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International Society for Inventory Research PhD Summer School
In July 2023 I attended the International Society for Inventory Research PhD Summer School at Cardiff Business School. This was an excellent week, hosted by Aris Syntetos, Moh Naim, Qinyun Li (and his son Robin), and Irina Harris.
Aug 11, 2023 1 min read
Some thoughts on editing and reviewing
At the 2023 POMS conference in Florida I have been invited to be part of the “Editor’s Panel” session in the inventory and logistics management track. So I have given some thought (and asked a few friends for their thoughts and advice) to the editing and review process in scientific publishing.
Last updated on May 14, 2023 5 min read
Operations Analytics Event at the University of Exeter Business School
The Research Methods Centre at the University of Exeter Business School has recently held its first Operations Analysis Event hosted by Professor Justin Tumlinson (Exeter), April 17th-19th, 2023.
Last updated on Apr 20, 2023 1 min read
Email policy
Email is a wonderful tool, but for some people - the really busy ones - it can become overwhelming. When I was the department chair, even if I spent all day on emails, I would never finish the day with less emails in my inbox than I started with.
Last updated on Feb 17, 2023 4 min read
The top 10 papers of the European Management Journal
Bhukya, Paul, Kastanakis and Robinson (2021) recently conducted a bibliometric analysis of papers that have appeared in the European Management Journal, EMJ. Since its inception in 1982, until 2020, EMJ has published 2164 articles.
Last updated on Feb 3, 2023 2 min read
Writing a PhD proposal
I often get emails asking to me to supervise a potential PhD project from prospective students. I love supervising PhD students, it is one of the most enjoyable parts of my job.
Last updated on Jan 26, 2023 5 min read
An interview on supply chain forecasting
Dr Carel Bezuidenhout from the University of Massey in New Zealand recently reached out to me asking would I be willing to discuss supply chain forecasting in a recorded interview to supplement his teaching.
Last updated on Nov 18, 2022 1 min read
JOM Special Issue on "Uncertainty in Operations and Supply Chain Management"
I am happy to be involved in a Special Issue for the Journal of Operations Management, one of the top journals in my field. I am excited to be working with a couple of dear, old friends; Jan Holmström (from Aalta University, Finland) and Chris Tang (UCLA, USA), and a couple of new friends; Frits Pil (Pittsburg, USA) and Benn Lawson (Cambridge, UK) on this project.
Last updated on Oct 6, 2021 2 min read
Watch my interview with Lokad TV now on YouTube
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by Lokad TV on the bullwhip effect. Lokad is an innovative French company that develops forecasting and supply chain management software. Lokad is no normal supply chain software provider - they not only make software, they also provide a forecasting and supply chain planning as a service - they have skin in the game.
Last updated on May 3, 2021 2 min read
I am listed in the top 2% of scientists in the world!
In 2019, Ioannidis, Baas, Klavans and Boyack, of Stanford University, created a database of the top 100,000 scientists. The scientists are groups into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.
Jan 24, 2021 1 min read