Research Output per year
Personal profile
Overview
Michele Cano is a quality engineer and senior lecturer in quality and project management with over 20 years’ experience within multidisciplinary environments. Her research interests include lean manufacturing, quality systems and compliance. As founder and programme leader for the MScs in Quality and Project Management, her specialist areas of teaching include compliance and quality systems as well as lean manufacturing and lean six sigma. Michele has delivered academic and training programmes in quality and lean manufacturing world-wide including, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Russia. She is a reviewer for The TQM Journal and sits on the scientific committees for three international conferences in the field of Quality. She is currently an external examiner for The University of South Wales.
Michele's work with industry is in the areas of quality systems and compliance, lean manufacturing and project management and includes delivering training, consultancy and Knowledge transfer to organisations such as EME furniture, Diageo, SPX Clyde Union Pumps and KerrSmith Ltd.
Area of academic expertise - outline
Expertise in Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement; Project Management including Benefits Management Realisation and Quality Management and Systems.
Lean in higher education.
Special interest in Programme and Project Management of Change projects.
Desired research direction
Linking Programme and Project Management with Continuous improvement approaches for sustainability.
Target collaborative companies
International manufactuirng companies with particular interest in Biomedical industries.
National and International Universities with interests in lean manufacturing, quality and programme and project management.
External positions
Visiting Professor, University of Angers
9 Mar 2015 → 22 Mar 2015Fingerprint Fingerprint is based on mining the text of the person's scientific documents to create an index of weighted terms, which defines the key subjects of each individual researcher.
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Research Output 2009 2018
Can portfolio, programme and project management be effective in lean management implementation?
Cano, M., Garnett, J. & Kourouklis, A., 2018, Excellence in Services: 21st International Conference. Le CNAM, p. 113-124 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Project management
Lean management
Program management
Portfolio management
Methodology
Investigating the success of independent coffee shops and cafes in the UK: findings from a pilot study
Douglas, J., Douglas, A., Cano, M. & Moyes, D., 2018, Excellence in Services 21st International Conference: Conference Proceedings. Le CNAM, p. 297-310 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open Access
File
Coffee
Owners
Staff
Factors
Success factors
ISO 9001: 2015 introduction of explicit risk-based thinking - benefit or limitation?
Smith, C., Kourouklis, A. & Cano, M., Jun 2018, In : Asigurarea Calitatii - Quality Assurance. XXIV, 94, p. 29-40 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
Quality management
Quality management system
Management standards
Training management
Management process
A framework for implementing lean operations management in the higher education sector
Cano, M., Moyes, D. & Kobi, A., 6 Sep 2017, 19th Toulon-Verona International Conference: Excellence in Services: University of Huleva (Spain), 5-6 September 2016. Baccarani, C. & Martin, J. (eds.). Huelva: University of Huelva, p. 95-110 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Operations management
Lean manufacturing
Project management
Grounded theory
Portfolio management
Testing the 3Rs model of service quality.
Moyes, D., Scott, J. & Cano-Kourouklis, M., 1 Mar 2016, In : The TQM Journal. 28, 3, p. 455-166Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Loyalty
Testing
Quality of service
Word-of-mouth
Responsiveness
Activities 2007 2019
- 10 Visiting an external academic institution
University of Portsmouth
Michele Cano-Kourouklis (Visiting researcher)1 Jan 2019 → 31 Jan 2023
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ILIS, University of Lille 2
Michele Cano-Kourouklis (Visiting lecturer)6 Jan 2018 → 16 Jan 2018
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ILIS, University of Lille 2
Michele Cano-Kourouklis (Visiting lecturer)5 Feb 2017 → 15 Feb 2017
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University of South Wales
Michele Cano-Kourouklis (Visiting lecturer)1 Nov 2015 → 30 Nov 2019
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ISTIA, University of Angers
Michele Cano-Kourouklis (Visiting lecturer)7 Mar 2015 → 23 Mar 2015
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