Michael Mutingi

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Staff Details

Office Location: 
G31, Engineering Building
Biography: 

Brief Career Summary

  • 2018+ Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering, Namibia University of Science and Technology
  • 2017+ Visiting Associate Professor, University of Johannesburg
  • 2014-2018 Senior Lecturer, Industrial Engineering, Namibia University of Science and Technology
  • 2011-2014 Lecturer, Industrial Engineering, University of Botswana
  • 2011-2011 Research Associate, Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore
  • 2004-2010 Lecturer, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe
  • 2002-2003 Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Bulawayo Polytechnic, Zimbabwe
  • 2000-2002 Production Engineer, Olivine Industries Ltd, Zimbabwe
  • 1998-1999 Research Fellow, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe

Qualifications

  • DEng. Engineering Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2015)
  • MEng. Industrial Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe (1998)
  • BEng. Industrial Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe (2004)

Professional Affilliations

  • ECSA TBC

Research Focus Areas

  • Operations Management, Industry 4.0
  • Bio-inspired optimisation algorithms in manufacturing and service systems
  • Systems thinking, system dynamics simulation and design

Courses Currently Teaching

  • Industrial Engineering Methods
  • Work Science (Human Factors Engineering)
  • Business Analysis
  • Optimisation Methods
  • Research Techniques and Methodology

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Gwangwava N., Mutingi, M. (2018).  E-Manufacturing and E-Service Strategies in Contemporary Organizations, IGI Global, USA ISBN 13 9781522536284
  • Mutingi, M. and Mbohwa C. (2017). Grouping Genetic Algorithms: Advances and Applications, Springer, UK, ISBN 978-3-319-44394-2
  • Mutingi, M. and Mbohwa C. (2016). Healthcare Staff Scheduling: Emerging Fuzzy Heuristic Approaches, Taylor & Francis Group, USA, ISBN 9781498707961
  • Iyambo T., Mutingi, M., Chakraborty, A & Vashishth A. (2021). Perceived Performance of Gasoline Supply Chains: Empirical Evidences from Namibia. Global Business Review (Accepted)
  • Muchaendepi W., Mbohwa C., Kanyepe J., Mutingi M. (2019). Challenges faced by the mining sector in implementing sustainable supply chain management in Zimbabwe. Procedia Manufacturing 33, pp. 493–500
  • Mutingi, M. and Chakraborty, A. (2019). Quality management practices in Namibian SMEs: An empirical investigation. Global Business Review, pp. 1-15
  • Chakraborty, A. and Mutingi, M. and Vashishth, A. (2019). Quality Management Practices in SMEs: A Comparative Study between India and Namibia. Benchmarking: An International Journal, pp. 1463-5771
  • Sony, M., Antony, J., Park, S. and Mutingi, M. (2019). Key Criticisms of Six Sigma: A Systematic Literature Review. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, pp. 1-13
  • Muchaendepi W., Mbohwa C., Kanyepe J. and Mutingi, M. (2019). Challenges faced by the mining sector in implementing sustainable supply chain management in Zimbabwe. Procedia Manufacturing 33, pp. 493–500
  • Silombela, T., Mutingi, M., Mashauri, D. and Charkraborty, A. (2018). Impact of quality management tools and techniques – Case of Namibian Municipal Water Distributors. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering 24 (1), pp. 2-21
  • Isack H., Mutingi M. and Chakraborty, A., Kandjeke H. (2018). Exploring the adoption of Lean principles in medical laboratory industry: Empirical evidences from Namibia. International Journal of Lean Six Sigma 9 (1), pp.133-155
  • Mutingi, M., Mbohwa, C. and Kommula V.P. (2017). System dynamics approaches to energy policy modelling and simulation. Energy Procedia, 141 (2017), pp. 532 - 539.
  • Mutingi, M., Mbohwa, C., and Dube P. (2017). System dynamics archetypes for capacity management of energy systems. Energy Procedia, 141 (2017), pp. 199–205.
  • Mutingi, M, Dube P, and Mbohwa, C. (2017). A modular product design approach for sustainable manufacturing in a fuzzy environment. Procedia Manufacturing, pp. 471 – 478.
  • Mutesi J. Mutingi, M. and Charkraborty, A. (2016). Service quality assessment for internet banking: Empirical evidences from Namibia. e-Service Journal, 10 (1), pp. 42-65
  • Mutingi, M., Mbohwa, C. and Kommula, V.P. (2016). Multi-criteria reliability optimization for a complex system with a bridge structure in a fuzzy environment: A fuzzy multi-criteria genetic algorithm approach. Maintenance and Reliability, vol.18 (3), pp. 450-456,
  • Mutingi, M. (2016). A fuzzy multi-objective genetic algorithm for system reliability optimization. International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering, 22 (1), pp. 1-16
  • Mutingi, M., Mbohwa, C. (2015). Nurse Scheduling: A Fuzzy multi-criteria simulated metamorphosis approach. Engineering Letters 23 (3), pp. 222-231
  • Mutingi M. (2015). Enhancing decision support in healthcare systems through mHealth. Mobile Health (mHealth): Multidisciplinary Verticals. In Sasan Adib (Ed.), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, pp 508-522.
  • Mutingi M. and Mbohwa C. (2015). Developing multi-agent systems for mHealth drug delivery. Mobile Health (mHealth): A Technology Road Map. In Sasan Adib (Ed.), Springer, vol. 5, 2015, pp 671-683
  • Mutingi, M. and Mbohwa, C. (2014). Multi-Objective homecare worker scheduling - A fuzzy simulated evolution algorithm approach. IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, 4 (4), pp. 209-216
  • Mutingi, M. and Mbohwa, C. (2014). A Fuzzy-based particle swarm optimization approach for task assignment in home healthcare. South African Journal of Industrial Engineering 25 (3), pp 84-95

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ORCID: 0000-0002-9702-7079

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