V. Madhusudanan Pillai

V. Madhusudanan Pillai currently holds the position of Professor within the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kerala, India. With an extensive teaching career spanning over 30 years, he has amassed a wealth of expertise. He boasts a remarkable portfolio of more than 150 publications, encompassing both international journals and conferences. Notably, he has also taken on the role of editor for a book. His contributions extend to the creation of numerous laboratory exercises and software packages that revolve around the realms of manufacturing management and supply chain management. His research pursuits encompass an array of captivating areas. These areas include modelling of problems in supply chain operation simulation, cellular manufacturing systems, material requirements planning, scheduling, facility layout planning, inventory control, lean manufacturing, manpower planning – annualised hours, ergonomics, and machine learning and blockchain applications in supply chain management.

Publications

Blockchain-Based Decentralized Information Sharing for Supply Chain Management
Blockchain-Based Decentralized Information Sharing for Supply Chain Management
Justin Sunny, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Hiran V. Nath. © 2023. 20 pages.
Entities in modern supply chains are geographically dispersed across the globe. These entities have to collaborate to function as an integrated system. Advancements in technology...
Bullwhip Effect Performance of Supply Chains Under Statistical Process Control-Based Policy
Bullwhip Effect Performance of Supply Chains Under Statistical Process Control-Based Policy
Joby George, V. Madhusudanan Pillai. © 2020. 29 pages.
This chapter discusses the bullwhip effect performance of serial and divergent supply chains under statistical process control (SPC)-based and order-up-to (OUT) policies. The...
Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development
Emerging Applications in Supply Chains for Sustainable Business Development
M. Vijaya Kumar, Goran D. Putnik, K. Jayakrishna, V. Madhusudanan Pillai, Leonilde Varela. © 2019. 345 pages.
The application of sustainability practices at the system level begins with the supply chain. In the business realm, incorporating such practices allows organizations to redesign...
Supply Chain Modelling Under Carbon Trading
Supply Chain Modelling Under Carbon Trading
Nidhi M. B., V. Madhusudanan Pillai. © 2019. 18 pages.
In the recent decades, carbon footprint assessment of an activity has been emerging as a major research area. The carbon trading called “CAP and TRADE system” is evolved out of...