William Ho

THE COVID-19 SHOCK TO SUPPLY CHAINS

William Ho

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2020

The coronavirus pandemic is only the latest shock to supply chains – but COVID-19 is a wake-up call to businesses in terms of the ..

Incorporating risk aversion and fairness considerations into procurement and distribution decisions in a supply chain

J Tao, L Shao, Z Guan, W Ho, S Talluri

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Production Research

This paper considers a three-tier supply chain in which a manufacturer uses raw materials sourced from multiple suppliers to produ..

Light in Dark Places: The Hidden World of Supply Chain Fraud

Scott DuHadway, Sri Talluri, William Ho, Thomas Buckhoff

Journal article  |  2020  |  IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Interorganizational fraud, or fraud that occurs between organizations, is a critical component of supply chain fraud and supply ch..

Optimal Robust Ordering Quantity for a New Product Under Environmental Constraints

CH Yang, X Ma, S Talluri, W Ho

Journal article  |  2019  |  IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Rapid new product introduction is an effective method for firms to capture market share. Considering the growing concerns of envir..

Impact of Environmental Uncertainty and Contractual Embeddedness on Supplier's Sales Probability

Buddhika Mannaperuma, Prakash Singh, William Ho, Sherah Kurnia

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Academy of Management Proceedings

Existing literature offers limited knowledge about online markets that consist of open contractual and supply networks. Online mar..

Supplier’s contractual embeddedness and sales performance in uncertain environments

Buddhika Mannaperuma, Prakash Singh, William Ho, Sherah Kurnia

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Proceedings 26th EurOMA Conference

Literature offers limited knowledge on the online markets that consist of both open contractual and supply networks which are subj..

Supplier Embeddedness and Relational Performance in Toyota Buyer Network in Uncertain Business Environments

Buddhika Mannaperuma, Prakash Singh, William Ho

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  Designing Sustainable and Resilient Supply Chains in an Era of Rich Data

Existing literature offers limited knowledge about the supplier embeddedness and relational performance in global buyer network un..

Coordinated pricing analysis with the carbon tax scheme in a supply chain

X Ma, W Ho, P Ji, S Talluri

Journal article  |  2018  |  Decision Sciences: A Journal of the Decision Sciences Institute

The carbon tax is a cost-efficient scheme to curb emissions, and it has been implemented in Australia, British Columbia, and other..

Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Journal: Impact, Trends and Future Directions

A Calma, William Ho, Lusheng Shao

Scholarly Contribution to Database/Website  |  2018  |  Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

As Manufacturing & Service Operations Management (M&SOM) nears 20 years of publication history, it is an appropriate time to refle..

Managing Risk in Strategic Sourcing: A Cross-Sectional and Multi-National Case Study

M Kotula, W Ho, S Talluri, P Dey, X Ma

Journal article  |  2018  |  IEEE Engineering Management Review

Contract Design with Information Asymmetry in a Supply Chain under an Emissions Trading Mechanism

Xin Ma, William Ho, Ping Ji, Srinivas Talluri

Journal article  |  2018  |  DECISION SCIENCES

Design and application of Internet of Things based Warehouse Management System for Smart Logistics

CKM Lee, Y Lv, KKH Ng, W Ho, KL Choy

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal of Production Research

Warehouse operations need to change due to the increasing complexity and variety of customer orders. The demand for real-time data..

Models for supplier selection and risk mitigation: A holistic approach

J Yoon, S Talluri, H Yildiz, W Ho

Journal article  |  2018  |  International Journal of Production Research

According to a study conducted by PwC and the Business Continuity Institute in 2013, 75% of companies experience at least one majo..

Moderating influence of the business environment on suppliers’ contractual embeddedness and sales probability: complex adaptive system view

Buddhika Mannaperuma, Prakash Singh, William Ho, Sherah Kurnia

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  3rd Australian Social Network Analysis Conference

Businesses that are unable to withstand the market domination and product surpluses increasingly use internet enabled alternative ..

Supplier and customer knowledge leveraging and financial performance nexus: moderating effects of the internal manufacturing environment

Buddhika Mannaperuma, Prakash Singh, William Ho

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Reykjavik 2018 Conference

Exponentially growing knowledge and technology create dynamic but different expectations for customer and supplier leveraging prac..

The state-of-the-art integrations and applications of the analytic hierarchy process

W Ho, X Ma

Journal article  |  2018  |  European Journal of Operational Research

Because of its great flexibility and wide applicability, integrated analytic hierarchy process (AHP) approaches have been studied ..

Optimal procurement decision with a carbon tax for the manufacturing industry

X Ma, P Ji, W Ho, CH Yang

Journal article  |  2018  |  Computers and Operations Research

A carbon tax, which has been implemented in several countries, is a cost-effective scheme for reducing carbon emission and develop..

