Richard WildingCranfield University
Richard Wilding
OBE, BSc, PhD, CEng, EUR ING, FIET, FCILT, FCIPS, NTF PFHEA
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Introduction
Richard Wilding, OBE, Ph.D, is Former Chair at the Cranfield University U.K. Richard works with European and International companies on logistics and supply chain projects in all industrial and service sectors. He was appointed OBE (Office of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth II in January 2013 in recognition of his outstanding service to business. He was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) in 2019, t
http://www.richardwilding.info
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October 1998 - July 2022
Position
- Professor
Description
- My role is "To inspire, inform & innovate supply chain development and performance. Through challenge, best practice & academic support for public and private sector organisations and driven individual professionals who are intent on improvement" Richard’s special areas of interest include the creation of collaborative business environments, reducing supply chain vulnerability & risk, time compression and techniques for aligning supply chains to maximise customer value and reduce cost.
October 1991 - October 1998
Position
- Principal Fellow
Description
- The Group operates in: Europe, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Thailand, India, South Africa. Principal Fellow – Logistics and Engineering Supply Chain Management. Career Progression: Fellow 1991, Senior Fellow 1993, and Principal Fellow 1997.
October 1991 - October 1998
Education
October 1992 - October 1997
Field of study
- An Investigation into Sources of Uncertainty in Industrial Supply Chains; Amplification, Deterministic Chaos & Parallel Interactions.”
October 1987 - July 1988
Leek College of Further Education
Field of study
- Supervisory Management
October 1983 - July 1987
Publications
Publications (70)
As we progressively return to the new normal, we propose 10 tips in order to plan ahead
in terms of upskilling and further developing the personal qualities. Supply chain
management has returned to the spotlight and will be required to play a crucial role in the
post-pandemic business strategy, thus we advocate in favour of a lifelong learning
cult...
An Open Access Book providing a number of perspectives on the Impact of Covid-19 on Supply Chain Management.
Innovation is “about taking ideas that are new to you and creating economic, social or environmental value”. As we progress through the pandemic the importance of sharing ideas and insights from a variety of contexts enables individuals to i...
Given the managerial/financial commitments needed for supplier development programs, buying firms need to be selective of the suppliers they engage for development. This paper examines the moderating role of five supply-side factors (i.e. supplier size, supply share, product complexity, buyer-supplier integration, and the supplier's management syst...
Examples abound of the business impacts of disrupted supply chains. Supplier failures, geopolitical uncertainty, damaged infrastructure, natural disasters: time and again, such events demonstrate the diversity of the risks facing supply chains. Drawing on extensive case study material and lessons learned from real-world supply chain failures, this...
In early 2020 and with little warning, the coronavirus began its onslaught on the world. Even in its early stage, the significant impact on supply chains and the crucial role of supply chain management became obvious. Many, if not all industries have been impacted in different ways, and times, and this has had a direct impact on the speed of recove...
As modal transfer becomes an increasingly more feasible option for moving goods, what do logisticians and others need to do to make this happen?
n previous articles, we have seen that finding an alternative to diesel for long-distance HGV operation is likely to prove very challenging. We identified that a new supply chain model may emerge, based on...
With the commitment to net zero by 2050, new thinking and planning needs to start now.
In the discussion of whether it is possible to move goods without diesel, the starting point is to consider the fuel sources we could use instead. With power from renewable sources, electricity is almost certainly the cleanest form of propulsion. The electric fue...
Assesses why a holistic intermodal solution offers a promising way of reducing carbon across the supply chain.
2050 seems a long way off, but it is well within the working life of a manager in his or her 30s, let alone someone who has just joined the sector fairly recently. To achieve this goal, the current processes, organisation, information sys...
Covid-19 is a test of risk management processes and resilience in supply chains, says Richard Wilding OBE, Professor of Supply Chain Strategy at Cranfield University.
Coronavirus (Covid-19) measures are seizing up the global supply chain and have become an emergency for board executives. Once more, the lack of risk management, resilience and agilit...
Remanufacturing is a critical enabler of a resource efficient manufacturing industry that has long been associated with high value products. Over time, the commercial relationship between customers and service providers has been made through the fulfilment of rights and obligations under remanufacturing service contracts. Nonetheless, financial analys...
