• Dony S. Kurian, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Akash Raut and J. Gautham, (2022) Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Ordering Mechanism for Performance Optimization in Multi-Echelon Supply Chains. Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, DOI: 10.1002/asmb.2723, Accepted for publication 09-Oct-2022.

• Dony S. Kurian, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Gautham, J, and Raut, Akash, (2022), Data-driven imitation learning-based approach for order size determination in supply chains. European J. of Industrial Engineering, Accepted for publication 16-Feb-2022.

• J. Laxmi Lalitha., V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2022), Effect of lot streaming and dispatching rules in a dynamic flowshop with missing operations, Int. J. Business and Data Analytics, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 33 – 50.

• Irappa Basappa Hunagund, V. Madhusudanan Pillai and U. N. Kempaiah (2022), A two-stage solution approach for unequal area facility layout problem with bi-directional relaxed flexible bay structure. Journal of Facilities Management, DOI 10.1108/JFM-09-2021-0097

• Dinith Asokan, Justin Sunny, V Madhusudanan Pillai, Hiran V Nath (2022): Blockchain technology: a troubleshooter for blood cold chains, Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing, DOI 10.1108/JGOSS-02-2022-0010

• Justin Sunny, V Madhusudanan Pillai, Hiran V Nath, Kenil Shah, Prajwal Pandurang Ghoradkar, Manu Jose Philip, and Malhar Shirswar (2022): Blockchain-enabled beer game: a software tool for familiarizing the application of blockchain in supply chain management, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 122, No. 4,  pp. 1025-1055.

• Kiran Mohan, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Pujara Dhaval Jayendrakumar, Praveen Sankaran & Arun Chandramohan (2022): Video image-based posture assessment: an approach for dynamic working posture assessment, Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, Vol. 23, NO. 6, 749–769.

• Kiran Mohan, Pujara Dhaval Jayendrakumar, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Praveen Sankaran & Arun Chandramohan (2021), Hand Tool Variants Selection Based on Posture Risk. Human Factors and Ergonomics Journal (HFEJ), Vol. 6 (2): 13 – 33.

• Irappa Basappa Hunagund, V. Madhusudanan Pillai and U. N. Kempaiah (2021), A survey on discrete space and continuous space facility layout problems. Journal of Facilities Management, DOI 10.1108/JFM-02-2021-0019.

• Joby George, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2021), Evaluation of inventory replenishment policies on supply chain performance with grey relational analysis. International Journal of Integrated Supply Management, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 197 – 227.

• Justin Sunny, Naveen Undralla and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2020), Supply Chain Transparency through Blockchain-Based Traceability: An Overview with Demonstration. Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 150, 106895.

• Irappa Basappa Hunagund, V. Madhusudanan Pillai and U.N.Kempaiah (2020), Design of Robust Layout for Unequal Area Dynamic Facility Layout Problems with Flexible Bays Structure. Journal of Facilities Management, Vol. 18, No. 4., 361 - 392.

• Dony S. Kurian, C.R. Maneesh and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2020), Supply chain inventory stockout prediction using machine learning classifiers. International journal of Business and Data Analytics, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp 218-231.

• Pamulety, T.C. and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2019), Statistical Process Control-Based Inventory Policy. International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Vol. 28, No. 19, pp. 129-133.

• Nimmy J.S., Arjun Chilkapure, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2019), Literature review on supply chain collaboration: comparison of various collaborative techniques. Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 16 No. 4, pp. 537-562.

• M. B. Nidhi and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2019), Product disposal penalty: Analysing carbon sensitive sustainable supply chains. Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 128, No. 1, pp. 8 – 23.

• Abdul Nazar K. P. and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2018), Mixed-model sequencing problem under capacity and machine idle time constraints in JIT production systems. Computers and Industrial Engineering, Vol. 118, pp. 226 – 236.

• Irappa Basappa Hunagund, V. Madhusudanan Pillai and U.N.Kempaiah (2018), A simulated annealing algorithm for unequal area dynamic facility layout problems with flexible bay structure. International Journal of Industrial Engineering Computations, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 307-330.

• J. Laxmi Lalitha., Naru Mohan, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2017), Lot streaming in [N-1](1)+N(m) hybrid flow shop. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 44, Part 1, pp. 12 – 21.

• Pamulety, T.C., Joby George, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2017), An inventory position-based policy for better supply chain performance. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 180 – 198.

• Pamulety, T.C. and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2016), Effect of customer demand information sharing on a four-stage serial supply chain performance: an experimental study. Uncertain Supply Chain Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1 – 16.

• Abdul Nazar K. P. and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2015), A bit-wise mutation algorithm for mixed model sequencing in JIT production systems. International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 53, No. 19, pp. 5931 – 5947

• Shiyas C. R., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Design of dedicated manufacturing cells with operation assignment. Journal of the Association of Engineers, India Vol. 84, No. 3 & 4, pp. 60 – 70.

• Shiyas C R and Madhusudanan Pillai V, (2014), Cellular manufacturing system design using grouping efficacy based genetic algorithm. International Journal of Production Research, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 3504-3517

• Madhusudanan Pillai, Pamulety Chinna Talari & Pratap Veera Elluri, (2014), Performance analysis of some supply chain replenishment strategies. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, Vol. 17, No. 5, pp. 357-376.

• Shiyas C R and Madhusudanan Pillai V, (2014), A mathematical programming model for manufacturing cell formation to develop multiple configurations. Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp. 149–158.

