Dr Kumaraguru (Kumar) Mahadevan brings extensive operations management, supply chain management, and consulting expertise gained across international universities, multinational corporations, and government organisations. His doctoral research is among the first to connect supply chain integration, supply chain visibility and information sharing between supply chain partners to enable competitive advantage for organisations in the logistics and manufacturing industries. Dr Mahadevan developed a supply chain integration hierarchy model that practitioners can use to measure the effectiveness of the integration, visibility and information sharing in their organisation. He also lectures in the School of Business and Law at Central Queensland University. Research summary: ORCID 0000-0001-6677-0006

Qualifications
Doctor of Philosophy, Western Sydney University
Master of Business Administration, Western Sydney University
Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management
Graduate Diploma in Technological Economics
Bachelor of Science in Production Engineering, Leeds Beckett University

Supply Chain Performance

• Mahadevan, K. (2025). Exploring numerology for businesses: A bold leap of faith. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12, 445, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-04325-2
• Mahadevan, K., & Atkinson, N. (2024). Demographic influences on enrolment and completion of an online MBA leadership programme: An Australian university perspective. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 28, 4, 202–212. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2024.2316024
• Merkert, R., Hoberg, K., & Mahadevan, K. (2023). Logistics and supply chain superpowers and skills for survival in the “new normal” globalized world. Transportation Journal, 62, 4, 369-396. https://doi.org/10.5325/transportationj.62.4.0369
• Mahadevan, K. (2023). Numerology in the corporate world: A leap of faith. European Academic of Management Conference, Leading Digital Transformation, School of Management and Law (15-17 June), 2-41.
• Hoberg, K., & Mahadevan, K. (2022). Supply chain performance measurement through collaborative effectiveness: An Asia Pacific perspective. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 72, 6, 1667–1687. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-05-2021-0274
• Elias, A. A., Samaranayake, P., & Mahadevan, K. (2021). Frame conditions, mindsets, and skills in supply chain management from Taylorism to Industry 4.0. World Review of Intermodal Transportation Research, 10, 305–324. https://doi.org/10.1504/WRITR.2021.119535
• Shah, M., Mahadevan, K., & Cheng, M. (2021). Poaching international students? A study of an Australian university with metropolitan campuses. Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 26, 1, 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603108.2021.1958265
• Mahadevan, K. (2021). Demystifying the Dabbawallahs: India’s lean food delivery operations explained with operations management practices. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 14, 3, 277–288. https://doi.org/10.31387/oscm0460302

• BC100 Professional Business Communication
• BC200 Business Decision Making and Problem Solving
• BC400 Communication and Media Management
• BC500 Business Decision Making and Problem Solving
• MG101 Management
• MG201 Global Management
• MG301 Strategic Management Planning
• MG302 Leadership and Management in Agribusiness
• MG304 Agriculture Value Chain Management
• MG401 Leadership in Agribusiness
• MG500 Leadership and Management
• MG501 Value Chain Management in Agribusiness
• MG502 Agribusiness Strategic Management
• MG503 Strategic Management
• MG505 Global Management
• OB101 Organisational and Human Management
• OB223 Organisational Behaviour
• OB400 Organisational Behaviour
• RS501 Research Methodology