Purpose:
Despite growing research interest in cyber security, inter-firm based cyber risk studies are rare. Therefore, this study investigates cyber risk management in supply chain contexts.
Methodology:
Adapting a systematic literature review process, papers from interdisciplinary areas published between 1990 and 2017 were selected. Different typ...
Outlines how systematic literature reviews and the need for evidence within the context of supply chain management research are critical to both theory building and also practical application of concepts. Details what makes a good systematic review and introduces the papers presented in the special issue "New supply chain models: disruptive supply...
Innovation is vital for the logistics industry. This paper develops a Daoism-based conceptual model for logistics innovation in China. It identifies research gaps in this area and provides directions for future research. Following a content-based literature review methodology, 45 studies were selected. We identified five research themes: interpreta...
Purpose
This paper aims to explore how purchasing could respond to disruptive technologies by examining the assumptions underlying purchasing strategic alignment and purchasing maturity through a contingency lens.
Design/methodology/approach
This study uses a systematic review across purchasing maturity and purchasing strategic alignment literatu...
The report is an interim summary of the findings from the "Leadership Behaviours for next Generation Supply Chains" research programme. It delineates the principal survey findings, describes the conceptual Supply Chain Leadership framework, and sets the scene for the programme of interviews and workshops that is now underway.
The omni-channel, as an emerging trend in retail, aims to coordinate processes and technologies across supply and sales channels. The evolution of this concept is still nascent. This paper develops a conceptual framework for omni-channel systems, configured by three dimensions of channel stage, channel type and channel agent. Integration and visibi...
Humanitarian logistics has emerged as a growing discipline for practitioners and
academics alike. Its focus has been on disaster relief, neglecting the role of
supply chain management in continuous aid operations. In this thesis, the
principles of supply chain management were used to analyse a continuous aid
project in India. The aim was to identif...
Products are increasingly becoming commoditised, leaving customer service as one of the few remaining
competitive differentiators. And in a world where customer-centricity matters more than ever, customer
service-based metrics are more than just a box-ticking exercise: in a very real sense, they are milestones on
the journey towards long-term survi...
In 1996, logistics professionals began to become excited about a new supply chain paradigm. Co-opetition – a combination of co-operation and competition – was the title of a best-selling business book by two American academics, Adam M Brandenburger and Barry J Nalebuff, from Harvard and Yale business schools respectively.
As the name implies, the b...
Despite the scale of blood usage worldwide, blood remains a scarce and precious resource. As with any perishable product, careful management of inventories to minimize wastage is crucial. However, due to the nature of the supply of blood, wastage is not only an economic issue as every unit wasted, squanders the time and effort of the human donor. B...
An investigate of how a shift to omni-channel retailing will help high street retailers compete with their online competitors. Research into the omni-channel phenomenon, with the objective of developing a conceptual framework capable of addressing two key questions:
• What are the main elements of an effective omni-channel system?
• How can they be...
Purpose This paper aims to identify problems caused by cultural differences between Japan and China that face supply chain managers applying Japanese-style supply management practices within supply networks in China and presents solutions to this problem.
Design/methodology/approach We carry out a single, longitudinal case study conducting two wave...
Social networks are being increasingly utilised within supply chain management to enhance productivity, innovation and collaboration. Richard Wilding OBE FCILT and Robin Proctor FCILT investigate the deployment of a real-world social supply chain, and highlight the benefits experienced and lessons learned
from changing the way a supply chain functi...
Digging deeper into supply risk: a systematic literature review on price risks, by Fischi, Maria, Christine; Scherrer-Rathje, Maike; Friedli, Thomas. The aim of this article is to assess risks related to the purchase prices of raw materials, semi-finished goods and operating materials. The article presents an overview of price risks in manufacturin...
Healthcare costs worldwide continue to increase at an alarming rate. Within healthcare, supply chain costs are becoming one of the most critical areas of expense. Some firms have attempted to mitigate supply chain expenses and risks through strategic partnerships and outsourcing. One way to view these strategic relationships, and the risks they bri...
Purpose
– Are lateral transshipments an effective instrument to ensure the safe and efficient supply of blood? This paper will use the lens of institutional theory to determine how the blood supply chain can benefit from lateral transshipments and what requirements are necessary for their implementation. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Des...