A multiple colonies artificial bee colony algorithm for a capacitated vehicle routing problem and re-routing strategies under time-dependent traffic congestion

KKH Ng, CKM Lee, SZ Zhang, Kan Wu, William Ho

Journal article  |  2017  |  Computers and Industrial Engineering

Strategic supplier performance evaluation: A case-based action research of a UK manufacturing organization (vol 166, pg 192, 2015)

PK Dey, A Bhattacharya, W Ho, Ben Clegg

Journal article  |  2017  |  International Journal of Production Economics

Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process

A Emrouznejad, W Ho

Book Chapter  |  2017

The interactive effect of task business environment and supply chain relationship on manufacturing plant's operational sustainability: synergies or antagonies?

Buddhika Mannaperuma Mudiyanselage, Prakash J Singh, William Ho

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  15th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain and Service Management Symposium

The recent global “Great Recession” showed that many manufacturing plants that appeared to be operationally sustainable were not a..

Extended Abstract: Suppliers’ operational sustainability within the global supply network in automobile industry: a complex adaptive system view

Buddhika Mannaperuma Mudiyanselage, Prakash J Singh, William Ho

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  15th ANZAM Operations, Supply Chain and Services Management Symposium

The collapse of the Australian automobile manufacturing industry shows that even the global giants such as Toyota, Ford and Genera..

Organising the business processes of a product servitised supply chain: a value perspective

T He, W Ho, Y Zhang, PK Dey

Journal article  |  2016  |  Production Planning and Control

This paper develops a structured method from the perspective of value to organise and optimise the business processes of a product..

Reliable Supply Chain Network Design

H Yildiz, J Yoon, S Talluri, W Ho

Journal article  |  2016  |  Decision Sciences

Decision Sciences Institute.Risk management in supply chains has been receiving increased attention in the past few years. In this..

Managing supply chain knowledge-based linkages for improving operational performance

M Marra, W Ho, C Ka Man Lee

Journal article  |  2016  |  Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Purpose: This paper aims to explore the role of internal and external knowledge-based linkages across the supply chain in achievin..

Green manufacturing supply chain design and operations decision support

Arijit Bhattacharya, Prasanta Kumar Dey, William Ho

Journal article  |  2015  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH

The value of indirect ties in citation networks: SNA analysis with OWA operator weights

M Marra, A Emrouznejad, W Ho, JS Edwards

Journal article  |  2015  |  Information Sciences

This paper seeks to advance the theory and practice of the dynamics of complex networks in relation to direct and indirect citatio..

Strategic sourcing supplier selection misalignment with critical success factors: Findings from multiple case studies in Germany and the United Kingdom

Martin Kotula, William Ho, Prasanta Kumar Dey, Carman Ka Man Lee

Journal article  |  2015  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

Strategic supplier selection using multi-stakeholder and multi-perspective approaches

William Ho, Prasanta Kumar Dey, Arijit Bhattacharya

Journal article  |  2015  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

Strategic supplier performance evaluation: A case-based action research of a UK manufacturing organisation

Prasanta Kumar Dey, Arijit Bhattacharya, William Ho

Journal article  |  2015  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

A decision support system for supplier selection and order allocation in stochastic, multi-stakeholder and multi-criteria environments

J Scott, W HO, PK Dey, S Talluri

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Production Economics

Integrated supplier selection and order allocation is an important decision for both designing and operating supply chains. This d..

Supply chain risk management: a literature review

William Ho, Tian Zheng, Hakan Yildiz, Srinivas Talluri

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Production Research

Risk management plays a vital role in effectively operating supply chains in the presence of a variety of uncertainties. Over the ..

Design and development of a hybrid artificial bee colony algorithm for the environmental vehicle routing problem

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Journal article  |  2014  |  Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a critical and vital problem in logistics for the design of an effective and efficient transp..

Development of a risk-oriented strategic sourcing (ROSS) framework for the construction and electronics manufacturing industries

M Kotula, W HO

Book Chapter  |  2014

Strategic sourcing has increased in importance in recent years, and now plays an important role in companies’ planning. The curren..

Conceptual note: The impact of supply network configurations on firms’ operational sustainability

Buddhika Mannaperuma Mudiyanselage, Prakash J Singh, William Ho

Conference Proceedings  |  2014  |  2014 Joint Doctoral Colloquium in Management and Marketing

Supply network configuration consists of both structural characteristics and relational characteristics. Structural characteristic..

