Agile Supply Chain Research Club
Overview
Cranfield School of Management is ranked by the Economist as one of the world's top ten business schools and the Agile Supply Chain Research Club (ASCRC) is Cranfield's flagship in advanced supply chain management research.
ASCRC was founded in 1998. Our mission is to develop creative, customised insights into the complexity of today's supply chain environments and hence be Europe's centre for cutting edge supply chain research.
The primary focus of ASCRC is the creation of new knowledge - leading to outputs that are of value to our industrial partners and which are relevant to our teaching. To guide our work we adhere to the following principles:
- We seek to address the key 21st century logistics and supply chain challenges
- We take a standpoint that is uniquely our own
- We publish our research in leading logistics and supply chain journals to document our work and publicise it to the broader logistics and supply chain community.
- Our research must lead to outputs that are usable by industry and teachable in the classroom.
- We do not duck issues because they are 'too complex'.
- We are independent and impartial. We pull out of projects if neutrality is threatened.
In our research work and cooperation with industrial partners we are committed to the following values:
- Customise responses to suit individual problems: one size does not fit all.
- Conduct research in an open, honest way and protect the findings' integrity.
- Seek relevance over time rather than short term opportunism.
ASCRC people
The research club is underpinned by a broad group of Cranfield faculty. The following people bring a diverse range of capabilities and interests to bear on how to improve supply chain performance and improve customer responsiveness:
Nemile Achimugu, Research Fellow
Marko Bastl, Research Fellow
Mike Bernon, Senior Lecturer
Dr. Paul Chapman, Senior Research Fellow
Prof. Martin Christopher, Professor of Marketing and Logistics
Janet Godsell, Research Fellow
Prof. Alan Harrison, Professor of Operations and Logistics, Director of Research, CLSCM
Dr. Mark Johnson, Research Fellow
Dr. Omera Khan, Research Fellow
Dr. Carlos Mena, Senior Research Fellow
Dr. Heather Skipworth, Research Fellow
Simon Templar, Research Fellow
Prof. Richard Wilding, Professor of Supply Chain Risk Management