Contact Dr Abhijeet Ghadge
- Tel: +44 1234 754886
- Email: Abhijeet.Ghadge@cranfield.ac.uk
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Background
Dr Abhi Ghadge is an Associate Professor (Reader) of Supply Chain Management and Co-Director of Open Programme in Supply Chain Management at ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥. He has significant experience in research, teaching, consultancy and knowledge exchange, and has published several journal articles in reputed international journals such as IJOPM, IJPE, SCMIJ, IJPR, and IJLM. Previously, Dr Ghadge worked as an Assistant Professor and Programme Director of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. Over the years, He has worked with a wide range of UK, European and Asian organisations and generated over £1.5M in direct funding through interdisciplinary research and industry-funded projects.
Dr Ghadge obtained PhD in Operations and Supply Chain Management from Loughborough University Business School, UK. Earlier, he completed MTech in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India and BEng in Aeronautical Engineering from the Aeronautical Society of India.
Dr Ghadge serves as an editorial board member of International Journal of Logistics Management, International Journal of Logistics Research & Applications, and Computers & Industrial Engineering. He is Area Editor of Supply Chain management at Computers & Industrial Engineering. He also serves on the advisory commitee for Logistics Research Network (LRN, CILT) and International Sysmposium on Logistics (ISL).
Dr Ghadge is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), UK.
Research opportunities
Dr Ghadge is interested in collaborating with academics and practitioners working in the broad domain of Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
He is also interested in supervising (self-funded or funded) PhD students and assisting Post-doctoral candidates in:
- Digital transformation implementation adopting Industry 4.0/5.0 technologies/new business models
- Supply chain resilience and risk management of emerging risks
Refer to below research interests for further details. In the past, he has hosted multiple visiting scholars and post-doctoral candidates from across the world. Please email on: Abhijeet.Ghadge@Cranfield.ac.uk
Current activities
Dr Ghadge follows a practice-driven approach to challenging problems in risk and Industry 4.0/5.0 applications interfacing supply chains.
Dr Ghadge is responsible for conducting high quality research, education, supervision in Supply Chain Risk & Resilience, Information Systems and E-business (Industry 4.0/5.0) and Big Data Analytics for Supply Chain Management.
His research interests include:
- Industry 4.0/5.0 applications for supply chains: Digital transformation, Implementation of IoT, Additive Manufacturing, Cloud platforms, Blockchain, Autonomous Vehicles, AI and Digital Twin for improved supply chain performance.
- Supply chain risk and resilience: Assessment of impact and mitigation of emerging risks such as Climate change, Cyber security, Financial risk, Counterfeit risk and Pandemic risk on global/local supply chains.
Clients
Anglian Water Services, Alstom, BAE Systems, Cadbury, DHL, Highland Spring, Inmersat, John Lewis & Partners, Knowledge Transfer Partnership, Rolls-Royce, Safran, TATA Voltas, India
