Jonathan D. Owens

Jonathan D Owens is a Senior Lecturer in Operations Management within Salford Business School, and a registered Chartered Engineer with the UK Engineering Council. He has worked in the UK higher education sector for over twenty-five years, joining Salford in 2014, from Lincoln University where he was Director of the CILT and CIPS accredited MSc Logistics Management degree programme. His research is predominantly in the fields of Operations Management, Lean, ERP and New Product Development (NPD) he has worked on numerous grants and enterprise projects. He is particularly interested in the cost and benefits of integrating current technologies into the NPD process, and how NPD could be understood more effectively and taught in a learning environment. He has published widely and is currently on the editorial review panel with four ABS ranked journals. In addition, he has held numerous visiting and external examiner posts in the field of Operations Management. Having been invited to be a Visiting Professor in Operations Management for the Tecnológico de Monterrey University, México and held numerous external examiner roles.

Publications

Utilization of Key Technologies Can Support Managerial Innovation (MI) Within Core Business Operations: Mitigate the Increasing Costs of Global Crises and Supply Chain Issues by Integrating the Management
Utilization of Key Technologies Can Support Managerial Innovation (MI) Within Core Business Operations: Mitigate the Increasing Costs of Global Crises and Supply Chain Issues by Integrating the Management
Abdulaziz Aldaremi, Jonathan D. Owens, Marie Griffiths. © 2024. 18 pages.
The utilisation of technology to support managerial innovation (MI) within core business operations can present opportunities for growth and continuity, since integrating...
Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix Facilitating Accessibility in UK Management Education Teaching
Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix Facilitating Accessibility in UK Management Education Teaching
Jonathan D. Owens, Usman Talat. © 2021. 23 pages.
This is an empirical investigation considering how the Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix (KTOM) could facilitate accessibility and Knowledge Transfer (KT) for the UK Higher...
A Conceptual Analysis on the Different Approaches to New Product Development and the Variables Associated With Modelling the Process
A Conceptual Analysis on the Different Approaches to New Product Development and the Variables Associated With Modelling the Process
Jonathan D. Owens, Andrew M. Atherton. © 2018. 23 pages.
Globally, new products are launched daily. They provide answers to common or specialised problems, enrich lifestyles, provide alternatives to old solutions, amuse us etc....
Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix Facilitating Accessibility in UK Management Education Teaching
Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix Facilitating Accessibility in UK Management Education Teaching
Jonathan D. Owens, Usman Talat. © 2017. 23 pages.
This is an empirical investigation considering how the Knowledge Transfer Openness Matrix (KTOM) could facilitate accessibility and Knowledge Transfer (KT) for the UK Higher...