See https://www.ciltuk.org.uk/News/Focus.aspx for Journal Information. ISSN: 1466-836X
Professional Journal Article - Abstract
Building a resilient supply chain is increasingly important for all organizations. It is however something that cannot be done overnight. It involves all areas of the business and requires an effective strategy and will imp...
See http://www.iomnet.org.uk/ for Journal Information.
Professional Journal Article - Abstract
Building a resilient supply chain is increasingly important for all organizations. It is however something that cannot be done overnight. It involves all areas of the business and requires an effective strategy and will impact on everything from product a...
Purpose
Managing perishable inventories is a trade‐off of shortages and lost sales against wastage. This paper aims to identify what drives good management of perishables within the supply chain using the example of blood inventory management in hospitals.
Design/methodology/approach
Seven case studies with hospital transfusion laboratories in the...
Blood is a perishable product, and hence good management of inventories is crucial. Blood inventory management is a trade-off between shortage and wastage. The challenge is to keep enough stock to ensure a 100% supply of blood while keeping time expiry losses at a minimum. This article focuses on inventory management of red blood cells in hospital...
Purpose
This paper aims to examine how Chinese apparel retailers manage their production outsourcing risks and why they elect to manage those risks in a particular manner.
Design/methodology/approach
The investigation used the case study approach to explore factors driving two Chinese apparel retailers operating in different market environments to...
During 2009/2010 loss of platelets within NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) due to time expiry was 9.3%. Hospitals remain reluctant to hold stocks of platelets due to the poor shelf life at issue. The purpose of this study was to identify areas for time compression in the apheresis platelet supply chain to extend the shelf life available for hospita...
Supply Chain is now at the forefront of business, satisfying customer needs and delivering top line growth. This survey report highlights the changing role of supply chain and that of supply chain leaders. It demonstrates the need for a revised set of skills and leadership behaviours if future supply chain managers are to succeed.
Purpose
Within the context of a sustainable supply chain, the purpose of this paper is to report on empirical longitudinal research on supply chain network evolution and dynamics of governance in a multi‐stakeholder supply chain sustainability initiative led by Nespresso, the speciality coffee division of Nestlé.
Design/methodology/approach
The pa...
Purpose
Theoretical models of collaboration assume that intra‐organizational relationships are more collaborative that inter‐organizational ones. This paper seeks to question the validity of this assumption by comparing the levels of collaboration in two cases that comprise both types of relationship.
Design/methodology/approach
Two case studies i...
Purpose
– Cluster analysis provides a statistical method whereby unknown groupings of similar attributes can be identified from a mass of data and is well‐known within marketing and a wide range of other disciplines. This paper seeks to describe the use of cluster analysis in an unusual setting to classify a large sample of dyadic, highly interdepe...
Purpose
Within the supply chain the need for much closer, long‐term relationships is increasing due to supplier rationalisation and globalisation and more information about these interactions is required. The research specifically tested the well‐accepted Williamson's economic organisations failure framework as a theoretical model through which lon...
Long-term, collaborative business relationships are like marriages where tolerance, forbearance and some reduction of freedom as well as innovation are necessary to ensure success. Trust and co-operative behaviours are known to be essential ingredients in securing an environment of continuous improvement but, how they are correlated has yet to be t...
This paper investigates customer perceptions on three key logistics outsourcing decisions: why to outsource, what to outsource and how to manage satisfaction within third party logistics providers (3PLs) partnerships. In addition to an analysis of the current literature, a Europe-wide postal and telephone survey revealed that outsourcing in the con...
Business-to-business, supply chain relationships within sustained monopolies, such as those within UK defence procurement, have received scant attention by management researchers. This paper describes the results from a substantial, exploratory research project that used Williamson’s organisations failure framework as a theoretical model. Surprisin...
INTRODUCTION Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been heralded by some commentators as a technology that will have as big an impact on supply chain operations as the advent of computer based planning systems in the early 1970's; others say it is just yet another technology fad that will have gone away in a couple of years. We are continually...
Business-to-business relationships within sustained monopolies, such as those within UK defence procurement, have received scant attention by management researchers. This is unusual because under these market circumstances there appear to be few incentives to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes despite their strategic policy importance. This paper...
