Yiannis Polychronakis

Dr. Yiannis Polychronakis currently holds a Senior Lecturing post with the Salford Business School. He is teaching in the areas of Operations Management, Supply Chain Management and Project Management. Yiannis undertakes his research on the interaction of Supply Chains and Project Management and has delivered numerous seminars and courses to the industry nationally and internationally. Yiannis has also assisted a number of organizations in developing and implementing best practices in the areas of Process Management, Supply Chain Development and Project Management and delivered numerous seminars and training courses. Indicative: Kawneer (Europe), Silent Night, Cleveland Guest, Manchester and Salford City Councils, Salford Primary Care Trust, BAE Systems

• Operations and Supply Chain Management on the York-Strasburg MBA

My research falls within Operations Management and focuses on the theoretical and empirical interactions between Supply Chains and Project Management in the following sectors: Hospitality, City Councils, Primary Care Trusts, Small Medium Enterprises, Manufacturing and more. Most of the publications and reference proceedings below relate to these industries. Currently writing the Impact Case Study for REF 2028 for Salford Business School.

Litsiou, K., Polychronakis, Y.E., Karami, A. and Nikolopoulos, K., (2019) “Relative
performance of judgmental methods for forecasting the success of megaprojects”,
International Journal of Forecasting, special issue “Forecasting for Social Good”, ABS
3*

Gigovski, M., Polychronakis, Y.E., (2016), “Additional services as a basis for the concept of pharmaceutical care”, Macedonian pharmaceutical bulletin, 61 – 62, ISSN 1409 – 8695

Zhang, X., Polychronakis, Y.E., (2012), “A Comparison of E-business Models from a
Value Chain Perspective”, EuroMed Journal of Business, EmeraldInsight, Vol. 7, No. 1,
pp. 83-101. www.emeraldinsight.com, ABS 1*

Yuan, Q., Polychronakis, Y.E., (2012), “The Development of a Robust Resource
Constrained Project Scheduling Framework”, International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 339-367. www.inderscience.com

Martin, H., Syntetos A. A., Parodi, A., Polychronakis Y. E., Pintelon, L., (2010),
“Integrating the Spare Parts Supply Chain: an Interdisciplinary Account ”, Journal of
Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 21, No. 10, pp. 237-251.
www.emeraldinsight.com, ABS 3*

Rahimnia, F., Polychronakis, Y.E., Sharp, J.M., (2009), “A Conceptual Framework of
Impeders to Strategy Implementation in an Iranian University”, Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 246-261.
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Kapogiannis, G., Polychronakis, Y. E., Polychronakis, N. E, (2008), “Virtual Public
Administration: Improving Public Administration Procedures through Project
Management”, Project Management World Today, Vol. X, No. VIII, pp. 12-23.
www.pmworldtoday.net

Polychronakis, Y.E., (2007), Application of Project Management Principles for Supply
Chain Development in the Public Sector, International Journal of Logistics and
Transport, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 135-145. www.thaivcml.com

Polychronakis, Y. E., Li, X., (2007), “International Supply Chain Management
Collaboration: The case of Chinese SMEs”, Cyprus Journal of Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 2,
pp. 181-201. Reprinted after invitation on the ERM Journal of APICS (Australia chapter) under the same title, Xiang Li & Yiannis E. Polychronakis, (2010), Vol. 42, Q2, pp. 1-28.
www.apics.org.au

Polychronakis, Y.E. and Syntetos, A.A., (2007), “Soft Supply Management related
issues: An empirical investigation”, International Journal of Production Economics, 106,pp. 431-449. www.sciencedirect.com, ABS 3*

Fletcher, D. and Polychronakis, Y.E., (2007), “Capturing Knowledge Management in the Supply Chain”, EuroMed Journal of Business, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 191-204.
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The above article has featured at the highlights of month October 2007 in Emerald Library as one of 10 most note-worthy publications out of 450 published that month.

Hides, M.T., Irani, Z., Polychronakis, Y.E., and Sharp, J.M., (2000), “Facilitating Total
Quality through effective Project Management”, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, Vol. 17, No 4/5, pp. 407-422. www.emeraldinsight.com. ABS 3*

The above article has won a Literati Accolade for the best article in that edition. It hasalso been used as the main material for a core module in the full time MSc ProjectManagement in the South Queensland University, Australia.