- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Transport Management & Logistics Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Transport Management & Logistics Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Business Planning Project -Undergraduate -2024
Data Science for Transport and Logistics Systems -Undergraduate -2024
ICT for Transport and Logistics Management Systems -Undergraduate -2024
ICT for Transport and Logistics Operational Systems -Undergraduate -2024
Advanced Operations Research in Transport and Logistics Systems -Undergraduate -2024
Operations Research for Transport and Logistics Systems -Undergraduate -2024
Supply Chain Design -Undergraduate -2024
Supply Chain Analytics -Undergraduate -2024
Strategic Supply Chain Management -Undergraduate -2024
Fundamentals of Transport & Logistics Systems -Undergraduate -2024
Mechanics in Transport -Undergraduate -2024
Safety and Security in Mobility Systems -Undergraduate -2024
Planning and Design of Transport and Logistics Facilities -Undergraduate -2024
Business Research Methodologies -Postgraduate -2024
Business Management -Postgraduate -2024
Member (Department Representative), Engineering Research Unit, University of Moratuwa - (2023 To date)
Member, Pre-academic Term Coordination Committee - (2024 To date)
Member, Industrial Relations and Career Guidance Committee (Faculty of Engineering), University of Moratuwa - (2024 To date)
Member (Department Representative), Industrial Relations and Career Guidance Committee, Career Guidance Unit, University of Moratuwa - (2023 To date)
Group Coordinator, Intake 23 - (2024 To 2024)
Academic Coordinator, Level 1 (Semester 1 and 2), Department of Transport Management and Logistics Engineering - (2023 To date)
Research Activities
Digital Supply Chains and Operations; Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing);
Industry 4.0; Distributed Manufacturing; Circular Economy; Artificial Intelligence; Industry 5.0
Undergraduate and Postgraduate Research Supervision
Digital Supply Chains and Operations, Industry 4.0, Additive Manufacturing, Distributed Manufacturing, Circular Economy, Artificial Intelligence, Industry 5.0,
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, Chair of Supply Chain Management, University of Kassel ,2023
Masters, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Moratuwa ,2019 Major Component by Research
Bachelors, Department of Transport Management and Logistics Engineering ,2016 Graduated with 1st Class Honors
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)(2012 To date)
European Operations Management Association (EurOMA)(2019 To 2023)
Career
Publication Chair - MERCon 2024 (Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2024), Engineering Research Unit - University of Moratuwa
Regional Chairperson (South Asia), CILT Next Generation Global Committee, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport International (2021 - Present)
Regional Ambassador (South Asia), CILT Next Generation Global Committee, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport International (2017 - 2021)
Chairman, CILT Next Generation Sri Lanka (formally known as Young Professionals Forum), The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, Sri Lanka (2017 - 2019)
Council Member (Co-opted), The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Sri Lanka (May 2017 - March 2019)
Vice Chairman - Branding, CILT Next Generation Sri Lanka, The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Sri Lanka (2016)
Honours and Awards
Best Review Paper Award (Received 2023)
Best Student Paper (Merit) Award (Received 2018)
Best Case Study Presentation (Received 2021)
Outstanding Achievements in Creativity Award (Received 2015)
Best Member of the Creative Development Pillar (Received 2014)
Publications*
B.D. Hettiarachchi J.I. Sudusinghe S. Seuring M. Brandenburg ,".Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing Additive Manufacturing Supply Chains in Circular Economy.",BD Hettiarachchi, JI Sudusinghe, S Seuring, M Brandenburg,Nantes, France,2022,1153-1158
M.M. Jayalath H.N. Perera A. Thibbotuwawa B.D. Hettiarachchi,".A Profit Maximization Approach for Organic Short Food Supply Chains.",2022 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2022,
B.D. Hettiarachchi H.M.N.D. Bandara N.A. Samarasekera,".Automated Multi-Plant Scheduling of Ready-Mixed Concrete Trucks.",2018 IEEE International Conference on Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics (SOLI),Singapore,2018,43-48
B.D. Hettiarachchi M. Brandenburg S. Seuring,".Connecting Additive Manufacturing to Circular Economy Implementation Strategies: Links, Contingencies and Causal Loops.",International Journal of Production Economics,246,2022
B.D. Hettiarachchi S. Seuring M. Brandenburg,".Industry 4.0-driven Operations and Supply Chains for the Circular Economy: A Bibliometric Analysis.",Operations Management Research ,15,2022
S. Seuring, S. Aman, B. D. Hettiarachchi, F. A. de Lima, L. Schilling, J. I. Sudusinghe,".Reflecting on theory development in sustainable supply chain management.",Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain,3,2022
A. Soltanmohammadi D.A. Ardakani P.A. Dion B.D. Hettiarachchi,".Employing total quality practices in sustainable supply chain management.",Sustainable Production and Consumption,28,2021
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