Strategic sourcing in the UK bioenergy industry

James A Scott, William Ho, Prasanta K Dey

Journal article  |  2013  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

Multi-level genetic algorithm for the resource-constrained re-entrant scheduling problem in the flow shop

D Lin, CKM Lee, W Ho

Journal article  |  2013  |  Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

The re-entrant flow shop scheduling problem (RFSP) is regarded as a NP-hard problem and attracted the attention of both researcher..

Supply chain knowledge management: A literature review

M Marra, W Ho, J Edwards

Journal article  |  2012  |  Expert Systems with Applications

This paper aims to contribute to the debate on the role of knowledge management in supply chain management by reviewing the publis..

An alternative formulation for the fuzzy assignment problem

A Emrouznejad, M Zerafat Angiz, W Ho

Journal article  |  2012  |  Journal of the Operational Research Society

The existing assignment problems for assigning n jobs to n individuals are limited to the considerations of cost or profit measure..

A fuzzy AHP based integer linear programming model for the multi-criteria transshipment problem

T He, W Ho, CLK Man, X Xu

Journal article  |  2012  |  The International Journal of Logistics Management

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to develop a holistic approach to maximize the customer service level while minimizing th..

Strategic logistics outsourcing: An integrated QFD and fuzzy AHP approach

W Ho, T He, CKM Lee, A Emrouznejad

Journal article  |  2012  |  Expert Systems with Applications

This paper develops an integrated approach, combining quality function deployment (QFD), fuzzy set theory, and analytic hierarchy ..

A review of multi-criteria decision-making methods for bioenergy systems

JA Scott, W Ho, PK Dey

Journal article  |  2012  |  Energy

Bioenergy schemes are multi-faceted and complex by nature, with many available raw material supplies and technical options and a d..

Applied operational research with SAS

A Emrouznejad, W Ho

Book  |  2011

Using a wide range of operational research (OR) optimization examples, Applied Operational Research with SAS demonstrates how the ..

Design of a genetic algorithm for bi-objective flow shop scheduling problems with re-entrant jobs

Carman KM Lee, Danping Lin, William Ho, Zhang Wu

Journal article  |  2011  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

Design and development of logistics workflow systems for demand management with RFID

CKM Lee, William Ho, GTS Ho, HCW Lau

Journal article  |  2011  |  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS

Managing Supply Chain Knowledge in the New Product Development Process: a Social Network Analysis Approach

Marianna Marra, William Ho, John S Edwards

Conference Proceedings  |  2011  |  2011 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT (IEEM)

Strategic sourcing: a combined QFD and AHP approach in manufacturing

William Ho, Prasanta K Dey, Martin Lockstrom

Journal article  |  2011  |  SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL

A value-oriented model for managing service supply chains

T He, W Ho, XF Xu

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  2010 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management

Managing knowledge transfer across supply chain: A social network approach

M Marra, W Ho, J Edwards

Conference Proceedings  |  2010  |  SCMIS 2010 - Proceedings of 2010 8th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems: Logistics Systems and Engineering

Multi-criteria decision making approaches for supplier evaluation and selection: A literature review

William Ho, Xiaowei Xu, Prasanta K Dey

Journal article  |  2010  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH

Integrated component scheduling models for chip shooter machines

William Ho, Ping Ji

Journal article  |  2010  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS

An integrated scheduling problem of PCB components on sequential pick-and-place machines: Mathematical models and heuristic solutions

William Ho, Ping Ji

Journal article  |  2009  |  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS

Multi-criteria logistics distribution network design using SAS/OR

William Ho, Ali Emrouznejad

Journal article  |  2009  |  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS

Development of an intelligent quality management system using fuzzy association rules

HCW Lau, GTS Ho, KF Chu, William Ho, CKM Lee

Journal article  |  2009  |  Expert Systems with Applications

Measuring performance of virtual learning environment system in higher education

W William, HE Higson, PK Dey, X Xiaowei, R Bahsoon

Journal article  |  2009  |  Quality Assurance in Education

Technology and business integration

Prasanta Kumar Dey, William Ho, Pavel Albores, David Bennett

Journal article  |  2009  |  Technology Analysis & Strategic Management

Optimizing PCB assembly for family setup strategy

Yonghong Wu, P Ji, William Ho

Journal article  |  2009  |  Assembly Automation

Innovation in healthcare services: A customer-focused approach

PK Dey, S Hariharan, W Ho

Journal article  |  2009  |  International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Design and development of agent-based procurement system to enhance business intelligence

CKM Lee, HCW Lau, GTS Ho, William Ho

Journal article  |  2009  |  EXPERT SYSTEMS WITH APPLICATIONS

Development of a co-operative distributed process mining system for quality assurance

