Supply chain risk assessment approach for process quality risks

Dr Abhijeet Ghadge is an Assistant Professor in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Logistics Research Centre since October 2012. Before joining Heriot-Watt, he worked with manufacturing and service industries for over four years at different roles and levels. He received Bachelor Degree in Aeronautical Engineering and post-graduate degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the India’s Premier Technological University, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). He received the Doctorate Degree in Supply Chain Risk Management from the Loughborough University, UK. He is a Recipient of CILT’s prestigious “James Cooper Memorial Cup” for the best PhD thesis across UK universities for original research in logistics and supply chain management. He is also a Recipient of “best doctoral paper award” in one of the leading conference in logistics and supply chain management. In the past, he has worked on different research (EPSRC) and industry (DRDO, TATA, BAE Systems) funded projects and carries research interests in broad domain of supply chain risk management, sustainability and resilience, supply chain contracts, reverse logistics and humanitarian disaster management. Abhi is the Programme Director for (CILT and CIPS accredited) MSc Degrees in Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

Xie Fang is a Masters Student in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the Heriot-Watt University. In the past, she has worked for Loreal, China for four years before pursuing higher education in the UK. Her research interests lies in network modelling, quality management and fuzzy FMEA.

Professor Samir Dani is the Head of the Logistics Operations and Hospitality Management at the Business School, Huddersfield University. His research interests include supply chain and logistics management (risk, resilience and sustainability), food supply chains, operations management, systems engineering, human behaviour, and new business models. Samir has published over 55 articles (journals and conference contributions), book chapters and reports.

Professor Jiju Antony is recognized worldwide as a Leader in Six Sigma methodology for achieving and sustaining process excellence. He is a Professor of Quality Management in the School of Management and Languages at the Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. He founded the Centre for Research in Six Sigma and Process Excellence (CRISSPE) in 2004, establishing first research centre in Europe in the field of Six Sigma. He is a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society (UK), Fellow of the Institute for Operations Management (UK), Fellow of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI) and Fellow of the Institute of the Six Sigma Professionals. He is a Certified Master Black Belt and has coached and mentored over 100 Lean Six Sigma projects. He has trained over 1,000 people as Lean Six Sigma Yellow, Green and Black Belts from 20 countries and 160 organizations in the last 11 years. He has published over 280 journal and conference papers and six books on quality management- and engineering-related topics. He is the Programme Director for the new MSc Lean Six Sigma for Operational Course at the Heriot-Watt University. He is currently serving as the Editor of the First International Journal of Lean Six Sigma and is the Founder of the First International Conference on Six Sigma in the UK back in 2004. He has worked on a number of consultancy projects with companies including Rolls-Royce, Bosch, Parker Pen, Siemens, Scottish Power, Tata, Thales, Nokia, Philips, and a number of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises.