Overview
I am a Reader in Manufacturing Systems Management at Cardiff Business School. I am also co-director of RemakerSpace, the new Circular Economy centre within Cardiff University.
My research principally focuses on how advanced manufacturing and information technologies may affect the management of operations, particularly in terms of how firms can exploit these as part of a competitive strategy. In the conduct of my research I have worked with an extensive range of companies in both manufacturing & service sectors. I have secured over £2.5m in research funding, and my work has been published in the leading Operations Management journals.
As a Chartered Engineer with commercial experience in a range of specialist manufacturing industries, I am keen to integrate both research and practice in my teaching and supervision activities. I have designed and developed a range of modules at Cardiff University, and lecture on a variety of Operations Management topics at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Additionally, I am a supervisor to MSc, MBA, and PhD students on a range of contemporary Operations and Supply Chain Management themes.
I am enthusiastic about pedagogic issues in Higher Education, with an emphasis on quality in assessment. I currently serve as Chair of the Business School’s Year 2 Undergraduate Examination Board, and Dissertation Co-ordinator for the Logistics and Operations Management Section. I am external examiner for two other UK Universities.
Biography
Qualifications FHEA, Higher Education Academy CEng, Engineering Council (UK) PhD Business Management, Cardiff University MPhil Mechanical Engineering, Cardiff University MSc Social Science Research Methods, Distinction, Cardiff University BEng Computer Systems Engineering, First Class Honours, Cardiff University Postgraduate Certificate in University Teaching and Learning, Cardiff University I am a registered PRINCE2 Practitioner
Professional memberships
Production and Operations Management Society European Operations Management Association Institution of Engineering and Technology Academic positions
2021 - present: Reader, Cardiff University
Committees and reviewing
External roles
2019 - present: External Examiner, Sheffield Hallam University
Editorial Board Membership
International Journal of Collaborative Engineering
International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science
Poslovna Izvrsnost / Business Excellence
Reviewing
I regularly review for a range of journals including:
Elsevier : Additive Manufacturing Journal; Operations Research Perspectives; Resources, Conservation, and Recycling.Emerald : Rapid Prototyping Journal; International Journal of Production Economics; International Journal of Logistics Management; International Journal of Quality Service Systems; International Journal of Operations and Production Management; Supply Chain Management: An International JournalSAGE : Proceedings of IMECHE Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture.Taylor & Francis : Production Planning & Control; Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering; International Journal of Production Research.
I also serve as a reviewer for several international conferences.
Publications
2022 2021 Huang, S., Potter, A., Eyers, D. and Li, Q. 2021. The influence of online review adoption on the profitability of capacitated supply chains . Omega 105, article number: 102501. (10.1016/j.omega.2021.102501 ) Huang, Y., Eyers, D., Stevenson, M. and Thürer, M. 2021. Breaking the mould: achieving high volume production output with additive manufacturing . International Journal of Operations and Production Management 41(12), pp. 1844-1851. (10.1108/IJOPM-05-2021-0350 ) Demir, E., Eyers, D. and Huang, Y. 2021. Competing through the last mile: strategic 3D printing in a city logistics context . Computers and Operations Research 131, article number: 105248. (10.1016/j.cor.2021.105248 ) Eyers, D., Potter, A., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. 2021. The impact of additive manufacturing on the product-process matrix . Production Planning and Control (10.1080/09537287.2021.1876940 ) Huang, S., Potter, A. and Eyers, D. 2021. Using simulation to explore the influence of online reviews on supply chain dynamics . Computers and Industrial Engineering , article number: 106925. (10.1016/j.cie.2020.106925 ) Ren, X., Watson, D., Syntetos, A. and Eyers, D. 2021. Global or local? Insights from 10 companies into the long-term impact of COVID-19 on global supply chains . DSV. Available at: https://docs.dsv.com/group/corporate-marketing-and-communication/global-or-local-covid-19/ 2020 2019 Hedenstierna, C. P. T., Disney, S. M., Eyers, D. R., Holmstrom, J., Syntetos, A. A. and Wang, X. 2019. Economies of collaboration in build-to-model operations . Journal of Operations Management 65(8), pp. 753-773. (10.1002/joom.1014 ) Huang, S., Potter, A. and Eyers, D. 2019. Social media in operations and supply chain management: state-of-the-art and research directions . International Journal of Production Research 58(6), pp. 1893-1925. (10.1080/00207543.2019.1702228 ) Delic, M., Eyers, D. and Mikulic, J. 2019. Additive manufacturing: empirical evidence for supply chain integration and performance from the automotive industry . Supply Chain Management 24(5), pp. 604-621. (10.1108/SCM-12-2017-0406 ) Eyers, D. and Naim, M. 2019. Project management for effective operations management . In: Wells, P. ed. Contemporary Operations and Logistics: Achieving Excellence in Turbulent Times . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 11-27., (10.1007/978-3-030-14493-7_2 ) Eyers, D., Lahy, A. and Wilson, M. 2019. 3D printing for supply chain service companies . In: Wells, P. ed. Contemporary Operations and Logistics: Achieving Excellence in Turbulent Times . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 61-79., (10.1007/978-3-030-14493-7_5 ) 2018 Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2018. The flexibility of industrial additive manufacturing systems . International Journal of Operations and Production Management 38(12), pp. 2313-2343. (10.1108/IJOPM-04-2016-0200 ) Naim, M., Eyers, D. and Lisec, A. 2018. Papers from the 22nd International Symposium of Logistics (ISL) . International Journal of Logistics Management, The 29(4), pp. 1122-1124. (10.1108/IJLM-11-2018-345 ) Eyers, D. 2018. Control architectures for industrial additive manufacturing systems . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 232(10), pp. 1767-1777. (10.1177/0954405417703420 ) Minetola, P. and Eyers, D. 2018. Energy and cost assessment of 3D printed mobile case covers . Procedia CIRP 69, pp. 130-135. (10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.065 ) Eyers, D. 2018. A jolly good fellow(ship): Reflections on the value of an ESRC Early Career Impact Acceleration Fellowship . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, 12 January 2018. Nair, R. and Eyers, D. 2018. The decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on territorial disputes in the South China Sea: Revisiting the “Tragedy of the Commons” through a risk management perspective . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Management Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, 12 January 2018. 2017 Ryan, M. and Eyers, D. 2017. Digital manufacturing for spare parts: scenarios for the automotive supply chain . Presented at: Third Summit of ACMA Centre for Technology, Pune, India, 8 - 9 December 2017. Eyers, D. R. and Potter, A. T. 2017. Industrial Additive Manufacturing: a manufacturing systems perspective . Computers in Industry 92-93, pp. 208-218. (10.1016/j.compind.2017.08.002 ) Ryan, M. J., Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Purvis, L. and Gosling, J. 2017. 3D printing the future: scenarios for supply chains reviewed . International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 47(10), pp. 992-1014. (10.1108/IJPDLM-12-2016-0359 ) Eyers, D. 2017. Supply chain risk management for sustainable additive manufacturing . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Ryan, M. and Eyers, D. 2017. Sustainable scenarios for engaged manufacturing: a literature review and research directions . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Minetola, P. and Eyers, D. 2017. Additive manufacturing as a driver for the sustainability of short-lifecycle customized products: the case study of mobile case covers . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Eyers, D. and Nair, R. 2017. Risk in global supply chains arising from territorial disputes in the South China Sea . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Management Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 13 January 2017. Eyers, D. 2017. Managing risk in additive manufacturing supply chains . Presented at: International Symposium on Logistics, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-12 July 2017. pp. -. Ryan, M., Gosling, J., Eyers, D., Potter, A. and Purvis, L. 2017. Envisioning the future of 3D printing: a vignette-based approach . Presented at: EurOMA 2017: 24th Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 1 - 5 July 2017. 2016 Ryan, M., Eyers, D. R., Gosling, J. and Potter, A. T. 2016. Engaged manufacturing: scenarios for additive manufacturing supply chains . Presented at: 21st LRN Annual Conference, University of Hull, UK, 7-9 September 2016. pp. -. Marsh, J. and Eyers, D. 2016. Increasing production efficiency through electronic batch record systems: a case study . Presented at: SDM 2016, Chania, Crete Greece, 4 - 6 April 2016 Presented at Setchi, R. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016 . Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Vol. 52. Cham: pp. 261-269., (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_23 ) Eyers, D. R., Naim, M. M., Potter, A. T. and Gosling, J. 2016. Overcoming the flexibility-cost dichotomy through Industrial Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: 19th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 24-28 February 2014. 2015 Eyers, D. R. and Potter, A. T. 2015. The concept of an industrial additive manufacturing
system . Presented at: 26th Annual POMS Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, May 8-11, 2015. Eyers, D. R. 2015. Control architectures for Industrial Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: Second International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Seville, Spain, 12-14 April 2015. Eyers, D. R. and Potter, A. T. 2015. E-commerce channels for additive manufacturing: an exploratory study . Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 26(3), pp. 390-411. (10.1108/JMTM-08-2013-0102 ) Eyers, D. 2015. The flexibility of industrial
additive manufacturing systems . PhD Thesis, Cardiff University. 2014 Soe, S. and Eyers, D. R. 2014. FEA support structure generation for the additive
