Business process management and supply chain collaboration: effects on performance and competitiveness

Jiraporn Pradabwong has a PhD degree in Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management from the University of Nottingham. Her research focuses on supply chain management and collaboration, business process management, and structural equation modelling. Currently, she is a Lecturer in Industrial Engineering at Kasetsart University, Sriracha Campus.

Christos Braziotis is a Lecturer in Supply Chain and Operations Management at Nottingham University Business School (NUBS). He received his PhD degree in Manufacturing Engineering and Operations Management at NUBS. He has an MBA degree in Operations and Quality Management, and he has worked in the past as a Consultant and Researcher in Greece and Germany. He is in the advisory committee for the International Symposium on Logistics, and his research interests are supply chain operational and collaborative effectiveness issues, especially within the extended enterprise paradigm and the enhancement of project management effectiveness.

James D.T. Tannock, now retired, was Head of the Operations Management Division at Nottingham University Business School and Reader in Operations Management. An engineer by background, with substantial industrial experience in manufacturing, he has expertise in quality and supply chain management. He is the Author of more than 120 published works on aspects of quality and operations management and was a member of editorial advisory boards for leading journals. He has worked with major multi-national companies, as well as smaller companies in the developing world, and has undertaken consultancy and development projects for public sector organisations and national agencies in several countries.

Kulwant S. Pawar holds a Chair in Operations Management and is the Director of the Centre for Concurrent Enterprise. His research interests include management of new product design and development (NPD), analysis and configurations of logistics and supply chain networks and operations in different contexts, sectors in Europe, China and India. He has published over 300 papers in leading international journals and conferences. He is the Founder and Chairman of the International Symposium on Logistics (www.ISL21.org), which has been held annually over the past two decades in Europe and other parts of the world. He was an Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Logistics: Research and Application (2002-2007) and is a Member of editorial boards of several journals. Professor Pawar has been involved in more than 30 funded research projects and networks.