Biography
BABAI 1977 PhD 1984
Research Interests
keywords:
- industrial engineering
- optimisation
- discrete-event simulation
- operations management
- capacity planning
- contracts
- organisation
- human factors of integration
- quantitative methods
- qualitative methods
- evidence-informed management
Teaching Interests
(taught/have taught)
Topics:
work design and plant layout; operations planning and control; work psychology, organisation structure and management, SCOR model, capacity, modelling and simulation, optimisation; engineering economy and decision-making; quality / six-sigma and lean continuous process improvement.
Students:
BTech/BSc (Hons): Production Management, Manufacturing Technology, Manufacturing Systems, Wood Science and Technology; BTechEd (Hons): Engineering and Technology, Information Technology and Telecommunications; BSc (Hons): Pharmaceutical Chemistry; BEng (Hons): Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Computer Engineering; BBS (Hons) Minor stream in Supply-Chain Management; Dip (L 8 distance): Supply-Chain Management; SpDip(L 9 distance): Supply-Chain Management (quant).
Course Directorships:
1996-2009 BTech/BSc Production Management; 2010- Dip/Sp Diploma in Supply-Chain; Dip Lean in Healthcare.
Professional Activities
Association
- 2007 Fellow, Royal Academy of Medicine of Ireland Section for Healthcare Management
- 1999 Member, Engineers Ireland
- 1999 Associate Member, Irish Ergonomics Society
Education
- 1984 National University of Ireland - Ph.D.
- 1977 Dublin University - BA BAI
Award
- 1984 - PhD (Engineering)
- 1977 - BABAI (Engineering)
Employment
- 1977 An Foras Taluntais, Oakpark Research Centre, Carlow - Postgraduate Research Student; Research Officer 1977-1984
Outreach
- Quality Management in a Clinical Directorate, GUH 2007-2009. a research collaboration with Galway University Hospitals' Womens and Childrens Clinical Directorate. Collaborators: Mr C O'Hara Head HR Dept GUH, Prof S deBurca, Director Health Systems Research Centre UL, Dr Claire Armstrong Kemmy Business School, Peter Williams HSyRC/ERC UL.
- Health Manager's Perception of Reforms National Survey 2009. a research collaboration between the Health Systems Research Centre and the Health Management Institute of Ireland. Collaborators: Mr Denis Doherty, President HMI, and Prof S DeBurca, Health Systems Research Centre UL, Peter Williams HSyRC/ERC UL.
Committee
- Student Status Committee,
Publications
Conference Contribution
Impact of Health System Reforms on Healthcare Management Practice 2004-2009: Health Managers' Perceptions of Reforms
Peter Williams (presenter), Stiofan de Burca
Working Conference HSR: Health Services Research in Europe
deBurca S, Williams P, Doherty D
Working Conference HSR: Health Services Research in Europe
deBurca S, Williams P, Armstrong C, Brosnan P
17th IMC: Building on Manufacturing Advances of the Nineties
Niall Killeen, Peter Williams and Ann Ledwith
Conference Publication
Proc 2011 Winter Simulation Conference
Knoblich, K, Ehm, H, Heavey, C, Williams, P.
35th ORAHS Conference: Rethinking Health Services Management
G Tai; P Williams
ADVANCES IN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY - XVII
Walsh, PM; Williams, PA; Heavey, C
International Manufacturring Conference IMC-19
Killeen NT, Williams PA
ADVANCES IN MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY-XVI: IMechE
Walsh, PM; Williams, PA; Heavey, C
Other Publication
Impact of Healthcare Reforms on Management Practice: emerging findings.
deBurca, S and Williams, P
Health Manager e-Journal
Clinical directorates and clinical governance for quality: a case study of the Women and Children's Directorate, GUH (HSE)
DeBurca, S; Williams, P; Armstrong, C
Peer Reviewed Journal
Optimization of scheduling patient appointments in clinics using a novel modelling technique of patient arrival
Tai, Guangfu, Williams, Peter
Computer Methods And Programs In Biomedicine
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2011.02.010
Simulation based analysis of patient arrival to health care systems and evaluation of an operations improvement scheme
Williams, P; Tai, GF; Lei, YM
Annals Of Operations Research
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-009-0580-x
Investigation of rolling horizon flexibility contracts in a supply chain under highly variable stochastic demand
Walsh, PM; Williams, PA; Heavey, C
Ima Journal Of Management Mathematics
DOI: 10.1093/imaman/dpm035
How RHF contracts alter demand information
Walsh P.M., Williams P.A., Heavey C.
Systems Science