manufacture of CastForm polystyrene patterns . Polymer Testing 33, pp. 187-197. (10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.08.009 ) Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Le, C. H. and Romli, A. 2014. Additive tooling for tube hydroforming . Key Engineering Materials 572, pp. 269-272. (10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.269 ) Bevan, D. and Eyers, D. R. 2014. Change management challenges in a Welsh manufacturing SME arising from ERP selection and implementation . Presented at: EurOMA Conference 2014, Palermo, Italy, 20-25 June 2014. Marsh, J., Soroka, A. J., Davies, P., Lynch, J. and Eyers, D. R. 2014. Challenges to sustainable manufacturing resource planning implementation in SMEs: An exploratory study . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2014, Cardiff, UK, 28-30 April 2014. 2013 Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2013. Supply Chain Flexibility for Additive Manufacturing . Presented at: 20th EurOMA Conference 2013, Dublin, Ireland, 7-12 June 2013. Soe, S., Eyers, D. R. and Setchi, R. 2013. Assessment of non-uniform shrinkage in the laser sintering of polymer materials . International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 68(1-4), pp. 111-125. (10.1007/s00170-012-4712-0 ) Soe, S., Eyers, D. R. and Romli, A. 2013. Additive Tooling for Tube Hydroforming . Presented at: 5th International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture (ADM2013), Valencia, Spain, 25-28 September 2013. 2012 Alexander, A. 2012. Systems thinking in strategy, marketing and supply chain and application for business sustainability . Presented at: Understanding Complex Systems, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 27 September 2012 Presented at Spiegler, V. L. M. and Eyers, D. R. eds.Understanding Complex Systems: Conference Proceedings . Cardiff: Cardiff University pp. 26-31. Eyers, D. R. 2012. The additive manufacturing supply chain . Presented at: Understanding Complex Systems, Cardiff, UK, 27 September 2012. Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2012. The flexibility of Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: 4th World Conference on Production and Operations Management (P&OM World Conference), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1-4 July 2012. Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Jones, T. and Nayling, N. 2012. Additive Manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship . Rapid Prototyping Journal 18(6), pp. 443-450. (10.1108/13552541211271983 ) Eyers, D. R., Soe, S. and Yusmawiza, W. 2012. Laser Sintering for the Fabrication of Architectural Models . Presented at: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME’2012), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-5 July 2012. Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Jones, T. and Nayling, N. 2012. The application of laser sintering for archaeological model-making . Presented at: Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, 28 September - 1 October 2011 Presented at Bartolo, P. J. ed.Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping . Boca Raton, Fl. USA: CRC Press pp. 757-762., (10.1201/b11341-121 ) 2011 Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T. and Wang, Y. 2011. Supply chain implications of e-commerce channels for additive manufacturing . Presented at: 21st International Conference on Production Research, Stuttgart, Germany, 31 July - 4 August 2011. Wong, H. W. and Eyers, D. R. 2011. An analytical framework for evaluating the value of enhanced customisation: an integrated operations-marketing perspective . International Journal of Production Research 49(19), pp. 5779-5800. (10.1080/00207543.2010.519738 ) 2010 Eyers, D. R. and Wong, H. W. 2010. Addressing tradeoffs in mass customisation using additive manufacturing technologies . Presented at: 17th International EurOMA Conference, Porto, Portugal, 6-9 June 2010. Eyers, D. R. and Dotchev, K. 2010. Technology review for mass customisation using rapid manufacturing . Assembly Automation 30(1), pp. 39-46. (10.1108/01445151011016055 ) Mason, R. J., Pekkarinen, S., Eyers, D. R. and Juga, J. 2010. Can modularity enhance horizontal coordination of logistics service providers within modular production network? . Presented at: 15th Annual Logistics Research Network Conference, Harrogate, UK, 8-10 September 2010. Wong, H. W. and Eyers, D. R. 2010. Enhancing responsiveness for mass customization strategies through the use of rapid manufacturing technologies . In: Cheng, T. C. E. and Choi, T. eds. Innovative Quick Response Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management . International Handbooks on Information Systems Berlin: Springer, pp. 205-226. 2009 Eyers, D. R. and Wang, Y. 2009. The potential of e-commerce distribution channels for products enabled by Rapid Manufacturing . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 9-11 September 2009. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H. and Soe, S. 2009. Re-articulating the role of process design to support mass customisation: The case of rapid manufactured custom-made fixtures . Presented at: 16th International EurOMA Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 14-17 June 2009. Eyers Roy, D., Dotchev, K. D. and Popov, I. 2009. Rapid manufacturing and reverse engineering: Key issues for mass customisation . Presented at: International Conference on General Machine Design, 2009. Eyers, D. R. and Dotchev, K. 2009. Rapid manufacturing for mass customisation . Presented at: Innovative Production Machines and Systems Conference (I*PROMS'09), Cardiff, UK, 2009. 2008 Eyers, D. R., Wong, H., Wang, Y. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Rapid manufactured enabled mass customisation: untapped research opportunities in supply chain management . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK, 10-12 September 2008. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H., Wang, Y. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Rapid manufacturing enabled mass customisation: untapped research opportunities in supply chain management . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK, 10-12 September 2008. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Moving Towards Custom Manufacturing . Presented at: Operational Research Society Annual Conference, 2008. Articles Hofmeester, R. and Eyers, D. 2022. Strategic opportunities for product-agnostic remanufacturing . International Journal of Logistics Management, The (10.1108/IJLM-11-2021-0556 ) Huang, S., Potter, A., Eyers, D. and Li, Q. 2021. The influence of online review adoption on the profitability of capacitated supply chains . Omega 105, article number: 102501. (10.1016/j.omega.2021.102501 ) Huang, Y., Eyers, D., Stevenson, M. and Thürer, M. 2021. Breaking the mould: achieving high volume production output with additive manufacturing . International Journal of Operations and Production Management 41(12), pp. 1844-1851. (10.1108/IJOPM-05-2021-0350 ) Demir, E., Eyers, D. and Huang, Y. 2021. Competing through the last mile: strategic 3D printing in a city logistics context . Computers and Operations Research 131, article number: 105248. (10.1016/j.cor.2021.105248 ) Eyers, D., Potter, A., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. 2021. The impact of additive manufacturing on the product-process matrix . Production Planning and Control (10.1080/09537287.2021.1876940 ) Huang, S., Potter, A. and Eyers, D. 2021. Using simulation to explore the influence of online reviews on supply chain dynamics . Computers and Industrial Engineering , article number: 106925. (10.1016/j.cie.2020.106925 ) Delic, M. and Eyers, D. R. 2020. The effect of additive manufacturing adoption on supply chain flexibility and performance: An empirical analysis from the automotive industry . International Journal of Production Economics 228, article number: 107689. (10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107689 ) Demir, E. and Eyers, D. 2020. Reshaping supply networks to enable manufacturing . Focus Jan, pp. 54-55. Hedenstierna, C. P. T., Disney, S. M., Eyers, D. R., Holmstrom, J., Syntetos, A. A. and Wang, X. 2019. Economies of collaboration in build-to-model operations . Journal of Operations Management 65(8), pp. 753-773. (10.1002/joom.1014 ) Huang, S., Potter, A. and Eyers, D. 2019. Social media in operations and supply chain management: state-of-the-art and research directions . International Journal of Production Research 58(6), pp. 1893-1925. (10.1080/00207543.2019.1702228 ) Delic, M., Eyers, D. and Mikulic, J. 2019. Additive manufacturing: empirical evidence for supply chain integration and performance from the automotive industry . Supply Chain Management 24(5), pp. 604-621. (10.1108/SCM-12-2017-0406 ) Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2018. The flexibility of industrial additive manufacturing systems . International Journal of Operations and Production Management 38(12), pp. 2313-2343. (10.1108/IJOPM-04-2016-0200 ) Naim, M., Eyers, D. and Lisec, A. 2018. Papers from the 22nd International Symposium of Logistics (ISL) . International Journal of Logistics Management, The 29(4), pp. 1122-1124. (10.1108/IJLM-11-2018-345 ) Eyers, D. 2018. Control architectures for industrial additive manufacturing systems . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 232(10), pp. 1767-1777. (10.1177/0954405417703420 ) Minetola, P. and Eyers, D. 2018. Energy and cost assessment of 3D printed mobile case covers . Procedia CIRP 69, pp. 130-135. (10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.065 ) Eyers, D. R. and Potter, A. T. 2017. Industrial Additive Manufacturing: a manufacturing systems perspective . Computers in Industry 92-93, pp. 208-218. (10.1016/j.compind.2017.08.002 ) Ryan, M. J., Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Purvis, L. and Gosling, J. 2017. 3D printing the future: scenarios for supply chains reviewed . International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 47(10), pp. 992-1014. (10.1108/IJPDLM-12-2016-0359 ) Eyers, D. R. and Potter, A. T. 2015. E-commerce channels for additive manufacturing: an exploratory study . Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 26(3), pp. 390-411. (10.1108/JMTM-08-2013-0102 ) Soe, S. and Eyers, D. R. 2014. FEA support structure generation for the additive
manufacture of CastForm polystyrene patterns . Polymer Testing 33, pp. 187-197. (10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.08.009 ) Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Le, C. H. and Romli, A. 2014. Additive tooling for tube hydroforming . Key Engineering Materials 572, pp. 269-272. (10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.269 ) Soe, S., Eyers, D. R. and Setchi, R. 2013. Assessment of non-uniform shrinkage in the laser sintering of polymer materials . International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 68(1-4), pp. 111-125. (10.1007/s00170-012-4712-0 ) Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Jones, T. and Nayling, N. 2012. Additive Manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship . Rapid Prototyping Journal 18(6), pp. 443-450. (10.1108/13552541211271983 ) Wong, H. W. and Eyers, D. R. 2011. An analytical framework for evaluating the value of enhanced customisation: an integrated operations-marketing perspective . International Journal of Production Research 49(19), pp. 5779-5800. (10.1080/00207543.2010.519738 ) Eyers, D. R. and Dotchev, K. 2010. Technology review for mass customisation using rapid manufacturing . Assembly Automation 30(1), pp. 39-46. (10.1108/01445151011016055 ) Books Book sections Eyers, D. and Naim, M. 2019. Project management for effective operations management . In: Wells, P. ed. Contemporary Operations and Logistics: Achieving Excellence in Turbulent Times . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 11-27., (10.1007/978-3-030-14493-7_2 ) Eyers, D., Lahy, A. and Wilson, M. 2019. 3D printing for supply chain service companies . In: Wells, P. ed. Contemporary Operations and Logistics: Achieving Excellence in Turbulent Times . Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 61-79., (10.1007/978-3-030-14493-7_5 ) Wong, H. W. and Eyers, D. R. 2010. Enhancing responsiveness for mass customization strategies through the use of rapid manufacturing technologies . In: Cheng, T. C. E. and Choi, T. eds. Innovative Quick Response Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management . International Handbooks on Information Systems Berlin: Springer, pp. 205-226. Conferences Eyers, D. 2018. A jolly good fellow(ship): Reflections on the value of an ESRC Early Career Impact Acceleration Fellowship . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, 12 January 2018. Nair, R. and Eyers, D. 2018. The decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on territorial disputes in the South China Sea: Revisiting the “Tragedy of the Commons” through a risk management perspective . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Management Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, 12 January 2018. Ryan, M. and Eyers, D. 2017. Digital manufacturing for spare parts: scenarios for the automotive supply chain . Presented at: Third Summit of ACMA Centre for Technology, Pune, India, 8 - 9 December 2017. Eyers, D. 2017. Supply chain risk management for sustainable additive manufacturing . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Ryan, M. and Eyers, D. 2017. Sustainable scenarios for engaged manufacturing: a literature review and research directions . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Minetola, P. and Eyers, D. 2017. Additive manufacturing as a driver for the sustainability of short-lifecycle customized products: the case study of mobile case covers . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Eyers, D. and Nair, R. 2017. Risk in global supply chains arising from territorial disputes in the South China Sea . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Management Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 13 January 2017. Eyers, D. 2017. Managing risk in additive manufacturing supply chains . Presented at: International Symposium on Logistics, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 9-12 July 2017. pp. -. Ryan, M., Gosling, J., Eyers, D., Potter, A. and Purvis, L. 2017. Envisioning the future of 3D printing: a vignette-based approach . Presented at: EurOMA 2017: 24th Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 1 - 5 July 2017. Ryan, M., Eyers, D. R., Gosling, J. and Potter, A. T. 2016. Engaged manufacturing: scenarios for additive manufacturing supply chains . Presented at: 21st LRN Annual Conference, University of Hull, UK, 7-9 September 2016. pp. -. Marsh, J. and Eyers, D. 2016. Increasing production efficiency through electronic batch record systems: a case study . Presented at: SDM 2016, Chania, Crete Greece, 4 - 6 April 2016 Presented at Setchi, R. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2016 . Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Vol. 52. Cham: pp. 261-269., (10.1007/978-3-319-32098-4_23 ) Eyers, D. R., Naim, M. M., Potter, A. T. and Gosling, J. 2016. Overcoming the flexibility-cost dichotomy through Industrial Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: 19th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 24-28 February 2014. Eyers, D. R. and Potter, A. T. 2015. The concept of an industrial additive manufacturing
system . Presented at: 26th Annual POMS Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, May 8-11, 2015. Eyers, D. R. 2015. Control architectures for Industrial Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: Second International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Seville, Spain, 12-14 April 2015. Bevan, D. and Eyers, D. R. 2014. Change management challenges in a Welsh manufacturing SME arising from ERP selection and implementation . Presented at: EurOMA Conference 2014, Palermo, Italy, 20-25 June 2014. Marsh, J., Soroka, A. J., Davies, P., Lynch, J. and Eyers, D. R. 2014. Challenges to sustainable manufacturing resource planning implementation in SMEs: An exploratory study . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2014, Cardiff, UK, 28-30 April 2014. Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2013. Supply Chain Flexibility for Additive Manufacturing . Presented at: 20th EurOMA Conference 2013, Dublin, Ireland, 7-12 June 2013. Soe, S., Eyers, D. R. and Romli, A. 2013. Additive Tooling for Tube Hydroforming . Presented at: 5th International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture (ADM2013), Valencia, Spain, 25-28 September 2013. Alexander, A. 2012. Systems thinking in strategy, marketing and supply chain and application for business sustainability . Presented at: Understanding Complex Systems, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK, 27 September 2012 Presented at Spiegler, V. L. M. and Eyers, D. R. eds.Understanding Complex Systems: Conference Proceedings . Cardiff: Cardiff University pp. 26-31. Eyers, D. R. 2012. The additive manufacturing supply chain . Presented at: Understanding Complex Systems, Cardiff, UK, 27 September 2012. Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2012. The flexibility of Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: 4th World Conference on Production and Operations Management (P&OM World Conference), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1-4 July 2012. Eyers, D. R., Soe, S. and Yusmawiza, W. 2012. Laser Sintering for the Fabrication of Architectural Models . Presented at: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME’2012), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-5 July 2012. Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Jones, T. and Nayling, N. 2012. The application of laser sintering for archaeological model-making . Presented at: Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, 28 September - 1 October 2011 Presented at Bartolo, P. J. ed.Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping . Boca Raton, Fl. USA: CRC Press pp. 757-762., (10.1201/b11341-121 ) Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T. and Wang, Y. 2011. Supply chain implications of e-commerce channels for additive manufacturing . Presented at: 21st International Conference on Production Research, Stuttgart, Germany, 31 July - 4 August 2011. Eyers, D. R. and Wong, H. W. 2010. Addressing tradeoffs in mass customisation using additive manufacturing technologies . Presented at: 17th International EurOMA Conference, Porto, Portugal, 6-9 June 2010. Mason, R. J., Pekkarinen, S., Eyers, D. R. and Juga, J. 2010. Can modularity enhance horizontal coordination of logistics service providers within modular production network? . Presented at: 15th Annual Logistics Research Network Conference, Harrogate, UK, 8-10 September 2010. Eyers, D. R. and Wang, Y. 2009. The potential of e-commerce distribution channels for products enabled by Rapid Manufacturing . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 9-11 September 2009. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H. and Soe, S. 2009. Re-articulating the role of process design to support mass customisation: The case of rapid manufactured custom-made fixtures . Presented at: 16th International EurOMA Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 14-17 June 2009. Eyers Roy, D., Dotchev, K. D. and Popov, I. 2009. Rapid manufacturing and reverse engineering: Key issues for mass customisation . Presented at: International Conference on General Machine Design, 2009. Eyers, D. R. and Dotchev, K. 2009. Rapid manufacturing for mass customisation . Presented at: Innovative Production Machines and Systems Conference (I*PROMS'09), Cardiff, UK, 2009. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H., Wang, Y. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Rapid manufactured enabled mass customisation: untapped research opportunities in supply chain management . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK, 10-12 September 2008. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H., Wang, Y. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Rapid manufacturing enabled mass customisation: untapped research opportunities in supply chain management . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK, 10-12 September 2008. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Moving Towards Custom Manufacturing . Presented at: Operational Research Society Annual Conference, 2008. Monographs Thesis Hedenstierna, C. P. T., Disney, S. M., Eyers, D. R., Holmstrom, J., Syntetos, A. A. and Wang, X. 2019. Economies of collaboration in build-to-model operations . Journal of Operations Management 65(8), pp. 753-773. (10.1002/joom.1014 ) Delic, M., Eyers, D. and Mikulic, J. 2019. Additive manufacturing: empirical evidence for supply chain integration and performance from the automotive industry . Supply Chain Management 24(5), pp. 604-621. (10.1108/SCM-12-2017-0406 ) Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2018. The flexibility of industrial additive manufacturing systems . International Journal of Operations and Production Management 38(12), pp. 2313-2343. (10.1108/IJOPM-04-2016-0200 ) Naim, M., Eyers, D. and Lisec, A. 2018. Papers from the 22nd International Symposium of Logistics (ISL) . International Journal of Logistics Management, The 29(4), pp. 1122-1124. (10.1108/IJLM-11-2018-345 ) Eyers, D. 2018. Control architectures for industrial additive manufacturing systems . Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture 232(10), pp. 1767-1777. (10.1177/0954405417703420 ) Minetola, P. and Eyers, D. 2018. Energy and cost assessment of 3D printed mobile case covers . Procedia CIRP 69, pp. 130-135. (10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.065 ) Eyers, D. 2018. A jolly good fellow(ship): Reflections on the value of an ESRC Early Career Impact Acceleration Fellowship . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, 12 January 2018. Nair, R. and Eyers, D. 2018. The decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration on territorial disputes in the South China Sea: Revisiting the “Tragedy of the Commons” through a risk management perspective . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Management Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, 12 January 2018. Ryan, M. and Eyers, D. 2017. Digital manufacturing for spare parts: scenarios for the automotive supply chain . Presented at: Third Summit of ACMA Centre for Technology, Pune, India, 8 - 9 December 2017. Ryan, M. J., Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Purvis, L. and Gosling, J. 2017. 