek N, (2016), ‘Restructuring the agricultural supply chain’, International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 10(1), pp 135-148 [Scopus-Business and international management: Q3]
  1. Vivek Nagarajan, Katrina Savitskie, Sampathkumar Ranganathan, Sandipan Sen, Aliosha Alexandrov, (2013) “The effect of environmental uncertainty, information quality, and collaborative logistics on supply chain flexibility of small manufacturing firms in India”, Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, 25(5), pp.784 – 802 [Scopus-Business and international management: Q1, WOS-Business in SSCI: Q3, ABDC: A]
  1. N Vivek, Sandipan Sen, Katrina Savitskie, Sampath Kumar Ranganathan, Sudharani Ravindran, (2011), ‘Supplier partnerships, information quality, supply chain flexibility, supply chain integration and organisational performance: the Indian story’, International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, 6(2), pp 181-199 [Scopus-Strategy and management:Q1]
  1. Vivek N, Sudharani D, (2009), ‘An Empirical Study On The Impact Of Supplier Performance On Organizational Performance: A Supply Chain Perspective’, South Asian Journal Of Management, 16 (3), pp 63-72. [ABDC: C]
  1. Vivek, N; Ravindran, Sudharani; Shalij, P. R; Devadasan, S. R.,(2009), Impact of information quality on the organisational performance in supply chain environment – an empirical study in India, International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, Vol 2(2), pp 111-124 [WOS-ECI]
  1. J Sekkizhar, N Vivek, (2021), Profitability of Supply Chain in Open Competition Environment: A Simulation Study Using the Theory of constraints Replenishment Framework, Review of International Geographical Education Online, 11 (7)
  2. [SCOPUS – Geography, planning and development: Q3]
  3. Satish Mohanram, Vivek N, (2016), ‘Supply Chain Maturity Driving Company Performance in Indian Companies’, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, 6(5), pp209-224
  4. Parvadavardini S, Vivek N, Devadasan S R, (2016), ‘Structural Modeling of Quality Management Practices to Achieve Business Results’, Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities, 6(6), pp 651-674
  5. Sathiya Priya & Vivek, (2013). Application of TWI (Training Within Industry) in Supply Chain Management. Journal of Contemporary Research in Management, 8(2).
  6. Vivek N, Sathish Mohanram (2014), ‘An empirical model relating Supply Chain Sourcing performance, Making performance and Delivery performance to Company Performance’ Journal of Contemporary Research in Management, Vol 9, No 1.
  7. SathiyaPriya & Vivek, (2013). Optimization of Inventory Cost Using Computer Simulation: A Case Study. Life Science Journal, 10(2).
  8. Ajith K. Thomas, Dr. (Col.) P.S James, Dr. N. Vivek, “Co-creating Luxury Hotel Services: A Framework development”, (2013), Life Science Journal; Vol 10(7s)
  9. V.Divya, S.Bhagyalakshmi, T.Sathiya Priya, N.Vivek, “Application of queuing theory in health care: A review of literature”, (2013), The International Innovative Research Journal for Advanced Mathematics, Volume I, Issue 1, Pg. 64 – 76
  10. Kannan Eagappan, Deena C Sangeetha, Mamatha G Philip, N.Vivek and S.Ramalingam “Effect of Green Tea on Pharmacodynmics of Warfarin”, (2012), World Heart Journal, Vol 4, Issue 2/3, pp 135-140
  11. Bennet, M. Selvam, N. Vivek, and Eva Esther Shalin (2011), The impact of investors’ sentiment on the equity market: Evidence from Indian stockMarket, 10.5897/AJBM11.588, pp. 475-483.
  12. SathiyaPriya, Parvardavardini & Vivek, 2013. Business Simulation as a Mechanism for Teaching Business Sustainability. Prerana, 5(2).

Research Grants and Awards:

  1. Faculty Innovation Award for “Introducing and Testing “Activity Based learning” as a new pedagogy in Higher education system in India with special reference to B-schools” at 26th AIMS Convention held at Pune, August 2014.
  2. Received INR 12,50,000/- grant from AICTE under “Research Progression Scheme” for the project “Introducing and Testing “Activity Based learning” as a new pedagogy in Higher education system in India with special reference to B-schools” for the year 2013-2016.
  3. Received a INR 6,50,000 grant from AICTE under Industry Institute partnership cell scheme for the years 2013-15
Conference Papers:
  • Sekkizhar, J; Vivek, N, (2022), A Study of Rope size and number of splits on the Throughput of a manufacturing system while applying the Simplified Drum-Buffer-Rope methodology on a Simulated Manufacturing setup, National Level Research Conclave 2022, PSG College of Technology, June 3-4
  • Sekkizhar, J; Vivek, N (2022), Establishing flow and improving flow velocity in manufacturing systems- pointers from theory of constraints, 2nd International Conference on Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Sustainable Environment, PSG Institute of Technology and Advanced Research in collaboration with UCSI University, Malaysia, March 11-12
  • Sekkizhar, J; Vivek, N (2022), Buffer sizing, Resizing and monitoring in TOC-DBM approach with respect to Seasonal Products – A Simulation Study, 2nd International Conference on Materials, Design and Manufacturing for Sustainable Environment, PSG Institute of Technology and Advanced Research
  • L Balasudarsun,N,Vivek, S Karthikeyan,M, S Joshua, CH Paul, (2020), Sustainable Agricultural Business Model: Case Study of Innovative Indian Farmers, The Eighth Global Supply Chain Management Conference, COBI, The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA, Dec 3-6 & 10-13
  • J Sekkizhar, N Vivek, (2020), Profitability of Supply Chain in Open Competition Environment: A Simulation Study, The Eighth Global Supply Chain Management Conference, COBI, The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA, Dec 3-6 & 10-13
  • R Chitra, N Vivek, R Jagajeevan, L Balasudarsun, N, (2020), Impact of Demand Estimation on Profitability of Organic Farm Produce Supply Chain: A Case Study, The Eighth Global Supply Chain Management Conference, COBI, The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA, Dec 3-6 & 10-13
  • L Balasudarsun,N, N Vivek, J Diyanesh, R Chitra, R Jagajeevan, (2020), Impact of Big Data in the Healthcare Industry, The Eighth Global Supply Chain Management Conference, COBI, The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA, Dec 3-6 & 10-13
  • D Krishnaveni,V, R Swamynathan, N Vivek, (2020), Production Stage Sustainability in Agricultural Supply Chains – Predicting Farmers’ Sustainability Readiness using Data Analytics, The Eighth Global Supply Chain Management Conference, COBI, The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA, Dec 3-6 & 10-13
  • SathiyaPriya T, Vivek N & Sai Mounika, 2013. A Case Study of the Russian Dacha. In Sixth Global Supply Chain Management Conference: Building Bridges Between Theory and Practice, Detroit, USA.
  • Sathiya Priya, T. & Vivek, N., 2012. Redesigning the Agricultural Supply Chain. In 5th International Supply Chain Management Symposium and Workshop, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Nagarajan, Vivek, Katrina Savitske, Sampathkumar Ranganathan, Sandipan Sen, and Sudharani Raveendran (2011), “The Impact of Strategic Supplier Partnership and Information Quality on Supply Chain Flexibility and Organizational Performance,” Marketing Management Association Conference Proceedings, Chicago IL
  • SathiyaPriya & Vivek N, 2012. Application of TWI (Training Within Industry) in Supply Chain Management. In 7th National conference on business research, PSG Institute of Management, Coimbatore.
  • SathiyaPriya, Parvardavardini & Vivek, 2013. Business Simulation as a Mechanism for Teaching Business Sustainability. In National Conference on Building Futuristic Organizations: Developing Sustainable Competitive Strategies, GRG School of Management Studies, Coimbatore
  • Prabhakaran B, Vivek N, ‘SCM Practice at GVG Paper Industry’, 6th National Conference on Business Research, November 20-21, 2009, PSG Institute of Management

Case Published

  • The Three Letter Potion for Problem Solving: Case from TVS Motor Co Ltd, Hosur, Case Clearing house, UK. Reference no. 620-0020-1, Subject category: Production and Operations Management, Authors: R Deepa (PSG Institute of Management); N Vivek (PSG Institute of Management), Originally published in: 2020, Version: 4-May-2020, Revision date: 16-Jul-2020, Length: 19 pages, Data source: Field research
  • The Three Letter Potion for Problem Solving: Case from TVS Motor Co Ltd, Hosur, Case clearing house, UK, Teaching note, Reference no. 620-0020-8, Subject category: Production and Operations Management, Authors: R Deepa (PSG Institute of Management); N Vivek (PSG Institute of Management), Originally published in: 2020, Version: 4-May-2020,Revision date: 16-Jul-2020, Length: 15 pages, Data source: Field research

Conferences Organised

  1. Member – Organizing committee, GSCM2006, 2012, 2020 in association with The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA
  2. Member – Organizing committee, ILSCM 2008, In association with Central Michigan University, USA

Consultancy

  1. TVS Supply Chain Solutions Ltd, Chennai (completed) Assignment: Work standardization, warehouse profitability, warehouse supervisory skill training, Warehouse process redesign, Warehouse process time study, Central Warehouse excellence team skill training
  1. Elgi Rubber Company Pvt. Ltd. Coimbatore (ongoing) Assignment: Turnaround of the company’s results were improved using the TOC approach to business goal achievement.
  1. TVS Motor Company, Hosur Assignment: Job instruction training as part of standard work project, Job relations training as part of problem solving and supervisory training in the two wheeler and three wheeler line.

Professional Body Associations

  1. Governing body member, Coimbatore Productivity Council, 2013-2022
  2. Governing Council member, QCFI Coimbatore chapter, 2019 till date

Professional Events Organised

  1. Chairman, Organising committee, CPC Productivity conclave, 2013-22
  2. Chairman, Organising Committee, CPC Safety Conclave, 2022
  3. Member, Organising committee, NCQC 2021
  4. Karakuri Kaizen workshops in association with PSG Institute of Technology and Advanced Research and QCGI Coimbatore chapter, 2022
















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