A Knowledge Flow Model to Capture Unstructured Product Development Processes: A Knowledge Flow Model (2016)
Journal Article
Vasantha, G. V. A., Chakrabarti, A., & Corney, J. (2016). A Knowledge Flow Model to Capture Unstructured Product Development Processes: A Knowledge Flow Model. Knowledge and Process Management, 23(2), 91-109. https://doi.org/10.1002/kpm.1501

Product knowledge emerges from day‐to‐day, ubiquitous interactions executed by engineers. Types of interaction and their associated influence on knowledge activities are often not perceptible, and therefore not captured in current industrial practice... Read More about A Knowledge Flow Model to Capture Unstructured Product Development Processes: A Knowledge Flow Model.

Advances in designing product-service systems (2015)
Journal Article
Vasantha, G. V. A., Roy, R., & Corney, J. R. (2015). Advances in designing product-service systems. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 95, 429-448

Product-Service Systems (PSS) have emerged as a class of hybrid business models that have evolved particular relevance to enterprises operating in a resource-efficient, circular economy (environments that places an emphasis on sustainable, collaborat... Read More about Advances in designing product-service systems.

Crowdsourcing solutions to 2D irregular strip packing problems from Internet workers (2015)
Journal Article
Vasantha, G. V., Jagadeesan, A. P., Corney, J. R., Lynn, A., & Agrawal, A. (2016). Crowdsourcing solutions to 2D irregular strip packing problems from Internet workers. International Journal of Production Research, 54(14), 4104-4125. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2015.1102355

Many industrial processes require the nesting of 2D profiles prior to the cutting, or stamping, of components from raw sheet material. Despite decades of sustained academic effort algorithmic solutions are still sub-optimal and produce results that c... Read More about Crowdsourcing solutions to 2D irregular strip packing problems from Internet workers.

Challenges and opportunities in transforming laser system industry to deliver integrated product and service offers (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Roy, R., & Corney, J. (2014, October). Challenges and opportunities in transforming laser system industry to deliver integrated product and service offers. Presented at 15th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Laser system industry is a complex network entity that includes laser component manufacturer, laser manufacturer, system integrator, laser job shop, laser process developer and end product manufacturer. Currently this market segment is predominately... Read More about Challenges and opportunities in transforming laser system industry to deliver integrated product and service offers.

Relative energy consumption of low-cost 3D printers (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walls, S., Corney, J., & Vasantha, G. (2014, September). Relative energy consumption of low-cost 3D printers. Presented at 12th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2014), Southampton, UK

The potential of low cost, 3D printing to support distributed manufacture in remote, rural communities has been noted by several observers. However the economic practicality of such proposals has not yet been clearly established and although some ove... Read More about Relative energy consumption of low-cost 3D printers.

Towards crowdsourcing spatial manufacturing tasks from rural India (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Vasantha, G., Corney, J., Jagadeeshan, A., Lynn, A., Acur Bakir, N., Smith, M., & Agrawal, A. (2014, September). Towards crowdsourcing spatial manufacturing tasks from rural India. Presented at 12th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, Southampton, UK

Many tasks involving production software that involve spatial reasoning can only produce "good" rather than optimum solutions. It is frequently possible for humans to improve on algorithmically generated solutions computed by CAD/CAM software. The th... Read More about Towards crowdsourcing spatial manufacturing tasks from rural India.

Influences of design tools on the original and redesign processes (2013)
Journal Article
Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Chakrabarti, A., Rout, B. K., & Corney, J. (2014). Influences of design tools on the original and redesign processes. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 2(1), 20-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/21650349.2013.839076

Concept generation plays a vital role in establishing a broader foundation in the design process to create novel products. In the globalized, collaborative, designing scenario, an unambiguous representation of captured ideas to explicate a designer’s... Read More about Influences of design tools on the original and redesign processes.

A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design (2013)
Journal Article
Annamalai Vasantha, G. V., Komoto, H., Hussain, R., Roy, R., Tomiyama, T., Evans, S., Tiwari, A., & Williams, S. (2013). A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design. Journal of Remanufacturing, 3(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.1186/2210-4690-3-8

Manufacturers aim to design product-service systems (PSS) which integrate services with products to attain sustained competitive advantage from a life cycle perspective. PSS design should be customer-adjusted solutions which are aligned to integrated... Read More about A manufacturing framework for capability-based product-service systems design.