• V. Madhusudanan Pillai, K. Lavanya and T. Chinna Pamulety, (2014), Bullwhip effect analysis using supply chain role play game and ranking of supply chains. Int. J. Procurement Management, Vol. 7, No. 3, 299-315.

• Joby George, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Supply chain performance evaluation using spreadsheet simulation. Applied Mechanics and Materials, Vols. 592-594 (2014), pp 2699-2703.

• Shiyas C. R., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), An algorithm for intra-cell machine sequence identification for manufacturing cells. Procedia Materials Science Vol. 5 (2014), 2427–2433.

• M. R. Suresh Kumar, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2012), An efficient method to reduce relative capacity shortage using annualised hours planning. International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 65, Issue 1-4, pp. 571–580.

• M. R. Suresh Kumar, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2013), Impact of weight assigned to objective functions in planning annualised hours. International Journal of Engineering and Management, Vol. 5, Issue 1, pp. 23–32.

• Krishna Kumar Krishnan,  Shokoufeh Mirzaei, Vijayaragavan Venkatasamy and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2012), A comprehensive approach to facility layout design and cell formation, International Journal Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 59, pp. 737 – 753.

• Chinna T Pamulety, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2012), Performance analysis of supply chains under customer demand information sharing using role play game. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Computations, Vol. 3, pp. 337 – 346.

• C. R. Shiyas, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2012), A Non-linear Programming Model for the Machine Grouping and a Genetic Algorithm based Solution Methodology. International Journal of Computer Application, Vol. 38, Issue 8, pp. 37 – 41.

• Suresh Kumar M. R., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2012), Planning Annualised hours when spike in demand exists. International Journal of Industrial Engineering and Computations, Vol. 3, Issue 3, pp. 313 – 320.

• Vinay A. Shirodkar, V. Madhusudanan Pillai and R. Sridharan, (2011), On the feasibility of sequence-dependent economic lot scheduling problem. International Journal of production Research, Vol. 49, Issue 10,  pp. 2925 - 2939.

• Vinay A. Shirodkar, R. Sridharan and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2011), Effective allocation of idle time in the group technology economic lot scheduling problem, International Journal of Production Research, First published on: 12 May 2011 (iFirst), DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2010.538743.

• Madhusudanan Pillai, V., Irappa Basappa Hunagund, Krishna K. Krishnan, (2011), Design of robust layout for Dynamic Plant Layout Problems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 61, pp. 813–823.

• Chinna T Pamulety and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2011), Impact of History of Customer Demand Information in Supply Chain Performance. International Journal of Computer Application (IJCA) Proceedings on International Conference on Technology Systems and Management (ICTSM) (3):34–38, 2011. Published by Foundation of Computer Science.

• Krishna Kumar Krishnan,  Shokoufeh Mirzaei, Vijayaragavan Venkatasamy and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2011), A comprehensive approach to facility layout design and cell formation, International Journal Advanced Manufacturing Technology, DOI 10.1007/s00170-011-3523-z.

• Christiansun Antony Alumkal, G. Prabhakara Rao and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2011), Analysis of robust and adaptive designs for dynamic part population, Int. J. Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling, Vol. 3, Issue 2,  pp. 124 - 140.

• Jibi Job,Jerin Joseph,and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2011), Performance comparison of process and adaptive cellular layouts using simulation, Int. J. Advanced Operations Management, Vol.3, No. 2, pp. 188 – 200.

• Suresh Kumar M. R., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2009), Planning Annualised Hours with Partially Individualised Holiday Weeks. International Journal of Operations and Quantitative Management. Vol. 15, Issue 3, pp. 173-188.

• Madhusudanan Pillai, V. and Kankata Subbarao, (2008) A robust cellular manufacturing system design for dynamic part population using a genetic algorithm. International Journal of Production Research. Vol.46, Issue 18, pp 5191 - 5210

• Madhusudanan Pillai, V., and Chandrasekharan, M. P., (2008) An absorbing Markov chain model for production system with rework and scrapping. Computers and Industrial Engineering. Vol. 55, Issue 3, pp 695-706.

• Madhusudanan Pillai, V., and Deshmukh, S. G. (1998) Product mix strategy for a conductor manufacturing industry - A case study. Industrial Engineering Journal, XXVII (6), 8-15.

• Joby George, Nimmy J.S., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Collaborative inventory distribution management in a supply chain: A simulation perspective. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management to be held in December 2014 at Malaysia, Accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings of the conference.

• Ajyuk J. Raj, Vinay V. Panicker, R. Sridharan, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Aircraft maintenance routing with onward flight breakage rule for single fleet airlines. Second International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICBAI), December 18-20, 2014 at IISC, Bangalore, India.

• Abdul Nazar K. P., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Mixed model production sequencing problem: A genetic algorithm based approach. International Conference on Materials, Mechanics and Management, December 17-19, 2014 at College of Engineering, Trivandrum, Kerala.

• Shiyas C. R. and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Cell heterogeneity-based manufacturing cell design considering operation sequence. Proceeding of Second International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Application (ICAIE 2014), 6-8 January, pp. 131 – 139, Anna University, Chennai, India. 

• Jaimini Bhattacharyya, Abdul Nazar K.P., V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Pull production control policies: Literature review and classification. Proceeding of Second International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Application (ICAIE 2014), 6-8 January, pp. 212 – 223, Anna University, Chennai, India.

