Supply Chains in Action

Professor Richard Wilding OBE is recognised globally for his thought leadership in Logistics & Supply Chain Management. Richard is a highly acclaimed presenter and regularly speaks at Industrial Conferences and has undertaken lecture tours of Europe and Asia at the invitation of local Universities; Confederations of Industry. As Chair (Full Professor) in Supply Chain Strategy at the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Cranfield School of Management UK, Richard works with European and International companies on Logistics and Supply Chain projects in all sectors including pharmaceutical, retail, automotive, high technology, food, drink and professional services to name a few. He has published widely in the area of Supply Chain Management and is Editorial Advisor to a number of top journals in this area. He is currently Chair of CILT.

Section - ONE: Supply chain process design;


Chapter - 01: Efficient integration of shipping into intra-regional supply chains [Anastasia Christodoulou, Zeeshan Raza, John Woxenius];
Chapter - 02: Overcrowding in a hospital emergency department – A supply chain management referral pathway to reduce overcrowding [Ingrid Hunt, Noreen Spillane];
Chapter - 03: X company’s OTD (On-Time Delivery) performance improvement – The application of lean six-sigma methodology [Gendao Li, Alireza Shokri, Kyrill Nussbaum];
Chapter - 04: Developing best-practice in operational workforce planning [Peter Hilton];


Section - TWO: Supply chain network and infrastructure design;


Chapter - 05: Why procurement should want to pay for performance – A case study of how buyer and sellers aligned to create the most profit for both [Todd C Snelgrove];
Chapter - 06: Closing the cycle from tree to product, x company’s sustainability journey [Gendao Li, Alireza Shokri, Jie Ma];
Chapter - 07: Environmentally responsible packaging in global supply chains [Henrik Pålsson];
Chapter - 08: Freight transport, storage and distribution organisations to be able to identify customer requirements [Graham Heron, Erica Ballentine];


Section - THREE: Supply chain information system design;


Chapter - 09: Protecting supply chains from counterfeit products [Mark Manning, Daniel Stanton];
Chapter - 10: The same but different; a comparative analysis of common reverse logistics and closed loop supply chain issues in the UK multiple retail sector [Graham Heron, Erica Ballentine];
Chapter - 11: Supply chain disruption [Steve O'Sullivan];
Chapter - 12: Defence support chain performance dashboard development [Alan Woods]