Supply Ecosystems : Interconnected, Interdependent and Cooperative Operations, Supply and Contract Management

Topics covered include how businesses function in the global business context, the role and importance of design and quality thinking in operations and operations management, the logistics of supply, contracts and informal agreements, as well as current trends and new technological processes. Finally, it concludes with global operations, supply and contract management and competitive advantage.

By providing this bigger picture view it will allow both supply chain students and practitioners as well as their cognate colleagues a chance to see how the crucial connections and interfaces need to be considered and optimized for global success. This book is essential reading for students and managers in the field of operations management and international trade and business.

Readership: Students at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as professionals in global operations and supply chain management.

He takes an applied view of academic research and has always worked actively across the academic/practitioner boundary. He is a Lead Academic on FutureLearn Massively Open Online Course (MOOC) on Contract Management: Building Business Relationships, commissioned by UK Cabinet Office and partnering with Civil Service Learning and IACCM, which runs twice a year for 15,000 learners.

He is the author of six books, numerous articles and lead or co-lead in many consultancy and research projects and is a supervisor for a number of successful PhD candidates.