• Abdul Nazar K. P., Jaimini Bhattacharyya, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Analysis of mixed model production sequencing on the system performance using simulation. Proceeding of Second International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Application (ICAIE 2014), 6-8 January, pp. 256 – 261, Anna University, Chennai, India.

• Joby George and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Spread sheet simulation of inventory position-based periodic review policies in a serial supply chain. Proceeding of Second International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Application (ICAIE 2014), 6-8 January, pp. 67 – 75, Anna University, Chennai, India.

• Nimmy J. S. and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Comparative analysis of performance measures of general supply chain models and supply chain operation reference model (SCOR). Proceeding of Second International Conference on Advances in Industrial Engineering Application (ICAIE 2014), 6-8 January, pp. 181 – 187, Anna University, Chennai, India.

• Abdul Nazar K. P., Jaimini Bhattacharyya and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2013), Simulation analysis of effects of variabilities in process time, batch size and demand in a multi-product flow shop. Proceedings of the International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-8: 2013), December 13th-15th, pp 894 – 899, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

• K. T. Shibin, M. M. Savarkar and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2013), Facility optimization using discrete event simulation – A case study. Presented in the International Simulation Conference of India 2013, 21 – 23 February 2013, IITM Research Park, Chennai, India.

• Anoop G R Chandran, Nidhi M. B., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2013), Modelling of closed-loop supply chain under the emission trading scheme. Proceedings of the Tenth AIMS International Conference on Management, AIM-10, January 6–9, pp. 3796 - 3807, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, India.

• Vinod Kumar P., V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Arun C., and Kiran Mohan, (2013), Time study for jobs in mahatma gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme. Proceedings of the Tenth AIMS International Conference on Management, AIM-10, January 6–9, pp. 1 - 6, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, India.

• V. Madhusudanan Pillai and T C Pamulety, (2013), Impact of backorder on supply chain performance – An experimental study. Preprints of the 2013 IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management, and Control, June 19-21, pp. 1967 -1972, Saint Petersburg State University and Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

• T V Krishna Mohan and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2013), Detailed dynamic layout planning: An adaptive layout approach. Preprints of the 2013 IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management, and Control, June 19-21, pp. 1967 -1972, Saint Petersburg State University and Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

• Nidhi M. B., Anoop G R Chandran, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2013), Sustainability assessment of blood bag supply chain: A case study. Accepted for presentation in the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference-South Asia Satellite 2013, 23-24 August 2013, Technopark, Trivandrum, Kerala

• Jibi Job, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2012), Performance evaluation of cellular manufacturing systems using adaptive and robust layouts in multi-period demand, Proceedings of the International Simulation Conference of India 2012, (Abstract on Conference page No. 32) 2 – 4 February 2012, IIT Bombay, India

• Suresh Kumar M. R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2012), Planning annualised hours with upper bound of demand hours for different periods in a planning horizon, Proceedings of the National Conference on Innovations and Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering, May 2012, Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Bangalore, India.

• J. Laxmi Lalitha and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2012), Lot streaming in flow shop - Simulation using ARENA® software, Proceedings of the International Conference on Challenges and Opportunities in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Studies, ICCOMIM-2012, pp. 411 – 416, July 11- 13, 2012, M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India.

• V M Pillai, K Lavanya, and T C Pamulety, (2012), Bullwhip effect analysis in supply chains using supply chain role play game. Proceedings of First International Conference on Best Practices Supply Chain Management (BPSCM), 22-23 November 2012, pp. 332–337, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, India.

• Abhishek N., Nidhi, M. B., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2012), Carbon assessment model for supply chain network. Proceedings (in IEEE) of the International Conference on Green Technologies-ICGTl2,  December 18 – 20, pp. 329 – 334, Organised by Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, and University of Dayton, USA, at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

• Suresh Kumar M. R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Planning annualised hours with fully variable holiday weeks. Proceedings of the Eleventh Global Conference on Flexible Systems Management, (Abstract on Conference souvenir page no. 32), 9 – 12 December 2011, IIM Kozhikode.

• Suresh Kumar M. R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Planning Annualised Hours with Individualised Holiday Periods. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2011, 14 – 16 December 2011, pp 531 – 537, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.

• Chinna Pamulety, T. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Statistical Process Control-Based Inventory Management in Serial Supply Chains. Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Advances in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management, Abstract proceedings – Page No. 29, December 16– 18, 2011, IIT Kharagpur, India.

• Ayneendra, B., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), A Genetic Algorithm for a Multi-constrained Robust Cell Design. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2011, 14 – 16 December 2011, pp 544 – 551, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore.

• Ayneendra, B., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), A Robust Multi-period Cell Formation Model. Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management, Abstract proceedings – Page No. 124, December 16– 18, 2011, IIT Kharagpur, India.

• Suresh Kumar M. R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), The effect of changing weightage value on relative capacity shortages in annualised hours planning. Joint International Conf. on Advanced Materials-2011, ICAM 2011, 19th & 20th Aug. 2011, pp 461 – 467, BTLIT, Bangalore, India.