3D printing the future: scenarios for supply chains reviewed . International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 47(10), pp. 992-1014. (10.1108/IJPDLM-12-2016-0359 ) Eyers, D. 2017. Supply chain risk management for sustainable additive manufacturing . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Ryan, M. and Eyers, D. 2017. Sustainable scenarios for engaged manufacturing: a literature review and research directions . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Minetola, P. and Eyers, D. 2017. Additive manufacturing as a driver for the sustainability of short-lifecycle customized products: the case study of mobile case covers . Presented at: Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017, Bologna, Italy, 24 - 27 April 2017 Presented at Campana, G. et al. eds.Sustainable Design and Manufacturing 2017 , Vol. 68. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies Cham: Springer pp. 280-288., (10.1007/978-3-319-57078-5_28 ) Eyers, D. and Nair, R. 2017. Risk in global supply chains arising from territorial disputes in the South China Sea . Presented at: Logistics and Operations Management Section Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 13 January 2017. Ryan, M., Gosling, J., Eyers, D., Potter, A. and Purvis, L. 2017. Envisioning the future of 3D printing: a vignette-based approach . Presented at: EurOMA 2017: 24th Annual Conference, Edinburgh, 1 - 5 July 2017. Ryan, M., Eyers, D. R., Gosling, J. and Potter, A. T. 2016. Engaged manufacturing: scenarios for additive manufacturing supply chains . Presented at: 21st LRN Annual Conference, University of Hull, UK, 7-9 September 2016. pp. -. Eyers, D. R., Naim, M. M., Potter, A. T. and Gosling, J. 2016. Overcoming the flexibility-cost dichotomy through Industrial Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: 19th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Innsbruck, Austria, 24-28 February 2014. Eyers, D. R. and Potter, A. T. 2015. The concept of an industrial additive manufacturing
system . Presented at: 26th Annual POMS Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, May 8-11, 2015. Eyers, D. R. 2015. Control architectures for Industrial Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: Second International Conference on Sustainable Design and Manufacturing, Seville, Spain, 12-14 April 2015. Eyers, D. R. and Potter, A. T. 2015. E-commerce channels for additive manufacturing: an exploratory study . Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 26(3), pp. 390-411. (10.1108/JMTM-08-2013-0102 ) Eyers, D. 2015. The flexibility of industrial
additive manufacturing systems . PhD Thesis, Cardiff University. Soe, S. and Eyers, D. R. 2014. FEA support structure generation for the additive
manufacture of CastForm polystyrene patterns . Polymer Testing 33, pp. 187-197. (10.1016/j.polymertesting.2013.08.009 ) Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Le, C. H. and Romli, A. 2014. Additive tooling for tube hydroforming . Key Engineering Materials 572, pp. 269-272. (10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.572.269 ) Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2013. Supply Chain Flexibility for Additive Manufacturing . Presented at: 20th EurOMA Conference 2013, Dublin, Ireland, 7-12 June 2013. Soe, S., Eyers, D. R. and Setchi, R. 2013. Assessment of non-uniform shrinkage in the laser sintering of polymer materials . International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 68(1-4), pp. 111-125. (10.1007/s00170-012-4712-0 ) Soe, S., Eyers, D. R. and Romli, A. 2013. Additive Tooling for Tube Hydroforming . Presented at: 5th International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacture (ADM2013), Valencia, Spain, 25-28 September 2013. Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Gosling, J. and Naim, M. M. 2012. The flexibility of Additive Manufacturing Systems . Presented at: 4th World Conference on Production and Operations Management (P&OM World Conference), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1-4 July 2012. Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Jones, T. and Nayling, N. 2012. Additive Manufacturing for archaeological reconstruction of a medieval ship . Rapid Prototyping Journal 18(6), pp. 443-450. (10.1108/13552541211271983 ) Eyers, D. R., Soe, S. and Yusmawiza, W. 2012. Laser Sintering for the Fabrication of Architectural Models . Presented at: International Conference on Advances in Manufacturing and Materials Engineering (ICAMME’2012), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 3-5 July 2012. Soe, S., Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T., Jones, T. and Nayling, N. 2012. The application of laser sintering for archaeological model-making . Presented at: Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Advanced Research in Virtual and Rapid Prototyping, Leiria, Portugal, 28 September - 1 October 2011 Presented at Bartolo, P. J. ed.Innovative Developments in Virtual and Physical Prototyping . Boca Raton, Fl. USA: CRC Press pp. 757-762., (10.1201/b11341-121 ) Eyers, D. R., Potter, A. T. and Wang, Y. 2011. Supply chain implications of e-commerce channels for additive manufacturing . Presented at: 21st International Conference on Production Research, Stuttgart, Germany, 31 July - 4 August 2011. Wong, H. W. and Eyers, D. R. 2011. An analytical framework for evaluating the value of enhanced customisation: an integrated operations-marketing perspective . International Journal of Production Research 49(19), pp. 5779-5800. (10.1080/00207543.2010.519738 ) Eyers, D. R. and Wong, H. W. 2010. Addressing