 | Dr Janet Godsell speaks to John Burdett, who outlines how Tata Global Beverages is gaining practical business benefits from applying some of the theory resulting from the recent Supply Chain Responsiveness in Practice (SCRiP) research project. An exploration of volume variability and application of supply chain segmentation theory enables the business to identify where value lies, improve processes and be more responsive to demand, improving their overall competitive advantage |
 | Dr Silvia Rossi speaks to Sergio Barbarino, who outlines how external collaboration with Cranfield on the C03 project around horizontal collaboration, funded by the European Commission, is facilitating both trust and competitive advantage whilst addressing issues being faced following an acquisition |
 | Dr Silvia Rossi speaks to Dr Andrew Palmer about the CO3 project and how it aims to increase the efficiency of transport in Europe through increased horizontal collaboration. Andrew also runs through the characteristics of individuals who enable collaborations to succeed |
 | Cris Clemmow, TOM Deployment Manager (Operations) outlines the supply chain challenges that BAT faces and how they are working to achieve organic growth through the deployment of innovation whilst also developing a network of supply which will provide them with benefits of scale |
 | Neill Porter, Transport Operations Manager at Procter & Gamble gives an overview of the collaboration between themselves, Tesco and Eddie Stobart which has enabled P&G to reduce its lead time for the entire Tesco delivery network within the UK |
 | Bruce Taylor, Head of Operations at Nissan Motor Parts Centre and Michael Martin, Head of Shared User Automotive Network at CEVA Logistics speak to Rebecca Piper from Cranfield School of Management |
 | Alastair Charatan, Director of the Supply Chain Programme at Travis Perkins speaks to Rebecca Piper from Cranfield School of Management |
 | Mawgan Wilkins, Senior Director of Technical Services at Cisco speaks to Rebecca Piper from Cranfield School of Management |
 | Rebecca Piper, Cranfield School of Management talks to Steve Spall, Operations Director at Innocent as part of the Agile Supply Chain Research Club guest speaker series. |