• Shiyas, C. R.., Christiansun Antony, A. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), An adaptive approach for the design of dedicated manufacturing cells under dynamic demand. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 30 – 35, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India. (This is a highly commented paper in the conference)

• Ayneendra, B., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), A Mathematical Model for a Robust Cell Design under a Dynamic Production Environment and its Comparison with an Adaptive Design Approach. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 35 – 41, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Suresh Kumar M. R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Effect of Relative Efficiency on Relative Capacity Shortages in Planning Annualised Hours with Individualised Holiday Weeks. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 212 – 217, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Irappa Basappa Hunagund and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Development of a Heuristic for Layout Formation for Quadratic Assignment Problem. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 115 – 119, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India. (This is a highly commented paper in the conference)

• Nidhi, M. B., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Development of Green Supply Chain Transformation Matrix from Environment Management System. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 68 – 73, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Abdul Nazar, K. P., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Simulation Modelling and Analysis of a Push System Using ARENA. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 81 – 85, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Chinna Pamulety, T., Veerapratap, E. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Performance Analysis of some Inventory Policies under Average Demand Process.  Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 91 – 96, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Chinna Pamulety, T., Veerapratap, E. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Performance Analysis of Supply Chain Replenishment Strategies. Presented in the International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Applications to Industrial Problems, MMIP2011, Abstract proceedings – Page No. 9, International, March 28–31, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Shirodkar, V., Sridharan, R. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Group Technology Economic Lot Scheduling Problem: Formulation and Feasibility. Presented in the International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Applications to Industrial Problems, MMIP2011, Abstract proceedings – Page No. 50 – 51, International, March 28–31, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Shiyas, C. R.., Christiansun Antony, A. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), A Robust Design for Dedicated Cells Under Dynamic Part Populations. Presented in the International Conference on Mathematical Modelling and Applications to Industrial Problems, MMIP2011, Abstract proceedings – Page No. 51 – 52, International, March 28–31, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Syam, K.S., Chinna Pamulety, T. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Impact of Centralized Demand Information in Supply Chain Performance. Proceedings of the National Conference on Industrial Engineering, NCIE2011, February 17–18, West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

• Shiyas, C. R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), A Robust Design of Dedicated Cells under Dynamic Demand and Solution Using LINGO. Proceedings of the National Conference on Industrial Engineering, NCIE2011, February 17–18, West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

• Krishna Mohan T. V., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Detailed Layout Planning for Plant Layout Problems. Proceedings of the National Conference on Industrial Engineering, NCIE2011, February 17–18, West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

• Mohamed Shamnaz P.T., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), A Goal Programming Model for Multi-site Aggregate Production Planning. Proceedings of the National Conference on Industrial Engineering, NCIE2011, February 17–18, West Bengal University of Technology Kolkata, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

• Chinna Pamulety, T. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Impact of Point of Sale (POS) Information Sharing in Supply Chain Performance. Proceedings of the Eighth AIMS International Conference on Management, AIM-8, January1–4, pp. 2652 - 2659, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

• Vinay A. Shirodkar, R.Sridharan and Madhusudanan Pillai, (2011), An iterative procedure for group technology economic lot scheduling problem. Proceedings of the Eighth AIMS International Conference on Management, AIM-8, January1–4, pp. 2130 – 2137, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

• Suresh Kumar M. R., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2011), Planning Annualised Hours. Proceedings of the Eighth AIMS International Conference on Management, AIM-8, January1–4, pp. 2124 – 2129, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

• Chinna Pamulety, T. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Impact of Advance Demand Information in Supply Chain Performance. Proceedings of the Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference 2011 on Opportunities and Challenges in Service Supply Chain, SCM Conference 2011, January7–8, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

• Vinay A. Shirodkar, R.Sridharan and Madhusudanan Pillai, (2011), Obtaining integer lot sizes in the economic lot scheduling problem.Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations and Management Sciences-2011, ICOMS -11, January 28–29, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. (This paper has been selected for a Best Research Paper Award).

• Chinna Pamulety, T., Rajmohan R.E., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Impact of Information Sharing under zero lead time in Supply Chain Performance. Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations and Management Sciences-2011, ICOMS -11, January 28–29, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. 

• Madhusudanan Pillai, V., and Chandrasekharan, M. P., (2010), Manufacturing Cell Formation under Probabilistic Product Mix. Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), December 7 – 10, pp. 580 – 584, Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, P.R. China. (Selected this paper as a short-listed paper for Outstanding Paper Award).

• Jibi Job, and Madhusudanan Pillai V., (2010), Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Cellular Manufacturing System using Simulation. Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), December 7 – 10, pp. 1596 – 1600, Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, P.R. China.

• Vinay A. Shirodkar, R. Sridharan and Madhusudanan Pillai, (2010), A Heuristic Generating Feasible Schedules for Group Technology Economic Lot Scheduling Problem. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Operational Research for Urban and Rural Development, 43rd Annual Convention of Operations Research Society of India (ORSI), December 2010, pp. 723 – 729, TCE, Madurai, Tamilnadu, India.

• T. Chinna Pamulety  and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2010), Evaluating the performance of a multi-echelon supply chain, Proceedings. of the 4th International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering, September 23-25, 2010, S.V. National Institute of Technology, Surat -397 007, Gujarat, India.

• J. Laxmi Lalitha and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2010), Manufacturing execution system (MES), Proceedings of the Fourth International Doctoral Theses Conference, September 24-25, 2010, IBS, Hyderabad, India.

• Chinna Pamulety T., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2009) Performance analysis of a serial supply chain under advance demand information, Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2009, pp 270 - 275, December 17 – 19, 2009, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.

