All Outputs (14)

Global value chain reconfiguration and COVID-19: Investigating the case for more resilient redistributed models of production (2022)
Journal Article

The COVID-19 pandemic shocked the global economy, laying bare the coordination challenges and vulnerabilities of global value chains (GVCs) across sectors. Governments, consumers, and firms alike have called for greater GVC resilience to ensure criti... Read More about Global value chain reconfiguration and COVID-19: Investigating the case for more resilient redistributed models of production.

Emerging technologies in emergency situations (Guest editorial) (2021)
Journal Article

The world is witnessing an unprecedented upheaval in global operations and supply chains (Azadegan & Dooley, 2021; Scholten et al., 2020). Increasingly occurring natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic have plunged organisations into a state of e... Read More about Emerging technologies in emergency situations (Guest editorial).

Responding to information asymmetry in crisis situations: Innovation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

Crises test the resilience of public service organizations. Healthcare providers must respond and innovate within tight constraints to address challenges. Presenting COVID-19 as a knowable unknown (black swan event), we adopt information processing t... Read More about Responding to information asymmetry in crisis situations: Innovation in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Distributed manufacturing: A new form of localised production? (2020)
Journal Article

Purpose: The emergence of distributed manufacturing (DM) is examined as a new form of localised production, distinct from previous manifestations of multi-domestic and indigenous production.

Design/methodology/approach: Supply network (SN) config... Read More about Distributed manufacturing: A new form of localised production?.

The impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on servitization: an exploration of changing supply relationships (2019)
Journal Article

This research paper explores the emerging potential of IoT technology as an enabler for manufacturers seeking to exploit opportunities for new production, business and operating models. Following an analysis of extant literature and exploration of fo... Read More about The impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on servitization: an exploration of changing supply relationships.

Redistributed manufacturing to support field medical care (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Aims The aim of redistributed manufacturing (RDM) is to bring production closer to the point of clinical use thereby enhancing the capability to deliver immediate and optimised medical care. Additional benefits include reducing logistical burden and... Read More about Redistributed manufacturing to support field medical care.

Redistributed manufacturing – challenges for operations management (2019)
Journal Article

Recent advances in small-scale local production technologies and materials sciences, combined with the power of digital design and analysis methods, have generated new opportunities for product innovators to experiment with rapid prototyping and comm... Read More about Redistributed manufacturing – challenges for operations management.

Application of additive manufacturing for mass customisation: understanding the interaction of critical barriers (2018)
Journal Article

Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology presents a very optimistic case for its application for mass customisation. Even though theoretically suitable, practically several critical barriers inhibit its implementation. Thus, this paper attempts to iden... Read More about Application of additive manufacturing for mass customisation: understanding the interaction of critical barriers.

Redistributed Manufacturing (RDM) in healthcare – a new business paradigm? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We present the findings of a large-scale, collaborative project investigating RDM in healthcare. New technologies, small-scale flexible manufacturing equipment and novel manufacturing processes are driving the development of new business models and s... Read More about Redistributed Manufacturing (RDM) in healthcare – a new business paradigm?.

An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is concerned with increasing the impact of publicly funded research and development (R&D) in cyber security and privacy. In the context of a high level of threat, there is a pressing need for firms and institutions to implement innovative... Read More about An integrated framework for innovation management in cyber security and privacy.

Evaluating the benefits of outsourcing: The case of UK higher education institutions (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Outsourcing has been commonly practised within the private sector for decades and the outsourcing of publically provided services is becoming evermore prevalent as the pulic sector responds to the need to bring about ‘more for less’. Despite this pre... Read More about Evaluating the benefits of outsourcing: The case of UK higher education institutions.

Business model innovation in complex service systems: pioneering approaches from the UK defence industry (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Manufacturers and operators of complex service systems are increasingly focused on customer-centric strategies. Examples include solution-based contracts, which provide more holistic approaches closely linking design, manufacture, use and reuse funct... Read More about Business model innovation in complex service systems: pioneering approaches from the UK defence industry.

Migrating from products to solutions: An exploration of system support in the UK defense industry (2010)
Journal Article

This article explores the acquisition of business solutions in complex systems environments, through insights drawn from current literature and a study of the UK defense industry. We seek to counter-balance the dominance of literature focusing on the... Read More about Migrating from products to solutions: An exploration of system support in the UK defense industry.

Real options in service investments: scenarios from defence (2009)
Journal Article

This paper addresses the theme of investment under uncertainty in services. We specifically apply principles of contingent-claims analysis to underline the value of flexibility, i.e., the real options, embedded in service level agreements (SLAs) and... Read More about Real options in service investments: scenarios from defence.