An Industrial Knowledge Collaborative CAD System for Scaffolding Structures (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Neill, S., Zhang, H., & Pawelak, M. (2011, September). An Industrial Knowledge Collaborative CAD System for Scaffolding Structures. Presented at Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing

Scaffolds are a form of temporary structure widely used throughout the construction industry for various purposes. Some common uses are to provide access, for storage of materials or as temporary support. The design of such structures is governed by... Read More about An Industrial Knowledge Collaborative CAD System for Scaffolding Structures.

A definition and valuation of the UK offsite construction sector (2010)
Journal Article
Taylor, M. D. (2010). A definition and valuation of the UK offsite construction sector. Construction Management and Economics, 28, 885-896. https://doi.org/10.1080/01446193.2010.480976

The offsite construction sector is now established as a significant contributor to the delivery of UK construction industry output. The exact value of this contribution is questionable and has been subject to substantial debate in recent literature.... Read More about A definition and valuation of the UK offsite construction sector.

Development of a new manufacturing method of electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells (2010)
Thesis
Waugh, W. Development of a new manufacturing method of electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3750

It is well established that anodes for solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) can be manufactured by processes involving final sintering. This research investigated a novel alternative method which relies on the electroless co-deposition of yttria-stabilised... Read More about Development of a new manufacturing method of electrodes for solid oxide fuel cells.

Supporting design communities: designers' perspectives. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Joel, S., Smyth, M., & Rodgers, P. (2006, September). Supporting design communities: designers' perspectives

Localised un-structured design communities can benefit the designer and the design
process [1]. To explore the concept of community and its impact on design, a series of
semi-structured interviews were conducted. The interview responses were given... Read More about Supporting design communities: designers' perspectives..

An ethnomethodological approach to the early stages of product design practice (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Joel, S., Smyth, M., & Rodgers, P. (2005, September). An ethnomethodological approach to the early stages of product design practice

Countering design exclusion: an introduction to inclusive design (2004)
Book
Keates, S. L., & Clarkson, J. (2004). Countering design exclusion: an introduction to inclusive design. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0013-3

Inclusive design, universal design and universal access are long standing, familiar terms with clear and laudable goals. However, their teaching and industrial uptake has been very limited. Many products still exclude users unnecessarily for reasons... Read More about Countering design exclusion: an introduction to inclusive design.

Truly distributed control systems using fieldbus technology. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, A., & Buchanan, W. J. (2000, April). Truly distributed control systems using fieldbus technology

This paper outlines the three main field bus type standards: FOUNDATION Fieldbus; WorldFIP; and the CAN bus, each of which have great advantages over traditional instrumentation networking technology. The paper shows, using their specification, how t... Read More about Truly distributed control systems using fieldbus technology..

Information strategy: a new item for the textile industry's agenda (1994)
Journal Article
Hall, H. (1994). Information strategy: a new item for the textile industry's agenda. Journal of the Textile Institute, 85(4), 533-541. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405009408631299

A discussion of current thinking on the role of information as a business resource for competitive advantage leads to the conclusion that consideration should be given by the textile industry to the adoption of strategies to harness such a valuable r... Read More about Information strategy: a new item for the textile industry's agenda.

Information strategy and manufacturing industry — Case studies in the Scottish textile industry (1994)
Journal Article
Hall, H. (1994). Information strategy and manufacturing industry — Case studies in the Scottish textile industry. International Journal of Information Management, 14(4), 281-294. https://doi.org/10.1016/0268-4012%2894%2990005-1

The results are given of an investigation into the perception and use of information as a strategic resource for effective business performance and competitive advantage in the Scottish high performance textile industry. Case studies reveal that ther... Read More about Information strategy and manufacturing industry — Case studies in the Scottish textile industry.

The Integration of Design and Manufacture ‐A Quantum Leap (1993)
Journal Article
Hunt, I., Roberts, S., & Jones, R. (1993). The Integration of Design and Manufacture ‐A Quantum Leap. Integrated Manufacturing Systems, 4(2), 15-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/09576069310037464

New product “time to market” in the information technology (IT) industry is increasingly critical to a company′s competitiveness. Early product release into the marketplace will ensure higher profit margins, quicker returns on investment and therefo... Read More about The Integration of Design and Manufacture ‐A Quantum Leap.