• C.R.Shiyas, and V.Madhusudanan Pillai, (2009) An overview on the applications of simulation models in cellular manufacturing systems, Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2009, pp 103 - 108, December 17 – 19, 2009, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Hemantha Kumar Reddy Appala, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2009) Performance evaluation of MRP system under different methods of yield correction.  Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2009, pp 232 - 237          , December 17 – 19, 2009, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Ware Nilesh Rambhau, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai.,  (2009) A fuzzy-analytical hierarchy process based supplier selection, Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2009, pp 238 - 243, December 17 – 19, 2009, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Sugali Venkateswarlu, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai., (2009)Mathematical programming approach for machine-loading problem in a flexible manufacturing system, Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2009, pp 19 - 24, December 17 – 19, 2009, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Ayneendra B., Uday Kumar T.,and Madhusudanan Pillai V., (2009) Effectiveness of the robust and adaptive design for cellular manufacturing system under dynamic part population, Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2009, pp 79 - 84, December 17 – 19, 2009, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Christiansun Antony A., Prabhakara Rao G., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2009) Analysis of robust and adaptive designs for dynamic part population, Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2009, pp 97 - 102, December 17 – 19, 2009, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Jibi Job, Jerin Joseph, and Madhusudanan Pillai V., (2009) Performance comparison of process and adaptive cellular layouts using simulation, Proceedings of the International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis, COSMA 2009, pp 91 - 96, December 17 – 19, 2009, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India.

• Irappa Basappa Hunagund, and Madhusudanan Pillai V., (2008) Development of a heuristic for layout formation and design of robust layout under dynamic demand. Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Factory, ICDF 2008, pp 1398 - 1405, August 11-13, 2008, Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore, India.
• Sabu, K., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2008) Performance comparison of cellular and process layouts for dynamic demand environment using simulation. Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Factory, ICDF 2008, pp 1080 - 1087, August 11-13, 2008, Coimbatore Institute of Technology Coimbatore, India.
• Venkata Ramana, N., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2008) A robust cell formation for probabilistic demand scenarios. Presented in the Third National Conference on Management Science and Practice of Operation Research Society of India (ORSI), Abstract page No. , March 22 - 24, held at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, India.
• Sureshkumar, M.R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2008) Effect of number of types of working week on capacity shortages under planning annualised hours with partially individualized holiday weeks. Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2008, pp 148 - 156, held at Viswajyothi College of Engg&Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala.
• Sabu, K., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2008) Performance comparison of cellular and process layouts using simulation. Proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering 2008, pp 191 - 204, held at Viswajyothi College of Engg & Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala.
• Sureshkumar, M.R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2007)Planning Annualised Hours with Partially Individualised Holiday Weeks. Proceedings of Fifth AIMS International Conference on Management (AIMS5), 147 - 153, December 27-30, Icfai Business School (IBS), Hyderabad, India.
• Irappa Basappa Hunagund, and Madhusudanan Pillai V., (2007) Design of Robust Machine Layout for Cellular Manufacturing Systems. Presented in the XI Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Abstract proceedings - page No. 6, December 21-23, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management, Nashik, Maharashtra, India.
• Sureshkumar, M.R., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V. (2007) Planning annualized hours with variable holiday weeks. Proceedings of 49th National Convention of Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (CD-Rom), Souvenir - Abstract page No. 45, October 12-14, Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering Trivandrum Chapter, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.
• Digamberrao, M. S. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2007) Material requirement analysis under rejection for a serial production system using simulation. Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Development in Production and Operations Management, 1- 4, March 23 -24, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, India.
• Chinna Pamuletty, T., Madhusudanan Pillai, V., and Attel Manjunath (2005) Analysis and Development of in-line layout algorithms for FMS. December 1- 3, National Conference on Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering, P.A. College of Engineering, Mangalore, India.
• Madhusudanan Pillai, V., and Bhavani Sankar Gudivada, (2005) A simulated annealing algorithm for linear sequencing of machines for layout design. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, 435-442, August 9-11, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India.
• Madhusudanan Pillai, V, (2004), Throughput analysis of manufacturing systems with control and communication overhead, Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Computers & Industrial Engineering, 108-114, November 14-17, San Francisco, USA.
• Godwin, T., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2002) Design of cellular manufacturing system for probabilistic product mix using genetic algorithm. Dec. 20-22, VI Annual Conference of the Society of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India.
• Madhusudanan Pillai, V., and Chandrasekharan, M. P. (1999) A Markovian model for production planning. 1999 NEBAA International Conference, August 6 - 7, Udaipur, India.
• Sridharan, R., Ravindran Nair, R, Madhusudanan Pillai, V and Sekharam, R. L. J. (1998) A critical study and evaluation of lot-sizing rules and freezing of master production schedule in material requirements planning systems. Proceedings of National Conference on Industrial Engineering Towards 21st century, Jan. 31 - Feb. 2. Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India.

• M. Vijaya Kumar, Goran D. Putnik, K. Jayakrishna, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, and Leonilde Varela, (2018), Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development, IGI Global - an international publisher of progressive academic research.

• Nidhi M. B., and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2018), Supply Chain Modelling Under Carbon Trading, Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development, Chapter-16, IGI Global - an international publisher of progressive academic research.

• Nimmy J. S, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2016), Collaboration in Strategic Decision Making in Supply Chain using Google Spreadsheet: Risk-Pooling and Lateral Transshipment Perspective. Editor: Md. Mamun Habib, “Supply Chain Management: Applications for Manufacturing and Service Industries”, Nova Science Publishers, ISBN 978-1-63485-013-1, Chapter 4.