GTS Ho, HCW Lau, SK Kwok, CKM Lee, W Ho

Journal article  |  2009  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION RESEARCH

The analysis and case studies of successful express logistics companies

TK Ling, CKM Lee, W Ho

Journal article  |  2009  |  International Journal of Value Chain Management

A mathematical model for assembly line balancing model to consider disordering sequence of workstations

William Ho, Ali Emrouznejad

Journal article  |  2009  |  ASSEMBLY AUTOMATION

Strategic Logistics Outsourcing: An Integrated QFD and AHP Approach

W Ho, DJ Bennett, KL Mak, KB Chuah, CKM Lee, MJ Hall

Conference Proceedings  |  2009  |  2009 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT, VOLS 1-4

Optimization of the facility location-allocation problem in a customer-driven supply chain

W Ho, CKM Lee, GTS Ho

Journal article  |  2008  |  Operations Management Research

Optimization of PCB component placements for the collect-and-place machines

William Ho, Ping Ji, Prasanta Kumar Dey

Journal article  |  2008  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

A hybrid genetic algorithm for the multi-depot vehicle routing problem

William Ho, George TS Ho, Ping Ji, Henry CW Lau

Journal article  |  2008  |  ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Integrated analytic hierarchy process and its applications - A literature review

William Ho

Journal article  |  2008  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH

Relationship characteristics within the supply chain of Small and Medium-Sized Construction Enterprises in Thailand

PK Dey, W Ho, C Charoenngam, W Deewong

Journal article  |  2008  |  International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management

A heuristic approach for component scheduling on a high-speed PCB assembly machine

W Ho, P Ji, Y Wu

Journal article  |  2007  |  Production Planning and Control

Combining analytic hierarchy process and goal programming for logistics distribution network design

W Ho

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics

A heuristic approach for component scheduling on a high-speed PCB assembly machine

W Ho, P Ji, Y Wu

Journal article  |  2007  |  PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL

Demand forecasting in logistics: Analytic hierarchy process and genetic algorithm-based multiple regression analysis

W Ho, CKM Lee

Book Chapter  |  2007

Optimal production planning for PCB assembly

W Ho, P Ji

Book  |  2007

Managing healthcare technology in quality management framework

Prasanta Kumar Dey, Seetharaman Hariharan, William Ho

Journal article  |  2007  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

An integrated multiple criteria decision making approach for resource allocation in higher education

W Ho, HE Higson, PK Dey

Journal article  |  2007  |  International Journal of Innovation and Learning

Resource allocation is one of the major decision problems arising in higher education. Resources must be allocated optimally in su..

Combining analytic hierarchy process and goal programming for logistics distribution network design

William Ho

Conference Proceedings  |  2007  |  2007 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMS, MAN AND CYBERNETICS, VOLS 1-8

Managing technology in oil pipelines industry

PK Dey, SS Gupta, W Ho

Journal article  |  2006  |  International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Operating oil pipelines in an optimum capacity through out its life, effective construction management and failure free operations..

A genetic algorithm approach to optimising component placement and retrieval sequence for chip shooter machines

W Ho, P Ji

Journal article  |  2006  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY

A multi-depot travelling salesman problem and its iterative and integrated approaches

W Ho, P Ji, PK Dey

Journal article  |  2006  |  International Journal of Operational Research

Resource allocation is one of the major decision problems arising in higher education. Resources This paper formulates a logistics..

A concise route to racemic anatoxin a from cycloocta-1,5-diene

TL Ho, E Zinurova

Journal article  |  2006  |  Helvetica Chimica Acta

Multiple criteria decision-making techniques in higher education

W Ho, PK Dey, HE Higson

Journal article  |  2006  |  International Journal of Educational Management

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the literature which focuses on four major higher education decision problems. Th..

A genetic algorithm to optimise the component placement process in PCB assembly

W Ho, P Ji

Journal article  |  2005  |  International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

A genetic algorithm for the generalised transportation problem

W Ho, P Ji

Journal article  |  2005  |  International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

The generalised transportation problem (GTP) is an extension of the linear Hitchcock transportation problem. However, it does not ..

PCB assembly line assignment: A genetic algorithm approach

W Ho, P Ji

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Purpose - This paper sets out to study a production-planning problem for printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. A PCB assembly comp..

A hybrid genetic algorithm for sequencing PCB component placement

W Ho, P Ji

Journal article  |  2005  |  International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems

A hybrid genetic algorithm for component sequencing and feeder arrangement

W Ho, P Ji

Journal article  |  2004  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING

Component scheduling for chip shooter machines: a hybrid genetic algorithm approach

W Ho, P Ji

Journal article  |  2003  |  COMPUTERS & OPERATIONS RESEARCH