Senior Lecturer in Manufacturing and Advanced Maintenance
I'm an accomplished Senior Lecturer with strong academic and teaching background, a Chartered Electrical Engineer with a wealth of experience in engineering, management, manufacturing and maintenance.
I have 20 years' experience in manufacturing covering various senior management roles, with over 13 years’ experience in an educational setting teaching theory and practice. I'm comfortable in all teaching environments and have a penchant for problem-solving and facilitating teams.
Teaching and supervision
I am module leader for:
- ENX300 Manufacturing Systems Design
- EAT340 Professional Engineering Management Techniques
- EAT337 Operations Management
- ENGM1C Engineering Management
Publications
Article
Robson, Kenneth, MacIntyre, John and Trimble, Robert (2013) Measuring the alignment of Maintenance and Manufacturing Strategies – The development of a new model and diagnostic tool. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 19 (4). ISSN 1355-2511
Robson, Kenneth, Trimble, Robert and MacIntyre, John (2013) The inhibitors and enablers of maintenance and manufacturing strategy: a cross-case analysis. International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management. ISSN 0975-6809
Robson, Kenneth, Trimble, Robert and MacIntyre, John (2013) Creating and Sustaining a Maintenance Strategy: A Practical Guide. Journal of Business Administration Research, 2 (1). ISSN 1927-9507
Robson, Kenneth, MacIntyre, John and Trimble, Robert (2013) Towards a Simpler Selection Process for Maintenance Strategies. International Journal of Business and Management, 8 (6). ISSN 1833-3850
Robson, Kenneth, MacIntyre, John and Trimble, Robert Measuring the status and alignment of maintenance and manufacturing strategies – the development of a new model and diagnostic tool. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, 19 (4). pp. 381-397. ISSN 1355-2511
Book Section
Dixon, Derek, Robson, Kenneth and Baglee, David (2020) The development of a maintenance gap analysis tool for use within the automotive supply chain: A case study perspective. In: Advances in Asset Management and Condition Monitoring. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, 166 . Springer, pp. 135-146. ISBN 9783030577445
Conference or Workshop Item
Dixon, Derek, Robson, Kenneth, Baglee, David and Wheatley, Alan (2017) The Role of Cultural Development When Improving Maintenance Practice in the Automotive Supply Chain. In: COMADEM 2017, 10th July - 13th July 2017, Preston, United Kingdom.
Dixon, Derek, Baglee, David, Robson, Kenneth and Sharma, Pankaj (2016) An Identification of the Enabling Factors for the Development of a Unified Approach to Maintenance Strategy Development within the Automotive Supply Chain. In: InCoME 2016, 30-31 Aug 2016, University of Manchester.
Dixon, Derek, Robson, Kenneth, Wheatley, Alan and Baglee, David (2015) Improving automotive supply chain performance through maintenance strategy development. In: EuroMaintenance 2016, 30 May-1 June 2016, Athens, Greece.
Robson, Kenneth (2010) Linking Maintenance and Manufacturing Strategy: A New Audit Tool. In: IMC-2010 25th International Maintenance Conference OPS-2010 Operations Performance Summit, 8 - 11 November 2010, Bonita Springs, USA.
Thesis
Dixon, Derek (2021) An investigation into the constraints limiting maintenance strategy effectiveness in the automotive supply chain. Post-Doctoral thesis, University of Sunderland.
- Advance Maintenance
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- TPM