• Joby George, and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2016), Development of spreadsheet-based simulation package for supply chain inventory policy analysis. Editor: Prof. Dr. Md. Mamun Habib, Supply Chain Management: Practices, Applications and Challenges, Nova Science Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-63484-096-5, pp. 187-208,  Chapter 11.

• Nimmy J. S. and V. Madhusudanan Pillai, (2014), Collaborative Supply Chain Inventory Performance Analysis Using Google Spread Sheet, accepted for publication as Chapter 14 in the forthcoming book “Cloud Systems in Supply Chains” to be published by Palgrave Macmillan.

• Chinna Pamulety, T., and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Impact of Information Sharing in Supply Chain Performance. Technology Systems and Management: Communications in Computer and Information Science, (Editors: K. Shah, V. R. Lakshmi Gorty and A. Phirke) 2011, Volume 145, Part 3, 327-332, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

he Industrial Engineering Laboratory is one of the laboratories of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. My experience in teaching the Industrial Engineering related courses led to the development of several experiments. We are offering three laboratory programmes based on the experiments developed and the setups that were available in the laboratory.

The experiments developed help the students to get better insight and improve the understanding in the production/operations management, industrial engineering, manufacturing system simulation, performance evaluation of production systems, and supply chain management.

Currently the following three laboratory programmes are offered based on the facility of Industrial Engineering laboratory:

• Industrial Engineering Lab for PG Programme in Industrial Engg. & Management
• Computational Lab for PG Programme in Industrial Engg. & Management
• Management Science Lab for UG programme in Production Engineering

Use the link given below to get a list of various exercises/experiments offered and details on various experiments developed.

Industrial Engineering Lab for PG Programme in Industrial Engg. & Management

Computational Lab for PG Programme in Industrial Engg. & Management

Management Science Lab for UG programme in Production Engineering

Software packages and exercises developed for enhancing the understanding of students in the subject areas such as Operations and Production Management, and Supply Chain Management, etc. and for industrial application and training.

(a) Software packages designed and developed

1. Supply Chain Role Play Game (SCRPG) software package: Online Supply chain role play game with different type of information sharing options. 
2. Vendor Managed Inventory-based Supply Chain Role Play Game (VMI-SCRPG) software package: This Online supply chain role play game uses VMI concept between retailer and wholesaler.
3.  Google Spreadsheet-based Supply Chain Role Play Game (GS-SCRPG) online tool: This role play game is suitable for demonstrating collaboration, and strategy formation in the operation of supply chain.
4.  Four-stage serial supply chain Inventory Policy Analyser (FIPA) software package: A software package for the performance analysis of a four-stage serial supply chain under different inventory control systems.
5.  Supply Chain Inventory Policy Analyser (SCIPA) software package: Software package for the performance analysis of serial and divergent supply chains under different inventory control systems.
6.  MED NITC Manufacturing Requirements Planning (MNMRP) software package
7.  Layout Planning (LP) software package: A software package to generate layout for the given case and to customize.

(b) Exercises designed, developed and available as user friendly MATLAB Programs

1. Production system simulation: Suitable for simulation of production system with multi-period planning under different layout options and different priority rules. 

2. Cellular manufacturing system design: Suitable for developing different cellular layout and as tool for research.

3. Exercise in process layout design using simulated annealing algorithm: Suitable for developing best process layout and understanding the importance of simulated annealing parameters and inputs for process layout planning.

(c) Exercises designed and developed with user manual

1. Excel-based supply chain simulation for the performance analysis of a four-stage serial supply chain under P-system of inventory control

(d) Experiment/exercise designed, developed, manufactured and prepared user manual

1. Construction of X-bar and R Chart

(e) Experiments/exercises designed, developed and prepared user manual

1. Problem formulation and solution & sensitivity analysis using LINGO
2. Manual simulation of a small production system: Suitable for demonstrating discrete event simulation, method of estimation of production system performance measures.
3. Learning Curve
4. Preparation of Assembly Chart, development of Product Structure and preparing MRP for the given production environment

 (f) Experiments designed and developed

1. A pull (JIT) production control exercise to demonstrate the working of kanban controlled production system
2. Performance analysis of a production system using ARENA simulation and theoretical model
3. Exercise in C programming to determine the perpetual inventory policy for the given problem using simulation. 
4. Exercise in MATLAB programming to determine the periodic inventory policy for the given problem using simulation.
5. Programming exercise in MATLAB/SCILAB 
   1. The above exercises and software packages are used in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut for three laboratory courses such as
   2. Management Science Lab for B.Tech. Production Engineering
   3. Industrial Engineering Lab for M.Tech. Industrial Engineering & Management
   4. Computational Lab for M.Tech. Industrial Engineering & Management

Note on Supply chain role play game & Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)-based Supply chain role play game developed:

These software packages are a good tool for learning supply chain fundamentals. This is a web based role-play supply chain simulation game in which participants enacts a four-stage supply chain. The roles played are the Manager of a ‘Retailer’, a ‘Wholesaler’, a ‘Distributor’ or a ‘Factory’. In this role play game, a supply chain has four members. This game is useful for (Engineering and MBA) institutes those offering courses/topics on

• Supply Chain Management or related subjects in UG/PG/Research level for imparting concepts of supply chain management,
• Bullwhip effect in supply chain,
• Importance of information sharing in supply chain management,
• Importance of better coordination between organisations/members of supply chain,
• Effect of lead time in supply chain, Etc.

