Premaratne Samaranayake (PhD, University of Melbourne) is an associate professor at Western Sydney University, Australia. He has published over 100 highly ranked international journal publications, conference papers, and book chapters. His areas of expertise include supply chain management, advanced manufacturing, production planning, business process management, and enterprise resource planning. He is actively engaged in research collaboration with industry and has completed several research projects in recent times, including a research project on Assembly/Maintenance Planning, Control, and Execution using SAP ERP System (funded by SAP AG America, USA) and research projects on Parramatta Travel Demand Management Strategies-Construction Activities and Kerbside Assessment – Freight and Servicing Activity in Parramatta CBD (funded by Transport for NSW, Sydney, Australia). He is a regional editor for the International Journal of Applied Management Science and is an editorial board member of the International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies and the Journal of Management Information.