Some Recent Publications

Books

• Barad, M. (editor), "Proceedings of the Sixth Israeli Conference of Industrial Engineering and Management" (English and Hebrew),

Tel Aviv, Ortra, 1990(216 pp).

Invited Chapters in Encyclopedias:

•  Barad, M., "Quality Assurance - Industrial Analysis: Data Evaluation and Error Assessment, Techniques for Batch and Process Evaluation, Quality Assurance Schemes, System Management". In: Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, edited by Prof. A. Townshend, Academic Press, London, 1995 (pp. 4240 -4250).

•  Barad, M., "Total Quality Management: Quality, Total Quality Strategies - a Global View, Cultural/ Geographical styles in Quality Strategies and Practices (West versus East), Management Theories and Total Quality". In: International Encyclopedia of Business & Mangement, edited by Prof. M. Warner, Thomson Business Press, London, 1996 (pp. 4884 - 4901) and 693 - 711 (The Concise IEBM).

•  Barad, M., “Total Quality Management”. In: The Concise International Encyclopedia of Business & Management, edited by Prof. M. Warner, Thomson Business Press, London, March 1997 (pp. 693-711).

•  Barad, M., "Total Quality Management and Information Technology /Systems". In: International Encyclopedia of Business & Management (IEBM Online), edited by Prof. M. Warner, Thomson Learning, London (publishing Spring 2002).

• Barad, M. and D. Sipper , "Flexibility in Manufacturing Systems: Definitions and Petri net Modeling", Int. J. Prod. Res., Vol .26, No.2, 1988 (pp. 237-248).

• Barad, M., C. Bezalel and J. R. Goldstein, "Prior research is the key to fractional factorial design", Quality Progress, Vol.22, No.3, 1989 (pp. 71-75).

• Barad, M., "A Break-even Quality Level Approach to Inspection Stations Location in a Multistage Production Process", Int. J. Prod. Res., Vol.28, No.1, 1990 (pp. 29-45).

• Barad, M. and D. Sipper, "Flexibility and types of changes in FMSs: a timed Petri-nets assessment of machine flexibility", Int. J. Adv. Manuf. Technol., Vol.5, 1990 (pp. 292-306).

• Barad, M., "Multi-facility Capacity Expansion in R&D Projects", Int. J. Prod. Res., Vol. 29, No. 8, 1991 (pp. 1687-1699).

• Barad, M., "The Impact of some Flexibility Factors in FMSs - A Performance Evaluation Approach", Int. J. Prod. Res., Vol. 30, No. 11, 1992 (pp. 2587-2602).

• Barad, M., "Decomposing Timed Petri net Models of Open Queueing Networks", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 45, No 12, 1994 (pp. 1385-1397).

• Barad, M. and B. Kayis, "Quality Teams as Improvement Support Systems (ISS): an Australian Perspective", Management Decision, Vol. 32, No 6, 1994 (pp. 49-57).

• Barad, M. and B. Kayis, "TQM Experiences in some New South Wales Manufacturing Companies", Journal of Total Quality Management, Vol. 6, No 2, 1995 (pp. 107-122).

• Barad, M., "Some Cultural/Geographical Styles in Quality Strategies and Quality Costs (P.R. China versus Australia)", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 41, 1995 (pp. 81-92).

• Barad, M. and K. Hoang, "Cutting Tools versus Machine Tools Investments in FMS Design", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol. 42, 1995 ( pp. 29-40).

• Barad, M. and D. Braha, "Control Limits for Multi-stage Manufacturing Processes with Binomial Yield: Single and Multiple Production Runs", Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 47, 1996 (pp. 98-112).

• Barad, M. "Total quality strategies, learning, and design of experiments"; in: Advanced Manufacturing Processes, Systems , and Technologies (AMPST), collected papers published by Mech. Eng'ing Publications, Ltd. London and Bury St. Edmunds, UK, 1996 (pp. 773-782).

• Barad, M. and G. Bennett, "Optimal Yield Improvement in Multi-stage Manufacturing Processes", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 95, 1996 (pp. 549-565).

• Barad, M. and S. Y. Nof, "Flexibility Measurement: A Framework for Analysis and Decision Making", International Journal of Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, Vol. 10, 1996 (pp.296-308).

• Barad, M. and T. Raz, "A sequential approach to analyzing irregular multivariate inspection data ", Quality Engineering, Vol. 10 (3) 1998 (pp.551-562).

• Barad, M., "Flexibility Performance Measurement Systems - A Framework for Design". In: Performance Measurement - Theory and Practice Conference Proceedings, Churchill College Cambridge, UK, 1998 (pp.78-85).

• Barad, M. and D. Sinriech, "A Petri Net Model for the Operational Design and Analysis of Segmented Flow Topology (SFT) AGV systems". Int. J. Prod. Res., Vol. 36(5) 1998 (pp. 1401-1425).

• Barad, M., "Timed Petri Nets as a Verification Tool". In: 1998 Winter Simulation Conference Procedings, Washington, USA, 1998 (pp. 547-554).

• Barad, M. and T. Raz, "Contribution of Quality Management Tools and Practices to Project Management Performance". Int. J. of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 17 (4/5) 2000 (pp. 571-583).

• Barad, M and D. Gien, "Linking improvement models to manufacturing strategies". Int. J. Prod. Res., Vol. 39 (12), 2001(pp. 2675-2695).[Won the 2001 Norman Dudley Award]

• Barad, M. and S. Shaharabani, "A QFD based contingency approach to manufacturing strategies". Proceedings of IFIP 5.7 Strategic Manufacturing Conference, Aalborg, Denmark, 2001 (pp 39-50).

• Dror, S and M. Barad, "Utilizing Quality Function Deployment to construct a Balanced Scorecard Map", Proceedings of the third International Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Research, Boston, USA, 2002 (pp 165-172).

• Barad, M. and D. Even-Sapir, " Flexibility in logistics systems: modelling and performance evaluation", Int. J. Production Economics, Vol. 85, 2003 (pp 155-170)

• Engel A. and M. Barad, “A Methodology for Modeling VVT Risks and Costs”, Systems Engineering Journal, Vol. 6 (3), 2003, (pp 135-151).

• Gien, D, S. Jacqmart, A. Seklouli and M. Barad, "An approach based on fuzzy sets for manufacturing system design". Int. J. Prod. Res., vol. 41(2) 2003 (pp. 315-335).

• Barad, M., "An Introduction to Petri Nets", International Journal of General Systems, Vol 32 (6), 2003 (pp 565-582). [Invited tutorial/survey article]

• Raz, T. and M. Barad, “In process control of design inspection effectiveness’, Quality and Reliability Engineering International, Vol 20, 2004 (pp 17-30).

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