Supply chain role play game package is used as laboratory exercises for B.Tech. (Production Engineering) and M.Tech. (Industrial Engineering & Management) students of NIT Calicut since the initial year of its development. This game is being regularly administered for the MBA students of NIT Calicut.

Supply chain role play game package (Version 3) is distributed to participants of the workshop conducted on December 2012. Around 20 participants form various Academic Institutions having Engineering Programme /or Management Programme received Version 3 of this package.

Supply chain role play game is also used for student/research scholar projects at Ph.D., M.Tech. and B.Tech. levels. One Ph.D., Two M.Tech. and One B.Tech. projects are completed based on the data generated from this software package. There are three international journal, five conference and one book chapter publications based on this package.

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Supply Chain Role Play

This software package is a good tool for learning supply chain fundamentals. This is a Role Play Game package. You will be playing any one role as a Manager of a ‘Retailer’, a ‘Wholesaler’, a ‘Distributor’ or a ‘Factory’. The supply chain has serial supply chain structure. In this role play game a supply chain has four members. This game will be useful for (Engineering and MBA) institute that offering courses/topics on

• Supply Chain Management or related subjects in UG/PG/Research level for imparting concepts of supply chain management,
• Bullwhip effect in supply chain,
• Importance of information sharing in supply chain management,
• Importance of better coordination between organisations/members of supply chain,
• Effect of lead time in supply chain,
• Etc.

The game can also be used to provide participants a more profound understanding of the reasons why eCollaboration technologies are used in contemporary supply chains to exchange information and to facilitate collaboration.

This package has several ways of information sharing between supply chain members. By setting information sharing appropriately you can understand the effect of various ways of information sharing in the performance of supply chains.

This package has been used as laboratory exercises for B.Tech (Production Engineering) and M.Tech (Industrial Engineering & Management) students of NIT Calicut since the initial year of its development. This game is being regularly administered for the MBA students of NIT Calicut. This was also administered to MBA students of College of Engineering, Trivandrum in the year 2010.

This package is distributed to participants of the workshop conducted on December 2012. Around 20 participants form various Academic Institutions having Engineering Programme /or Management Programme received Version 3 of this package.

This game is also used for student/research scholar projects at Ph.D, M.Tech and B.Tech levels. One Ph.D., One M.Tech and One B.Tech are completed based on the data generated from this software package. There are three international journal, five conference and one book chapter publications based on this package.

Current release is the version 5. To access the package click here.

A Vendor Managed Inventory information sharing based Supply Chain Role Play Game is also released and it can be accessed by clicking here.

Syllabus for the course offered 

Course Name:  SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATION SIMULATION

Course Outcomes:

CO1: Create awareness on supply chain management and build operational frameworks to analyse supply chains.

CO2: Distinguish the performance of supply chains through fun using different supply chain role-play games (operation simulations) under various supply chain parameters and environments.

CO3: Experience the coordination problems between supply chain members and the need for collaboration, and identify the bullwhip effect present in a supply chain.

CO4: Understand the role of inventory, and create awareness on application of AI/ML and blockchain in supply chain order management.

Module 1: (13 Hours)

Supply chain process analysis – different approaches, Uncertainty in supply chain and supply chain strategies, General supply chain structures, Role of inventory - order cost, carrying cost, shortage cots, Supply performance matrices, Supply chain operation simulation: Revealing implied demand uncertainty.

Module 2: (13 Hours)

Experiential learning, Roleplay game, Roleplay based operation simulation under different supply chain parameters such as lead times, lost sales and backorder, Evaluation of fill rate, total supply chain inventory costs, and bullwhip effect, Comparison of performance of supply chain under different scenarios, System dynamics – supply chain as a multi-agent system, AI/ML application in supply chain order management and coordination.

Module 3: (13 Hours)

Basic inventory models – Q-system and P-system of inventory control, Simulation of a serial supply chain under P-system of inventory control using Excel, Operation simulation of divergent supply, Bullwhip slope analysis.

Collaborative approaches: Concept of Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), Operational simulation for analyzing the effect of VMI in supply chain, Blockchain-based secure information sharing platform for supply chain management, Demonstration of blockchain based operation simulation.

References:

1. S. Chopra and D. V. Kalra, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operations. 7^th Edn., Pearson Education (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., 2019.
2. Dony S. Kurian, V. Madhusudanan Pillai and J. Gautham, Data-driven imitation learning-based approach for order size determination in supply chains, European Journal Industrial Engineering (In press)
3. Justin Sunny, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Hiran V. Nath, Kenil Shah, Prajwal Pandurang Ghoradkar, Manu Jose Philip and Malhar Shirswar, Blockchain-enabled beer game: a software tool for familiarizing the application of blockchain in supply chain management, Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 1025-1055, 2022 
4. V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Supply Chain Role Play Game (SCRPG) exercise handout and user manuals of SCRPG and VMI-SCRPG, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017
5. V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Supply chain management game: revealing implied demand uncertainty, white paper, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2022
6. V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Performance analysis of a four-echelon supply chain under order up-to policy using SCIPA software package, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2016

Pedagogy:

Lectures, More sessions on Hands-on, Demo, and Roleplay Simulations for concept transfer, Discussions in the class and handout for data collection during the simulation.

