Angappa Gunasekaran

Angappa Gunasekaran is a Professor and Dean at the Charlton College of Business, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Dr. Gunasekaran has held academic positions in UK, Australia, Finland, India and Canada. He has over 250 articles published in peer-reviewed journals. He has presented about 50 papers and published 50 articles in conferences and given a number of invited talks in many countries. He is on the Editorial Board of several journals. He has organized several international workshops and conferences in the emerging areas of operations management and information systems. He is currently interested in researching logistics and supply chain management. Dr. Gunasekaran has been the founding Director of Business Innovation Research Center (BIRC) since 2006.

Publications

Big Data and RFID in Supply Chain and Logistics Management: A Review of the Literature and Applications for Data Driven Research
Thanos Papadopoulos, Angappa Gunasekaran, Rameshwar Dubey, Maria Balta. © 2018. 13 pages.
Big Data refers to complex and unstructured data that is difficult to analyse and utilize with traditional applications and analyses. Big Data comes from a variety of sources...
Big Data and RFID in Supply Chain and Logistics Management: A Review of the Literature and Applications for Data Driven Research
Thanos Papadopoulos, Angappa Gunasekaran, Rameshwar Dubey, Maria Balta. © 2017. 16 pages.
Big Data refers to complex and unstructured data that is difficult to analyse and utilize with traditional applications and analyses. Big Data comes from a variety of sources...
Foreword
Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2016. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Supply Chain Strategies and the Engineer-to-Order Approach.
Strategic Management of Sustainable Manufacturing Operations
Rameshwar Dubey, Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2016. 419 pages.
As companies and organizations continue to grow economically, it has become pertinent to also implement business and management practices that help relieve environmental and...
Evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning
Ronald E. McGaughey, Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2011. 14 pages.
Business needs have driven the design, development, and use of the enterprise-wide information systems we call Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Intra enterprise...
Foreword
Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2010.
This Foreword is included in the book Handbook of Research on Advances in Health Informatics and Electronic Healthcare Applications: Global Adoption and Impact of Information...
International Journal of Green Computing (IJGC)
Vicente Gonzalez-Prida. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of Green Computing (IJGC) provides managers, academicians, scientists, and researchers in various government, public, and private sectors coverage of...
Organizational Advancements through Enterprise Information Systems: Emerging Applications and Developments
Angappa Gunasekaran, Timothy Shea. © 2010. 430 pages.
Enterprise Information Systems (EIS) allow for the sharing and coordination of information across an organization. Given the global nature of today's business, it has become...
Foreword
Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2010. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Enterprise Information Systems and Implementing IT Infrastructures: Challenges and Issues.
Evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning
Ronald E. McGaughey, Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2010. 14 pages.
Business needs have driven the design, development, and use of the enterprise-wide information systems we call Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Intra enterprise...
Foreword
Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2009. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Continuous Computing Technologies for Enhancing Business Continuity.
Global Implications of Modern Enterprise Information Systems: Technologies and Applications
Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2009. 400 pages.
Many companies have encountered pitfalls in their attempts to successfully implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) that have proven nearly insurmountable, due to lack of...
RFID Adoption: Issues and Challenges
E.W.T. Ngai, Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2009. 8 pages.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is becoming increasingly important and is being used in business, production, manufacturing and logistics industries. However, RFID...
The Evolution of ERP and its Relationship with E-Business
S. A. Alwabel, M. Zairi, A. Gunasekaran. © 2009. 16 pages.
Every technical invention is initially designed and eventually applied to solve a real-world problem. The evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is no exception. Owing...
Evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning
Ronald E. McGaughey, Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2009. 15 pages.
Business needs have driven the design, development, and use of the enterprise-wide information systems we call Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Intra enterprise...
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Past, Present and Future
Ronald E. McGaughey, Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2009. 13 pages.
Business needs have driven the design, development, and use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Intra-enterprise integration was a driving force in the design...
Foreword
Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2008. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Handbook of Computational Intelligence in Manufacturing and Production Management.
Techniques and Tools for the Design and Implementation of Enterprise Information Systems
Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2008. 408 pages.
Inter-organizational information systems play a major role in improving communication and integration between partnering firms to achieve an integrated global supply chain....
Collaborative Alliance for the Implementation of Computer Integrated Manufacturing in Small and Medium Enterprises
H. B. Marri, A. Gunasekaran, Z. Irani, G.D. Putnik. © 2008. 9 pages.
For all small and medium enterprises (SMEs), the long term goal is to stay in business, grow, and make profit, especially for manufacturing SMEs that must understand the dynamic...
Modelling and Analysis of Enterprise Information Systems
Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2007. 392 pages.
Insight into issues, challenges, and solutions related to the successful applications and management aspects of enterprise information systems may provide to be a hardship to...
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP): Past, Present and Future
Ronald E. McGaughey, Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2007. 13 pages.
Business needs have driven the design, development, and use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. Intra-enterprise integration was a driving force in the design...
The Effects of Uncertainty on ERP-Controlled Manufacturing Supply Chains
S. C. Lenny Koh, Angappa Gunasekaran. © 2007. 24 pages.
The use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) is becoming increasingly prevalent in many modern manufacturing supply chains. However, knowledge of their performance when...
The Evolution of ERP and Its Relationship with E-Business
S. A. Alwabel, M. Zairi, A. Gunasekaran. © 2006. 19 pages.
Every technical invention is initially designed and eventually applied to solve a real-world problem. The evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is no exception. Owing...
Market of Resources as a Virtual Enterprise Integration Enabler
Maria M. Cunha, Goran D. Putnik, Angappa Gunasekaran, Paulo Avila. © 2005. 21 pages.
The search for increased competitiveness and efficiency during the last decade resulted in several organizational approaches that presented flexibility as a main characteristic....
E-Commerce: Teaching and Learning
Angappa Gunasekaran, Ronald E. McGaughey, Ronald D. McNeil. © 2004. 16 pages.
The emergence of e-commerce (EC) is changing business theory and practice. Educational institutions and companies are trying to educate and train students and employees in EC...
Attitude Toward E-Commerce and Education: An Empirical Analysis
Angappa Gunasekaran, E.W.T. Ngai. © 2004. 18 pages.
With the popularity of the Internet, e-commerce has become increasingly appealing to society. In this paper, we study the use of the Internet by students and their attitudes...
Knowledge and Information Technology Management: Human and Social Perspectives
Angappa Gunasekaran, Omar E. M. Khalil, Syed Mahbubur. © 2003. 380 pages.
The importance of knowledge and information technology management has been emphasized both by researchers and practitioners in order for companies to compete in the global...
Market of Resources as an Environment for Agile/Virtual Enterprise Dynamic Integration and for Business Alignment
Maria Manuela Cunha, Goran D. Putnik, A. Gunasekaran. © 2003. 22 pages.
We are assisting to a shift from traditional “self-centred closed-enterprises” to “global open-enterprises,” corresponding to the recent Agile/Virtual Enterprise (A/V E) model....