Business-to-business relationships within sustained monopolies, such as those within UK defence procurement, have received scant attention by management researchers. This is unusual because under these market circumstances there appear to be few incentives to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes despite their strategic policy importance. This paper...
This paper proposes that understanding the 3 Ts of supply chains provides a simple yet powerful framework that organisations can use to start building robust supply chain processes and structures. The 3 Ts are time transparency and trust each of which is interrelated and dependent on the other. These three dimensions are explained in detail and sug...
Attracting and educating the right supply chain managers are a critical challenge to the realization of most supply chain objectives irrespective of the state of the economy (shortage of personnel several months ago or increasing lay-offs currently). This is because of the richness of capabilities required to do the job well. Much of our teaching i...
This paper is reprinted from Cranfield's quarterly journal – Supply Chain Practice. The journal brings together articles addressing, on the one hand, key operational logistics processes and, on the other, emerging strategic supply chain issues. Papers published fall into one of the following broad categories on a national or international basis.
Since the 1998 Strategic Defense Review, the UK Government reversed its competition policy and now seeks to improve defense procurement relationships with industry through partnering. However, at a time when the defense industries are concentrating and globalizing and more and more of the large contracts are being managed under monopoly conditions,...
This paper considers the distinguishing characteristics of the agile supply chain together with the deliverables of time compression in an agile environment and the importance of emotional intelligence (EQ) as a critical enabler. Case material is presented from Bearing Partners and Bose Corporation.
This paper discusses the information flows in the supply chain, and identifies knowledge and expertise as “richer” more capable entities for its management than data or information. It briefly explores how the structure of the automotive supply chain is changing due to the pressures of increasing complexity and urgency. Then it highlights the inevi...
In recent years it has become accepted that Logistics and Supply Chain systems are susceptible to uncertainty by the generation of deterministic chaos (Wilding, 1998a; Levy, 1994; Mosekilde & Larsen, 1988). In this paper an explanation of a methodology for detecting and quantifying deterministic chaos within measured supply chain data is discussed....
Since the late 1950s it has been recognised that the systems used internally within supply chains can lead to oscillations in demand and inventory as orders pass through the system. The uncertainty generated by these oscillations can result in late deliveries, order cancellations and an increased reliance on inventory to buffer these effects. Despi...
Since the late 1950's it has been recognized that the systems used internally within supply chains can lead to oscillations in demand and inventory as orders pass through the system. The uncertainty generated can result in late deliveries, order cancellations and an increased reliance on inventory to buffer these effects. Despite the best efforts o...
Explains that globalization and new manufacturing technologies have been generating a new kind of product competition based on the ability of the producer to offer the most suitable product for each individual market. In this new environment, the relationship between short-term logistical decisions taken within manufacturing and business performanc...
The objective of this research was to investigate the generation of uncertainty within industrial supply chains. Since the late 1950's it has been recognised that the systems used internally within supply chains can lead to oscillations in demand and inventory as orders pass through the system. The uncertainty generated by these oscillations can re...
A definition recently proposed by the Institute of Logistics states that: “Logistics is the time-related positioning of resources”. Experience indicates that major benefits can be derived by focusing on the effective management of the key resources of the business. The key to success involves understanding what constitutes best practice in manageme...
After the 1998 Strategic Defence Review the Government reversed its competition policy and now seeks to improve Defence Procurement relationships with industry through partnering. However, at a time when the Defence industries are concentrating and globalising and more and more of the large contracts are being managed under monopoly conditions, sub...
Abstract Since the 1998 Strategic Defence ,Review ,the Government ,has reversed ,its competition ,policy and now,seeks,to improve Defence procurement,relationships with industry through,partnering. The Smart Procurement Initiative intends to improve Departmental processes but, at a time when the Defence industries are concentrating and globalising,...
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I have just published some work with DHL based on our extensive work with industries over the past few months. My hope is this will be a useful resource for both academics and practitioners to challenge and inspire a debate around the issues. White Paper Article available to download at http://www.dhl.com/covid-paper-2020 I have also done some short videos giving an overview of individual elements that can be viewed on this site.
All thoughts and comments will be of interest.