Software packages and exercises designed and developed based on which the syllabus is prepared:

1. Supply Chain Role Play Game (SCRPG) software package: Online Supply chain role play game with different type of information sharing options.

2. Vendor Managed Inventory-based Supply Chain Role Play Game (VMI-SCRPG) software package: Online Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)-based supply chain role play game which uses VMI concept between retailer and wholesaler.

3. Four-stage serial supply chain Inventory Policy Analyser (FIPA) software package: A software package for the performance analysis of a four-stage serial supply chain under different inventory control systems.

4. Supply Chain Inventory Policy Analyser (SCIPA) software package: Software package for the performance analysis of serial and divergent supply chains under different inventory control systems.

5. Blockchain-enabled Supply Chain Role Play Game software package: A training tool for creating awareness on usefulness blockchain in supply chain management

6. Excel-based supply chain simulation for the performance analysis of a four-stage serial supply chain under P-system of inventory control

• IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modelling, Management and Control 2013 (IFAC MIM '2013), 19 – 21 June 2013, Saint Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

• 2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 7 – 10 December 2010, Macau, P.R. China.

• Calicut Management Association, XI annual convention at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, 22 March 2008, Key note address by Dr. C. K. Prahalad on Achieving Inclusive Growth: Managerial Challenges

• GM India Science Lab Workshop on Frontiers of E-business, 8-9 December, 2005 National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) Auditorium, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Campus, Bangalore, India.

• Sixth International Conference on Operations and Quantitative Management, 9-11 August 2005, Indian Institute of Management, Indore, India.

• 34th International Conference on Computers&Industrial Engineering, 14-17 November 2004, San Francisco, USA.

• National Seminar on Institution Development and Knowledge Networking, 05 December 2003, National Institute of Technology Calicut.

• VI Annual Conference of the Society of Operations Management, 20-22 December 2002, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, Kerala.

• NEBAA International Conference, 6-7 August 1999, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.

• Best young teacher award, NIT Calicut, for the performance during the year 2006-07

• Best paper award, National Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering held at Viswajyothi College of Engineering & Technology, Muvattupuzha, Kerala, March 28 and 29, 2008

• Visiting scholar in the Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering, Wichita State University, Kansas, USA, for one month (July 2008).

• Listed in The Marquis Who’s Who in the World (Volume Twenty Seven, 2010), which is a reference publication of Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ, USA, in which biography is given.

• Best Research Paper Award, International Conference on Operations and Management Sciences-2011, ICOMS -11, January 28–29, 2011, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

• The Research Paper given below was short-listed for Outstanding Paper Award in the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), December 7 – 10, 2010, Macau, P.R. China. (Only about 2-3% of all submissions are selected based on the nomination received and the review results.)

  Madhusudanan Pillai, V., and Chandrasekharan, M. P., (2010), Manufacturing Cell Formation under Probabilistic Product Mix. Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), International, December 7 – 10, pp. 580 – 584, Macau, Taipa, Macao SAR, P.R. China

• The following papers presented in a conference were highly commented

   

  Shiyas, C. R.., Christiansun Antony, A. and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), An adaptive approach for the design of dedicated manufacturing cells under dynamic demand. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 30 – 35, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India. 

   

  Irappa Basappa Hunagund and Madhusudanan Pillai, V., (2011), Development of a Heuristic for Layout Formation for Quadratic Assignment Problem. Proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, pp. 115 – 119, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India. 

• The paper given below featured in Sciencedirect Top 25 list of most downloaded articles during July to September 2011, October to December 2011 and January to March 2012.

  Madhusudanan Pillai, V., Irappa Basappa Hunagund, Krishna K. Krishnan, (2011), Design of robust layout for Dynamic Plant Layout Problems. Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol. 61, pp. 813–823.

List of courses

Group Technology and FMS

Inventory and Supply Chain Management

Manufacturing Planning and Control

SELF-FINANCING WORKSHOPS

1. Two-day workshop on Supply Chain Role Play Game (SCRPG), 21-22 December 2012, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut. This is a workshop based on the version 3 of the SCRPG software package developed and it is a participant sponsored workshop. The package is distributed to 20 participants of the workshop.

2. Inception workshop at NITC on the role of NITC on National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS): Time and Motion Study – Phase 2  project of Government of Kerala, 19 – 20 August 2010, NIT Calicut

CONFERENCES

1. National conference on Emerging TRends in Industrial Engineering and Management (ETRIM2011), July 11-12, 2011, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut.

2. International Conference on Latest Trends in Simulation Modelling and Analysis,held on 17 – 18 December 2009 at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NIT Calicut.

SHORT-TERM TRAINING PROGRAMMES

1. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) sponsored short-term training programme on “Modelling and Analysis World-Class Manufacturing Systems” held at NIT Calicut from March 12 – 16, 2007

2. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) sponsored staff development programme on “Design and Analysis of Lean Production Systems” held at NIT Calicut from March 26 – April 06, 2007

WORKSHOP

1. Workshop on ‘Development of Tools and Techniques for Modeling and Analysis of World-Class Manufacturing Systems’ for the preparation of detailed project report for the Nationally Coordinated Project (NCP),  19^th January 2009. This workshop was sponsored by AICTE and TEQIP.

Process Layout Planning Software Package

This package helps to dvelop a process oriented layout. Online and standalone versions are developed. Standalone version allows the near optimal layout development. Simulated annealing based algorithm is used for near optimal development of layout. To access the online version click here.