tradeoffs in mass customisation using additive manufacturing technologies . Presented at: 17th International EurOMA Conference, Porto, Portugal, 6-9 June 2010. Eyers, D. R. and Dotchev, K. 2010. Technology review for mass customisation using rapid manufacturing . Assembly Automation 30(1), pp. 39-46. (10.1108/01445151011016055 ) Mason, R. J., Pekkarinen, S., Eyers, D. R. and Juga, J. 2010. Can modularity enhance horizontal coordination of logistics service providers within modular production network? . Presented at: 15th Annual Logistics Research Network Conference, Harrogate, UK, 8-10 September 2010. Wong, H. W. and Eyers, D. R. 2010. Enhancing responsiveness for mass customization strategies through the use of rapid manufacturing technologies . In: Cheng, T. C. E. and Choi, T. eds. Innovative Quick Response Programs in Logistics and Supply Chain Management . International Handbooks on Information Systems Berlin: Springer, pp. 205-226. Eyers, D. R. and Wang, Y. 2009. The potential of e-commerce distribution channels for products enabled by Rapid Manufacturing . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Cardiff, UK, 9-11 September 2009. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H. and Soe, S. 2009. Re-articulating the role of process design to support mass customisation: The case of rapid manufactured custom-made fixtures . Presented at: 16th International EurOMA Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 14-17 June 2009. Eyers Roy, D., Dotchev, K. D. and Popov, I. 2009. Rapid manufacturing and reverse engineering: Key issues for mass customisation . Presented at: International Conference on General Machine Design, 2009. Eyers, D. R. and Dotchev, K. 2009. Rapid manufacturing for mass customisation . Presented at: Innovative Production Machines and Systems Conference (I*PROMS'09), Cardiff, UK, 2009. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H., Wang, Y. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Rapid manufactured enabled mass customisation: untapped research opportunities in supply chain management . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK, 10-12 September 2008. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H., Wang, Y. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Rapid manufacturing enabled mass customisation: untapped research opportunities in supply chain management . Presented at: Logistics Research Network Annual Conference, Liverpool, UK, 10-12 September 2008. Eyers, D. R., Wong, H. and Dotchev, K. 2008. Moving Towards Custom Manufacturing . Presented at: Operational Research Society Annual Conference, 2008.
Teaching
For academic year 2021-22 I am on research leave and will not be contributing to the teaching activities at Cardiff Business School. During this period I remain available to tutees (past and present), and welcome enquiries from prospective students. I will resume teaching in October 2022.
Primary research interests
Manufacturing Systems Management
Strategic Operations Management
Management of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (particularly Additive Manufacturing)
Circular economy themes in manufacturing and supply chain management
Flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems
Change management within Operations Management
Research Funding
Goltsos, A., Syntetos, A. A., Eyers, D. R., Davies, A. T. 2022. Innovation for All: Promoting and enabling remanufacturing and repurposing activities and networks. £20,000 project funded by Cardiff University.
Johns, J., Eyers, D. R., Syntetos, A. A., Lupton, R., Okechukwi, O. 2022. Technology-Enabled Circularity: Digitalisation and Sustainability in Manufacturing. £19,941 six month project funded by GW4 Generator.
Wang, Y., Skeete, J.P., Eyers, D. R., and Lai, Y. 2022. ESRC DTP Wales Collaborative Studentship.
Syntetos, A. A., Davies, A. T., Eyers, D. R., and Goltsos, A. 2021. Enabling Re-purposing: Product Transformation and Connected Collaboration. £325,333 project funded by Welsh Government.
Syntetos, A. A. and Eyers, D. R. 2020. Cardiff University Centre for Redesign, Repair, Remanufacture, and Reuse. £583,040 project funded by Welsh Government.
Kumar, M., Eyers, D. R., and Lethbridge, S. 2019. Knowledge Transfer Partnership. £159,801 two year project funded by Innovate UK, Welsh Government, and WJEC CBAC Limited.
Eyers, D. R. and Soroka, A. J. 2017. Knowledge Transfer Partnership. £134,080 two year project funded by Innovate UK, Welsh Government, and Shine Food Machinery Limited.
Eyers, D. R. 2017. ESRC Impact Acceleration Innovation Fellowship. £5,821. Three month project funded by Economic and Social Research Council.
Eyers, D. R. and Disney, S. M. 2012. Knowledge Transfer Partnership. £123,211 two year project funded by Technology Strategy Board, Welsh Assembly, and Reid Lifting Limited.
Eyers, D. R. and Spiegler, V. L. M. 2012. £1,000. “Understanding Complex Systems: A one day conference bridging the gap between Engineering & Business Systems Research”. Small conference funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
Supervision
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
Applied Operations Management
Manufacturing Systems and Manufacturing Management
Applications of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
Additive Manufacturing / 3D printing
Remanufacturing
Servitization
I welcome email correspondence from prospective students in advance of their application.
Current supervision
Research student
Past projects
I have supervised over 80 postgraduate MSc / MBA dissertations during my employment at Cardiff University.
