Agri-Tech and Supply Chain

Background:
The INTUIT research group carries out research under the three main themes of innovation, technology, and supply chain management, focusing on conducting cutting-edge research addressing the rapid changes in Australian and global business contexts. It focuses primarily on small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and aims to create new knowledge that informs decisions and innovative practices of SMEs in their responses to be relevant and adaptive to rapid technological advancements and be socially and environmentally responsible.

The multidisciplinary expertise of member researchers and emerging higher degree researchers is harnessed through dynamic research collaborations and an expansive approach towards projects. The research team has demonstrated capabilities in using a diverse set of research methods and the capability in innovative designs and deliveries of empirical and operations research projects using both quantitative and qualitative research methods. Associate Professor Dilupa Nakandala and Dr Henry Lau have published their collaborative research projects in top-tier journals, received competitive research funding and been invited to present their research at both local and international conferences. Projects on agribusiness and food supply chain research benefit from the strong partnership with the Global Centre for Land-based Innovation in collaboration with Professor Brajesh Singh and industry partners.

• Sustainable Supply Chain Management (Sustainable Design, Procurement, Production, Distribution and Reverse Logistics)
• Life Cycle Analysis
• Business Analytics and Visualisation Dashboards
• Advanced Technology adoption by SMEs
• Innovation Capability Development
• Decision Support and Optimisation Models and Simulation
• Agri-produce Supply Chain Traceability and Collaborative Models
• Sustainable Project Management
• SME Supply Chain Resilience

Researchers:
Professor Dilupa Nakandala (lead)
Dr Henry Lau
Dr Hilal Hurriyet
Dr Premaratne Samaranayake
Dr Lil Rodriguez Serna
Abdul Barbar

HDR Candidates:
Muhammed Salman Asif
Manal Alsaloum
Feras Alkhudhayr
Harsh Dhavale
Bimali Ranasinghe
Niranga Silva
Kasuni Vidanagamachchi

Affiliated members:
Dr Rola Fanousse
Dr Lil Rodriguez Serna